The 17 World Superyacht Awards 2017 sponsors and partners

Established in 2005, the World Superyacht Awards are the most coveted trophies in the superyacht industry and recognise the ingenuity and innovation demanded by the construction of the world’s finest luxury yachts.

With the support of our valuable partners, the 2017 awards return to Florence, one of the world’s most beautiful cities. This year's partners are:

Navigo partners: Baglietto, Benetti, CRN, Mondomarine, Perini Navi, Sanlorenzo, VSY

Official Watch Partner: Panerai

Event Partners: Stefano Ricci, Sarp Yachts, Clyde & Co, Tansu

Trophy Design Partner: Lasvit

Supporting partners: Sabrina Monte-Carlo, Floating Life, Tai Ping

1. Navigo

Navigo, including over 400 associated companies, is currently the largest network of companies of the yachting industry in Tuscany and one of the largest in Europe. Based in Tuscany and Sardinia, it was founded in 2007 and is one of the Italian specialised consulting companies in the yachting industry and works for research, innovation, marketing, b2b opportunities, financing and internationalisation.

Navigo represents some of the Italian excellence builders who are ready to show the superyacht industry their expertise. Boat International Media is proud to partner with Italian yards Baglietto, Benetti, CRN, Mondomarine, Perini Navi, Sanlorenzo and VSY, which are all valuable supporters of this year’s awards.

Baglietto shipyard specialises in the construction of new aluminum planing and semi-planing from 35 to 50 metres as well as displacement superyachts above 40 metres in aluminum and steel. The production activity is completed by a refitting and a restoration activity and by the construction of military vessels. The shipyard spreads over 35,000 square metres and faces La Spezia and the “Poets’ Gulf” which is a strategic area for the navigation of superyachts in the Mediterranean sea.

Furthermore, the shipyard has recently completed a renovation project of the workshop area with includes considerable modifications and upgrading of the production facilities as well as office buildings. Seven new motor yachts are currently under construction at the yard: while the prototype of MV19 is being built, a new 55 metre displacement motor yacht is being produced together with two 43 metres and a 46 metre in the Baglietto Fast Product Range, one 54 metre motor yacht and a new 48 metre displacement line.

Other projects already developed both from the style and the engineering stand-points, designed by Francesco Paszkowski Design and the technical department of the yard, include also a 58 metre, a 62 metre displacement motor yacht and a 38 metre fast motor yacht. The outstanding effort is focused not only on the production of new vessels but also on the relevant engineering research and development activity of new models ensuring future enhancement and consolidation of the Product Range and of the yard activity. Each of these new projects coherently follows the conceptual design ideas that proved to be successful in the past, identifying Baglietto style as well as respecting all naval qualities such as stability, soundness and reliability which have always characterized Baglietto vessels since the onset of the yard production.

www.baglietto.com

With the world’s highest rate of growth among luxury motor yacht builders, Benetti is an icon of Italian style and timeless elegance combined with world class construction.

Founded in 1873, Benetti is the oldest Italian yard building luxury motor yachts. Every yacht is unique and crafted around her owner’s needs. Benetti designs and builds two product lines: Class – Displacement and Fast Displacement composite yachts from 93 to 145 feet; Custom – steel and aluminium yachts over 45 meters. Benetti’s headquarter is in Viareggio, Fano and Livorno with direct sales and services offices in Fort Lauderdale, Dubai and Hong Kong. Benetti is part of Azimut|Benetti Group, the world’s largest private capital group in the marine industry.

www.benettiyachts.it

CRN is an Italian brand and shipyard, part of the Ferretti Group, specialising in the construction of yachts from 40 to 100 metres. It is one of the largest manufacturing companies in the luxury marine sector in Europe.

Over the years, CRN has established itself as an icon of Italian excellence and the creator of unique masterpieces, which represent the true essence of the shipyard’s core mission: taking the wishes of its increasingly aware and demanding clients and giving them a tangible shape, without any limits or contraints. The shipyard is considered as a synonym of innovative craftsmanship. Just like in a real atelier, where customers come to get a bespoke suit, CRN builds fully-custom yachts taking the same approach as a master tailor. Each customer has their own specific measurements and needs, and no “suit” should ever be the same as another, even if they are made by the same hands. The superyachts built by CRN reflect the vision of their owners, matching their personal taste and style while fulfilling specific desires.

Every megayacht built by CRN is the result of the combination of different ideas, know-how, and professional skills – all sharing a great common passion – and the will to create something truly unique. The partnership with various world-famous architecture and design firms has allowed to show the different sides of the shipyard and CRN’s ability to let different schools of thought interact and work in synergy, to grasp the richness of diversity, and to show its flexibility and quality in developing unique and original projects.

The company has always been projected into the future and, thanks to its intuition, has always been a pioneer in the search for and the implementation of innovative design solutions. Thanks to its in-house design and technical teams, the shipbuilder develops projects from the blank sheet, showing all its excellence and exclusiveness in cutting-edge projects and bespoke designed yachts, able to meet all possible requests.

CRN takes care of every pleasure vessel it creates even after it has been delivered, ensuring full support to its owner and its crew. The yard leads the owner step by step into a world where industrial processes and craftsmanship harmoniously and passionately blend together, with the aim of turning his desires into reality.

CRN is a member of Sybass (Superyacht Builder Association).

www.crn-yacht.com

Cantieri Navali Campanella started shipbuilding on what is now the 35,000 square metre Mondomarine Shipyard in 1915. Since then, Cantieri Navali Campanella shipyard represents a centre of excellence in ship and yacht building as well as in repairing. Anchored to the shipyard’s strong heritage, Mondomarine was created to sign the custom-made yachts over 40 metres made in aluminium alloy and steel. Two years ago Mr. Falciai and Mr. Zambrini, whose intentions are to enhance the uniqueness of each Mondomarine design, acquired the brand and the production site.

While the commercial and marketing duties of Mondomarine have been moved to the prestigious location of Monaco, the new owner's will is to empower more and more the Savona shipyards with new vitality and modernity. Cantieri Navali Campanella is the ideal setting for the production, the repair and refit offer and the showroom’s activities.

Along with its tradition, Mondomarine carries on designing, engineering and building ships at the Savona Cantieri Navali Campanella production site still offering full-cycle production right from the cutting of the hull plates all the way to completion.

62 yachts have been built so far by Mondomarine in addition to those previously delivered by Cantieri Navali Campanella. During the last nine years Mondomarine has sold 21 yachts over 40 metres length, nine of which were over 50 metres in length.

The upcoming years will see several important events, such as:

• The delivery, at the end of 2015, of the 40 metre SF40 Serenity to her owner (Designer Luca Vallebona – SFL Design).
• Those, in 2016, of the 50 metre Superyacht M50 (Designer Hot Lab Yacht & Design) and of the M60S (Designer Luca Dini Design), the first 60 metre yacht built by the shipyard (all these projects are built entirely in aluminium, a distinguishing feature of Mondomarine’s projects)
• In spring 2017, the delivery of the M40 Explorer (Designer HydroTec – Sergio Cutolo) and of the M54 (Designer Luca Dini Design) both with steel hulls

The highly custom builds, the increasing international attention and the guarantee of the Italian quality are just some of the pillars on which Mondomarine leverages its renewal while constantly seeking for continuous improvement.

www.mondomarine.mc

A combination of technical brilliance and near-perfect aesthetics put Perini Navi’s yachts in a class of their own. Industrialist Fabio Perini, unable to find the boat that he wanted for himself – a large sailing yacht which could be handled by one person – built his own. Since its 1984 launch, the company has added 55 yachts – up to 88 metres and over in length – to its stable. With over 50% of the world market for sailing yachts over 45 metres, Perini Navi’s track record is impressive. In-house design has allowed Perini Navi to implement its own systems and inventions. The fame of the Perini Navi Group is as well related to the motor yachts featuring the Picchiotti Brand. This name is part of an Italian shipbuilding tradition with roots dating back to the 17th Century. Since the 1990’s Picchiotti has been part of the Perini Navi Group which has absorbed its experience and valuable traditions. The Picchiotti brand identifies today a class of motor yachts with great affinity to the sailing universe and attests a true innovative spirit, aspects that well match the Perini Navi Group philosophy.

www.perininavi.it

Sanlorenzo has been manufacturing high quality motor yachts since 1958 and represents a “boutique” of the yachting industry, building a limited number of made‐to‐measure units per year, all of which are designed and produced according to the requests, the style and the desires of every single owner.

In 2005, Massimo Perotti acquired the Ameglia‐based company from its founder Giovanni Jannetti and opened a new Division in Viareggio for the production of new superyacht models.

Since 2005 the shipyard has been experiencing an extraordinary growth, though maintaining its talent for customize every single yacht. In more than half a century the shipyard built over 750 yachts each one different from the other. With his management, Massimo Perotti has been able to rise in only five years the turnover from €40 million (2005) to €200 million (2010) and €208 million in 2014.

Today Sanlorenzo’s production is based on three product ranges: planing GRP motoryachts from 76ft to 118ft, GRP semi‐displacement motoryachts from 92ft to 126ft, and superyachts in metal from 40 to 62 metres.

Sanlorenzo maintained and developed its basic values, which are the keys to its success:

• total customisation
• stable shapes over the trends without flashy stresses
• highly skilled manpower
• care for details
• highest quality materials
• latest solutions in terms of safety, comfort and performance

In about 10 years, the shipyard was able to climb the prestigious Global Order Book: today, the world ranking of top 20 builders over 24 metre yachts lists Sanlorenzo as the second best builder in the world.

Sanlorenzo’s sales network is based on a calibrated number of Brand Representatives, real shipyard’s embassies located in the most strategic points of the international yachting.

www.sanlorenzo.com

Extreme avant-garde technology, maniacal attention to detail, timeless design, Italian style, total fulfilment of the customer’s wishes, real environmental protection, high respect for the workforce health and safety: this is the essence of VSY’s philosophy on all fronts.

Since 2004 the shipyard based in Italy’s focal yacht building area, Viareggio, has been engaged in building superyachts of over 60 metres and is by now widely recognised as a builder of the highest calibre at an international level.

VSY combine master craftsmanship and cutting-edge know-how with the Italian flair that characterise the area in which they operate.

Winner of prestigious international awards for their yachts such as Sealyon (ex Candyscape II), RoMea and Stella Maris, VSY have also obtained several prizes for their commitment in tracing new routes for the sector. At VSY the best expression of luxury and comfort is in fact achieved in the respect of the marine environment on all fronts, obtaining strict and prestigious certifications.

The ongoing search for excellence, comfort and best performance goes hand-in-hand with the desire to create luxury craft that are able to face all of today’s challenge, while respecting the environment. Accordingly, VSY are in line with LRS, ABS and RINA environmental requirements. They have also obtained the highest Green Star certification for the re-emission of clean air and water into the environment, the Maltese Cross for the hull and engine room, Charter Class for guaranteed stability in the event of flooded compartments, and Comfort Class for low noise and vibration, and the fact that the engine rooms and machinery can function without a crew.

Embracing innovation, selecting its workforce carefully and training it continually, VSY go above and beyond what is required to a superyacht manufacturer, to deliver the edge in quality that goes hand-in-hand with the “Made in Italy” label.

With a number of new build projects in the pipeline (from 64 to 88 metres), VSY carry an outstanding example of construction perfectionism, producing few but exclusive superyachts, totally custom-built, innovative and technologically superlative. Simply unique yachts which fully embrace the shipyard’s green vision through a “New Perspective”.

www.vsy.it

Founded in Florence in 1860 as a workshop, shop and school of watch-making, for many decades Panerai supplied the Italian Navy in general, and its specialist diving corps in particular, with precision instruments. The designs developed by Panerai in that time, including the Luminor and Radiomir, were covered by the Military Secrets Act for many years and were launched on the international market only after the brand was acquired by the Richemont Group in 1997. Today Panerai develops and crafts its movements and watches at its Neuchâtel manufacture. The latter are a seamless melding of Italian design flair and history with Swiss horological expertise.

www.panerai.com

Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge

In honour of its historic links to the sea, Panerai has promoted classic sailing culture for many years through its sponsorship of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, the leading international circuit for these vintage craft. In 2007, the company also acquired and restored the Bermudan ketch Eilean. Built in 1936 by the legendary Fife yard at Fairlie in Scotland, she is now the brand’s ambassador at vintage and classic boat rallies and regattas.

www.paneraiclassicyachtschallenge.com

Stefano Ricci S.P.A., an international luxury fashion and lifestyle company, was founded by the Florentine designer Stefano Ricci in 1972. The extreme pursuit of perfection, the careful selection of leathers and fabrics and the greatest care for details represent the core values of the brand. Every single piece is handmade following Florentine craftsmanship traditions, ensuring only the very best quality of Made in Italy.

The Stefano Ricci menswear collection consists of a wide range of suits, dress shirts, jeans, polo shirts, casual wear and neckties. In addition, the Florentine maison produces exclusive cufflinks and leather goods. The brand’s line is expanding with its home collection and bespoke interior design proposals, conveying the idea of living in a perfect equilibrium of pure lines, precious fabrics and timeless design. These collections, in constant evolution, include porcelain and crystal dinner services, silverware, furnishing accessories, linens and leather home accessories. Today, with over 45 boutiques worldwide, Stefano Ricci is an ambassador of Italian style, not only in luxury menswear but also in quality of life.

www.stefanoricci.com