 Sixteen years ago the Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) began as a cozy
brokerage event held at the end of the Mediterranean yachting season—a place
where exclusive yachts could be shown to "A-List" clients in an elegant,
high-security setting. Today, no one would call the show "cozy," but the sense
of exclusivity remains. Consider that the expected attendance of 23,000 visitors
represents only about 15 percent of the in-water megashows of Genoa, Fort
Lauderdale and Miami; and that only 95 yachts 25 meters and larger will be
shown, plus a boutique selection of luxury tenders. The event now effectively
dominates Monaco’s Port Hercule for fours days of intense yet sophisticated
display—serene, matching white tents and pavilions for 530 exhibitors, red
carpets and gate security dressed in jacket and tie. Veteran MYS show
producer Luc Pettavino would have it no other way. (Click image to enlarge)
 Spacious air-conditioned pavilions offer everything from an
elegant lunch and champagne cocktails to the opportunity to view the products of
the finest bespoke luxury items for yacht interiors, discuss custom electronics
installations and interview prospective management service professionals.
The show is neatly computerized with touch-screen kiosks at each entrance
displaying all participating yachts in a database linked to maps of their exact
locations on the docks.—Marilyn M.
Mower (Click image to enlarge)
 ALLIAURA MARINE, Privilège 745
Constructed at Alliaura Marine’s Les Sables d’Olonne yard to
have sea views throughout, this 74-foot (22.6-meter) Marc Lombard–designed
sailing catamaran is touted by the builder to be the "most luxurious" of its
kind. This classy cat has a flybridge and an expanded navigation deck and is
available in several layouts, accommodating up to 10 passengers and four
crewmembers. Her large, hydraulic crane–equipped stern platform will fit a
4.5-meter tender or a smaller tender and a Jet Ski. The Privilège 745 can be
optioned with either twin Volvo or Yanmar engines. (Click image to enlarge)
ALLOY YACHTS, 131' Ad lib
Launched in September 2005, Ad lib is a custom-built tri-deck motor yacht designed by Dubois Naval
Architects for Gary Lane, chairman of Alloy Yachts. Building on key design
elements of S.Q.N., Lane’s first
Dubois-designed motor yacht, low-profile Ad lib is longer at the waterline and faster and more powerful than her
predecessor. Her Donald Starkey interior—finished in book-matched wengé, and
leather and fabric paneling—features cream carpeting, oak and marble flooring,
and marble and Corian countertops. Accommodations are divided among the
main-deck owner’s suite and three lower-deck guest rooms. The lower deck also
houses a gym in place of a fourth cabin. She has a range of 2,500 nautical miles
at cruise.
 Ad lib. Photograph by Ivor Wilkins. (Click image to enlarge)
AZIMUT-BENETTI, 213' Ambrosia, Classic 120, Azimut 116
Featuring sleek exterior styling by Stefano Natucci and an art
deco–inspired interior by François Zuretti, Ambrosia (pictured) is Benetti’s most technologically
advanced project to date and the last steel hull to be built in Viareggio before
the yard moved production of vessels larger than 50 meters to its new premises
in Livorno. While not the longest Benetti yacht, she is the largest in volume
and tonnage. Also at the show, Benetti’s Classic series evolves with the Classic
120. This displacement yacht features notable developments such as large windows
with 180-degree views and an expanded garage for tenders and toys. Not to be
overlooked, the Azimut 116 offers customers a high degree of flexibility with
three available layouts. Light abounds aboard the 116 with side-positioned
elliptical windows to illuminate the main deck and internal wheelhouse, oval
portholes in the lower-deck guest cabins and two electronically opening hardtops
on the sun deck.
 Ambrosia. Photograph by Bill Muncke and Ingo. (Click image to enlarge)
BALTIC YACHTS, 152' Pink Gin
The just-launched Pink Gin continues the
working relationship between Finnish builder Baltic Yachts and the UK’s
Design Unlimited. The largest Baltic Yacht ever built, this
152-foot (46.3-meter) sailing sloop features a traditional exterior and a
fabric, leather and mahogany interior by the South England–based design
studio. Working with her light displacement and ample sailing draft, her simply
designed interior, which boasts several custom freestanding pieces, avoids
adding unnecessary weight. She comes equipped with a custom tender, also
designed by Design Unlimited, and is powered by an 875-hp Caterpillar
engine.
 Pink Gin. Courtesy of Design Unlimited. (Click image to enlarge)
 BURGER BOAT COMPANY, 144' Mirgab V
Burger Boat’s recently launched Mirgab V is the
American builder’s first-ever yacht to be displayed at the Monaco Yacht Show and
its largest yacht to date. Completely designed, engineered and built in-house,
this tri-deck aluminum motor yacht features more than 8,100 square feet of
interior and exterior living space. Her "classic contemporary" interior design,
which uses raised-panel makoré (African cherry) throughout, is highlighted by a
one-meter-wide glass-tube pneumatic elevator surrounded by a three-story
circular bronze stairway. ABS certified and MCA compliant, Mirgab is powered by twin MTU 12V4000 diesels to reach speeds of close to 20
knots. (Click image to enlarge)
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