Yachting news, Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Admiral hands over hybrid Panorama Silvia

The second yacht in Admiral's semi-custom Panorama line has been delivered. Silvia is a 53.5m steel and aluminium yacht of 499GT, built by The Italian Sea Group at Marina di Carrara and launched in July, a few days after the first Panorama, the 50m Spribe, was handed over. She is the first of the line with hybrid propulsion: two MAN diesels work with electric alternators and lithium polymer batteries, and the batteries can run the hotel load for about eight hours with no local emissions. She sleeps 13 guests in six cabins, with the owner's suite on the main deck, and has a beach club with a sunken pool and fold-down terraces. Piredda & Partners drew the exterior, its first job with the yard, and Ramón Alonso of RADYCA did the interior, which has not yet been shown. FGI Yacht Group's Frank Grzeszczak Sr. represented the owner throughout.

Baglietto starts an ice-class 48m explorer

Baglietto has begun building hull 102777, a 48m custom motor yacht for an owner who wants to cruise in colder waters. The owner came to the coin ceremony that marked the start of work. The steel hull is being built to Ice Class 1D, which allows for light, loose ice in open water. She will run on Volvo Penta's IPS Professional system, which can start and stop individual engines to match demand, and the yard quotes a range of 5,000 miles at 10 knots. The 10m tender will be launched from a retractable platform inspired by Italian launching methods of the 1940s to 1960s, with the system built by Besenzoni. Floating Life, whose co-founder Andrea Pezzini is also the owner's representative, leads the design team with Satura Studio and Zero13.

Swan 115 Glafki IV sold off-market

The 35m Nautor Swan Glafki IV has changed hands in an off-market deal. She was delivered in 2015 as a raised-saloon version of the Swan 115, designed by Germán Frers, and has a carbon Southern Spars rig and a lifting keel that draws 5.75 m down and 3.5 m up. She takes eight guests in four cabins plus a full-beam owner's cabin aft, with room for six crew. George Ertsos of Atalanta Marine acted for the seller and Lorenzo Bortolotti of Nautor Swan Brokerage introduced the buyer. No price was given.

Benetti New Star finds a buyer

The 30m Benetti New Star, built in 2003 as the second of the yard's Tradition 100 series, has been sold. She has a semi-displacement GRP hull drawn by Stefano Righini, an interior by François Zuretti, and was refitted in 2017, 2021 and again this year. She sleeps eight, and twin 1,350hp MTUs give her 18 knots flat out. She was last asking €4.3 million. Both sides of the deal were handled by CSO Yachts, with Stelios Pechlivanis for the buyer and Quentin Niek for the seller.

Route du Rhum: Soudée fourth, Horeau due in today

Guirec Soudée completed the Ultim results yesterday, finishing fourth on Liamm at 16:31 UTC after 8 days, 4 hours and 29 minutes. The wind died as he rounded Guadeloupe, and at times he drifted backwards off Pointe-à-Pitre. Liamm is the oldest Ultim in the race, rebuilt in 2014 from parts of Olivier de Kersauson's Geronimo. It was his first Route du Rhum in an Ultim.

In the IMOCA class, Corentin Horeau (MACSF) was less than 140 miles from the finish this morning and is expected in Pointe-à-Pitre this afternoon. Behind him the fleet has run into a windless patch left by the departing tropical low. Francesca Clapcich, fifth on 11th Hour Racing despite a broken bowsprit, was making 1.8 knots at 07:00 UTC, with Maxime Sorel and Davy Beaudart catching up because they still have wind. Sam Goodchild lost ground after climbing the mast to repair a sail.

The Ocean Fifty finish is wide open. Basile Bourgnon (Edenred) still led this morning but has lost most of his margin, with Thibaut Vauchel-Camus a handful of miles behind and Pierre Quiroga third. Matthieu Perraut capsized Elvest, leaving eight of the ten boats racing. In Class40, Achille Nebout (Amarris) leads a tight group with about 1,200 miles to go.

Golden Globe: ten left, and a retirement after penalties

After an eventful week, ten of the 16 starters are still heading round the world. Guy deBoer is in a stable condition aboard the Brazilian corvette Barroso, which is due in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow, while Spirit stays adrift. Italy's Andrea Lodolo (BiBi), who was third, broke his knee in a fall through the companionway. He turned down evacuation and is sailing to Cape Town, about five or six days away, sleeping on the cabin sole under close medical supervision.

Norway's Mara Løvenskiold Kveseth (Showgirl), who was fifth, retired on 7 November. The race had found that her team uploaded 865 restricted onboard video files, broke the live-tracking publication limits and used Starlink to send footage and banned logistics messages ashore. Two disqualification penalties were suspended, but she faced 16 days of time penalties. Damien Guillou (Solarem) leads into the Indian Ocean, ahead of Ertan Beskardes (Miss Beagle) and Etienne Messikommer (Bernard).

Star Worlds: Altolaguirre brothers win the opener

Argentina's Leandro and Lucas Altolaguirre won the first race of the Star World Championship on Biscayne Bay yesterday. They came from fourth to take control by the second windward mark of a two-hour race in 7 to 10 knots. Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise (USA), who led early, were second and Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi (ITA) third. The favourites struggled off the start: defending champions Paul Cayard and Frithjof Kleen recovered to ninth, Robert Scheidt was 15th and Mateusz Kusznierewicz 40th.

Moth Worlds: Balanger stretches his lead

Defending champion Enzo Balanger of France won again on a hard third day of the Moth Worlds at Mounts Bay Sailing Club in Western Australia. The breeze built to 20 to 25 knots over short, steep chop, and there were breakages around the fleet. Tim Howse (NZL) was second and Ryan Littlechild (AUS) third. Sam Street led Balanger for much of the race but lost out on the final run. Balanger is now 16 points clear of Littlechild, who has moved ahead of Richard Didham (USA) into second. The championship ends on 12 November.

44Cup decider in Cartagena this week

The RC44 fleet meets in Cartagena for the last 44Cup event of the season, with practice tomorrow and racing from 12 to 15 November. It is close at the top: Pietro Loro Piana's Aleph Racing, the new RC44 world champions, lead by a point from Markus Törnqvist's GeMera Race, with Chris Bake's Team Aqua and defending champion Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika three points further back. The usual northerly is 8 to 12 knots, but the organisers note that sudden south-westerly gales are possible late in the year.

First X-15 Wingfoil Worlds crowned in Ibiza

The first X-15 Wingfoil World Championship finished at Port Nàutic Ibiza on 8 November, with 107 riders from 24 nations. Poland's Kamil Manowiecki won the senior men's title and Germany's Jette Koep the senior women's. The under-19 titles went to Holland Vierling (USA) and Yana Li (CHN), and the under-15 title went to Brazil.

Madeira braces for a second blow

Madeira gets Charles first. O Jogo reports a red rain warning for the south coast and mountains from 21:00 tonight to 06:00 tomorrow, and a red wind warning for the high ground overnight with gusts of up to 140 km/h. Porto Santo and the north coast are on orange, and there is a yellow sea warning for the whole archipelago tomorrow, with waves of 4 to 4.5 m. All hiking trails will be closed on Wednesday. This follows Sunday's storm Bruna: RTP counted 210 incidents in a single day, mostly fallen trees and flooding, with Funchal worst hit. At least 20 flights and two cruise-ship calls were cancelled. Anyone with a boat in Madeira should prepare for another rough night.

Algarve bars: Alvor and Albufeira still shut

The Navy's Estado das Barras page still showed the Alvor and Albufeira bars closed to all traffic, and the Portimão bar open only to vessels under 12 m, when we checked this morning. That entry was last updated at 12:19 on Sunday, so treat it as a guide only. Lagos, Vilamoura, Quarteira, Faro, Olhão, Tavira, Vila Real de Santo António and Baleeira were listed as open. With Charles on its way, expect more closures tomorrow.

ARC+ held in Las Palmas by Atlantic gales

If you are bound for the Canaries, the weather is holding the ARC+ in port. World Cruising Club put back the start for the 78-boat fleet, which had been due to leave Las Palmas on Sunday 8 November for Cape Verde and Grenada. The forecast showed strong south-westerlies at the start instead of the usual northerlies, and a second low could bring more gales to the islands this week. Managing director Paul Tetlow said the decision was about crew safety. A provisional new start was set for no earlier than Wednesday, and skippers may leave on their own and still get rally support at sea. Reports differ on the latest date, so check World Cruising Club. The main ARC is due to leave Las Palmas on 22 November.