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Some news from Perini earlier in the month. They seemed to be heavily booked in terms of launchings. There are supposedly 9 launchings within the next 3 years..This speaks volumes for the popularity of Perinis' Ketches and Sloops. They also talked about the current renovation of the Beconcini shipyard in La Speiza. The main attraction i found was this new rendering of a beautiful sloop 'sailing' carrying an ITA flag. For more on that visit the Perini website......http://www.perininavi.it/schedanews.cfm?IDF=114

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Perini launches Selene, their fourth 56m ketch:

http://www.perininavi.it/schedanews.cfm?IDF=115

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I am curious : will they (ever) build a two-mast Dynarigger, as shown in a magazine (64 meters).........

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Some Perini News:

http://www.perininavi.it/schedanews.cfm?IDF=165

and some updates to the log of the MF website:

http://mfalcon.blogspot.com/

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February 4th, 2008: The La Spezia Perini Navi yard at the Canteri Navali Beconcini facility has purchashed a new beefy travel lift. Big, bad and black, the new travel lift had its first 'workload' assigned to it. This was the transfer of the 45M Perini Navi s/y Heritage from the water to the dry in order to facilitate maintenance work.

Heritage is:

Length overall 148 ft / 45 m
Waterline length 121 ft / 36.73 m
Beam 32 ft / 9.73 m
Draught (keel up) 13 ft / 3.86 m
Draught (keel down) 29 ft / 8.71 m

The travel lift handled her dimensions well and is a great addition to the La Spezia yard. The beautiful Perini Heritage was in the safe grasp of the new travel lift which straddled her 353 tonne weight. The new travel lift marked a procession of new improvements being done and established at the Beconcini facility. Perini Navi confirmed that two 50M docks have been completed and three sheds are well in the works and will be completed in the coming months.

For more, travel to the builder's website at:

http://www.perininavi.it/schedanews.cfm?IDF=174

http://www.perininavi.it

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February 12, 2008: As we well know, yard number C.2095, now known as Salute has been launched by Perini Navi. Here is the press release.

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Perini Navi launches Salute, 56 metre cutter.
The new year starts for Perini Navi with the launching of project C.2095, henceforth known as Salute, a 56 metre aluminium cutter created by Perini Navi, worldwide leader in the design and construction of luxury sailing yachts.
Sister ship to SY Burrasca, SY Santa Maria, SY Rosehearty and SY Selene, Salute represents the ultimate evolution of the successful 56m-series whose architecture was optimised by Perini Navi in consultation with Ron Holland Design for excellent sailing performance.

Salute sports a main difference from her sister ships: she is single mast rigged.
Her 75 metre aluminium mast – the tallest aluminium mast in the world – has been designed and engineered by Perini Navi's Mast Division in accordance with the latest trends in mast weight optimisation.

The Perini Navi Mast Division developed a new design for masts and shrouds, using Finite Element Analysis, with the aim of building a lighter structure without any compromise in safety. In fact, the designs are approved by the Germanischer Lloyd: which is further verification of the project and a warranty for the Owners. In collaboration with the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Genoa, Perini Navi developed special sensors for tracking the load on shrouds and stays. Although this technology has been used aboard America's Cup Class yachts, this is the first use of the system aboard large cruising yachts.

The Perini Navi Mast Division also created new deck equipment and a special winch for the mainsail halyard, the giga-winch, with 2 power drums and 1 rope storage drum.

To optimise sailing performance of the powerful Cutter Rig sail plan, Salute has modified keel and rudder lines to improve her stability in keeping with the higher centre of gravity the tall mast produces.

The deck layout presents a very tasteful innovation, coming from the earlier Liberty 52-metre ketch: a 60m2 fore cockpit, in addition to the traditional aft cockpit. This area can be easily transformed into a completely enclosed veranda thanks to wraparound lifting glasses and a canvas awning stored around the mast when not in use.

The owner commissioned Rémi Tessier to design the interior – his third collaboration with Perini Navi. Japanese style inspirated Rémi’s pen and he has been able to create a warm, luxurious minimalism which is ideal for a yacht dedicated to family and friends.

http://www.perininavi.it/schedanews.cfm?IDF=192

http://www.perininavi.it

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February 22, 2008, Viareggio: The techical staff at Perini Navi have uploaded a flash-type presentation on their front page. It comprises of pictures showing the mounting of the massive boom to the 75M tall mast of their latest launch, the Salute

According to Perini Navi, the carbon fiber boom of 23M- nearly 76 feet-, was mounted. With the boom attached to the massive aluminum mast, the 56M long Salute will have a sail area of up to 2, 909 m2.

'Sweet sailing...'

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http://www.perininavi.it/index.cfm?Lang=UK

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March 03, 2008:Saint Barths: Saint Barths is once again the scene for the annual Saint Barths Bucket. The 2008 Bucket will take place there starting on March 27th and run untill the 30th.

It is expected that quite a number of Perini Navi yachts as well as other yachts from superyacht fleets the world over will take part in the regatta. As one of the favoured cruising grounds in the Caribbean, the St. Barths Bucket continues to grow from strength to strength.

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For more on the St. Barths Bucket, you can travel to the event's website:

http://www.newportbucket.com/

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March 21, 2008:Viareggio Shipyard: The Perini Navi company, a specialist in building large deep-water custom luxury sail-yachts has announced the arrival of hull number C.2086 at their Viareggio shipyard.

C.2086 represents the seventh super sailer in the highly popular 56M series. She also is the 46th luxury sail yacht in the Perini Navi fleet. The hull and superstructure of the C.2086 have all been fashioned from aluminum at the Perini Istanbul yard. This meant a short voyage at sea had to be undertaken to transfer the yacht to the Viareggio yard.

The architecture of this latest arrival has been a colaboration between Ron Holland and Perini Navi. On the other hand, the interior design was entrusted to Rémi Tessier, who promises a wide and versatile interior with the owner's whims in mind.

The C.2086 will be a ketch-rigged yacht and feature a vast 1,500 sq mt sail-plan. The wide sail-plan will be stretched across two aluminum masts. For more on the new Perini arrival, visit the builder's website at:

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LOA: 184 feet
LWL: 153 feet
BOA: 38 feet
Draught: 13 feet (minimum) ; 32 feet (maximum)
Displacement: 575 tons
Materials : Hull (aluminum) ; superstructure (aluminum)
Engines: 2 X CAT C32's
Fuel: 59, 000 L
Water: 17,000 L
Classification: A.B.S. Malta Cross A1 AMS Yachting Service + MCA
N/A: Ron Holland and Perini Navi
Interior: Rémi Tessier and Perini Navi
Builder: Perini Navi, Viareggio Yard

http://www.perininavi.it/schedanews.cfm?IDF=198

http://www.perininavi.it

A Perini Navi Viareggio Picture

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The Perini Navi 56-meter "Santa Maria" apparently is no more. She has been renamed "Zenji" The registration also seems to be changed as well.

http://www.perininavi.it/galleria.cfm?IdBarca=33#

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Since launching, the first of a pair of 38-meter sloops have been delivered to the owners. "P2" is beautiful in design and functional in layout. Perini Navi, her builder has new interior pics of her and she has made it into the "in navigation" section of the website.

http://www.perininavi.it/galleria.cfm?IdBarca=50#

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In seems as though the 56-meter "Silvana" has been delivered now to her owner(s). She has now been transfered to the 'in navigation section of the website...

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Perini Navi has done some minor tweaking with their website. Has some interesting additions that I know you all will like!

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The name of hull C.2086 is "Riela". The hull arrived at Perini Navi in Viareggio about 1 year ago. She is the seventh hull in the 56-meter series of blue water sailers.

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The "Riela" has been delivered now as I wrote some time ago...she is now on the 'In Navigation' section on Perini Navi's site. So we can expect some new pics of her soon.