527 | Marzo 2006

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Chartering is the superyacht's future
The need for international regulations for pleasure craft - and more so for large charter vessels - is becoming increasingly clear. An example of this is the collaboration set up between Great Britain and Italy in the superyacht field. Italy has drawn up and enforced regulations inspired by the British MCA and the British are absorbing certain amendments introduced by the Italians. Moreover there is a gentlemen's agreement to proceed together to achieve the same results. But around this joint action there is vast participation of all the other so to speak yachting nations, with view to an almost global goal. International committees were surprised by Italy's collaborative attitude: as the major producer of pleasure craft it might have sought advantages. But the owner of the Italian shipyard group with most interests in the foregoing hypothesis knocked everyone out by stating his faith in the common cause. This is certainly a demonstration of farsightedness, in the Anglo-Saxon spirit of may the best man win. As we were saying, the Italian regulations have meanwhile come into force which allow pleasure craft used only for charter to enrol on the special commercial vessels register. But at this point it was necessary to set up a procedural system which, having acquired political goodwill, is now having to overcome many details, actual obstacles in the bureaucratic itinerary which in the end also envisages the need to sign a collective work contract between owners and chartering parties. It may seem an obvious thing, and it certainly is when an interlocutor exists, which is to say the other party. In this case there was no other party and it had to be constituted, or even better, constructed. Pressed by the paperwork of the first pleasure craft enrolments on the above Register, the Italian sector association UCINA provided for setting up a series of meetings with charter organisations who then set up a representational body, the Agenzia dello Yachting, with headquarters in Viareggio, the cradle of big Italian pleasure craft. The agency also joined UCINA and, on the basis of the British work contract for the charter sector, are drawing up the CCNL, a national collective work contract, formerly inexistent, for those employed on vessels used for commercial ends. The great political merit for this achievement goes to Paolo Vitelli who, as well as owning the above named major superyacht yard, is the well known president of UCINA. Nor should we forget the precious contribution to the technical-bureaucratic part made by UCINA general secretary Lorenzo Pollicardo. Now we must continue to go forward to the goal of an international understanding, in order to obtain valid technical standards wherever pleasure craft are built. ( Fabio Petrone )

Le barche
Vitters Shipyard Adèle
Azimut 105 Principessa
Feadship Twizzle
Baglietto 34m Revitality
Ferretti Yachts 881
Alloy Yachts International, Ad Lib
Lazzara Yachts 110'
Cerri 86 Flyingsport
Schooner Invader

Il mercato
Oceanco Y-702, luxury mega yacht
Southern Wind SW 80' FD
CNL - Admiral 31
Aforma Hylas
Van Dam 100' Nordia, Traditional Psyrax
Burger 140' Sea Owl
Canados 116'
Tecnomar Velvet 83'
Sanlorenzo 88
Gianetti Yacht Navetta 32
Lürssen Vitruvius
Gulf Craft Majesty 88
The Boating Market Watch
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Gli articoli
Design: Glass in yacht design
Design: PAB, a different style
Design: Giovanni Zuccon, development cannot disregard research
Design: Werner Yacht Design, a timeless classic
Tecnica: Vessel vibrations regarding hull and propeller
Tecnica: The traditional launching of a ship
Motori: Superyacht and engines, a complex couple
Charter: Cruising in Maldives
Charter: Lady Goodgirl, a masterpiece charter
Cantieri: Rizzardi, a Group in continual expansion
Captain's corner: Aaron Clark, Four Wishes
Captain's corner: Brendan Cooley, M/Y Salacia
Tender & Toys: Milonga 35
Tender & Toys: FGG C-100 Day Cruiser
Accessori: Underwater Lights, high quality lighting
Accessori: Liapull, the italian tradition
Accessori: Marten Spars, specialists in carbon fibre
Accessori: Molteni, functional objects of art
Marina: Marina di Stabia
Service: M/V Super Servant 3
Service: Superyacht's security
Service: Gianneschi pumps and blower