Baia ITALIA 70 – Voted best Italian motor yacht of the year 2008, is the latest model in the Baia High Performance Yachts with a uniquely designed pit, sexy Italian looks, 52 knots top speed! luxury & design meets great engineering innovation and build quality.

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http://www.riviera.com.au/modelOverview.cfm?type=yacht&prdID=25

AT A GLANCE

• Lifestyle The Riviera 5800 Sport Yacht inherits the design principles of its predecessors the award-winning 3600 and 4700 and the 4400 Sport Yachts most notably the al fresco lifestyle concept. A huge, push-button electric sunroof slides open to bring the outdoors inside, adding to the light, airy feeling of the spacious interior. In open mode, space flows freely between pit and saloon. The galley features quality appliances throughout, including a three-element induction cooktop, two drawer fridges and two drawer freezers, and a liquor cabinet next to an ice maker. Audio-visual entertainment comprises an electric-lift 40″ LCD TV integrated with a Bose AM/FM stereo, DVD player, sub-woofer and five speakers to the saloon. Air-conditioning is standard to the saloon and galley areas.

• Accommodation With options of three or four cabins, plus the addition of optional crew quarters, the Riviera 5800 Sport Yacht is designed for comfort. The master stateroom aft spans the full beam and features a king-size walk-around double bed amidships with en suite. The companionway leads to the VIP guest stateroom forward, with its queen island double bed and ensuite, plus twin cabins on port and starboard sides. The starboard cabin easily converts from twin berth to a double. The port side cabin features two bunks. This cabin is replaced by the galley in the below deck galley layout option. A third bathroom is available to serve the twin cabins.

• Saloon/Galley The stylish stainless steel aft-bulkhead door slides open, providing entry to not only the saloon from the pit but together with an electric up / down window behind the galley and a huge electric sunroof the full al fresco lifestyle. High quality Amtico flooring is used through the galley, for aesthetics and practicality. The main saloon flooring is fully carpeted. Interior woodwork is high grade American cherrywood, gloss finished by Riviera’s state of the art varnishing machine. The standard layout for the saloon includes a U-shaped galley in the starboard aft quarter with a breakfast servery forward and two stools, solid-surface benchtops, three-element induction cooktop, two under-bench drawer fridges and freezers, microwave convection oven, dishwasher, exhaust fan and water purifier. Forward to port is a U-shaped leather lounge/dinette with storage underneath the seats and a cherrywood gloss table. Aft of the dinette is a liquor cabinet, storage and under-bench ice-maker. Saloon entertainment includes an electric-lift 40″ LCD TV integrated with a Bose Lifestyle 48 system. The entire saloon is served by 36,000 BTU reverse cycle air-conditioning.

• pit The pit is both spacious and functional with a teak laid floor, a wide bench-style lounge and table, mounted on electric high/low pedestals, that converts to a daybed. At the wet bar is an electric BBQ. There is a hand-held hot and cold fresh water shower, as well as fresh and sea water pit washdown with quick disconnect outlets.

• Helm The helm console in the forward starboard quarter of the saloon is ergonomically designed, leather wrapped with digital engine displays, plenty of room for navigational screens, two drink holders, storage tray, a leather sports steering wheel and Icom VHF radio with aerial. Digital systems monitor AC and DC power and fluid tank levels via a colour LCD display. Quality leather high-back helm and companion chairs have electric adjustment and footrests. A two-lever electric engine control unit can be replaced by a joystick control for manoeuvring in tight spaces.

• Deck This area features a large sunpad with adjustable backrests and stainless steel rails, drink holders and a coolbox. There is also a music system with external speakers at the sunbed A 50kg Manson anchor and 70 metres of galvanised chain is standard, with the option of a highly polished stainless steel anchor. Fresh and sea water washdown fittings with quick disconnect are located at the anchor locker and a spotlight is fitted to the bow with remote to the helm.

The Riviera 5800 Sport Yacht takes luxury boating to a new level, with its four cabin three bathroom standard layout, full beam master stateroom, and the choice of a lower galley and aft crew cabin. A new digital switching system for DC power enables you to personalise your boat by selecting what mode you want, for example, select cruise or entertainment mode, and the appropriate circuits will be energised.

The boat’s beautiful, sleek unmatched lines match the state of the art propulsion system providing you with faster acceleration, higher top speed, better turning and manoeuvrability all with greater fuel efficiency. Massive interior and exterior entertaining areas combine with simple yet stylish stainless steel framed glass sliding door and the electric sunroof that adds that extra touch of the outdoors.

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Aboard one of their intimate yachts, you will feel like a welcomed guest. The captain and officers seem like old friends. Everyone on the professionally trained staff more than one per suite not only knows you by name, but knows your personal preferences as well.

The days and nights are carefree and ultra luxurious. Personalized service is a way of life. Never lift a finger while youre their guest, unless its to signal a waiter for another bottle of vintage Bordeaux from the fully stocked wine cellar.

Aboard Seabourn, your dreams will come true.

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Reid Stowe, a 55-year old professional adventurer, and his 24-year old girlfriend, Soanya Ahmad, are attempting to stay at sea until 2010, communicating with civilization solely via satellite phone.

The couple has been sailing aboard the 70-foot schooner “Anne” through the South Atlantic since April 2007.

Stowe and Ahmad call their mission “Mars Ocean Odyssey,” because they think the journey will provide valuable lessons for a manned flight to Mars.

Follow the 1,000 Days at Sea project through its website at http://www.1000days.net where you can read daily blog posts e-mailed in by their satellite phone.

Enjoy the discussion about this voyage over in the Sailing Anarchy forums:

http://www.sailinganarchy.com

Next up, it’s a Flashback to 1958: A private yacht for every family was just on the horizon.

In 1958, Arthur Radebaugh, in his syndicated Sunday comic strip “Closer than we Think,” gave readers of the Chicago Tribune a glimpse at the future of yachting with his design of “The Poor Man’s Yacht.”

The caption predicts that in “the world of tomorrow,” the family car might be used as the motive power for boats.

All the yachtsman-of-the-future would need to do is drive his car into the cradle of the new marine creation, allowing the automobile’s engine to run the boat.

You can find Arthur Radebaugh’s “Poor Man’s Yacht” sketch, and read more about “the futures that never were” at the Paleo-Future blog: http://paleo-future.blogspot.com

Finally today: Introducing the AquaDomi – The Houseboat of the Future?

AquaDomi houseboats are a modular system of floating houses that give the owner the possibility of creating his own house on the water, exactly the way he wants it.

The AquaDomi houseboat designs feature contemporary architecture equipped with luxury comforts, geared more towards aesthetic artistic structures on water with a homely feel.

Check-out the different architectural designs at the company’s website http://www.Aquadomi.dk

TheBoaters TV, hosted by Julie Perry, airs 5-7 minute episodes every M, W, and Friday at http://www.TheBoaters.TV

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