The Megayachts USA 8 (2007)

• Authoritative compilation of the finest vessels afloat
• 18 features yachts presented by leading yacht photographers and journalists
• Peek into up-and-coming projects for designers and builders
• Destinations – Alaska's Inside Passage and Turkey's Anatolian coast
• Up-to-date Directory and comprehensive index

This year, we have highlighted eighteen of the most stunning vessels from 2006, and in so doing have illustrated the impressive spectrum of the North American megayacht industry's talent and creativity. Westport Shipyards and Burger Boat Company have both launched their biggest ever - 164ft Vango being the flagship of Westport's 50M series. Delta Marine's Happy Days is the largest full displacement composite build in America, while Trinity delivered Zoom Zoom Zoom who, at 161ft, was the USA's fastest conventionally powered motor yacht of her size. As North America's most complete volume on megayachts, we begin with a peek into up-and-coming projects for designers and builders of the luxury yacht market - the scores of brilliant concepts and project details painstakingly streamlined into 24 pages. The world's top 100 largest yachts listing features 11 new entries this year, while our Destinations section carries the reader into two of the hottest charter destinations of the year - Alaska's vast Inside Passage and Turkey's storied Anatolian coast. The up-to-date Directory is an instant contact guide to the businesses within the megayacht industry, which along with the comprehensive Index, is an invaluable tool for all industry professionals.

Yachts in this book: • Arcadia • Barchetta • Dream • Happy Days • Helios² • Hush • Karyatis • Kingship 110 • Lia Fail • Maltese Falcon • Man of Steel • Mirgah V • Oasis • Talitha G • Vango • Victorious • XS of London • Zoom Zoom Zoom