SS Delphine

The owners of the prestigious Delphine chose the Monaco Classic Week to baptize, the presence of HSH Princess Stéphanie, Godmother of the boat, and in collaboration with Fraser Yachts Worldwide, their steam ship after a fiver-year long restoration in Belgium. This 79 meter-long steam yacht is the largest in the world and can welcome 28 passengers for dream-like cruises in the accurately restored atmosphere of the twenties "Années Folles". Today Delphine flies the YCM colours and moores in the Port Hercule of Monaco. This exceptional unit was launched in 1921 for the carr tycoon Horace Dodge.

Link to website: www.ssdelphine.com

Santandrea

This 30 meter-long tug, whose hull is constructed of riveted steel plates, has a displacement of more than 300 tonnes, and she experienced and exceptional end to her working career. Santandrea left the Solimano shipyard in 1961, the last unit of a series begun in 1937, and was built using construction techniques that are no longer used today. After twenty years of good and loyal service in the Mediterranean, she became the private boat of the American actor Bud Spencer. Her 1600 horsepower engine is just as reliable as it has always been, she carried out a tour of the world at the end of the 1990s which took four years. She had an extended stay in New Zealand, during which she became the official mother boat for the Luna Rossa Challenge for the America's Cup. Back in Monaco, her career, her adventures and her peaceful charm have gained her the admiration of boat owners who have lived and travelled the whole world. Neither her captain, Jacques Maïder, or even less her owner, Gildo Pallanca Pastor, will tell you anything to the contrary.

Link to website: www.santandrea.cc

Wally Power 118

It is clear even to the most uninformed and casual observer that there is something special about Wally Sailing Yachts. The prototype 118 WallyPower has a trapezium form and is a power-boat with three diesel-turbine engines releasing an astonishing top speed of 6o knots. As is the hall-mark of Wally, there are no extraneous items of equipment or other hanging about the decks or elsewhere in the 36-meter “Power 118”. With extremely rigorous design and using the most modern of techniques and materials, Wally has brought « boating » very close to the purest notion of a sea-craft. Something approaching the design of a flying-fish, you might say.

Link to website : www.wally.com

The Fraser Charter Captain Award

Each year Fraser Yachts Worldwide invits all their captains to the Yacht Club of Monaco for the Charter Captain Award. The distinction rewards the best Charter Captain of the Mediterranean Sea.