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At the Monaco Yacht Show, the Ferretti Group unveiled the majestic
new 74 metre “Cloud 9” by CRN on its international debut, as well as the
exceptional Custom Line Navetta 33 and the sublime Pershing 108
ollowing on from its six international de- Alberto Galassi and the Chief Commercial Officer Stefano de
buts at the 40th Cannes Yachting Festival Vivo illustrated the developments in the three-year investment
and its Shipyard of the Year award, the Fer- plan in the field of super and mega yachts, focusing in par-
retti Group set sail for the 2017 Monaco ticular on the latest news about the magnificent “Super Yacht
F Yacht Show with a highly prestig- Yard” in Ancona. The yard will be fully reno-
ious fleet of super and mega yachts. The big- } The Group vated in a €25 million scheme that is due to be
gest star at the event was the M/Y Cloud 9: the illustrated the 3-year completed in 2019. Three CRN yachts are cur-
74 metre new masterpiece from CRN that was investment plan rently under construction at the Super Yacht
making its international debut and was present- Yard. The 79 metre CRN 135 will be the second
ed in partnership with Burgess. The Group’s in the super biggest yacht ever built by the yard, while the
fleet was rounded off by two more peerless- and mega yachts field 62 metre hull of the CRN 137 has just entered
ly breathtaking vessels: the new Custom Line its production facility. Both will be launched
Navetta 33 (which was first unveiled in Ibiza, wowed the inter- in 2019. Meanwhile, the 50 metre “Superconero” CRN 136
national public over the summer and then picked up the Best will be ready next year. In addition, construction work is un-
Design award in Cannes) and the Pershing 108 maxi coupé derway in the respective dedicated facilities on the new Persh-
(the flagship of the Pershing fibreglass fleet). During the tradi- ing and Riva flagships: the Pershing 140 and the Riva 50 MT,
tional press conference on the opening day, the group’s CEO which is the first creation by the new Superyachts Division.
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