Conversation between Luca Bassani Antivari, Pierre-Alexis Duma and Gabriel Petstsini about WHY - Wally Hermes Yachts - the new company created by merge Wally and Hermes, entirely devoted to new art of a life on the sea.

Everybody’s dream is to live on an island, in complete freedom, without constraint, with the independence that only self-sufficiency can provide. A piece of land with a beautiful villa partly fulfils this aspiration because it is static. A yacht offers the freedom to move, but does not have the space of a property. WHY has it all: space, stability, movement, independence, peace.

Lila Lou Design has created a radical and possibly revolutionary idea, a swing-sail system with side-by-side, matching masts and booms that split port & starboard, harnessing the power of the wind, as well as electrical power with vertical-axis wind turbines. This system effectively doubles the sail area, generating so much power that twin sub-surface foils and a sliding keel bulb are needed to keep it upright. Revolutionary isn't always ridiculous, right?

The Virtous 120 is a aluminium 36m motoyacht, powered by tripple 1850 HP engines.

Company “Laky Verf” offers an unrivalled composition of agility, good technical characteristics, generous and comfortable interiors which makes the base of the new 25 M project.

Kingship Marine Limited, one of the top megayacht builders in Asia, has recently released a new design developed in partnership with Dutch design firm, Vripack International. After six years of collaboration on Kingship 90, 110, 125 and 131 projects, the yard announced it is stepping up its relationship with Vripack with a 138 modern designed vessel.

Frank Laupman and his agency Omega Architects have taken yacht design to a new level, with their design for the mega yacht LV4500 (45 m).

Messerschmitt Yachts is a new, exclusive yacht branding, founded by Felix P. Messerschmitt, company owner and holder of the trademark protection rights.

The latest project from the Team at Warwick Yacht Design destined for South East Asia provides accommodation for the owner and 8 guests in 5 luxurious cabins, executive crew and captain on the main deck in four large cabins is augmented by 6 working crew on the lower deck.

The designer Adrien Jousset (ASK Yacht Design) and naval architect Sylvain Julien (BMT Nigel Gee), have been selected as one of five finalists in the World Superyacht Awards - Young Designer of the Year 2009 - with a truly innovative design – Ostria.