S/Y Twizzle has been cruising in the Caribbean in December 2011, sailing from Antigua to Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Bequia, Mustique and the Tobago Cays. The weather was fabulous, the sailing sensational and the diving just out of this world:
S/Y Twizzle at anchor at the Pitons in St Lucia:
Posted under Twizzle Blog. December 22nd, 2011 by msb
At the Annual 2011 International Superyacht Society Awards for Design and Leadership Gala Dinner at the Marriot Harbour Beach Resort in Ft Lauderdale on 27 October 2011, S/Y Twizzle and her design team of Redman Whitely Dixon and Todhunter Earle was awarded:
The International Superyacht Society (ISS) was founded in 1989 and represents the large yacht industry. Its fundamental mission is to build alliances worldwide with regional associations; to serve as communications conduit for issues affecting the marketplace, owners, crew and industry members; and to recognize achievement as well as provide educational opportunities and networking events.
Each year ISS presents its peer-reviewed Design and Leadership Awards, which recognize individuals and companies for their expertise, leadership and dedication to raising the standards of design, construction, maintenance, repair and operation of large yachts. These are the Oscars of the Superyacht Industry as these awards are voted on by the members who are all Yachting Professionals, Suppliers to the Yachting Industry, Brokers, Designers and Ship Builders.
Alice Huisman of Royal Huisman Shipyards and Justin Redman of Redman Whitely Dixon collecting the award for Best Interior from Jill Bobrow at the ISS Awards
Categories for ISS Best Superyacht Design 2011 were:
o Power 24m-40m
o Power 40m-65m
o Power 65m+
o Sail 24m-40m
o Sail 40 M +
o Best Interior – Power or Sail
o Best Refit – Power or Sail
Click here for more details: ISS Design Awards
Owners Cabin:
Forward Salon set up for Dining:
Posted under Twizzle Blog. October 28th, 2011 by msb
At a glittering Gala Dinner at the exclusive Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, the winners of the 2011 ShowBoats Design Golden Neptune Awards were announced to a VIP audience of Superyacht owners and the industry’s leading creative talents.
Alice Huisman and Justin Redman collecting the Showboats Design Award for S/Y Twizzle from Marilyn Mower, U.S. Editor-in-Chief
Winner: Redman Whiteley Dixon and Todhunter Earle for S/Y Twizzle
Length: 188′8″ 57.50m | Builder: Royal Huisman
Interior Designer: Redman Whiteley Dixon / Todhunter Earle
Naval Designer: Dubois Naval Architects
Winner: Redman Whiteley Dixon and Todhunter Earle for the Main Salon and
Main Cockpit on S/Y Twizzle
Length: 188′8″ 57.50m | Builder: Royal Huisman
Interior Designer: Redman Whiteley Dixon / Todhunter Earle
Naval Designer: Dubois Naval Architects
Posted under Twizzle Blog. October 26th, 2011 by msb
S/Y Twizzle competed in the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta being held in June 2011 in Porto Cervo, sailing in the cruising class.
PORTO CERVO, SARDINIA – 8th June, 2011
UNFURLED & HIGHLAND FLING PROFIT FROM A CHALLENGING OPENING RACE
Day 1 of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2011 in Porto Cervo, with winds from 17 to 24 knots, tested the 27 crew and their yachts to their limits, and beyond in some cases.
Broken sails and halyard strops mean a busy evening for some crew as they work to have their yachts ready for tomorrow’s race, but the sailors relished the challenge of today’s changeable conditions all the same.
Owner of Wally Y3K, Claus-Peter Offen, enjoys racing in Porto Cervo for the breeze and for the competition. ‘It is good racing here against a good number of competitive boats, and we had tricky winds today which demanded last-minute decisions, and that’s what makes the racing here so exciting.’
A little too exciting at times in the Performance Division, as the fleet converged on the first windward mark all together. Four protest flags flew from different yachts and it will be a late evening for the afterguard of some of the Performance boats, and also for the international jury tasked with deciding what, if any, penalties to apply to some near-miss incidents. ‘You have to expect this when you have boats of similar speed all racing competitively,’ said Offen. ‘It’s a sign of good close racing.’
The larger and less manoeuvrable yachts in the Cruising Division are governed by a new set of safety rules, including a 40m exclusion zone to avoid any close calls that could result in a collision. The 19 yachts in this division also started at two-minute intervals, the fastest setting out last.
This meant that Twizzle, with its unwarrantedly high handicap of 1.671, started last, with only the two perfromance racing boats Visione and Saudade starting after her. Hitting speeds of up to 15.5 kts, it was an exhilierating race with Twizzle dueling Marie, the new Andre Hoek design from Vitters.
Even if there wasn’t the boat-to-boat drama of the Performance Division, the wind had a few surprises up its sleeve. After virtually no wind at start time, the breeze built nicely to 18 knots, but later gusted higher reaching 25. Just before the finish, a storm cloud just off the entrance to Porto Cervo caused the wind to turn through 180 degrees and created even more work for sailors on the foredeck as they scurried to change from spinnakers to headsails.
The owner of Marie, the 54.6m Vitters ketch, commented: ‘It was an exciting race with up to 25 knots of wind, which caused a lot of broken halyards and headsails. We broke our head sail early in the race during a tack.’ Timoneer and Saudade also had trouble with sails and halyards, pushing them back in the rankings on corrected time.
Harry Macklowe’s Unfurled, an 11 year old Royal Huisman, came first with Hasso Plattner’s lightweight Baltic 147 Visione (which should really have been in the Perfromance Yacht class) tearing past the rest of the fleet to finish in second place. In Performance, Irvine Laidlaw steered his Reichel-Pugh 82-footer Highland Fling XI to victory ahead of Pier Luigi Loro Piana’s My Song. Y3K lies in 3rd, although this evening’s protests could yet alter the standings.
RACING WAS CANCELLED FOR DAY 2 and DAY 4 DUE TO EXCESSIVE WIND SPEEDS!
UNFURLED AND HIGHLAND FLING WIN A WINDY WEEK
Harry Macklowe’s Unfurled and Irvine Laidlaw’s Highland Fling have been crowned the winners of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2011 in Porto Cervo.
With strong winds forcing the final day’s race to be cancelled, Unfurled’s 1st and 2nd places from previous days earned victory in the Cruising Division by 1 point from Kora 5 of Portofino, with Hasso Plattner’s Baltic 147 Visione in 3rd overall.
The strong winds that prevailed for the week suited the ultra-light planing hull of Irvine Laidlaw’s Highland Fling XI. The Reichel-Pugh 82 scored two 1st places to win convincingly ahead of Andrea Recordati’s Wally 101 Indio, with Pier Luigi Loro Piana’s My Song in 3rd overall.
Twizzle had a great regatta with the Race Team under Robbie Haines, Yeren Hobson and Twizzle Captain Gordon Percy running a really slick operation using all of Twizzle’s sails and spinekars, with just it’s handicap making for a poor result on corrected time. We look forward to returning next year but with a substantially better handicap that is more performance led.
Posted under Twizzle Blog. June 9th, 2011 by msb
In a glittering Asian Boating Award ceremony in Hong Kong (the first night of the Hong Kong Gold Coast Boat Show) on Friday night, 6 May 2011 S/Y Twizzle won the award for Best Custom Built Yacht over 150 Feet. This award goes to a completely one-off, one-of-a-kind yacht, launched in the past year that displays both technical and design innovation, as well as outstanding build quality.
S/Y Twizzle was designed, inside and out, by Redman Whiteley Dixon with interior décor from Todhunter Earle Associates and naval architecture by Dubois Naval Architects. Her elegant, futuristic design reflects the parallel objectives that she should combine the comfort and amenity of a motor yacht with the performance and seakeeping abilities of the finest offshore sailing yachts. Her progressive design and specification presented a host of exciting engineering and build challenges for her builder Royal Huisman.
Winners can be sailing yachts, motor yachts or motor-sailors of 150 foot and upwards. Nominations for the awards come from polling among readers of Asia-Pacific Boating, with the finalists and ultimate winners chosen by an independent judging panel of industry experts.
S/Y Twizzle was also a finalist in the Most Innovative Yacht Design category.
The Award was collected on behalf of the Team Twizzle Designers, Build Team and Shipyard by Evert van Dishoeck, Sales Director for Royal Huisman Shipyard.
The Nominations were:
| Name | Builder | Country | Type of Yacht |
| Twizzle | Royal Huisman | Netherlands | Sailing Yacht |
| Sunrays | Oceanco | Netherlands | Motor Yacht |
| Big Fish | McMullen & Wing | New Zealand | Motor Yacht |
| Panthalassa | Perini Navi | Italy | Sailing Yacht |
| Sunreef | IPHARRA | Poland | Catamaran |
| Palladium | Blohm & Voss | Germany | Motor Yacht |
| Azteca | CRN | Italy | Motor Yacht |
| Lady Christine | Feadship | Netherlands | Motor Yacht |
| Solemates | Lürssen | Germany | Motor Yacht |
Posted under Twizzle Blog. May 8th, 2011 by msb