Archive for the 'Testing the Magellano in Tunisia' Category

Magellano performance report

martedì, dicembre 15th, 2009

After 2000 miles of cruising the Mediterranean I have fallen in love with the performance of Magellano. Here is a motor yacht that does everything you ask it to do and comes up smiling at the end. Whether it is ploughing into rough seas off the coast of Italy or negotiating the very difficult and [...]

Il piacere di viaggiare per Mare

martedì, dicembre 15th, 2009

Devo dire che sicuramente il tempo ci ha aiutato, delle splendide giornate con un mare ideale sono quanto di meglio uno possa pretendere anche in un mite inverno tunisino.
  
 
Navigare in questi giorni a bordo del Magellano è stata un’esperienza veramente piacevole e rilassante e grazie anche alla simpatica compagnia si è creato un bel gruppo [...]

Frank Walker’s feedback on the Magellano 74 from Sidi Bou Said

martedì, dicembre 15th, 2009

Walking out to the pontoon in Sidi Bou Said marina, I get my second look at the Magellano and it reinforces the memory I had after seeing her for the first time at the Genoa Boat Show. This may not be the most beautiful boat ever designed but she is certainly striking. She has all [...]

Fiona Walker’s feedback on Magellano 74 – Sidi Bou Said – Tunisia

venerdì, dicembre 11th, 2009

We didn’t expect to be doing any more boating this year, but here we are, just a couple of weeks before Christmas, heading back on board for what promises to be an exciting experience! The new Azimut Magellano is in Sidi Bou Said, a small port in Tunisia, and so are we.
Moored at the end [...]

In Sidi Bou Said with the special testers of the Magellano 74, Vittorio Missoni, Harald Frentzen, Frank and Fiona Walker

venerdì, dicembre 11th, 2009

The forecast storm is at its maximum with winds of force 8 or more here in Sidi Bin Said. Waves are breaking over the marina breakwater and there is a lot of movement inside the marina itself. We did not have the most comfortable night with water slamming under the chines and to add to [...]