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A Solar-Powered Yacht Lights Up The Singapore Show

Almost 90 yachts and other water vessels are on display at the Singapore Yacht Show this weekend.

The Singapore Yacht Show. (Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg)
The Singapore Yacht Show. (Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Almost 90 yachts and other water vessels are on display at the Singapore Yacht Show this weekend, which is hoping to attract more than 16,000 people — from experienced yacht buyers to those still striving. The show runs through the weekend, accompanied (of course) by a supercar parade of Ferrari and Lamborghini owners. Rolls Royce will display three models of the Cullinan, a $325,000 SUV.

Two of the show’s standouts: A 54-foot solar-powered catamaran called Silent 55 and the 193-foot Seawolf, built in 1955 and most recently updated in 2009.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

The Singapore Yacht Show, the region’s leading yacht event, is in its ninth year.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

La Vie is a Tecnomar Evo 120 Ice White manufactured in 2018. It sleeps 10 guests.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg     
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg    

There are 30 solar panels on top of the Silent 55, which Austrian manufacturer Silent-Yachts says has unlimited range on just solar energy and is, as the name suggests, completely silent. A generator is available in the event of a spate of bad weather. Versions of the boat have three to six bedrooms, with separate showers.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

A man stands on the Azimut Grande at the yacht show, where more than 25 boats are going on display for the first time in Asia.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

The Seawolf, manufactured by Scheepswerf Smit, is moored close to a floating swimming pool. At 193 feet with four decks, it's the largest vessel at the show.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

The Seawolf is kitted out with plenty of accessories to keep you busy on deck and overboard: from jet skis to kayaks to an inflatable trampoline.  It can accommodate 12 guests and has a crew of 15.

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Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg  

The Ferretti Yachts 920 is a 93-foot vessel with a panoramic deck, comes in models with either three or four cabins.

 Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg   
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg   

The Sunseeker 76 yacht, manufactured by Sunseeker International Ltd.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

Yacht makers say they like the show because it's well organized and has easy access. Sanlorenzo is one of the more than hundred exhibitors this year.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

The event attracts clients from places including China, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, says Stefano de Vivo, chief commercial officer of the Ferretti Group.

Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

The yacht show takes place in Sentosa Cove, a residential area nestled on a tiny island off the south coast of Singapore. It's the only place in the country where foreigners can buy landed property.

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