Vertigo Top Yacht

New Zealand has won awards at the latest International Superyacht Society (ISS) Design Awards, held in Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The winner in the category ‘Sailing yacht 40m +’ was won by the ketch, Vertigo, launched by New Zealand’s Alloy Yachts in 2010. Vertigo was also presented with the Prix du Design at the 2012 Monaco Yacht Show. The Florida winner in the category ‘Sailing yacht 24-40m’ was won by the sloop Antares III, launched in 2011 by New Zealand-based Yachting Developments.
(26 October 2012)


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