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Diamond was built by AB Yachts in Viareggio, Italy. It was delivered to an American client on the last day of December in 2012. AB Yachts was created in 1992 with the goal of setting the standard in the world of pleasure yachting. Since then it has taken distinctive steps in the boat building world. For the first time we have seen jet drives applied to high performance craft with small dimensions. Specifically researched structural resins have been introduced, collaborating with the most innovative firms in the field of composite materials. Finite element design programs have been applied to optimize the sizes of existing structures.

These are just a few of innovation introduced by AB Yachts, which is now a consolidated enterprise with ample spaces for building and completing yachts. AB Yachts is a future-oriented shipyard. Accommodations Diamond has a four stateroom layout with a GYM that offers pullman berths for availability of a fifth guest stateroom. The master suite is midships and full beam. The king berth, large seating area and enormous bathroom will please even the most demanding. There is a queen berth in one of the guest suites, twins in another and bunks in the kids room. Every stateroom has a private, oversized, bathroom.

Forward of the stateroom space is an atrium that offers a great seating area for private conversations, watching football or simply relaxing. Forward of the Atrium is the crew area and galley. There are three crew staterooms with heads and showers. The crew has their own dining/lounging area. On the main deck is the open, airy salon and pilothouse. The pilothouse is equipped with every modern electronic device necessary to take Diamond to amazing adventures. On first inspection you will note the simplicity in the joystick controls for the MJP jets. The dining salon is just aft of the pilot station. It seats ten. The roof over the dining salon opens offering great views and fresh air. The salon is aft of the Dining salon divided by a low hutch. Immediately you will observe the large windows on this entire main deck offering great views from any location. The aft deck is spacious and offers entertainment space and seating as well as a large lounging area. The transom opens to supply storage for a tender, jetskiis, dive equipment or nearly any water sports gear. On the main deck forward of the pilothouse and accessed by the wide walk around deck is a comfortable seating area for ten with an umbrella for sun protection. There is a tender garage on the bow for a second tender or more jetskiis. The flybridge offers sunning, seating and dining options. There is also a pilot station on the flybridge. Diamond will reach speeds of 48 knots and will cruise at 40 knots.

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List of Main Components Installed

ENGINE - 3 X MTU 16V 2000 M93 approx 1800 hrs

Extended warranties in place through 2023

Gear Box Inverter - 3 x ZF 3060 Ratio 2.750/1

Propulsion - 2 x Waterjet MJP 550 DD

Generators - 2 x Cummins 80 KW approx 4500 hrs

Furuno Nav Net

New ships monitering system System installed in early 2021

Humphree Trim Tabs

Simrad Auto Pilot

Furuno Inmarsat

Furuno Single Side Band

3 Furuno VHF

Kablenberg Ship Horns

Autoclave Pump Fresh Water - 1 x Gianneschi Jet 518 400 V CC

Fire Fighting Pump - 1 x Gianneschi 501 BT 400 V AC

Bilge Immersion Electric Pump - 7 x Rulematic 2000 24 V DC

Centralized Bilge Electric Pump - 1 x Gianneschi ACM 501 BT K3 230 V DC Three Phase

Bilge and Fire Emergency Motorpump - 1 x Gianneschi FS 40/14

Fuel Oil Transfer Electric Pump - 1 x Gianneschi CP 32 N 230 V AC Three Phase

Fuel Oil Transfer Electric Pump - 1 x Gianneschi CP 32 A 24 V DC

Oil Transfer Electric Pump - 1 x Gianneschi FQ 15 380 V AC

Black Water Mincing Pump - 1 x Hamann Echo MV 44 24 V DC

Sanisplit - 5 x 220 TECMA

Boiler - 3 x 100 LT - 230 V AC

A/C System - 1 x Condaria

Water Maker - 2 x Idromar MC3 180 LT/H Type Duplex

MM EE Starter Battery Charger - 1 x Mastervolt 24/50-2

Service Battery Charger - 1 x Mastervolt 24/100

Radio Battery Charger - 1 x IVO SMART 24/10

MTU Battery Charger - 1 x Mastervolt 24/25-2

Gen Battery Charger - 1 x IVO SMART 12/15

Eme. Battery Charger - 1 x Mastervolt 24/50-2

Inverter - 1 x Mass Sine 24/1500

Stbd M.E. Battery Starter - 4 x Exide NG G 210 12 V - 143 AH

Service Battery - 6 x Exide G 210 6 V - 183 AH

Radio Station Battery - 2 x Exide G 80 12 V - 80 AH

Emergency Lights - 4 x Exide G140 12V - 143 AH

MTU Electronics Battery - 2 x Exide G 210 12V - 210 AH

DD / GG Battery - 2 x Exide G 140 12V - 143 AH

Motorpump Battery - 1 x Exide G 60 12V

Anchor - 2 x Kedge 180 KG

Anchor Chain - 125 MT Calibro 16 mm

Windlass - Ercole 7.5 KW 220 V AC - 3F

Capstan - 2 x Lofrans' 5.0 KW 220 V AC

Engine Room Electric Ventilator - 4 X Gianneschi 230 V ELL APV 450

Engine Room Electric Extractor - 2 x Gianneschi 230 V ELL APV 450

Engines Water Fuel Separator Pre-filters - 3 x MTU

Generators Water Fuel Separator Pre-filters - 2 x Racor 500 FG

Multifunction Hydraulic Power Unit - Pincraft

Intruder Hydraulic Power Unit - Humpree

Swimming Ladder - Morsaverio

Bow Thruster - BCS

Propulsion Control Electronic System - MTU Blue Line

Self Inflatable Life Rafts - 2 x Eurovinil SOLAS for 12 person

2022 upgrades: Full paint, New exterior teak decks, New electronics, New salon flooring, New salon furniture.

Tender and Toys

2011 17' Williams 520 Tender, Yanmar Diesel

Yamaha 2011 3 person Super Charger Jet Ski

Paddle Board

new teak decks

new navigation electronics

new AV equipment

new salon interior

mtu service

kamewa service

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DIAMOND is a 57.3 m Motor Yacht, built in Germany by Abeking & Rasmussen and delivered in 1998.

Her top speed is 16.0 kn, her cruising speed is 15.5 kn, and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 4000.0 nm at 12.0 kn, with power coming from two Caterpillar diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 12 guests in 8 staterooms, with 15 crew members. She has a gross tonnage of 1049.0 GT and a 10.3 m beam.

She was designed by Donald Starkey , who has designed 33 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database.

The naval architecture was developed by Abeking & Rasmussen , who has architected 38 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database, and the interior of the yacht was designed by KirstenKelli - she is built with a Teak deck, a Steel hull, and Aluminium superstructure.

DIAMOND is in the top 5% by LOA in the world. She is one of 153 motor yachts in the 55-60m size range, and, compared to similarly sized motor yachts, her cruising speed is 1.55 kn above the average, and her volume 240.24 GT above the average.

DIAMOND is currently sailing under the Cayman Islands flag, the 2nd most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1405 yachts registered. She is known to be an active superyacht and has most recently been spotted cruising near Egypt. For more information regarding DIAMOND's movements, find out more about BOAT Pro AIS .

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• Name: DIAMOND
• Previous Names: ULTIMA III,DIAMOND A
• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Displacement
• Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen
• Naval Architect: Abeking & Rasmussen
• Exterior Designer: Donald Starkey
• Interior Designer: KirstenKelli
• Refits: 2010,2022,2023

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Summary of the DIAMOND Yacht Specs

For the complete DIAMOND yacht specs in table view see below. Built by luxury yacht builder Abeking & Rasmussen , the luxury motor yacht DIAMOND measures in at 188ft / 57.3m. She has a beam of 33.8, and a draft of 12, and she measures in at 1,049 gross tons. She sleeps up to 18 guests in 9 staterooms and has accommodations for 17 crew. She is propelled by Caterpillar engines at 1,875 hp each with a maximum speed of 16 knots and a cruising speed of 14 knots. Her decks are Teak and hull is Steel. Exterior styling is by Jack C. Anderson with her interior design by Kirsten Kelli .

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1,049 GROSS TONS

Abeking & Rasmussen | 1998

188 ft / 57.3 m

33.8 ft / 10.3 m, 12 ft / 3.7 m, detailed diamond yacht specs.

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Launched in 2011, the 36.25m (119') motor yacht Diamond is a wonderful sport power boat, built by the Italian shipyard AB Yachts, part of the Fipa Group. Belonging to the AB 116 fast Motor Yachts, the superyacht Diamond boasts naval architecture as well as exterior by Marco Arnaboldi, with lovely interior by Guido de Groot. The AB 116 Diamond features a generous flybridge with a unique floating command helm.

With a slender looking hull, smooth, tapering, and winning lines, the contemporary interior of the AB 116 superyacht Diamond can accommodate a total number of 11 guests. She provides a generous full beam master cabin, with a spacious bathroom, relaxation lounge and a fitness room that can be converted into a twin cabin. There are also additional two twin cabins as well as a VIP double cabin. The split level main salon follows the AB tradition of creating large vertical spaces ahead of the helm position. Diamond carries a friendly crew of 6 professionals. AB 116 luxury yacht Diamond is run by three MTU 16V2000 M93 CR engines, producing 2400 HP each, with 3 MJP water jets that can propel this amazing vessel to a top speed of 46 knots. RINA classed, Diamond has a beam of 7.5m (24'61'') and a maximum draft of 1.6m (5'25'').

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Accommodation aboard Diamond yacht is provided to 11 guests in a full beam master cabin with a large bathroom en-suite, relaxation lounge and a fitness room convertible into a twin room. Furthermore there are two additional twin cabin and a spacious VIP double cabin.

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We do have available further amenity, owner and price information for the 36.25m (119') yacht DIAMOND, so please enquire for more information.

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The luxury yacht DIAMOND displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current.

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Extraordinary boats: The Yachting World Diamond from design to deck

• Nigel Sharp
• March 22, 2024

The Yachting World Diamond is a Jack Holt design which continues to attract devotees 60 years after its conception. Nigel Sharp takes a look back at the class

During the post-World War II boom years of small-boat sailing, Yachting World promoted some 30 designs, most of which allowed for home construction in plywood. The largest was the Yachting World Keelboat, later renamed the Yachting World Diamond.

‘For years the editor dreamt of a planing keelboat,’ the Yachting World magazine later reported about the resulting Jack Holt design.

R&W Clark in East Cowes built the prototype Zest . It ‘was thoroughly tested in the hard winds and seas of the autumn and early winter of 1960 (and) surpassed the highest hopes of her.’

R&W Clark tested two rigs – a masthead and a three-quarter fractional rig – before the testers reached a compromise with a 7/8ths fractional.

Zest was exhibited at the London Boat Show the following January, after which it was reported that ‘boats are being built by several yards as well as by a number of amateurs’.

Around the same time, Bristol Aeroplane Plastics Ltd began to mould GRP yachts. The first of these, Bristol I, helmed by Jack Knights, was the overall winner in the Round the Island Race that July.

The following month, Knights recorded five wins in six races in a YW Keelboat class of seven yachts in Cowes Week .

Racing The Yachting World Diamond. Photo: Nigel Sharp

In 1962, Bristol Aeroplane Plastics introduced a GRP cruising version of the boat. This version had a ‘cabin-top to accommodate two berths, and the usual other arrangements, and two more berths under the raised aft deck.’

People thought the latter would be ‘the ideal boat for the man who wants a family cruiser but without those deadly dull qualities which usually go with a boat so described.’

But despite these promising early signs, the class never really took off in home waters.

It was a different story in Australia, however. Within a month of Bristol I’s victory, people were buying plans in order to build the Yachting World Diamond for themselves, all in plywood.

Racing Yachting World Diamond’s through the ’60s and ’70s

‘The enthusiasm for the design is unanimous,’ reported the secretary of the YW Keelboat Association of New South Wales in March 1963.

‘The boat is the most exhilarating I have ever sailed. They are being built in greater numbers than any new class… truly the yacht is being hailed here as the greatest single advance in yacht design in years.’

By November that year there were Diamonds racing in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Tasmania.

In the mid-1970s fleet numbers were regularly in the 30s, and occasionally up to 40 boats from different clubs raced together in Port Phillip Bay.

Similar numbers took part in national championships when boats would be trailed across the country from as far away as Perth.

“It was great racing,” said Peter Clark, who regularly sailed Diamonds in those days. “They were the right boat at the right time”.

Trapeze for breeze

In the mid-1970s, the Port Phillip yachts began experimenting with twin trapezes to help them cope with the typically windy conditions. They planned to use them at a forthcoming national championship hosted by the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron.

However, when crews from other states objected, the Port Phillip yachts had to revert to toe straps for that event, but it wasn’t long before trapezes were officially adopted nationwide.

Twin trapezes were added in the 1970s to contend with the breezy conditions of Victoria, Australia. Photo: Nigel Sharp

In the early 1980s, GRP foam sandwich boats came onto the scene, though they generally only replaced ageing wooden yachts .

The golden years in terms of racing fleet sizes lasted barely more than a decade before the Diamond’s popularity started to decline. Clark recalls just 14 boats taking part in the Australian championships in Brisbane in 1986.

“The people that had been sailing them got married, or moved away, or went to sail a bigger boat,” he said. “Life happened.”

The gem today

Port Phillip Bay still provides the best Yachting World Diamond racing today. Five yachts are currently in commission at the RYCV, and two more are at the Royal Geelong YC, 30 miles down the coast.

In addition to Irish Logic, which he races regularly, Royal Yacht Club of Victoria member Doug Prosser owns two other boats. These are Belle, which he recently ‘rescued’, and a donor yacht.

One of the Geelong yachts is Eclipse, a 1963 plywood boat which Neil Cusworth bought for AUS$1 in 2017.

Central cockpit console in Eclipse, with modern controls set up similar to an Etchells for racing. Photo: Nigel Sharp

She was restored by Jaime ‘Nudge’ Bennett who, among many other things, “tweaked the cockpit to be more like an Etchells”, fitted a spinnaker chute, and reduced the hull weight by 80kg.

Cusworth and Bennett occasionally sail her up to the RYCV at Williamstown to race in events there, including the 2019 and 2020 State Championships.

All of the racing yachts at both Williamstown and Geelong are dry sailed, and can easily be launched and recovered by member-operated cranes at each club.

The Yachting World Diamond is clearly a good yacht to race in a handicap fleet. When it’s windy, it can fly past bigger boats, which must give them time.

“And they’re very responsive boats in which you can feel what’s happening all the time, so they’re a good training boat,” said Cameron Mead, who crews on Irish Logic.

Among the Yachting World Diamonds known to have survived in the UK is Bristol I, the 1961 Round the Island Race winner. At some point she was converted into a cruising yacht with the addition of a cabin and diesel engine, and subsequently fell into a state of disrepair.

She was purchased in 2012 by Dartmouth sailors Peter Boote and Kit Noble, who restored her to her original configuration. They added two trapezes after Noble had visited Australia and sailed a Diamond there.

She, too, has since enjoyed successful handicap racing in windy weather.

There are still some other Yachting World Diamonds in the UK. Nineteen years ago, Greg Dunn found a yacht called Black Diamond on eBay, which Coombes of Bosham built in 1962 out of plywood.

Previous owners slightly modified her with the addition of a metre to the rig height and an outboard motor well, and had been epoxy sheathed, but otherwise had the original deck configuration with an open cockpit.

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Dunn has raced Black Diamond in Mersea Week, the Round the Island Race, and various classic regattas, including the Brest Maritime Festival. Keen to get there again “on my own keel” he trailed Black Diamond from Essex to Plymouth and sailed her across the Channel from there.

“It was a fantastic voyage, although it was a little bit lively,” he said of the 23-hour crossing.

Coming back was a different matter. For most of the way they sailed in pouring rain with a double reefed mainsail and no headsail, and the log showed a burst of speed of 15.9 knots. “It was truly terrifying,” said Dunn.

“When we arrived in Plymouth at four in the morning, I was starting to hallucinate after 16 hours on the helm.”

Then, as they were mooring up, he slipped on the coaming and fell onto a winch, fracturing two ribs in the process. “It was the end of the voyage from hell!”

Dianna has a 20mm steel keel plate, with lead ballast on the bottom, lifted by electric winch. Photo: Nigel Sharp

Adapting the Yachting World Diamond

Back in the southern hemisphere, restorers adapted numerous Diamonds for a second life. They include Geelong boat Dianna, another Diamond bought by Neil Cusworth and restored by Nudge Bennett.

Dianna’s cosy four-berth cabin; the original design called for two berths forward, padded by roll-mats. Photo: Nigel Sharp

Dianna was built of plywood in Tasmania in 1961. People previously converted it for cruising with a four-berth cabin, an outboard well, a centreboard and a transom-hung rudder.

These modifications allowed her previous owner to cruise Victoria’s Gippsland Lakes. It also let them trail her to Queensland and cruise around the Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef.

Bennett’s work included extending the cabin, laying a teak deck, and painting the spars a gold anodised colour for a more traditional look. They also added an electric winch for the centreboard and fitted a new rudder (in a cassette for easy removal) further forward.

Cusworth now cruises her at Port Phillip, but also races in handicap fleets (and finds that she can get the better of Eclipse upwind).

Offshore racers

Other Australian Diamonds have been converted for offshore racing. Perhaps the best known of these – and certainly the most accomplished – is Saltash II, a 1966 plywood boat.

Halyards and control lines led back to the cockpit. Photo: Nigel Sharp

Saltash’s first owner, Harold Vaughan, sailed the yacht in its original configuration from Sydney to Melbourne and back. Then, from Sydney to Brisbane and back, to compete in the Australian Diamond Championships each time.

In 1981 Saltash II was purchased by Ian and Bill Wright, third generation boatbuilders from the Brisbane company Norman R Wright & Sons.

Their initial intention was to use her for ‘bay cruising’.

But, in 1985, they decided to convert her to ocean racing. The company gave her more robust frames in the bow sections, a cabin, a self-draining cockpit, and an inboard engine. They also added various safety features to comply with the appropriate regulations.

Since then, they have raced her no less than 20 times in the 300-mile Australia’s second most prestigious offshore race, Brisbane to Gladstone. They won the race on handicap eight times.

During this period, three different rating systems (IOR, IMS and IRC) have been used for the race and the Wrights have modified Saltash to optimise her for each of them.

Ian Wright described the first race in 1985 as “agonisingly slow”. However, eight years later, Saltash finished the race in slightly more than 30 hours, just behind a 60-footer. “It was a pretty hairy trip at times.”

Build it yourself: part of the original instructions for home builds. Photo: Yachting World

With the 1960s plywood starting to delaminate, the Wrights are currently restoring Saltash in a major way. They’re replacing all the hull skins with new plywood and incorporating epoxy coatings and a lightweight carbon weave.

All this work is being carried out at the family boatyard, often in the shadow of the 100ft super-maxi Andoo Comanche.

Yachting World Diamond specifications

LOA: 9.14m 30ft 0in LWL: 7.31m 24ft 0in Beam: 2.10m 6ft 10in Displacement: 1.016 tonnes Draught: 1.31m 4ft 4in Sail area: 24.24m2 261ft2

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