Click on the image to go on board of the Signora del Vento

The first five-star sailing ship to carry the Italian flag has opened its sails for corporate hire. The Signora del Vento is a three-masted sailing ship that is 85m in length, with a sailing surface of 3000mq. Built in Poland in 1962, she sailed for more than 30 years in the North Sea. From the 1990′s the sailing yacht became a training ship in seas all over the world and participated in many yacht meetings.

In 2006, she arrived in the Mediterranean to be completely refurbished to the standard required to obtain Italian registration. The finished result is superb and one that pleases her captain, Captain Emanuele Santi, “the Signora del Vento offers a unique experience for people…it’s possible to learn about navigation techniques, rigging, instrumentation and sail handling”.

As anybody who has ever been on board a ship will know, team building is important and the corporate audience is one that the Signora del Vento hopes to attract.

Usually moored in Civitavecchia, she has 25 double rooms to accommodate a maximum of 54 passengers. The 600mq main deck can hold up to 200 guests for a day cruise or a gala dinner.

You can find out more about the ship by visiting www.signoradelvento.com.

Photographer: Hans von Weissenfluh & Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography
User Interface: Hans von Weissenfluh

Virtual tour update: alternative version for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch implemented.

Click on the image to view the spherical 360° Panorama Shamrock V

Shamrock V was built in 1930 for Sir Thomas Lipton’s fifth and last America’s Cup challenge. Designed by Nicholson, she was the first British yacht to be built to the new J Class Rule and is the only remaining J to have been built in wood. After launch she was continually upgraded with changes to hull shape and rudder.
Refitted in 1999 by Dykstra & Partners at the Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth, England to the highest modern standards, capable of traversing oceans in comfort and safety all within the boundaries set by the originality – and styling requirements.

Links: Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects, J Class Association

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography

Virtual Tour - PERINI NAVI - La Numero 1 Uno

This is the first boat built by the renowned Perini Navi shipyard, italian naval industry pride, universally acclaimed for its quality of construction and interior finish.
The yacht is 40 metres long and was refitted in 2004.
She spent almost two years around the world, 2005-2007.
31,000 miles, driven by the wind across breathtaking natural scenarios, populations and cultures. Canary islands, Caribbean, Galapagos, Bora-Bora, Tahiti, Fiji, Australia, Indonesia, Ceylon, Maldive Islands, Red Sea, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Malta, just to name a few places this boat has been to.

Here is a virtual tour. It contains new professional solutions for virtual tours, i.e. interactive animated elements, such as movies and cards, in order to make the environment almost real.

Photography and Virtual Tour Design: Hans von Weissenfluh – 360° Photography

Shamrock V

The sailboat Shamrock V is a spectacular 120-foot J Class sloop built for the 1930 America’s Cup races. Commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton, the Irish tea merchant and designed by Charles Nicholson, she is the only remaining J class to have been built in wood.

Article from the magazine Superyacht: “SHAMROCK V – A Challenge across Time”

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography

360° Photo - Perini Navi - La Numero 1 Uno, Guest Room

Perini Navi, the shipyard based in Viareggio, Italy, is universally acclaimed for its quality of construction and interior finish.
This yacht is 40 metres (131 ft) long. Formerly named “Felicità”, it is the first boat built by Perini Navi and was refitted in 2004.
She spent almost two years around the world, from November 2005 till August 2007. 31,000 miles, Caribbean, Panama, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Australia, Thailand, Maldive Islands, Egypt, Turkey, Greece.

Photographer: Hans von Weissenfluh – 360° Photography

Click on the image to view the spherical 360° Panorama - Five Minute Break at the Nile

Five minute break at the Nile during a photo assignment taking 360° spherical panorama pictures for virtual tours on River Cruise Ships at Aswan. The mausoleum of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III is located in front of the river on the hill.

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography

Click on the image to view the 360° Photo Schooner Thö Pa Ga

The schooner Thö Pa Ga was build in 1924 at the shipyard of the brothers Navarro in Aguilas, Spain, and named Tres Hermanos (The Three Brothers). Since the year 2000 the ship was based in Ibiza.

It is a beautiful 42 metre vessel that was part of the CaraMed fleet due to make the journey to Brest 2008. It bears the beautiful Tibetan name Thö Ga Pa, “he who listens with delight” and was christened by its owner and inhabitant for the past 35 years, Gerald Delgado, joined 10 years later by Nicole Legler.
Bound for Brest 2008, an event they have been trying to reach since the festival began, the ship sank on July 8th off Ile de Sein in a matter of minutes, probably as a result of impact with an unidentified floating object.

The objective of  the associaton Sauvez la goélette THÖ PA GA (Save the schooner Thö Pa Ga) is to locate the schooner and see what state it is.

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography

Pershing Yachts, a synonym for superior performance, class and elegance created from a perfectly balanced combination of cutting-edge design, high performance and outstanding on-board comfort: the ultimate in beauty and performance.

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Panorama Imaging

360° - ALLEMANSGEEST - Ramona, Salon

Super Van Craft, classic steel motor yacht built in 1964 by the dutch Allemansgeest, designed by B. Klaassen. 19.50 metres long, 4.50 metres wide, steel hull and overstructure.
Completely refitted in 2000/2001, she has two 210 HP Rolls Royce engines.
Brought in the Mediterranean in 1968, currently moored at the Porto Antico, Genoa.

Photographer: Hans von Weissenfluh – 360° Photography

Perini Navi Cup 2006, Porto Rotondo

Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, 7-10 September 2006. Fourteen sailing yachts, varying in size from 33 to 88 meters, challenged each other in a spectacular race in the waters off Porto Rotondo.

Photographer: Hans von Weissenfluh – 360° Photography