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Pegasus 50 review: the best 50ft yacht you haven’t heard of?

• Toby Hodges
• July 11, 2024

Mixing new and proven ideas, the Pegasus 50 is a short-handed fast bluewater yacht with a marked difference, as Toby Hodges discovers on a two-day test sail

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Three towering masts pierce the skyline off Trieste, where the impounded Sailing Yacht A lies forlorn at anchor like a crippled leviathan. The Russian-owned Philippe Starck design makes a fittingly stark reminder of how going so big has its drawbacks – never could the now shackled hulk, an empty floating metropolis, be more evidently impractical and I can’t help but think it makes for a neat contrast when viewed from the Pegasus 50 as we sail out of the pretty Slovenian town of Izola nearby.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling a €1m Pegasus 50 simple, but it is designed particularly well to manage easily short-handed, and is notably different to most other monohulls, particularly in layout. It’s also a design typically chosen so far by ‘downscalers’, as Pegasus co-founder Miha Breskvar describes them – those who’ve previously had larger yachts and become put off by their complexity or need for crew.

If you find the Pegasus 50 design faintly reminiscent, it’s from the hand of Marko Paš, who (with J&J) was responsible for developing the Shipman carbon cruiser designs around 20 years ago. You might notice influences in the Pegasus’s superstructures, cockpit and galley layout.

The Pegasus 50 is a powerful-looking yacht. The large coachroof runs into the arch and hardtop dodger protecting the deep cockpit. The general layout is also quite different, making you question assumed needs. For instance, in my house the kitchen and living room are larger than my bedroom, and rightly so I feel, yet that’s rarely the case on today’s yachts which typically have suites for master cabins.

Here, the Pegasus gives the bigger proportion of space to the cockpit, saloon and galley, and boasts a superb amount of stowage space – prime considerations for bluewater cruising .

The easy connection between this highly protected cockpit and the galley/saloon is a real trump card of the Pegasus 50. Photo: Samo Vidic

The Pegasus 50 has an individual look, and despite the practicality of the hard dodger it won’t appeal to all. Equally, the pinhead mainsail and raked stem seem a little old-fashioned now, but ocean cruisers may prefer the practical gains here over current style fads.

I was taken with the design from when it first came to light in 2020 and have waited some time to sail it in testing conditions. In the end the two days and nights we had aboard in March were benign, with calm seas and light winds. I was about to add ‘unfortunately’ there, but what if such a yacht, with its easily managed sail plan, pilot station and capacious stowage, a design that ticks so many boxes for long-term cruising, could also deliver engaging sailing in such conditions. What if…

Armed for light wind

On both mornings, we left Izola’s marina once the first ripples began to disturb the glassy Adriatic. I found docking and manoeuvring simple, intuitive, and reassuring, while setting and handling sails is easily done from the cockpit. You quickly reach an engaging sailing mode. The enjoyment levels obviously rise with the breeze, but even in the lighter single-figure winds the Pegasus has the sail power and slipperiness to make the experience rewarding.

Power reaching. Mainsheet is out of harm’s way on the roof and lines are led aft – this means lots of line tails to manage, but there are useful deep bins below the benches and helm seats. Photo: Samo Vidic

We averaged 6 knots in 8-8.5 with the genoa, tacking through 80-85°. But we predominantly sailed with the Code 0 in these conditions for the best speeds and enjoyment, as it helped us to almost match the single-figure winds fetching. The Pegasus 50 really comes alive once the breeze is into double figures, where we averaged 8.5-9 knots in 12-13 knots.

Not that you want or have to watch the numbers. Helming is a pleasure, with only a finger needed on the wheel. The twin rudders give plenty of control and the feeling is direct, thanks to minimal steering linkage (a marked difference over most centre cockpit designs). This Jefa system connects quadrants with a rod, so if you lose steering on one side you can use the other. It’s also light work for an autopilot.

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We enjoyed beautiful, early spring sailing, largely to ourselves. Once the breeze nudges into the teens, you get a nice sprinkling of weather helm. I really enjoy helming right from the aft quarters – granted it may be different with a large following sea, and I would rather not sit next to a loaded snatch block and aft winch.

That said, it’s easy enough to lead the sheets to the winches in front of the wheels. There are blind spots from here, but you learn to move around to check sightlines (plus the navstation has a view out over the foredeck). Adding the cushions to the helm seats also helps by providing some elevation. These cockpit cushions are a good fit and comfortable.

The sail plan provides plenty of choice to get the most out of the boat, and to reduce sail most effectively and efficiently. As standard, the Pegasus 50 comes with main, staysail, genoa, and even a gennaker, while most choose a Code sail too. The self-tacking staysail is particularly useful when the wind is up, and can fill the slot between the main and reaching sail.

The Pegasus is well set up for short-handing. Indeed, the owner of the third hull sailed it solo in the Ostar – which he won – before he then sailed around Africa, the wrong way, alone! We tested hull number six, which was 14 months old and had already sailed 10,000 miles.

Tall sailplan! Wide boom brackets help for the lazybags and the gooseneck is kept low despite the coachroof height. Photo: Samo Vidic

Secret weapon?

A reason for feeling like it was sailing on rails comes from what’s beneath the Pegasus 50’s hull. Paš favours a tandem keel with twin centreline fins connected by a bulb, which he calculates gives better directional stability, and less wetted surface for a low centre of gravity. He found it helps reduce leeway and brings better performance for its weight, while allowing the twin rudders to be kept relatively small.

A fixed 600W hydrogenerator is sited slightly offset from this keel. Once sailing at over 7 knots you can hear it vibrating, but there is the comfort that it’s putting a healthy 7A+ at 24V into your battery bank. Pegasus also offers an electric hybrid option, with twin Oceanvolt 15kW drives (a €150,000 upgrade for the drives, genset, batteries, extra solar etc).

This brings us to pricing, a subject that deserves spotlighting. Unusually the standard price is for a phenomenally well-equipped boat, which includes the carbon mast, Hydranet sails, electric winches, solar, watermaker, induction cooking, washing machine, B&G instruments, a gimballed settee, and an electric telescopic table! That’s everything on the test boat except the Code 0. Rarely have I come across a yacht that offers so much included in the price – around €200,000 of typical ‘options’.

“If you are using the boat as much as our clients do, you want to have all this stuff included,” Breskvar reasons, adding how it makes more sense to install it all from the outset, including the associated electric and plumbing runs. Keep scanning the specs list and you’ll note the dinghy and its Torqeedo outboard, bed linen, cutlery and crockery, tools, a vacuum cleaner etc are all included. It also helps you appreciate how all the stowage spaces have been optimised so this kit doesn’t fly around at sea.

The chart table provides a deck-level position you only normally see on pilot saloon boats, with almost surround vision. Photo: Samo Vidic

Comfort on passage

The Pegasus 50 is designed for passagemaking in comfort and safety. The ease with which you can get around the boat is notable. The protected cockpit is superb, with a big fixed table and seats with proper high backrests. It links via a sliding door to the interior, which includes a pilot station and that gimballing settee to reduce fatigue.

The arch is in full composite, made in one piece. The fabric central bimini section rolls away, cabriolet style, and the windscreen includes sliding glass sections for ventilation. Pegasus also has a solid bimini version, which incorporates extra solar panels (716W as standard on the coachroof) and a Starlink marine antenna – a consideration most large/super yachts still don’t have designed in. The cockpit can also be fully enclosed to keep cushions dry.

Remembering there is no accommodation space aft or below the cockpit helps you appreciate the abundant stowage that the deep technical cockpit lockers bring These are intelligibly laid out with electrics to starboard, including AC and DC distribution, genverter etc, and plumbing such as watermaker, pumps and compressors to port.

The philosophy here is that easy access promotes proper maintenance. It also keeps the engine and all noisy items well insulated away from the interior.

Light and airy interior. Photo: Samo Vidic

These lockers have long rails for hanging warps and fenders and they also include large panels into the engine bay which, combined with the cockpit hatch (the table hinges out of the way aft), provides almost unhindered access to the engine and genset.

Pegasus has conceived neat solutions aft, using the composite gangplank as an aft bench to enclose the top of the transom. The aft winches double up well as mooring winches for getting tension on stern lines. And, when lowered via a simple purchase system, the large swim platform also helps you appreciate the long, low single-level cockpit. The garage can fit a 2.5m inflatable dinghy and is separated from the technical lockers by a watertight bulkhead.

Windows are all in tempered glass, including the offset companionway door which features a safety lock for when heeling and helps keep the cockpit connected with the interior. Here, the layout is refreshingly different, with the accommodation all forward of the saloon’s main bulkhead in two or three cabins.

I like the U-shape galley configuration and its stainless steel finish which makes so much sense on a yacht. It’s only one step down, at eye level to those seated in the cockpit. There’s plenty of natural light, plus ventilation through the large sliding door. Should you run out of worksurface, you can hinge the pilot seat forward to reveal more, above an extra fridge or freezer.

Practical stainless steel finish to the galley. Photo: Samo Vidic

I also appreciate the practicality of the stowage, including the bespoke cutlery drawers and the crockery and glassware cabinets. Opposite, the saloon is light and bright.

While a gimballing settee may seem gimmicky, the concept grew on me. As it’s all in carbon it only weighs 40kg and uses an electric actuator on a ram so there is little extra complexity. At the push of a button it cants 10° either way, which could make a difference to those who get seasick or are spending days on one tack. The table lowers to fill in, the outboard backrest then folds over to fill this section and create a massive bed. The result is a great den – indeed our photographer, Samo, confirmed that his kids happily played cards there while they sailed in 30 knots.

The gloss panel at the forward end of the saloon is like a car’s dashboard, with a smart Simarine switchboard hidden beneath. The surrounding leather stitching is a bold style feature –the upholstery and veneers are all customisable to a certain extent.

Accommodation is comparatively compact but practical in the owner’s cabin. Photo: Samo Vidic

A different view

The pilot station works brilliantly. A 27in screen in the navstation shows B&G data, doubles as a computer display, and has a swivel mount for use as a TV that you can view from the saloon. The seat gives a prime protected place to sit a night watch with views over the foredeck, but can also be used for chart or office work. And with an angled cushion as a backrest, you can sit side-on to rest or converse with those in the saloon or galley. There is a hatch above for ventilation and viewing sails, and a deep pilotbook shelf outboard.

Although just two shallow steps down, it feels comparatively low and slightly cramped going forward. The accommodation starts with an ideal pilotberth to port. The headboard for this and the master cabin to starboard are in line with the mast base, in the heart of the yacht and area of least pitching. Stowage here is excellent, but headroom is only around 6ft 1in.

Pullman bunks can be chosen here instead, or the space given over to a two-cabin version, with a full beam central master cabin including a large shower compartment. In the three cabin/berth test boat, this master cabin can be configured as a twin or double, as the beds are on tracks so can be joined. However, it is of modest size and stowage is limited – long-term cruisers would need to use other areas for clothes too. The en-suite with its wet heads shower area also feels relatively compact in this format.

Excellent access to the well insulated engine bay through the cockpit sole and well laid-out technical lockers. Photo: Samo Vidic

While the passageway forward is seaworthy and boasts large lockers, it’s low and the doorways are narrow. To port is a shower, with washing machine and rail, which makes a useful space for wet hanging, but there’s no hatch so it’s dark and relies on a vent. The heads further forward is much brighter. Headroom then drops again in the forward cabin, where it’s more purposeful than luxe, with a V-berth and some stowage, but few frills.

The 50 has an impressive composite build, including Vinylester hull and PVC core, and with deck, inner structure and structural stiffeners all in carbon fibre.

The outer skin is in glass, which the yard considers less vulnerable and easier to repair. Weight is kept central and low including the tanks.

The hulls are laminated across the border in Italy, before being fitted out in Pegasus’s yard, one hour inland from Izola in the mountains. Building boats here is normal in Slovenia, says Breskvar, citing Elan and Seaway as examples. Thus far owners have come from all over the world with hull number 10 currently on its way to the US. A 66ft Pegasus is in engineering phase, again designed for short-handed use.

“We have no dealers, no brand presence, no history, and we’re Slovenian so we can’t compete if we just bring the same thing as everyone else”, thinks Breskvar, who, with Paš, is one of three partners who established Pegasus five years ago. “After 30 years of sailing this is the boat we built for ourselves – for comfortable, enjoyable cruising.”

A bold metallic, glossy red finish – Pegasus paints each hull to the customer’s own colour choices. Photo: Samo Vidic

Pegasus 50 specifications

LOA: 14.94m 49ft 0in LWL: 14.30m 46ft 11in Beam: 4.82m 15ft 10in Draught: 2.35m 7ft 9in Displacement (lightship): 11,700kg 25,794lb Ballast: 3,900kg 8,598lb Sail area: (100% foretriangle) 124.8m2 1,343ft2 Berths: 6-8 Engine: Volvo Penta 75hp saildrive (or Oceanvolt ServoProp 15 Dual Propulsion system) Water: 740lt 163gal Fuel: 480lt 106gal Sail area/disp ratio: 24.6 Disp/LWL ratio: 111 Price: (ex VAT) €1,085,000 Design: Marko Paš – Marine Designs Builder: pegasus-yachts.com

I increasingly turn a keen eye to multihulls for their social and stowage spaces, yet here we have much of that. Stash the surfboards under the aft bench, sails in the forepeak, bikes and toys in the tech lockers and garage and off you go! The modest freeboard and layout reduces accommodation volume compared to many modern cruising yachts. And the Pegasus is still a lot of money – though a substantial amount is included for that price. Maybe, its bold colourways and detailing won’t be to everyone’s taste. But this is one of very few new boats I’ve stepped aboard that I’d be happy taking off cruising straight away. The P50 makes you feel comfortable and puts you at ease instantly. And, crucially, it’s rewarding, even in light breezes that other bluewater cruisers may struggle to sail in. It’s also easy to change through the gears, which you’ll need to do keenly with its generous sail area, and it has a superb cockpit to protect its crew. There’s a lot to get excited about – rarely have I thought about a yacht so much after a test sail. ‘Pegasus’ was named after the mythological horse with wings as it’s strong, durable and can take flight. Fitting, then, that photographer for the test, Samo Vidic, is a regular for Red Bull extreme sports – as this bright red bull we sailed proved, it can indeed give you wings.

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New to the Fleet: Pegasus Yachts 50

• By Andrew Parkinson
• March 22, 2024

Pegasus Yachts has found strong momentum since the European premiere of its Pegasus 50. With the latest two hulls, Nos. 9 and 10, going to US owners, that momentum is now swinging over to North America. 

Located in Slovenia, Pegasus Yachts was founded in 2019 by the same team who, for more than 20 years, built large carbon-displacement ­cruising yachts with oceangoing capabilities. Miha Breskvar and Marko Paš established Pegasus Yachts for bluewater cruising. The Pegasus 50 is for clients who value fast, lightweight displacement, as well as comfortable living spaces. The Pegasus 50’s flexible layout forward of the salon allows for configurations tailored to cruising plans, crew preferences and the owners’ ­accommodations needs.

Among the Pegasus 50’s features are a convertible roof with retractable canvas over the cockpit. A tempered-glass sliding door protects the two-step entry to the salon from the cockpit. The living spaces take a note from catamaran design, with 360-degree views from the cockpit, salon and navigation station. Two technical lockers isolate the wet and dry onboard systems from the living space for quieter cruising.

A 75 hp Volvo Penta diesel engine is standard, though Pegasus offers an electric option, found on three of its existing hulls. The P50’s energy package includes a generator, a hydro-generator, and solar integrated into the deck with a 716-watt peak capacity. An optional third LiFePO4 battery adds a capacity of 600 amp-hours at 25.4 volts.

The Pegasus 50 also has an induction cooktop, a watermaker, heating and air conditioning, and a dinghy with an electric outboard that’s stored in the garage for launching from the swim platform.

Construction is vacuum-­infusion, with extensive use of carbon and composite for light weight and strength. Displacement is just over 29,000 pounds. A double wing keel reduces leeway, improving the upwind angle with less drag and enhancing close-quarters maneuverability. A carbon mast, performance full-batten mainsail, and self-tacking J2, larger J1 (650 SF) and asymmetrical furling spinnaker are standard. An optional furling reacher/code zero is available. 

The Pegasus 50 is rigged for short crew or solo sailing (a P50 won the 2022 OSTAR singlehanded race across the North Atlantic), with all working lines brought back to the helms, each equipped with two electric winches—a convenience for couples and families cruising offshore, as well as the solo speed-seekers who value a certain degree of comfort underway.

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Inside Pegasus, the First 3D Printed Superyacht

The first 3D printed superyacht in history is a solar-electric hydrogen hybrid with zero emissions.

By Bea Isaacson

In an exciting world first, the Pegasus superyacht has been successfully 3D printed by Jozeph Forakis. Constructed to be ‘virtually invisible’ both visually and environmentally, the design company is evidently prioritizing sustainability, with the first 3D-printed superyacht also being a solar-electric hydrogen hybrid and zero emissions.

Robotic 3D printing was used to create the mesh framework for integrating both the superyacht’s hull and superstructure. In what will set the industry precedent, the structure is phenomenally strong and lightweight, all whilst using considerably less energy, material, space and waste compared to conventional means of construction.

A bastion of innovation in his industry, Forakis has been at the helm of some of the world’s most exciting product designs over the past few decades. Previous design concepts of his include the award-winning Logitech Cordless Mousman Pro, which transformed the computer mouse design, and the Havana lamp, which is now included in the permanent collection of New York City’s Museum of Modern Art.

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“Now is the time for courageous leaps towards our collective sustainable future,” Joseph Forakis said of Pegasus. “Pegasus is a bold but achievable vision for the near future of the superyacht industry, where man and machine live in harmony with nature, rather than compromising it.”

Coming in at 288 ft, the exterior design of Pegasus features a ‘wings’ structure, in which the multi-tiered superstructure includes mirrored glass that reflects the sky and sea of the superyacht’s surroundings.

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The glass powers electrolyzers that extract H2 from seawater through its transparent solar panels. Fuel cells subsequently convert H2 to electricity, which is stored in batteries for powering azimuth pods and hotel systems.

The interior of the 3D-printed superyacht is centered around a hydroponic garden monument designed to honor nature. Named the ‘Tree of Life’, the nucleus of the garden provides fresh food and air purification. Its base can be found in a reflecting pool on the lower deck and will extend upwards to all four levels of the ship.

Guest lounges are spaciously designed to also evoke nature, with living greenery and copious daylight streaming inside the superyacht. Also featured is a pool club with open balconies that can transform into a helipad, and an open beach club located at the aft of the ship.

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“At Jozeph Forakis design, our experience designing across many industries gives us unique exposure and perspective to various new technology and innovation verticals,” Forakis continued.

“The aimed added value here is the design vision that guides the skilled selection, research, development, and transfer of several critical technologies from disparate industries… to create a unique composition that helps fulfill that vision as a harmonious, original design.”

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Pegasus Yachts

BLUEWATER CRUISER FOR FREEDOM AT SEA

With the Pegasus 50 you can expect an exceptional sailing experience that combines the thrill of the open seas with the utmost comfort and convenience. From its unwavering commitment to safety to its meticulous attention to quality and craftsmanship, Pegasus stands as a true testament to excellence.

Pegasus Yachts focuses on the following four key elements with their Pegasus 50:

• Comfort –  360° view makes the saloon bright and spacious. A sliding door and only two steps connect the cockpit and salon in one living space.
• Safety –  Windshield and solid roof protect you from sun, spray, winds and cold. Substantial railing, massive foot stop, handholds where needed, and carefully thought interior layout help ensure safety on the oceans.
• Quality –  Non-complex solutions, precise and detailed engineering backed with decades of experience, well-proven installed equipment, and a quality minded team are fundamentals for build quality. Less is more is the name of the game.
• Speed –  Effortless, fast sailing is possible due to the modern hull lines, reduced displacement, sail plan design and lightweight and solid build. Experienced racers will get the thrill while comfortably cruising the oceans. Some call her a “gentleman’s racing boat.”

Pegasus Yachts shares Zig Ziglar’s philosophy that “it’s easier to explain price  once  than to apologize for quality forever .”

The Pegasus Yachts team has completed more than 160 projects for prominent world-series builders. Ten of those projects have won European Yacht of the Year Awards and more than 50 other national Boat of the Year Awards. One of the founders of Pegasus Yachts, Marko Pas, was previously responsible for the development of Shipman Carbon Yachts and built a total 44 boats of the 5 different models they offered. Shipman Carbon Yachts collectively circumnavigated 36 times in last ten years. Gaining priceless experience directly from owners cruising in most remote world places.

The Pegasus Yachts team works in close collaboration with leading naval architects and hydrodynamic specialists from current America’s Cup and ocean racing, as well as exterior and interior designers and stylists, structural specialists and the best industry suppliers. The Pegasus 50 concept, design and engineering represent the result of experience gained in previous projects.

• SPECS AND EQUIPMENT
• LAYOUT DRAWINGS
• TECHNICAL DATA

360° view makes the saloon bright and spacious. Sliding door and only two steps connect cockpit and saloon in one unique living space. Cockpit protection against natural elements is integrated in basic design. Dinghy garage takes inflated dinghy up to 2,8 meters.

Comfort on board Pegasus 50 is all about the view, lots of light and improved ergonomics!

The saloon with a 360° view is designed to extend the cockpit into a bigger, uniform living space and offers protection.

Reduced height between cockpit and saloon level to two! steps only and lots of handholds make moving on board safe and easy.

360° horizon visibility and lots of light and fresh air reduce seasickness and make the saloon a livable and safe space for the crew while sailing.

The HARD TOP ABOVE COCKPIT and glass windshield protect the cockpit from the harsh environment including sun heat.

Sliding windshield windows, roof hatches and foldable cabrio roof provide light and fresh air when needed.

Roof foldable side wings protect the cockpit from low sun or rain, even while sailing, encapsulate cockpit from three sides.

Extra wide cockpit seats with high backrest for comfortable seating and resting.

Cockpit table with integrated fridge for drinks, handholds, non-slip top surfaces and glass and mug holders.

GIMBALLED SETTEE mechanism keeps the saloon sofa and table in a leveled position even when the boat is heeled.

This is especially important for long ocean passages, when working and sleeping on a levelled surface substantially reduces fatigue.

The folding and electrically operated dropping saloon table provides easy seat access or delivers a king size lounging couch.

Full visibility forward with all instrumentation and sailing controls for comfortable and safe navigation.

CHART TABLE with storage for books and paper charts

Specially designed navigation seat is oversized for short naps during night watch.

Hatch above navigation seat for fresh air.

Preparing food or doing the dishes after dinner does not isolate the cook. Galley position between salon and cockpit is inclusive.

Fridges are located and designed for use on the oceans while boats are at high heel.

Central galley furniture element provides a cook full support while preparing food or cooking.

Extended worktop under flipping navigation seat with access to top loading cool box or freezer.

Interior layout concept helps moving inside the boat and comfortable use of toilet and shower while sailing oceans.

The cabins are located far from noise and vibration sources: specially insulated engine, generator and technical areas.

The saloon and cabins are positioned as close to the center of the movement for minimum jaw, pitch and roll whilst at sea.

Owner’s suite with separate shower has possibility to transform king size bed in two separate beds.

Private beach on folding platform is just a step down from cockpit level.

Most comfortable swimming ladder available.

Dinghy garage under cockpit can take inflated dingy for four persons.

Windshield and hard top roof protect from sun, spray, winds and cold. Substantial railing and massive deck foot stop, handholds where needed and carefully thought interior layouts help ensure safety on the oceans.

Safety is a key feature of the pegasus 50.

A deep and well-protected cockpit, minimized floor HEIGHT between the cockpit, salon and cabins, and an optimized interior layout make Pegasus safe to sail and live on.

Simple, straightforward sailing solutions provide easy and safe shorthanded boat handling. Sailing functions are moved away from the cockpit seating area.

The main sheet arch above the cockpit keeps the highly loaded and dangerous main sheet away from the cockpit.

Sailing Pegasus is safe in all weather conditions, even single-handedly and in every ocean.

DECK & COCKPIT SAFETY

A deep cockpit is designed to give comfortable sitting and protection against all elements.

The tempered glass front windshield offers clear forward visibility, even at night, without reflection.

NO high-loaded and movable main sheet in the cockpit. It is moved on top of the main sheet arch.

Sailing controls moved away from cockpit seating, led back to the steering position and optimized for shorthanded operations.

Massive deck toe rail, extra strong railing and stanchions, and plenty of handholds.

Wide deck passages, clean deck and solid steps to side decks and swim platform for safe movement around the boat.

INTERIOR SAFETY

The safe and close connection between the cockpit and the saloon is separated with only two ergonomically shaped steps.

Reduced interior layout distances prevent falling or slipping while sailing.

An interior layout with a central corridor between cabins and toilets allows safe movement.

A toilet and shower are designed and positioned for use while sailing at high heel angles.

The galley is well thought out, with various body supports for comfortable and safe food preparation.

HULL SAFETY

Balanced, symmetrical, but modern hull shape, with moderate keel draft and good upwind sailing ability.

Advanced keel design with exceptional longitudinal stability, minimum leeway, and sufficient lateral area for low-speed manoeuvrability.

Robust top keel plate construction, bolted into moulded hull recess, to evenly spread keel loads on hull structure. The hull structure is engineered and built for grounding at low speed.

Twin rudders for total control on big seas and redundancy in case of damaging one rudder. Each rudder can be independently operated.

SYSTEMS SAFETY

Accessible, non-corrosive seacocks (through-hull fittings) optimized in number and position (clustering), with clear markings for easier regular inspection and control.

Boat systems are moved out of bilges to preserve equipment from moisture and dirt and for easier access and inspection.

The life raft in the cockpit table is ready for use with one pull-out.

TWO (2) Main Bilge pumps, oversized, as per professional vessels standard.

The boat is separated into three structural watertight compartments.

Last-generation ANCHOR is integrated into the hull recess. It is self-launching from the steering position or bow control.

SAFETY HIGHLIGHTS:

Construction.

 Pegasus value is built around meticulous structural engineering and careful composite construction using state-of-the-art production techniques and materials, including carbon fibres. The result is a strong and sound hull structure, perfectly able to sustain loads from any conditions on the sea. A strong and sound but lightweight structure is a key for easy handling and a fast-moving hull through water in any sea state.

KEEL DESIGN

Tandem keel and rudders are designed in collaboration with the most progressive minds in yacht design and engineering, working exclusively for America’s cup teams and top ocean racing yachts. The objective was to reduce leeway, increase directional stability and increase lateral surface by not compromising speed. Increased keel lateral stability is essential for low-speed control of the boat in small ports with strong winds abeam.

BOW CRASH BOX

Hull bow volume under the anchor locker floor is structurally fully insulated in case the bow, floating in the water, hits a big and heavy floating object. Even if the hull gets damaged and penetrated, water remains in this small volume and does not enter the rest of the boat.

Non-complex solutions, precise and detailed engineering backed with experience, well proven installed equipment, and quality minded boatbuilders are fundamental for Build Quality that last. LESS IS MORE is the name of the game.

QUALITY IS PEGASUS DRIVING FORCE.

Pegasus build and engineering team is quality-minded, focusing on simple, straightforward and long-lasting solutions.

We only install equipment that is oversized, well-proven and reliable from trusted suppliers for easy maintenance and simple repair.

We constantly monitor boats in use and replace or improve equipment and solutions to offer Pegasus customers the best possible experience.

The technical compartments are spacious, split by function and easy to reach, so maintenance and repairs can be done comfortably without the need for crawling into or working in tight spaces.

All the systems were carefully thought through and focused on delivering maximum autonomy.

Boat systems are installed in illuminated compartments.

Systems are easily accessible and separated by function: electrics, engine room and liquids.

We reduced the number of seacocks and optimized their positions.

The main engine and generator are installed in a well-ventilated and accessible engine room.

Increased hull directional stability and perfect sail balance reduce the autopilot’s electrical consumption.

QUALITY HIGHLIGHTS:

When designing and installing boat systems, Pegasus engineering, assembly and after sales teams are focusing on the possibility to access and inspect installed elements and potential replacements.

 Pegasus focuses on collaborating with material suppliers that they know in person, for a long time. It is the personal relationship with business owners and they know their production and products  as suppliers know our product. In times of disturbed supply chains this is the only way to receive real quality products and receive it on time.

Effortless fast sailing due to modern hull lines, reduced total weight, mast and sail plan design and strong and quality-built boat.

At 20 knots TWS / 100 TWA, with full main and J1, autopilot ON, she will be touching 12,5 knots boat speed while surfing waves.

Pegasus DOES NOT compromise comfort, safety and simplicity by increasing sail area, reducing liquids capacity or proper equipment necessary for freedom at sea.

We developed light but sound and safe boat construction with winning ocean racing designers and engineers using state-of-the-art production technologies, advanced materials, and engineering methods.

Extended mast crane reduces mast height and weight and increases a mainsail area for light wind performance.

The sail area is kept moderately small for easy handling, optimized for 15-20 knots of wind.

Sailing upwind, the main sail can only be reefed above 22 knots to reduce necessary operations and damaging sails.

From 15 knots TWS on, a self-tacking J2 and full mainsail is a comfortable upwind configuration.

As downwind sails, we use FURLING Code 0 and modern FURLING systems with torque rope for the asymmetric gennaker. Both furled sails can be kept hoisted while cruising.

CONCEPT OF SPEED

Pegasus is, in any sense, NOT a racing boat. The sole focus when designing and building Pegasus is reliability, simplicity while handling with shorthanded crew and increasing comfort staying onboard. Some of the elements mentioned above, are key for fast sailing.

OCEAN RACING

Pegasus 50 has potential, with proper preparations, knowledge, and experience, competitively racing oceans over longer distances. Single handed or shorthanded crew will find good shelter on deck and comfortable stay inside while covering over 300 miles in 24 hours. A “gentlemen’s cruiser” for racers.

OSTAR 2022 WINNER

Markus Moser with Pegasus50#3 WON famous OSTAR race across Nort Atlantic, from Plymouth UK to Newport US. After 19 days of mainly upwind sailing in winds above 30 knots, constant waves crashing on deck and temperatures below 5 deg C, Markus kept enjoying every day of his Atlantic crossing due to safety, comfort, reliability and speed provided from the Pegasus 50.

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Hull, surface is made in recycled carbon 100g/m2 resin rich layer with epoxy/vinyl ester resin. Surface, after demolding, is grinded and applied two layers of epoxy primer. Any colour PU base is applied. Final layer is two component PU clear coat, able to be locally repaired and polished.
• Colour: any you want.
• Deck and other composite parts surface are produced in highest quality vinyl ester NPG gel coat with hand applied epoxy/vinyl ester tie-coat.
• NPG for deck is RAL 9016 and RAL7044.
• Hull, deck, structural bulkheads and structural members of hull and deck are built in Epoxy/vinyl ester resin and hybrid, Carbon and Glass fibres laminate with high performance PVC core, using vacuum infusion lamination process.
• During vacuum infusion process of bigger parts, like hull and deck, resin transfer and curing process is monitored with thermal camera.
• Internal structure and gussets in solid epoxy vinyl ester-Carbon and epoxy vinyl ester- Glass laminate is bonded to both hull and deck with high-performance epoxy vinyl ester bonding paste.
• Forepeak and aft bulkhead are watertight. The space in front of the forward bulkhead below the anchor well is filled with closed-cell PU or Epoxy foam creating watertight crash box.
• Structural composite parts are post-cured for longer period to achieve full resin polymerization and maximum laminate performance.
• Hull cove and decorative stripes are in PU paint or adhesive film.
• Hull and deck inner surfaces and structure outer composite surfaces are sealed / painted with two component polyurethane or epoxy vinyl ester paint. All bilges to waterline are painted grey for easier inspection and cleaning.
• Artificial decking, on deck, folding platform, cockpit floor and cockpit seats.
• Folding platform with stainless steel hinges, manually operated, with 8mm dyneema rope and cam cleat to fix it in upright position. Rope is lead to port forward winch.

Keel & Rudder:

• Access to upper rudder bearings for emergency steering on cockpit floor.
• A hydro dynamically optimized cast iron fin and low drag lead bulb form keel.
• A big surface and thick keel plate spread loads of keel righting moment and grounding forces to composite structure of the boat.
• Keel plate is bolted to hull with 12 high-tensile stainless-steel bolts with stiff backing plates.
• Twin (2) spade rudders are a high ratio air foil section in glass/vinyl ester laminate with stainless steel rudder stock.
• 4 Self-alignment rudder bearings (two upper and two lower bearings).
• One (1) Emergency steering handle stored in technical room.

Engine & Gearboxes:

• Volvo D2-75 Diesel engine, 4 cylinders, turbocharged with intercooler.
• Engine is mounted on resilient mounts with special rubber to prevent excessive vibration.
• Sail drive.
• Engine room compartment carefully sound isolated.
• Access to motor from 3 sides (port & starboard technical room and cockpit).
• The starting key (main engine switchboard) is located on the port steering console, with control lights and alarm buzzer and revolution indicator.
• Cooling water intake for the controllers.
• Mechanical cooling water filter in port technical room.
• A plastic water lock is mounted in “engine” room.
• Exhaust tube runs at shortest way to port side to stainless steel hull exhaust, above water line.

Propulsion & Steering :

• 3 blade folding GORI propeller.
• Steering system is mechanic with cardan system.
• 1,5 turns from max-to-max rudder position, rudder angle +/- 35 degrees.
• Two rudder blades are connected with rigid rod to maintain constant relative position.
• Two rudders.
• Mechanical autopilot is integrated in mechanical steering box, port side.
• Sleipner SLR 130, retractable bow thruster 24VDC 6,5 Kw, 250mm diameter propeller tunnel, with 160kg thrust.
• Bow thruster is installed in water isolated composite compartment under forward Veeberth, in case of damage water remains in this compartment.
• Thruster pushbutton controls on starboard steering console.
• 2 Steering console pedestals, 90cm diameter composite steering wheels with mechanical steering mechanism.
• Space for instrumentation on each console; up to 1x 12” chart plotter, 1x Autopilot, 2x multi display.
• Bow thruster controls on starboard console.
• Engine control panel on starboard side console.
• Windlass control panel with chain counter on starboard side.
• Foot stops at steering position.

Other Mechanical Equipment:

• Opening hatch in cockpit floor for access to engine room with hinges and lock.

Voltage Systems:

• The AC system is 230Vac, 50 hertz, single phase. Can also be configured for 120V/60 hertz for North American market.
• Shore power, generator and 24/5000W inverter supply are feed to AC Distribution Switchboard.
• Marinco 220 VAC / 16 Amp Shore-Power Deck connector in starboard rope storage. Can also be configured with 120V/30 Amp shore power connector for North American market.
• Marinco 20 m Shore Power Cord Set.
• Galvanic Isolator Victron VDI-32.
• Automatic Commutation Selector Switch (Shore-Generator-Inverter).
• DC charger, DC inverter, 2x solar MPPT control boxes, DC Electric panel, AC electric panel, …
• AC Grounding Bus is connected to DC Main Negative Bus. The single point, at which all the bonding and grounding circuits are connected (current carrying circuits).
• DC Main Negative Bus is connected to Grounding Bus connecting chain plates, electronics ground plates, seacocks, strainers (non-current carrying circuits).
• Adequate Zinc Anode size/mass is installed in hull recess.
• Rudders will be protected against galvanic current according manufacturer’s instruction.
• Deck Equipment (Winches, Windlass, Bow Thruster) is protected against galvanic current according manufacturer’s instructions.

Battery Banks:

• 24 VDC Service Battery Bank; 2 Pcs Batteries LiFePO4 Battery 25,6V/200Ah.
• Service Batt. Bank Switch (600A Continuous Rating).
• Winches / Bow Thruster/Anchor Windlass Switch (600A Continuous Rating).
• 2 Pcs 12 V/80Ah Engine / Generator Starter Batteries.

Battery Chargers:

• Victron Victron Quattro 5kVA – 230V (can also be configured for 120V).
• Engine Alpha Compact 28/80 VP with Alpha pro III. External regulator.
• 6 pcs Solar Panels 24V, total 720Wp in two zones, with 2 pcs Victron Smart Solar MPPT 100/20 Solar Charge Controller.
• Engine / Generator Batteries Switch with Emergency Parallel Connection.
• Victron IP charger 12V / 20A.
• Whisper Power – M-GV5 PICCOLO (230V / 3,5kW), Variable speed – load-dependent, continuous power 3,5kW.
• Generator is mounted on resilient mounts with special rubber and in its own cocoon to prevent excessive vibration and noise.
• Cooling water intake in port technical room, with seacock and mechanical filter, easy accessible for cleaning.
• Generator installed in engine room compartment carefully sound isolated.
• Access to generator from 2 sides (port & starboard technical rooms and cockpit).
• A plastic water lock is mounted under generator.
• Exhaust hose run to water separator in port technical room, that splits cooling water and fumes.
• Fumes are running separately above water line to reduce noise.
• Cooling water hose to seacock below water line.
• Generator control panel with start/stop function on dashboard.
• Fuel line to generator with water separator filter with manual drain in starboard technical room with excellent access for control and cleaning.

Shore Power:

• 220 V shore pick-up in starboard rope storage locker with storage for 20m electric cable. Can also be configured for 120V power.
• Sea water intake seacock in port side technical room, front part.
• Mechanical filter with manifold (up to 4 valves take off).
• Pressure pump, 24V, 0,7-1,7 bar.
• Galley water tap, with pressurized sea water.

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• Pressurized fresh water system on all taps; both toilets and showers, galley and transom shower.
• Pressure pump, mechanical filter and accumulator container, 24 V, 22 l/min, 0,7-1,7 bar.
• 40 l hot water heater (220 V on shore cable or engine heat exchanger) in aft part of settee, easy accessible for checks and maintenance. Heater connected to engine heat exchanger.
• Pressurized fresh hot and cold water on all taps: both toilets and showers and galley.
• Fresh water pump, 24V, with pressure accumulator.

Watermaker:

• Water maker Schenker ZEN 50 – 24V/50 litres per hour.

Bilge Pumps:

• A hand operated bilge pump (high capacity) at the helmsman position on starboard side, taking water from the main bilge to overboard.
• There are two 24V bilges in main bilge, Rule 3700 or similar, 250 litres/minute capacity, each having an integrated automatic switch.
• One 24V bilge in engine compartment Rule 3700 or similar, 130 litres/minute capacity, each having an integrated automatic switch.
• One 24V bilge in dinghy garage Rule 3700 or similar, 130 litres/minute capacity, each having an integrated automatic switch.
• Main bilge line with siphon break lead to port side overboard, above water line (no seacocks).
• Total capacity of 124 gallons; under salon settee standard. Option to increase capacity to 185 gallons.
• Diesel tank ventilation in starboard rope storage locker for easy checks and prevention of fuel spillage.
• Two fuel filters and water separator.
• Two, redundant fuel filters with manual switch.
• Fuel level sensor on tank and level display on Simarine Pico.
• Fuel tank intake on deck to Starboard.
• Fuel vent to cockpit rope storage, accessible while filling to prevent spill.
• Fuel line to water heater with water separator filter with manual drain in starboard technical room with excellent access for control and cleaning.

Fresh Water:

• Total capacity of 163 gallons; integrated composite fresh water tanks (2 pieces) with slushing bulkheads, placed centrally in port and starboard cabins.
• Tank interior is painted with food grade Epoxy paint with food grade certificate.
• Tank inspection cover for cleaning, 260mm diameter.
• Both tanks connected with cross line with separate closing valves (possibility to isolate tanks).
• Water intake gland, 50mm, on port side deck.
• Each tank has 25mm vent overboard.
• Electronic gauge meter on starboard tank with indicator at dashboard.
• Freshwater pipe connector in rope locker on port side & anchor locker.

Grey/Blackwater Holding Tanks:

• Toilet discharge water runs in two black water tanks of 60 l, one in each toilet, with deck or ocean discharge, with level sensor and inspection opening.
• Discharge seacocks under each black water tanks, easily accessible for checks and closing.
• Black water tank vented overboard.
• Black water tank gauge in toilet near electric toilet flush switch.
• Galley sinks discharge under the sinks to the side above water line (no seacock).
• Port toilet bowl discharge in locker under, to the side above water line (no seacock).
• Owner toilet bowl discharge in locker under, thru seacock.
• Two showers drain pump, one for each shower sump in port corridor storage locker, with watertight manual switch in each shower.
• Magnetic compass in aft face cockpit table.
• Apple iPad.
• Saloon Chart Table:
• B&G Zeus3S – 16-inch MFD, chart plotter.
• B&G Triton² Multifunction Display.
• Simrad AP44 Pilot Controller.
• B&G V60 VHF, DSC, ATIS, AIS Receiver, N2K.
• VHF Wireless Handset with Charging Station.
• Saloon Electronics (behind electrical control panel-stbd):
• Navico NSPL-500 (AIS Class B Antenna Splitter Dashboard).
• B&G Nac3 REMOTE Pilot Controller.
• B&G Precision-9 heading sensor.
• AIS GPS antenna.
• Cockpit roof:
• 4 x B&G Triton² Multifunction Display.
• Port Steering Console:
• B&G Zeus3S – 12-inch MFD, chart plotter.
• Simrad AP44 Pilot Controller (rudder reference).
• Starboard Steering Console:
• BG 4G Broadband Radar, on the mast- forward looking position.
• VHF Antenna.
• MHU VS310 (Mast Head Unit) Wind Direction/Speed.
• B&G Forward looking Mini Colour Camera with Infra-Red positioned under the radar
• Technical Room Starboard:
• B&G NAC-3 Core Pack for Auto Pilot.
• Starboard steering compartment:
• B&G rudder reference RF 25N.
• DST 810 Depth/Speed Log/Temperature Transducer.
• B&G ForwardScan (forward-looking sonar provides a clear two-dimensional image of the bottom in front of your vessel).

Communication:

• Teltonika router 955 RUT955T LTE 2xSIM, GPS, RS232/485.
• Mobile mark LTMG-502.
• Washing machine, Mini 3kg.
• Custom made cockpit bottle refrigerator 51l – drawer.
• Two removable garbage bins at aft side to centre line with openings on hinges from work top.
• Double sink is integrated in the work top space without a separation rim to provide easy maintenance and cleaning of the pantry surface.
• Fresh water pressurized system with a cold and hot water tap.
• Separate seawater tap with selector for pressurized sea water.
• Front opening, 130l refrigerator to port side, air cooled compressor in port technical room.
• Cooker with Induction ventilated hob with 3 cooking areas and ventilation + grill + microwaves oven, semi-gimballed. A horizontal position lock is provided.
• Stainless steel heat protection around the stove.
• Fumes extinguisher above cooker.
• Stainless steel worktop under forward folding navigator seat with top access 100 litres stainless steel storage box.
• 110 litres deep freezer with two drawers, water cooled compressor under longitudinal locker.
• 6 persons set cutlery.
• 18 pieces set dinner ware (plate, side plate, bowl).
• 6 mugs for tea and coffee.
• Set of standard cooking preparation tools.
• Set of 6 standard cooking pots and pans with lids.

Heads/Showers:

• Two marine toilets, one in each toilet, with 24V macerator and pump, with button flush discharge.
• Hot/cold water shower at the transom port side coaming.
• Toilets: 2 hanging hooks in each toilet; 1 soap dispenser; 1 toilet paper holder; 1 toilet brush.
• Shower(s): 2 hanging hooks in each toilet; 1 soap dispenser.

Heating , Cooling & & Ventilation:

• Air conditioning 16.000 BTU/h (230V-50/60Hz) with heating option including touch screen thermostat.
• Main unit is installed in the salon under the settee.
• For discharging the condense tray, small pump is Installed bellow the AC unit.
• The outlet of the pump is connected with the main water circuit of the AC cooling water outlet right before going overboard.
• Thru Hull Fitting is located on the aft side of the salon settee, draining above the waterline.
• The main water Intake is in the front floor opening, with the water strainer fitted directly onto the valve. In the same area there Is a sea water pump, which Is supplying the water to the AC unit.
• Outlet of the cold air is in the middle of the salon settee, on the highest position possible.
• On the right side of the starboard salon dashboard there is a control panel.
• Deck hatches are carefully designed to allow interior natural ventilation at anchor and under sail.
• Caframo Sirocco II, timer and variable speed fans in cabins and salon.
• Mushroom ventilation in the PORT shower.
• Steam hood above cocker, leading to transom exhaust.
• Engine room hot air extraction linear fan, 24V, 100mm hose diameter, 6.7 m3/minute, leading hot air to transom exhaust grill on port side.
• Engine room ventilation extractor linear fan will Start when Engine Ignition Key in “ON” position and Stops within 10 minutes after Engine Ignition Key in “OFF” position.
• Starboard technical room extraction fan, linear fan 24V, 100mm hose diameter, 6.7 m3/minute.
• Starboard technical room extraction fan is ventilating salon bilge storage.
• Engine and interior ventilation exhausts at the transom.
• Webasto EVO55 diesel heater.
• Engine room passive air supply from port side technical room louvers installed in engine room opening hatch.
• Air to technical room passively supplied from lazaret (dinghy garage), louvers installed at highest possible bulkhead position.

Entertainment:

• Fusion MS-SRX 400 with 2 x speakers in cockpit and 2 x saloon.
• Fusion WB670 APOLLO + MS-ERX400 RDS stereo system, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth at Starboard Settee.
• Reading lights throughout.
• Ceiling lights throughout.
• Dimmable LED courtesy lights integrated in the window shelf around the salon and galley.
• Port and starboard position lights.
• 2 down flooding led lights, red/white, with central switch (always alive).
• 2 red courtesy lights at companionway doors, 2 red curtesy lights at step to transom platform, 2 red curtesy lights at steps to foredeck.
• Transom navigation light integrated in ventilation exhaust.
• 360 deg LED anchor light. (optional strobe function) and tricolour light (ARC requirement).
• Masthead tricolour navigation light (ARC requirement).
• LED steaming light and Deck light.

Summary of Accommodation:

• Side-sliding companionway door in anodized and black painted, aluminium frame and tempered glass. Port half is sliding to starboard, starboard part is fixed. Stainless steel handle and lock with key and mechanical door lock in open position.
• Companion way door has a seal height of 150mm above cockpit floor.
• Possibility for 380mm high washboard in front of companionway door (if requested by customer or regatta rules).
• 4 hangers in each hanging locker.
• 4 hanging hooks in each cabin.

Material used for furniture:

• Marine grade lightweight plywood.
• Processed massive wood.
• HPL- high pressure laminate.
• Teak veneer of processed massive wood.
• PU paint, 20% gloss.
• Stainless steel satin finish.
• All joinery in processed veneer, painted orhigh pressure laminates (HPL) marine grade plywood. Joinery and panels are varnished with satin-gloss PU varnish, with visible wood pores. All joinery is non-structural.
• All doors have massive wood frames and stop with a magnet in open position. Larger locker doors are provided with louvers for ventilation and automatic switch for locker light.
• All portholes, hatches and windows are provided with curtains or shades. Structural main bulkheads are built in vinyl ester laminate and PVC core and covered with a veneered, HPL or upholstered panels.

Hatches & Windows:

• 1 low-profile hatch 60×60 cm over front cabin, Lewmar Sz 60.
• 1 low-profile hatch 50×40 cm over owners shower, Lewmar Sz30.
• 1 low-profile hatch 50×40 cm at front end corridor, Lewmar Sz30.
• 1 low-profile hatch 50×40 cm over guest toilet, Lewmar Sz30.
• 1 low-profile hatch 50×40 cm over owners toilet, Lewmar Sz30.
• 1 low-profile hatch 40×40 cm over owners cabin, Lewmar Sz44.
• 1 low-profile hatch 40×40 cm over guest shower (guest cabin), Lewmar Sz44.
• 2 low-profile hatches 50×40 cm at forward end of coach roof, Lewmar Sz30.
• 2 recessed hatches on forward end cocpit roof, Lewmar Sz41.
• Coach roof side and front windows in tempered safety glass, bonded to coach roof structure with Pegasus logo on both sides.
• 2 integrated hatches in cockpit seats, opening 80x55cm, to access technical rooms and storage, with hinges, gas spring and lock.
• A composite hatch in the cockpit floor, aft of steering position, with stainless steel hinges, pressurised cylinders and locks, gives access to dinghy garage and rudder system. Hatch is weather tight and drained to platform.

Description of layout from forwards:

Guest Cabin Forward:

• Door from the corridor forward.
• A full-size central vee berth with removable central part to split berths and integrated lee cloth.
• The berth is accessible from aft side.
• Shelf aside berths.
• Mattress 10 cm foam, fabric covered, removable.
• Open storage under aft berth sides.
• Lockers on port and starboard side, full height hanging locker port and shelfs on the starboard side.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug in each locker.
• 24V car socket for universal connection converter.
• Windlass and bow thruster main breakers switch in starboard berth storage.
• 1 opening hatch with roller shades on the cabin ceiling.
• Reading lights with USB port.
• 2 lights and switch on ceiling.

Port Toilet and Shower:

• The toilet and shower compartment are GRP moulded tray for easy cleaning and hygienic maintenance.
• Toilet access through a door opening forward to corridor.
• Washbasin against boat’s side with cabinet with mirror doors above.
• Washbasin with pressurized water (hot and cold) with a worktop.
• Lockers below the washbasin.
• Marine head with an electrically operated pump-out and a holding tank forward.
• Toilet paper holder, soap dispenser and towel hangers.
• Opening hatch on the cabin ceiling.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug in upper toilet locker.
• Light in toilet and shower with switch on ceiling.
• Shower access from corridor through a door opening inwards.
• Separate enclosed shower on aft side of toilette area, with seat against the side.
• Shower water is pumped out by an electric pump: the switch is placed on side locker.

Open Guest Cabin or Storage to Port:

• Cabin is open towards corridor
• A full-size lower bunk, longitudinally against hull side, with an integrated lee-cloth system.
• Bunk surface serves as worktop for office table
• Mattress 10cm foam, removable fabric covered.
• A large shelves locker, full height, facing forward.
• A large hanging locker, full height, facing aft.
• 1 opening hatch with roller blinds on the cabin’s ceiling.
• Ceiling lights with switch.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug.
• Caframo Sirocco II fan.

Owner’s Cabin to Starboard:

• Door from central corridor to owner’s cabin, opening inwards.
• A split double berth to Port aft with an integrated lee-cloth system, headboard against main bulkhead aft and night stand locker in between.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug in nightstand locker.
• The berths are accessible from midline (laterally) and from front.
• Double berth is possible to join and create access from midline only.
• Head lockers along boat’s side on starboard.
• Storage under midline berth.
• A hanging locker to starboard, full-height, forward door with shelves, aft with hanging bar. Automatic light in locker.
• Opening hatch with roller shades on cabin ceiling.
• Reading lights with USB port at headboard.
• 4 ceiling lights and ceiling switch.
• Door forward to the en-suite washroom and toilet.

Starboard Toilet Compartment, En-suite from Owner’s Cabin:

• Access through a door, opening inwards to starboard.
• The toilet compartment is a GRP moulded piece including shower compartment for easy cleaning and hygienic maintenance.
• Bench to starboard with storage underneath.
• Metal grab rail above the bench.
• Locker with shelfs and door, for towels and other toilet equipment behind seat.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug in the locker.
• Washbasin with pressurized water (hot and cold) facing midline.
• Lockers below the washbasin with seacock access.
• Head locker above washbasin with mirror doors.
• 2 opening hatches in washroom and shower compartment.
• 2 ceiling lights in washroom and shower with ceiling switch in washroom.
• Forward is shower and toilet area separated with sliding, safety glass door.
• Shower water is pumped out of integrated floor sump by an electric pump. Pump switch is in the shower area.
• Metal grab in shower serving also as a hanger for towels.
• Marine head inside shower area for ease of cleaning (drained shower floor).
• Marine head with an electric pump and macerator.
• Holding tank in locker behind toilet with access to discharge sea cock.
• Shower faucet with wall holder, soap dispenser, toilet paper holder, toilet brush and towel hangers.
• Wet hanging locker inside shower area.
• There is one comfortable step down to access the front area of the boat.
• Step covered with removable carpet and integrated courtesy light.
• A corridor leads to the three front cabins and washing room/toilet.
• Front corridor port side, big storage locker, storage and access to black water tank discharge seacock and shower pumps thru lower door.
• Carpet on corridor floor.
• 4 lights with two switches (front/aft) on corridor ceiling.
• 2 red courtesy lights on starboard side.

Aft Technical Room Port (Wet Technical Room):

• Access from big cockpit hatch (80 x 50cm). One step down from cockpit level.
• Overhead light with switch.
• 230 V (or 120V)plug.
• Storage in three (3) plastic boxes, behind longitudinal vertical barrier.
• Access to engine room thru removable hatch.

Aft Technical Room Starboard (Dry Technical Room):

• Ventilation to transom starboard side.

Navigation Area to Port Forward:

• Raised navigator’s, oversized, seat and table with unobstructed 360 degrees view, over bow and to stern.
• Opening port lights inside windows above galley and settee.
• Chart table with the opening / storage for the navigation accessories.
• Chart reading light, red/white, is on the ceiling above chart area.
• Opening hatch on coach roof in front of chart area.
• Dashboard in front of chart table with space for autopilot display, 16-inch chart plotter and one (1) multipurpose display, one (1) autopilot, VHF marine radio and Wireless Handsets on the side.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug on side.
• A stowage space for books is provided to the side of the navigator’s seat.
• Under the navigation table and at its side forms a large technical zone with aeration slots etc. It is easily accessible and lies high and dry above bilges. Even at a high heel angles the bilge water has no access to this space or to the wiring of the navigation panel.
• 360 degrees view from salon windows.
• 2 opening hatches on coach roof front.
• Floorboards covered in teak.
• 2 courtesy lights along the floor line in salon.
• 1 courtesy light in galley step.
• Three ceiling metal grab rails, leather covered.
• 2 stereo speakers fusion
• Access to bilges and batteries under salon floor.
• Ventilated dry storage under saloon floor in 4 plastic organizing boxes

Galley to Port Aft:

• U shaped galley one step down from salon level.
• Work top is made in satin stainless steel in functionality, with a raised edge to retain spilled liquids.
• Opening port lights in side window above cocker.
• Locker with drawers for cutlery and kitchen equipment next to stove.
• Longitudinal locker to centre line used for galley equipment, plates and glasses with doors from salon side.
• Bar towards midline aft, close to companionway, serves as worktop.
• Vertical grab rail integrated in midline bar.
• Numerous lockers are placed longitudinally to port, behind work top, with shelf, and sliding front doors.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug above worktop for kitchen appliances.
• Caframo Sirocco II fan above sink.

Settee to Starboard:

• A full-length carbon / epoxy vinyl ester moulded settee/couch/lounger, for 6 persons.
• Large table of a very strong construction, fitted on central metal column, fixed with folding leaf’s for easy access to couch from either side.
• Table on two (2), two stages telescopic electric table pedestal to create big lounging bed.
• Settee with table gimbals 10 degrees to port and starboard, with electrical actuator with manual controls.
• Locker to midline aft with bottle storage.
• Two closed lockers and central bar for storing bottles behind backrest.
• Shelves and bird-nest lockers behind backrests.
• 10 cm double density foam mattresses and backrests, removable fabric.
• Foldable mattresses to easy access the openings and storage in under the settee.
• An opening hatch on coach roof front.
• Reading lights at both ends of the couch and centrally above table on the ceiling.
• In front of settee a dashboard with large electrical distribution panel and other equipment control panels. Panel is hinged for access to electrical elements behind and mounting of additional instrumentation etc.
• 230 V (or 120V) plug on dashboard.
• FUSION MS-SRX400 RDS stereo system, Wi-fi, Bluetooth.
• Caframo Sirocco II fan at aft end.

Companionway:

• 2 very comfortable steps connect the cockpit and the salon into one big and pleasant living area.
• Steps in composite are transversally bent and features elevated sides to provide better foot grip during sailing. Steps are covered with artificial decking layer.
• Storage under stairs in drawer and open storage box.
• 2 red courtesy lights below both steps.
• Cabinet on the STBD side of the stairs with front opening for storage or wine storage.
• Deck stepped, carbon fibre mast tube, 9/10 configuration.
• Mast crane in composite, 650mm long, one (1) main halyard sheave and one (1) topping lift.
• Spinnaker and Code 0 halyard sheaves (2).
• Pad eye or pin for 2:1 purchase Code 0 halyard fixing.
• Windex and windex light.
• VHF antenna with coaxial cable.
• Forestay attachment and Jib 1 halyard sheave.
• Staysail stay pin attachment and halyard sheave with 2:1 purchase fixing provision.
• Spreaders in aluminium, 2 sets, painted black, swept back at 20 degrees.
• Radar bracket facing forward.
• All provisions for lazy jack installation.
• Self-tacking J2 sheet sheave box and sheet exit on port side.
• Standing rigging, discontinuous rod with turnbuckles.
• Split backstay in Dyneema.
• Hydraulic Backstay tensioner with central manual pump.
• Central hydraulic pump for vang and backstay located on starboard cockpit coaming.
• Boom and vang gooseneck.
• 3 stoppers with a composite base above mast winch, on starboard, between 1.6 and 1.8m above deck (J1 halyard, Staysail halyard, Spinnaker halyard).
• Mast base in aluminium, with integrated pins for articulating halyard blocks.
• I: top 20.85m.
• Pad eye for Code 0 and asymmetrical spinnaker tack Facnor endless furler on bowsprit.
• Pad eye for Code 0 on bobtail attachment (mid position).
• Rope operated low profile jib furler, Facnor 280 FD, grey anodized aluminium furler profiles.
• Stanchion base lead eyes on starboard side for J1 furling line.
• Stay sail deck chain plate, Wichard folding pad eye, connected to anchor locker bulkhead.
• Pad eye for the lifelines c- flat belt …
• Facnor endless operated self-tacking J2 jib furler.
• Stanchion base lead on port side for fixed J2 furler furling line.
• Jib 2 self-tacking track, transversal, with manual pin stops for jib car. Stand up block on jib car for 2:1 jib sheet purchase. Single block or low friction ring on jib clew point.
• Jib 1 longitudinal, tracks, with pin stop jib car. Jib track aft block and deck foot block to led sheet to cockpit under side decks.
• Jib 1 outer sheeting point stand up blocks, 80mm. Extra Jib sheet led to cockpit above decks.
• Mast step in aluminium (part of mast specification), with halyards and boom lines mast step blocks.
• Halyards and boom lines run to cockpit under side decks, four each side.
• V1 and D1 chain plates in stainless steel plate, 15mm thickness, bolted to hull side recess.
• A mainsheet arch in Carbon/Epoxy vinyl ester composite.
• 2 Mainsheet standing blocks diameter 80 mm.
• 5 rope stoppers each side of console for lines coming aft from mast and genoa tracks.
• J1 furling line stopper on starboard toe rail.
• J2 furling line stopper on port toe rail (fixed furler only).
• 2 Spinnaker sheet standing and snatch blocks, 90mm.
• Back stay integrated composite chainplates.
• Boom in aluminium for loose foot mainsail with boom rack to widen lazy bag and improve sail storage, painted black.
• Boom profile with grove on top for accepting lazy bag.
• Boom with sheaves and provisions for single line reefing (1st and 2nd reef).
• Main sheet fixing pad eyes, 2 main sheet 80mm blocks, at boom sheeting point.
• Reinforced lazy bag and lazy jacks. Silver colour. Lazy jacks fixed to cleats at mast.
• Vang attachment.
• Topping lift attachment.
• Hydraulic vang, to support boom and stored sail weight, operated manually from central hydraulic panel.

Running Rigging:

• Running rigging halyards at mast base – Standard boom
• Starboard side: Lazy bag lines (on cleat), 50mm block at mast.
• Port side: Jib 2 (staysail) halyard, snap shackle; Code 0 halyard (2:1 purchase), U shackle; Spinnaker halyard, splice and snap shackle; Lazy bag lines (on cleat), 50mm block at mast.
• Halyards lead back to cockpit – Standard boom
• Starboard side (from CL to out); Reef 3- boom end only; Reef 2- single line reef; Vang control, splice and U shackle; Main sail halyard, splice and U shackle; Jib sheet, splice and rope lashing.
• Port side (from CL to out); Jib sheet, splice and soft rope loop shackle; Self-tacking J2 sheet; Main sheet, splice and U shackle; Reef 1- single line reef, splice and rope lashing; Jib 1 halyard, splice and U shackle.
• 1x Jib 1 furling line 10mm (led to starboard aft winch).
• 1x Jib 2 furling line 10mm (led to port aft winch).
• 2x 12mm gennaker /code 0 sheet with splice and snap shackle.
• 4 self-tailing, 2 speed, electric winches Harken EST 60, aluminium black anodized, for mast lines and sheets. 4 winch switches, for each electric winch.
• 2 winch handles for primary winches.
• Winch base, at ergonomic height, on starboard side, for halyards (Jib1, Spi, Staysail), winch Harken ST 46.
• Main full batten, triradial, Hydranet, Antal mast head, batten and intermediate ball bearing sliders.
• G1, triradial, Hydranet.
• G2, triradial, Hydranet.
• Asymmetrical spinnaker with reinforcement and torsion cable for furling.
• Lazy bag with lazy jack.
• Furling sails storage bag attached to pulpit and stanchions on foredeck.
• Mainsail standard full batten: 68.39 m2.
• J1 104%: 60.37 m2.
• LP 104%: 5.76 m.
• J2 furling / self-tacking: 32.09 m2.
• Furling code “0” (on bow) (optional): 100 m2.
• Spinnaker (asymmetrical on bow): 188 m2.
• Anchor locker hatch in composite with hinges, gas cylinder and lock.
• Bow pulpit in stainless steel tube, 30×2 mm, 610 mm high.
• 2 x pushpits in stainless steel tube, 30×2 mm, 610 mm high, extending well forward on walking deck, serves for easy access from cockpit to side decks area. Flagpole socket, 35mm, on starboard pushpit.
• 2 x railing gates, 30×1.5mm, 1 set per side, aft of mid ships.
• Coach roof grab rails in stainless steel, two per side.
• Fixed windshield in stainless steel frame, powder coated in black and gray, with tempered glass fixed side parts and tempered glass sliding central parts with manual locks.
• Composite roof extending from windshield over cockpit with central opening.
• Two flush opening hatches Lewmar flush 3g Sz41 to provide fresh air in cockpit behind windscreen.
• Integrated stainless-steel handles on roof sides.
• 2 x loudspeakers in arch top panel.
• Cockpit table in cockpit, seating up to 8 people. In the front part is a 51l refrigerator, for drinks and food (12 wine bottles), opening from forward as drawer. Aft part of table is storage for 6-person life raft.
• 2 x lateral cockpit storage lockers, integrated in deck coamings, aft of steering position for rope tails and mooring lines.
• Port and Starboard storage lockers with hinged covers serve as steering seat with cushion and comfortable step to side decks.
• Folding and telescopic, four step, swimming ladder, with handles, fixed to platform, provides safe and easy access to sea.

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• Port side hull integrated stainless steel anchor arm with 80 mm roller for a 27 kg anchor.
• Stainless steel, 27 kg anchor, Ultra.
• 100 meters, 8mm stainless steel chain, DIN766 / ISO, with Twist swivel connector.
• Chain end connected to U-bolt with rope or U-shackle.
• 4 pcs 15m mooring line.
• 6 x fenders 76 x 23cm, with covers.
• 2 x ball fenders, 62 x 45 cm, with covers.
• Spare anchor, 15kg, Spade or equivalent.
• Spare anchor is fixed in the anchor locker in dedicated custom-made bracket.
• 10m- 8mm chain and 40m, 3-brided- 18mm rope, stored in plastic box beside anchor.
• 24V electric vertical anchor windlass in deck recess, 8 mm chain gypsy and drum for operations with mooring line.
• Windlass handheld wire control connected directly to windlass control box in forward cabin.
• Windlass remote control panel at starboard steering console with chain counter display.
• Chain stopper for 8mm chain.
• Mooring cleats in stainless steel, folding, 300 mm, 2 in front, 2 mid ships and 2 aft.

Covers, Canvas & Cushions :

• Cockpit side closure white plastic profiles at cockpit roof edges and mainsheet arch.
• 2 x longitudinal seats in cockpit, 200 x 60 cm, protected from spray, sun and wind, with comfortable / high backrest and cushions.

Tender & Outboard:

• Airmar 270 or similar with inflatable bottom.
• 5m, 12mm, dinghy towing line.
• Torqeedo Travel 1003 SC (short shaft), equivalent to 2HP, with removable, 915 Wh Li- Ion battery and charger.
• 24V inflatable pump installed in starboard technical room with soft hose extension to folding platform (3m).

Safety Equipment:

• Lifelines and stanchions, 30x2mm, double level, 610 mm high, with 8 and 6 mm spectra railing rope.
• Safety ladder accessible from sea level for re-boarding, while transom door is closed.
• Handle fixed to transom port side for emergency recovery.
• LALIZAS ISO RACING Liferaft 6V <24h – Canister – placed in cockpit table.
• Upgrade grab bag ISO – >24hr 6 person.
• Emergency steering tiller in stainless steel, stored in technical room.
• Emergency boarding ladder on aft pullpit, accessible from water level.
• Set of flares (according to Category A specification).
• Horseshoe White.
• Lifelink Rescue Sling White.
• 6 LALIZAS Inflatable Lifejacket Lamda Auto 150N, SOLAS/MED.
• 6 Safety Line Life-Link, triple, ISO 12401, L 200cm with self-closing hook.
• Set of replacement cartridges Deckvest Lite.
• 2 jacklines, port and starboard, 30 mm wide flat chord, flat on sidewalk deck, bow to stern cleat.
• Radar reflector sailboat, Tube type.
• Fog Horn, Ø8mm, L.300mm, Red.

Fire-Fighting Equipment:

• 4 x fire extinguishers (2 kg) are mounted:
• 1 in corridor locker.
• 1 in the galley, under sink.
• 1 in port technical room.
• 1 in stbd technical room.
• Fire port is installed in cockpit floor above engine room (aft end cockpit table).
• Fire blanket for gas burner on inside door, under sink.
• Various manuals of installed equipment.
• Owner’s manual.
• Antifouling and epoxy primer for hull, full water protection.
• Loading at shipyard.
• Transport to delivery port (Izola, Slovenia).
• Mast setup in delivery port.
• Sails installation.
• Running ropes installation.
• Railing wires and safety lines installation.
• Lube oil & Fuel oil (commissioning & testing) 26 gallons.
• Marina berth cost for Sea trials & commissioning (1 month).

Commissioning Package:

• 63 gallons diesel fuel (1/2 capacity).
• 81 gallons water (1/1 capacity).
• 3 days Sea trials with client.
• Final Cleaning.
• Sailing photos.
• Sailing video.

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Motor Yacht PEGASUS is a 53m Feadship Superyacht for Charter in Greece and the East Mediterranean. PEGASUS is based in Athens, Greece.

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Yacht Description

Motor Yacht PEGASUS, an extravagant custom-built Feadship superyacht was built with a steel hull and the highest quality aluminium superstructure ensuring stability and comfort. Her substantial sundeck features a whirlpool and a Jacuzzi for ultimate leisure, and an Eastern flair touches all corners of the interior with exquisite paintings and sculptures, displayed with taste and style. A crisp white Yamaha piano graces the upper deck, and luxury yacht PEGASUS features a beautifully laid out salon for her charter guests to indulge in the scenic view via the floor-to-ceiling windows. Fully equipped with countless water toys, a gym, and a large beach club only inches from the sea undoubtedly ensures a superb holiday on this fabulous charter yacht PEGASUS.

Yacht Features

Guests (sleeping), guests (cruising), cabins (sleeps 12), jacuzzi (on deck), builder (manufacturer), fuel consumption (per hour), cruising speed, stabilisers, air conditioning, water sports equipment and toys.

Motor Yacht PEGASUS Tenders and Toys:

• 1 x 8.8m Air Ship 250 HP (12 persons)
• 1 x 4.6m Nautica RIB 70 HP (5-6 persons)
• 1 x Jet Ski Kawasaki Ultra 250 HP
• 1 x Kawasaki Stand Up Jet Ski 80 HP
• 1 x Seadoo Jet Ski Two Seats 280 HP
• 1 x Sea-Doo Aqua Lounge 6
• 2 x Waveboards
• 1 x Wakeboard
• 2 x Stand-up Paddle Boards
• 1 x Gladiator (Seating 4 Riders)
• 1 x Tarik Inflatable SUP
• 1 x Nautiboy Platform
• 2 x Schiller Bikes
• Complete Water Ski Sets
• Huge selection of Towables

Yacht Accommodation

Motor Yacht PEGASUS sleeps up to 12 yacht charter guests in 6 Cabins.

• 1 x Owner’s Suite on main deck
• 2 x VIP Suites on lower deck
• 3 x Twin Staterooms with a Pullman berth each, on lower deck

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Deck Facilities

• Massive Deck Jacuzzi
• Fully equipped GYM / kinesis

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• 1 x XDream bike
• 1 x Power Plate
• 1 x Kinisis Personal Vision Technogym
• 1 x Excite Step Technogym

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Special Features:

• Impressive 7,500nm range
• Extensive health and beauty center, including spa, beach club and beauty salon
• Swimming pool
• Two VIP cabins
• Lloyds Register ✠100 A1 SSC Yacht P Mono G6 classification

The 78m/255'11" motor yacht 'Pegasus VIII' (ex. Princess Mariana) was built by Royal Denship in Denmark at their Aarhus shipyard. Her interior is styled by French designer design house Zuretti and she was delivered to her owner in December 2003. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Espen Oeino and she was last refitted in 2020.

Guest Accommodation

Pegasus VIII has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 12 guests in 6 suites comprising two VIP cabins. She is also capable of carrying up to 26 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Her features include piano, beauty salon, spa, beauty salon, underwater lights, beach club, gym, deck jacuzzi, WiFi and air conditioning.

Range & Performance

Pegasus VIII is built with a steel hull and aluminium / grp superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin diesel-electric Deutz (SBV 12 M 628) 12-cylinder 2,370hp engines running at 900rpm, she comfortably cruises at 13 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 16 knots with a range of up to 7,500 nautical miles from her 435,700 litre fuel tanks at 12 knots. Pegasus VIII features at-anchor stabilizers providing exceptional comfort levels. Her water tanks store around 57,002 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Lloyds Register ✠100 A1 SSC Yacht P Mono G6 classification society rules, and is MCA Compliant.

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Is This the Yacht of the Future?

• By Yachting Staff
• November 24, 2023

The concept of 3D printing is not new when it comes to boat and yacht construction, but Project Pegasus —unveiled at the start of 2023 and now listed for sale with Denison Yachting—is a bold vision of how the technology could be used to create an entire superyacht.

Several years ago, we reported about ways that builders worldwide were already embracing 3D printing for everything from boat molds to parts. We also noted that the IYRS School of Technology and Trades was teaching students the basics of 3D printing, setting up a future where ideas could become reality as the technology matured.

Italian designer Jozeph Forakis says that time is now, and the team of people surrounding him on the idea is getting bigger. Forakis’ 288-foot Project Pegasus concept yacht would be the world’s first 3D-printed, solar-electric/hydrogen hybrid superyacht, with zero emissions and with a “Tree of Life” hydroponic garden for fresh food and air purification.

Article At-A-Glance

• The 288-foot Project Pegasus is a concept yacht that’s listed for sale with Denison Yachting.
• Project Pegasus would be the world’s first 3D-printed, solar-electric/hydrogen hybrid superyacht.
• The designer is Jozeph Forakis, who is based in Italy and known for his work with CL Yachts.
• Lateral Naval Architects in the United Kingdom also worked on Project Pegasus.

The Project Pegasus Vision

Forakis says his goal with Project Pegasus was to create a zero-emissions yacht that seems invisible in terms of design and environmental impact. He did not create the concept yacht as a design showpiece that never has a chance to be built. “All her core technologies are based on today’s reality,” he says. “It’s only a matter of time before all yachts are made this way. Today, together with Denison and Lateral, we embark on a journey to accelerate towards that future.”

An ‘Audacious Challenge’

James Roy, managing director at Lateral Naval Architects, calls Project Pegasus “an audacious challenge in the field of structural engineering, energy architecture and manufacturing.” In fact, everyone involved with the project says it’s on the bleeding edge of what’s achievable today. Alex G. Clarke, the broker who represents the project at Denison Yachting, says the concept “pushes the boundaries of what is possible.”

Clarke added: “The smart technology surrounding it—from fuel cells to hydroponics providing fresh air and food, to zero emission and the use of glass and solar panels—is very inspiring to me. I do feel this is more than a concept, and I would love to see a shipyard or owner get involved to help make her a reality.”

How the Team Came Together

Forakis gives special thanks to Marisa Ronchi and Ottaviiano Iacono of SuperyachtOne for believing in the Project Pegasus concept and introducing him to the sales broker, Clarke, at Denison Yachting. “We couldn’t ask for a better foundational team to bring this dream to reality,” Forakis says.

Clarke is no stranger to embracing big, visionary concepts. He was the sales broker who did Denison’s first $10 million-plus bitcoin deal , and, more recently, he’s been talking about ways that technology surrounding nonfungible tokens , or NFTs, might become useful within the superyacht industry.

In that context, 3D-printing a whole superyacht seems quite down-to-earth. The technology at least creates something that people can touch and feel.

The Project Pegasus Design

It was big news in 2019 when the University of Maine created the world’s largest 3D-printed boat: a 25-footer called 3Dirigo. That team set three world records: for the largest 3D-printed solid part, the largest 3D-printed boat and the largest 3D printer.

Designing a 288-foot yacht that could be built from similar technology less than five years later is no small feat, but that’s what Project Pegasus purports to be.

The Framework

Robotic 3D printing would be used to create a mesh framework for Project Pegasus, integrating the yacht’s hull and superstructure. Forakis says the result would be “an extraordinarily strong and lightweight structure that can be produced using less energy, material, waste, space and time compared to conventional construction.”

The superstructure would have multi-tiered glass wings that reflect the clouds and sky. At certain angles and in certain lighting conditions, the lattice framework of the 3D-printed structure would become visible.

According to Forakis, “The dramatic, triangulated structure allows light to penetrate all levels of the interior while framing the remarkable views in all directions.”

The Reality of Technology

The whole team involved with Project Pegasus says it’s possible to achieve the vision with technology that exists today, but there is no denying the fact that some of that technology may need a bit more time to develop in order to make the yacht a reality.

As Roy, with Lateral Naval Architects, says: “We look forward to exploring the boundaries of feasibility, technology readiness and how these can be accelerated.”

Is Jozeph Forakis for Real?

Sometimes, yacht designers create audacious concepts just to get noticed. They might draw a yacht that looks like a spiderweb, or that could transform into a plane or a submersible. Their ideas are often based on imagination and not necessarily grounded in reality.

Forakis is different. He’s known as a visionary designer, but he’s also spent the past few years affiliated with one of the most respected builders of bluewater, go-anywhere vessels: CL Yachts, a subsidiary of Cheoy Lee.

Partnership with CL Yachts

Forakis’ partnership with CL Yachts was announced in 2019, after the builder brought him aboard to act as creative director for its next generation of yacht designs. Forakis was put in charge of exteriors and interiors on the vessels, starting with the CLX96.

Even back then, Forakis was using language that tapped into a desire to push boundaries in ways that were new for the yachting industry. He chose the color orange for the new CL Yachts brand and went on to explain why: “I am very strategic when it comes to these things. In our research, we found that, in the world of yachting, there are many ‘me too’ boat designs and many ‘me too’ brands and colors. Orange is young and energetic, and rarely seen amongst yacht or other luxury brands. This is part of our ’blue ocean strategy’ to communicate a true alternative in the market with an alternative, authentic vision.”

Forakis’ Real-Life CLB80

Most recently, CL Yachts announced its CLB80, with interiors and exteriors by Forakis—yet again proving that the designer knows how to turn ideas into reality. The boat will fall in the builder’s lineup between the CLB72 and the flagship CLB88.

CL Yachts says the creative process included emphasizing onboard comfort, rather than focusing solely on raw performance.

And with this design, too, Forakis pushed boundaries. “One distinctive aspect that sets this model apart is the evolution of the unique stepped side windows,” the builder says. “These carefully crafted windows not only infuse a modern touch but also enhance visibility, allowing natural light to flood into the living spaces.”

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will it take to build Project Pegasus?

No timeframe has been established for construction, and, in some cases, the technology itself might have to be augmented before construction could begin.

Are hydroponics new on yachts?

At the scale of Project Pegasus, yes, but not in general. Some sailors have had hydroponic gardens aboard their yachts for years, to ensure the availability of fresh foods while cruising in remote destinations.

Is anyone building a zero-emissions yacht today?

Several companies are promoting these types of designs. One in-build version is the 226-foot Project Zero that Vitters is constructing in the Netherlands, with a sail plan that is projected to generate power equivalent to a modern wind turbine.

Does Jozeph Forakis, the designer of Project Pegasus, only design yachts?

Nope. He works in many spheres, including housewares, lighting and wearable tech.

Where can I learn more about Project Pegasus?

Visit denisonyachting.com

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CHECK THE TIMETABLE HERE . The approximate duration of the trip is 1,5 hours.

The boat has a café, and Dorpat Catering provides food services for private events.

Pegasus was built in 1958 at the Moscow shipyard in Russia and was named Kreutzwald until 1993. In the 20th century, Pegasus conducted multi-day excursion trips (e.g., autumn berry trips) and also regular services, including routes from Tartu to Ihaste, which later became a pleasure trip.

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To be represented by Premium Yachts, Ferretti Yachts and Riva , two prestigious brands of the Ferretti Group, will be present at the Moscow International Boat Show 2013, displaying motor yacht Ferretti 530 as well as Riva Iseo yacht tender.

Luxury motor yacht Ferretti 530

Luxury yacht Ferretti 530 was very keen to undertake in collaboration once again with AYT – Advanced Yacht Technology, Ferretti Group Engineering Division and Studio Zuccon International Project . The compact dimensions, 16 meters long and almost 5 meters wide, allow the 530 yacht to deliver grand Italian luxury and cruising immersed in such comfort until now unheard of in a yacht of this size.

Ferretti 530 yacht boasts three revolutionary innovations: the full beam master cabin with chaise longue and two large open view windows that make it a real suite at sea level bathed in light, tones and the natural essences of teak. Moving the galley from the center to the aft section creates a unique open space that includes the saloon, galley, cocktail bar and the dining area, the cockpit area continues thanks to the tilting window. The roll bar free sky lounge and the spoiler allow the 530 a sporty appearance combined with elegantly formal lines.

Ferretti 530 Yacht - Interior

Riva , the iconic Ferretti Group brand, presented a new model at the historical Lake d’Iseo shipyards in July 2011. Featuring elegance and ease of transportation as its distinctive characteristics, Iseo superyacht tender , a 27 foot runabout, is destined to become a must-have for those who love cruising on both lakes and the sea, and, most importantly, design enthusiasts. It is also perfect for anyone wishing to enhance their yacht with an exclusive tender that will never go unnoticed.

Riva Iseo superyacht tender

Due to its ease of manoeuvrability and size, Iseo yacht tender is also ideal as a tender for large yachts. Innovative and elegant, it can also guarantee comfort in bad weather conditions. Besides the electrohydraulic bimini top, it was also designed with a waterproof, automobile-style soft top which protects those on board against water and the wind during cruising.

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Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.

The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern Ukraine, escalated on Aug. 6 when Ukraine sent thousands of soldiers over the border into Russia’s western Kursk region.

For months, Ukraine has also fought an increasingly damaging drone war against the refineries and airfields of Russia, the world’s second largest oil exporter, though major drone attacks on the Moscow region – with a population of over 21 million – have been rarer.

Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences destroyed a total of 45 drones over Russian territory, including 11 over the Moscow region, 23 over the border region of Bryansk, six over the Belgorod region, three over the Kaluga region and two over the Kursk region.

Some of the drones were shot down over the city of Podolsk, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. The city in the Moscow region is some 38 km (24 miles) south of the Kremlin.

“This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow using drones ever,” Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app in the early hours of Wednesday. “The layered defence of Moscow that was created made it possible to successfully repel all the attacks from the enemy UAVs.”

Along Moscow’s boulevards, the cafes, restaurants and shops of the capital – which has been carefully insulated from the war – were crowded with little sign of concern, while President Vladimir Putin met Chinese premier Li Qiang in the Kremlin.

Two Russian citizens who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said the foiled drone attack simply showed how well defended Moscow now was, and that Ukraine was “playing with fire” by attacking Russia both in Kursk and in Moscow.

Russia meanwhile is advancing in eastern Ukraine, where it controls about 18% of the territory, and battling to repel Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region, the biggest foreign attack on Russian territory since World War Two.

Russian media showed unverified footage of drones whirring over the dawn sky of the Moscow region and then being shot down in a ball of flame by air defences.

Moscow’s airports, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky, limited flights for four hours but restarted normal operations from 0330 GMT, Russia’s aviation watchdog said.

Sobyanin said that according to preliminary information, there were no injuries or damage reported in the aftermath of the attacks. There were also no casualties or damage reported following the attack on Bryansk in Russia’s southwest, the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, wrote on Telegram.

Russia’s RIA state news agency reported that two drones were destroyed over the Tula region, which borders the Moscow region to its north. Vasily Golubev, governor of the Rostov region in Russia’s southwest, said air defence forces destroyed a Ukraine-launched missile over the region, with no injuries reported.

The Russian defence ministry did not mention either Tula or Rostov in its statement listing destroyed Ukrainian air weapons. Ukraine’s military said on Wednesday it overnight struck an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system based in the Rostov region.

The drone attack on Moscow was on a par with a May 2023 attack when at least eight drones were destroyed over the capital, a strike Putin said was a Ukrainian attempt to scare and provoke Russia.

In Kursk, Russian war bloggers said intense battles were ongoing along the front in the region where Ukraine has carved out at least 450 square km (175 square miles) of Russian territory.

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Tim Walz Caught Fudging Record Again

Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., has been caught in two more fibs about his record.

For years Walz claimed the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce honored him and that he participated in a pilot Harvard program as one of the first American educators to teach Chinese high school students.

Walz claimed the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce gave him an award for his contributions to the state’s business community, Alpha News reported.

The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce “researched this matter” and confirmed that Walz received no award from the organization, according to a 2006 letter from Barry Kennedy, then-president of the organization.

Kennedy asked that Walz remove the false claim.

“I am not going to draw a conclusion about your intentions by including this line in your biography,” Kennedy said. “However, we respectfully request that you remove any reference to our organization as it could be considered an endorsement of your candidacy.”

“It should be pointed out, however, that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed your opponent, Congressman Gil Gutknecht, for his support of small business issues,” Kennedy added.

Walz’s campaign manager at the time called it a “typographical error” and updated the website by changing the citation from “Nebraska Chamber of Commerce” to the “Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce.”

For years, Walz claimed that he had worked in China during 1989-1990 through a Harvard pilot program taking groups of American educators to teach in Chinese high schools.

“Harvard University offered Walz an opportunity to gain a new perspective on global education by teaching in the People’s Republic of China,” Walz’s biography claimed.

His congressional biography, published after Walz had won his seat, said the same thing, according to The Washington Free Beacon. As recent as a 2018 version indicated that Walz taught there “through a program at Harvard University.”

The program, WorldTeach, was founded by Harvard undergraduates but does not appear to have been an official Harvard University program.

The Alpha News article also recapped some of the already reported on controversies and misrepresentations by Walz including about his military service, his rank, his DUI arrest and his IVF claim.

Trump Heads This Week to Blue Wall States Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Donald Trump’s plans to visit Michigan for campaign event this week signifies commitment to lure swing states in presidential election battle.

One of Donald Trump’s two campaign events on Thursday in battleground states will take him to Michigan, where he will address the economy, indicating a renewed urgency to lure voters in swing states.

The former President will visit the business Alro Steel on Thursday afternoon in Potterville, Michigan. The campaign event is set for Thursday afternoon, one stop ahead of a visit Trump has set for La Crosse, Wisconsin, later on Thursday.

Michigan and Wisconsin, along with Pennsylvania, where Trump plans on stumping on Friday, are considered swing states for voters in this year’s presidential election. Trump claimed Wisconsin and Michigan in the 2016 election but lost them in 2020.

During the Michigan campaign stump speech, Trump’s campaign officials said he’d also address manufacturing and inflation as part of his election bid to defeat Democratic Presidential Nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, who ascended to the mantle after President Joe Biden decided to bow out of the race amid mounting pressure to leave the campaign in July.

“For nearly four years, the Harris-Biden economic policies have put unnecessary stress and pressure on Michigan families,” the Trump campaign said in a news release before the visit to Michigan.

“Michigan’s inflation is at 20.5% — forcing families to pay an additional $1,031 a month. Since Kamala Harris took office, Michiganders have spent $9,819 more on transportation, $4,464 more on energy, $4,020 on food, and $4,183 more on shelter. That’s thousands of dollars Michiganders should have been putting aside for their families’ peace of mind.”

Trump has announced he’ll be bearing down more on swing states after the Democratic National Convention last week, at which Harris reveled in a slickly produced event in Chicago, Illinois.

Trump has even started to ease up on Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican from Georgia. Trump has often blamed Kemp for Georgia’s vote loss to Biden in the 2020 election, which cost Trump the overall vote.

But Trump recently changed his tune toward Kemp after harping on the Georgia Republican.

In a social media post last week, Trump thanked Kemp “for all of your help and support in Georgia, where a win is so important to the success of our Party and, most importantly, our Country.”

“I look forward to working with you, your team, and all of my friends in Georgia to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he wrote.

Trump’s words marked a major departure from his comments at a rally earlier this month. At that rally, Trump tore into the Governor in an Atlanta arena only blocks from the Georgia Capitol, blaming him for his narrow 2020 loss in the state.

Alaska Governor Declares Disaster and Evacuation Ordered Following Landslide in Ketchikan

One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said.

Three people were transported to Ketchikan Medical Center following the landslide, which struck around 4 p.m. Sunday and damaged homes and infrastructure, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and City of Ketchikan said in a joint statement Sunday.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared an emergency for Ketchikan, while Borough Mayor Rodney Dial and city Mayor Dave Kiffer issued a separate emergency declaration.

“Friends, is with a heavy heart we relay that a landslide in the city has taken a life, caused several injuries, damaged homes and impacted our community,” Dial said in the statement.

Kiffer said the loss of life was “heartbreaking, and my heart goes out to those who lost their homes.”

“In my 65 years in Ketchikan, I have never seen a slide of this magnitude. With the slides we have seen across the region, there is clearly a region-wide issue that we need to try to understand with the support of our State geologist,” Kiffer said.

Two of the victims were admitted to the hospital and one was treated and released. All other individuals have been accounted for, the statement said.

Multiple homes were impacted by the landslide and a mandatory evacuation was ordered for residents of Third Avenue and nearby streets, while a shelter was set up at Ketchikan High School, the borough and city said.

A potential secondary landslide area was identified to the south of the original slide location and crews were standing by, the statement said.

Power was restored to some affected areas by 8:15 p.m. Other areas will remain without power while the landslide is cleared and broken power poles are replaced, the borough and city said.

Various local and state agencies responded to the landslide in the southeastern Alaska city located about 297 miles (478 kilometers) south of Junea, the state capital.

A Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Response Specialist and federal Department of Transportation personnel are expected to travel to Ketchikan on Monday, Dunleavy said.

“I have directed state agencies to make available all resources and staff for the response effort,” Dunleavy said, noting the city was receiving assistance from the State Emergency Operations Center.

RFK Jr. Loses Secret Service Protection After Suspending Campaign, Backing Trump

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will no longer receive Secret Service protection after he announced on Aug. 23 that he was suspending his campaign in 10 battleground states and urging voters in those states to support former President Donald Trump instead.

“Mr. Kennedy no longer has USSS protection,” Kennedy’s press secretary, Stefanie Spear, told The Epoch Times on Aug. 25.

Anthony Guglielmi, Secret Service chief of communications, confirmed that Kennedy “is no longer a protectee given he suspended his campaign,” in an Aug. 25 statement to The Epoch Times.

Kennedy was denied Secret Service protection five times before the Department of Homeland Security granted it shortly after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13.

Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified by authorities as the gunman. Trump’s ear was grazed by the gunfire, former fire chief Corey Comperatore was killed, and two others were injured.

Following the attack, Trump said that Kennedy should “immediately” get Secret Service protection.

“In light of what is going on in the world today, I believe it is imperative that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receive Secret Service protection—immediately,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Given the history of the Kennedy Family, this is the obvious right thing to do!”

On July 15, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized Kennedy’s Secret Service protection.

“We are in a heightened and very dynamic threat environment. The United States’ Secret Service, we—including the FBI and our other partners across the federal government—take the threats very seriously and adjust security measures as warranted, maintaining the safety and security of the president, the former president in their campaign events is one our most vital priorities,” Mayorkas said.

“In light of the weekend’s events, the president has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection for Robert Kennedy Jr.”

It’s standard procedure for the Secret Service to end protection when a presidential candidate drops out of the race. Kennedy said that he has suspended his campaign in 10 battleground states but will be on the ballot in the other 40 states during his Aug. 23 address. He encouraged voters to support him in states where he would not be considered a “spoiler” and detract backing for their Trump or Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

In April 2023, Kennedy announced his candidacy to challenge President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

After encountering multiple roadblocks from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and asserting that the organization was preventing other candidates from competing, Kennedy chose to run as an independent in October 2023.

Earlier this year, the DNC announced the creation of a team to counter third-party and independent presidential candidates.

It hired a veteran Democrat strategist to spearhead an aggressive communication plan to combat Kennedy, independent Cornel West, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.

The DNC has backed lawsuits in multiple states designed to prevent Kennedy from being on the ballot. Last week alone, he appeared in Pennsylvania and New York to testify in ballot access hearings.

Kennedy said that the repeated denials for Secret Service protection were “political” and part of a trend of federal agencies being “weaponized to serve a political agenda.”

Kennedy said his campaign had to spend millions of dollars on private security before being granted Secret Service protection.

Authorities making the decisions would rather he “spend money on protection than spending it on field organization or advertising,” Kennedy said.

Federal law indicates that the president and the Secretary of Homeland Security have the “broad discretion” to authorize Secret Service protection of presidential candidates.

Major presidential and vice presidential candidates, however, typically receive DHS security protection within 120 days of the first Tuesday of November in an election year.

Kennedy’s campaign has encountered a number of security issues. In September 2023, security personnel arrested an armed man impersonating a U.S. Marshal outside a campaign event in Los Angeles.

One month later, another armed man was arrested after twice attempting to break into Kennedy’s Los Angeles home. When the man was released after the first incident under a restraining order, he returned to the candidate’s home and again tried to break in before authorities arrested him a second time.

Following Mayorkas’s fifth denial of Secret Service protection in April, Kennedy threatened to sue the DHS.

“I worry about the safety of my family and the safety of bystanders if there happens to be a more serious incident,” he told reporters after a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, in April.

Gavin de Becker, whose firm provided private security for Kennedy, said last year that Secret Service protection is often issued to candidates before the 120-day window, pointing to former President Jimmy Carter giving then-candidate Ronald Reagan and other GOP candidates security “long before the 1980 election.”

De Becker also noted that the Carter administration provided Sen. Edward Kennedy, Kennedy’s uncle, with Secret Service protection 441 days before the 1980 election, “even though [Sen.] Kennedy hadn’t formally announced his candidacy.”

The Secret Service says it provides protection to “major presidential and vice presidential candidates,” as defined by “the Secretary of Homeland Security after consultation with an advisory committee.”

“The Secret Service has no role in determining who is to be considered a major candidate. The Secretary of Homeland Security determines who qualifies as a major candidate and when such protection should commence. … This determination is made in consultation with an advisory committee,” the agency’s website reads.

That advisory committee comprises the speaker of the House, House minority whip, Senate majority leader, Senate minority leader, and one additional member chosen by the committee.

Kennedy said he will now be “actively” campaigning for Trump. The Kennedy campaign did not provide further comment about the removal of Secret Service protection, and it is not known if he will retain Gavin de Becker & Associates again to provide security while on the campaign trail.

RFK Jr. Addresses Family Criticism of His Decision to Endorse Trump

On Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a third-party 2024 presidential candidate, revealed that other Democrats plan to follow in his footsteps and endorse former President Donald Trump.

During an interview, RFK Jr. told anchor Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday that Trump will soon make several announcements involving politicians from the Democratic Party.

RFK Jr tells Shannon Bream that President Trump is preparing to make a series of announcements that other Democrats are about to join his campaign. The Unity Party to defeat the Democrat oligarchs is underway. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/xmJx6aazB2 — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 25, 2024

RFK Jr. announced earlier this week that he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump in the race to the White House.

He criticized his former party, calling the Democratic Party a party of “corruption, big tech, big donors, big Pharma, and big money.”

He also spoke out about his family, who expressed frustration and disappointment with Kennedy following his announcement. In a social media post, his sister, Kerry Kennedy, condemned and accused him of betraying the family and everything they stand for.

Kennedy downplayed the tensions between him and his family members, saying it was OK for them to disagree on issues and still love each other.

“You know, my family is at the center of the Democratic Party. I have members of my family that are working for the Biden administration. Biden has a bust of my father behind him at the Oval Office, and he’s been a family friend for many years,” he said.

“My family is – I understand that they’re troubled by my decisions. I love my family. I feel like we were raised in a milieu where we were encouraged to debate each other and debate ferociously and passionately about things and still love each other. They’re free to take their positions on these issues. There are many, many members of my family working at my campaign and who are supporting me.”

The Independent candidate said he will be “actively campaigning” for Trump with the message of “Mak[ing] America Healthy Again.”

“I talked specifically with President Trump about that issue, and he said that he wanted to leave as his legacy of healthy children,” Kennedy said.

Possible Cyberattack Cripples Port of Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport

The Port of Seattle, which includes Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is experiencing outages that may have been caused by a cyberattack, Port officials said on Saturday.

The outages are impacting internet and web-based systems.

“Earlier this morning the Port of Seattle experienced certain system outages indicating a possible cyberattack,” according to a post on X. “The Port isolated critical systems and is in the process of working to restore full service and do not have an estimated time for return.”

The Port of Seattle, including SEA Airport, is experiencing an internet and web systems outage, which is impacting some systems at the airport. Passengers are encouraged to check with their airlines for the latest information for their flights. pic.twitter.com/GY6fbAHBg8 — Seattle-Tacoma Intl. Airport (@flySEA) August 24, 2024

Passengers may experience some disruptions, such as long lines and delays at baggage check or ticketing counters.

Port of Seattle officials did not immediately provide additional information about the cyberattack.

Anyone traveling via Sea-Tac Airport is encouraged to check in with their airline for updates. SEA officials also suggest loading your mobile boarding pass on your phone and registering checked bagged via your airline’s app before arriving to the airport.

Hurricane Hone Slams Hawai’i with Heavy Rains in Active Pacific Storm Season

Hurricane Hone swept past Hawai’i over the weekend, lashing the Big Island with heavy rains as emergency officials said a high wind warning would remain in effect for several areas through 6am Monday local time.

While the Atlantic hurricane season is experiencing a brief lull, parts of the Pacific are very active.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued advisories for two hurricanes and one tropical storm and forecasters in Japan warned that a sixth typhoon to form this month was expected to threaten the nation as a “very powerful” storm this week, per the Japan Times.

Hurricane Hone reached its closest point to Hawai’i some 45 miles south-southwest of South Point, on Hawai’i’s Big Island, on Sunday morning, according to the the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu.

The Category 1 storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 80 mph some 160 miles from Honolulu as continued to move away from the state late Sunday morning, per the NHC.

The hurricane was bringing heavy rains “capable of causing flash flooding to the Big Island and causing strong winds areawide” throughout Sunday, the National Weather Service’s Honolulu office noted in a forecast discussion.

A Hurricane warning was issued for the waters south of the Big Island and a tropical storm warning was in effect for all other waters surrounding Big Island. A flash flood warning was in effect for much of the island’s coast.

“Wind and heavy rainfall will gradually diminish by late tonight into Monday,” the NWS Honolulu said.

In addition to Hurricane Hone, the NHC issued advisories for the newly formed Tropical Storm Hector and the weakening Category 3 Hurricane Gilma. Neither of these storms posed any immediate threats to land.

Meanwhile in Japan, forecasters warned that Typhoon Shanshan would strengthen on Tuesday ahead of approaching near western and eastern Japan, where it could dump heavy rains and powerful winds.

The typhoon that originated near the Mariana Islands, northwestern Micronesia, on Aug. 22 could bring winds of up to 111 mph Tuesday near parts of Kyushu, the southwesternmost of Japan’s main islands.

The storm was forecast to weaken on landfall in Honshu or Shikoku by Wednesday morning.

Sea surface temperatures were at record levels for 15 months until July and continue to be above-average in many places, a situation linked to a spike in global warming during 2023 and into 2024.

Axios’ senior climate reporter Andrew Freedman notes that in addition to disrupting marine ecosystems, including through coral bleaching, warmer oceans provide more energy for hurricanes to develop and intensify.

In the Ocean around Hawai’i, climate change made the ocean temperature at this location on this day at least twice more likely, per Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index: Ocean, which aims to show the influence of climate change throughout the world’s oceans in real time.

Climate change made the Pacific Ocean temperature off Japan’s Shikoku coast at least 100 times more likely, per the Climate Central index.

Meteorologists are expecting an extremely active hurricane season in the Atlantic from next month.

The region has already seen five named storms — including Hurricanes Beryl and Debby, which made landfall in the U.S.

More Girls Than Ever Are Caught in an OnlyFans Trap, But There’s a Way Out

When Bree Solstad was kneeling beside the tomb of St. Claire in Assisi, Italy, in 2023, her life began to change.

A force compelled Solstad to genuflect and cross herself as she entered and exited the basilicas and cathedrals of Florence and Rome. Solstad, however, felt disgusting and guilty when she returned from her trip. She had spent a decade in the pornography industry.

Solstad told the Daily Caller she converted to Catholicism in April.

Financial incentives are pushing young women like Solstad to flock to an increasingly popular app called OnlyFans, where lewd material prevails. Solstad, who posted such content on the network, says women “don’t have a chance” nowadays in avoiding the temptations of modern society. Luckily, however, many are waking up to the downsides and choosing a different path.

“The perversion of our society and pornification of our culture is everywhere, not just in entertainment, but everywhere,” Solstad explained to the Daily Caller. “I recently ran out of blush, and I was thinking, ‘What is this blush that I really liked using back then?’ And I look it up, and the name of the blush was ‘Orgasm …’ Does it really have to be called that?”

Her journey in the adult content world wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be.

“Now in society, it seems almost like there’s a shift. Before it was embarrassing to be in porn and was something that you would hide. Now it’s empowering, like girl power,” she said.

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British tech entrepreneur and investor Timothy Stokely launched OnlyFans in 2016. He previously owned two other adult entertainment businesses, GlamGirls and Customs4U, according to Business Insider.

OnlyFans is a subscription-based service where creators can charge anywhere from $5 to $50 a month for viewers to see their content and interact. The app saw an explosion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Approximately 200,000 users signed up daily between the months of March and April 2020, Business Insider reported. OnlyFans had 384,000 creators in 2019, but in 2020, the number skyrocketed to 1.6 million, the company’s financial report says. In terms of users, the app leaped from 13.5 million to 82.3 million within the same time period.

Transactions on OnlyFans also rose seven-fold to $2.4 billion, the Financial Times reported.

Celebrities have taken a liking to the platform and have found astounding financial success: Famous actress Bella Thorne rakes in $11 million monthly. Rappers Cardi B and Iggy Azalea follow with $9.5 million and $9.2 million, respectively. Coco Austin, a model and actress, is at the fourth place spot with $9 million a month and adult actress Mia Khalifa makes $6.5 million, according to Lad Bible.

The profitability potential entices young women across the globe, but according to Influencer Marketing Hub, 10% of OnlyFans users are earning 73% of all the money on the platform.

Those who have dipped their feet, toes and other parts of their bodies into OnlyFans know this all-too-well.

“I was never very successful,” Solstad said. She expected this, however, since her goal was for OnlyFans to be a mere supplement to the X-rated content she was doing elsewhere.

Solstad told the Caller about her experience interacting with her subscribers, which might not be an apparent feature to outsiders. She would have Skype sessions with certain “regulars” and developed relationships with them, allowing these men to masturbate while she belittled them.

It’s not only women who are harmed by sex work, but men, too, Solstad said. The tables have turned, and she feels like she objectified men, rather than the other way around.

Solstad also felt enslaved.

“I was really miserable. I was angry all the time, really irritable, and I was going to therapy once a week. There was a period when I went twice a week. And it wasn’t until I truly allowed God, Jesus and Mary back into my heart that I started to feel actually happy with myself and proud of myself,” Solstad explained.

Content on OnlyFans can be a lot more addicting than porn, due to the interactive features, Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes explained to the Caller. These features can lead men into thinking they’re forming an actual relationship.

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Former OnlyFans user Jada Bell says she managed to earn an impressive income by sharing explicit content on the site, but she quickly felt the weight of that pressure. While she set limits about what she was willing to share online, her morals and ethics were tested: Bigger risks could lead to even larger payouts.

According to Jada, she joined OnlyFans at the tender age of 19 and quickly earned as much as $10,000 in her first month posting explicit content.

“I didn’t post pornography or sex work, like it’s mostly used for. But since I knew that was what it was used for, I did take advantage of that and promoted a little bit more sexual content, being in lingerie or a bikini and things like that,” she said. “And I was really just trying to get fast money, really fast.”

“And that was very addictive, very, very addictive,” she explained.

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Like Solstad, Jada believes sexual OnlyFans content also harms men.

“You’re preying on men with sicknesses, men that really need to get help.”

Jada said she had made more money than some of her peers because she had a significant following on social media and was able to parlay that to paid subscribers, which isn’t the case for most OnlyFans girls. She knows women who are either losing money or making just enough for rent, and they could probably be working any other job.

Ultimately, Jada says she decided to quit the app in November 2020.

“It’s just not worth your morals,” Bell said. “You’re thinking about right now instead of the future, and I would really make some bigger goals for yourself.”

One of Snipes’ specializations is helping people get over porn addiction. The first thing men who are suffering from this should do is define their “rich and meaningful life,” and then identify how their addiction is interfering with that, Snipes said. They should also evaluate how its affecting their relationships.

Once that is figured out, men can start being more practical.

“Put on what I call nanny-wear on your computer to make sure that your firewall is strong enough to block OnlyFans and anything similar to OnlyFans, ideally blocking any porn as well, because porn can be a gateway,” Snipes says. The nanny-wear can also alert someone trustworthy to prevent one from consuming again.

“We need to help people replace what they were using with something that helped achieve the same goal. Were they engaging with OnlyFans because they were lonely? Okay, if you’re lonely, how can we address that in a healthier way that can help you meet in real life?” Snipes continued. “We try to help them create a schedule. Downtime is bad time because that’s time where you can get into your own head and start thinking about it. So helping them develop a schedule that is incompatible with OnlyFans can also be helpful.”

YouTuber and musical artist Iolande Melody was distraught when she discovered the trouble her friend was in after joining OnlyFans. This subject is one that is “very close” to Iolande’s heart.

The popular portrayal of this kind of work is “completely fabricated,” and nobody touches on how dark things can get, according to Iolande. Girls think they can easily make a ton of money just by posing in their underwear, but that’s not the case, she says.

During one disturbing exchange between Iolande’s friend and a male subscriber, his requests grew more and more extreme and pushed her well beyond her usual limits.

“He first asked for used underwear. He said, ‘Could you send me your used underwear with all types of bodily fluid on the underwear?’ And he was offering 40 pounds for this. And she was willing to agree to that. And then he said, ‘I have another request. Please don’t try and block or delete me if you think this is too weird, but I’m willing to pay a sizable amount of money for this if you’re willing to do it.’ And she was like, ‘Go on, tell me what it is.’ And he said, ‘I have a fetish to do with teeth. I would like for you to extract your teeth and send them to me. If you could try and retain as much blood as possible from the extractions and send that as well.’”

As disturbing as this sounds, Iolande says her friend entertained the idea.

“She had no money, and she believed completely that this was her only gateway out of poverty.”

Sex is now cheap and no longer a sacred, private thing two people who love each other do, which is destroying society, according to Iolande. It’s just a tool for financial gain.

If there wasn’t any demand, OnlyFans wouldn’t exist, conservative filmmaker and podcast host Robby Starbuck told the Daily Caller.

“Men need to be leaders again and shape culture to build the world we want to see. A guy so desperate that he goes on OnlyFans to see a woman naked should be viewed the way we’ve always viewed a peeping Tom: creepy. Once we successfully categorize this as creepy, it becomes less socially acceptable to do these things,” Starbuck said.

The ability and desire to lead, provide, innovate and protect should define a man, and they should strive to build a world they want their daughters to live in, according to Starbuck.

“This needs to be an aspirational goal for men instead of the hedonistic values Hollywood has sold them. Those hedonistic values are like meth … It might make you feel good for a little while, but you’re going to destroy your life with it. ”

There seems to be a silver lining, as there are now various high-profile cases of former OnlyFans users quitting posting sexual content and turning to a more traditional, religious life.

Blac Chyna, famous rapper and actor who used to be married to Rob Kardashian, had reportedly raked in $240 million posting racy photos of herself on the app.

“It’s a dead end. All that stuff is a dead end, and I know that I’m worth way more than that,” she said on The Jason Lee Show in March 2023.

That same month, she got baptized and became a Christian.

“I was reborn on my birthday 5-11-22 🙏🏽 God is Good 🙌🏽,” Chyna wrote at the time.

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Popular TikToker Gwen the Milkmaid followed suit, abandoning OnlyFans and becoming more conservative.

In a similar instance, internet personality Nayla Ray had made $9 million on OnlyFans, but she too quit and became a Christian.

Young men are trending in a conservative direction, a Financial Times article from January shows, which coupled with online social media accounts that promote family farming, gives Starbuck hope.

“We need to continue this trend but with an extra focus on men modeling what what it truly is to be a man. It’s not parties, it’s not a harem of women and it’s not a fancy car collection. Your worth as a man is defined by the safety you provide your family, the love you have with your wife, who your children grow up to be, how you lead your community, how you take care of the body that God gave you and how you overcome adversity,” Starbuck told the Caller.

Young women, on the other hand, need to realize that the best men will not desire someone who easily reveals their intimate parts to the world. One this is made clear, less women will think this lifestyle is a good idea, according to Starbuck.

Both the public and private sectors have roles to play when it comes to reviving our culture, Starbuck said.

“The best thing we could do longterm is incentivize family. Higher child tax credits, nationwide school choice that allows homeschool as an option to take then money so more parents can afford to stay home from work and make culture celebrating family dominant once again,” he told The Caller.

Starbuck said it’d be nice if right-wing billionaires could fund alternative entertainment industries, since pop culture has always been a crucial part of a society and its behavior.

“Culture will decide our politics and our future. Will we win the culture war or not? That will decide the reality our kids live in.”

Trump’s Shift in Abortion Messaging

Pro-life advocates are aghast regarding former President Donald Trump’s statement that his administration will be beneficial for “reproductive rights,” a sign of the Republican Party drifting away from its position during the 2024 presidential campaign.

On Friday afternoon, Trump posted on his platform, Truth Social, that his administration “will be great for women and their reproductive rights,” a shift in language from his earlier positions on the campaign trail.

Pro-life activists have long criticized the term “reproductive rights” as being a euphemism for abortion.

Lila Rose, the head of the pro-life group Live Action, said on X, “There is no ‘reproductive right’ to kill a child.”

Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life, responded similarly, saying, “Please define ‘reproductive rights,’ as that cannot include the ‘right’ to kill a child.”

Abortion has been a major topic for Democrats throughout the 2024 election cycle, the first presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned constitutional protections for the procedure in the June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Although the former president has taken credit for appointing the three justices crucial for the Dobbs decision, Trump has repeatedly denied any support for any nationwide abortion legislation, instead saying that abortion policy belongs in the hands of the states. But he has also criticized some state prohibitions on abortion as overly restrictive.

Vance: Trump Would Veto a National Abortion Ban

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Donald Trump would veto a national abortion ban if it were passed in his second term.

Host Kristen Welker said, “It’s being talked about on the campaign trail, abortion. Democrats made the case this week and beyond this week that Donald Trump, if elected, will impose a federal ban on abortion. Donald Trump says he won’t, but can you commit, senator, sitting right here with me today, that if you and Donald Trump are elected that, you will not impose a federal ban on abortion?”

Vance said, “I can absolutely commit that, Kristen. Donald Trump has been as clear about that as possible. It’s important to step back and say what has Donald Trump said on the abortion question and how is it different from what Kamala Harris and the Democrats have said. Donald Trump wants to end this culture war on this particular topic. If California wants to have a different abortion policy than Ohio, then California has to respect Ohio, and Ohio has to respect California.”

Welker said, “Senator Graham said I will keep saying that there should be a federal ban. If such a piece of legislation landed on Donald Trump’s desk, would he veto it?”

Vance said, “I will. He would be very clear; he will not support it.”

Welker said, “Will he veto it?”

Vance said, “Yeah, if you’re not supporting it,”

Welker pressed, “So he would veto a federal abortion ban?”

Vance said, “I think he would. He said explicitly that he would.”

RNC abortion shift 

Under Trump’s leadership, the Republican Party has shifted in recent months away from the pro-life movement. In July, the vast majority of the pro-life language from the 2016 Republican platform was removed from the 2024 version, as was language regarding the sanctity of life.

Pro-life advocates, and Catholics in particular, also voiced frustration last month with Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance for stating his support for access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which is responsible for nearly two-thirds of the abortions in the United States.

Nevertheless, Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the leading pro-life group SBA Pro-Life America, called Trump the “most pro-life president in American history” in April.

When Vice President Kamala Harris named Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate, Dannenfelser said that Trump, Vance, and the GOP writ large “support the right of the people to set limits on abortion and provide real options for mothers in need,” making a sharp contrast with the Democratic position of no gestational age limits for abortion.

Other pro-life advocates and conservative leaders, though, highlighted that the gap between the Republican and Democratic parties on abortion appears to be shrinking.

“At this point what is even the difference between this campaign and the Democrats?” far-right political activist Nicholas Fuentes said on X.

Ryan Anderson, the president of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center, called the choice of the parties one “between an abortion extremist and someone who will be ‘great’ for ‘reproductive rights.’”

“This is what we’ve come to,” Catholic philosopher Edward Feser said on X. “And as when people insist that we have to surrender to either the German army or the Russian army, my inclination is to follow Patton’s advice and attack in both directions.”

Parents Lose Custody of 16-Year-Old Autistic Son After Refusing to Let Him Transition to a Girl

A military family who lost custody of their autistic son after they refused to transition his gender are suing a major DC hospital.

The family said their boy had never shown any desire to become a girl until, at 16, he was hospitalized for self-harming after a bitter breakup with his girlfriend in 2021.

Staff at Children’s National Hospital informed the family that he wanted to be female and should be referred to using she/her pronouns going forward, the suit claims.

His army veteran parents, from Prince George County in Maryland, rejected the suggestion, saying their son was ‘impressionable’ due to being autistic.

They have accused the hospital of starting a ‘full-on campaign to transgender this child’ and accused staff of ‘mental re-programming’, saying their son had been forced to write letters to friends disavowing his previous male identity.

According to the lawsuit, the hospital used its emergency policies to keep the boy in its units and reported the parents to child protection services.

The boy was then moved into foster care and hasn’t been back to the family home since. What followed has been a two-year legal battle for custody over the teen, who is now 19 and remains in foster care.

The parents, who are in their 40s and African-American, say their son was at risk because his condition means he is vulnerable to social manipulation.

They have spoken exclusively to DailyMail.com but want to remain anonymous to protect their estranged son’s privacy.

The boy’s father revealed how they had to sell their thriving business and four-bedroom family home to cover legal costs.

The father said: ‘This has been devastating. It drained so much money, there is no money left.

‘It changed our entire way of life, with the loss of a child and then with the loss of our income.’

Karl von Batten, a committee member for the DC Republican party who is supporting the parents, said the case was personal to him because he also has an autistic son.

Mr von Batten said: ‘To me, this is personal. My son is autistic, and if you tell him you are a penguin he will tell me he is a penguin.

‘I am very upset by what they have done in this case, there seems to be no safe-guarding. I don’t want this to happen to my boy or any other child with autism.’

The family is seeking up to $100million in damages and cover for their legal costs.

The lawsuit says the child is currently living with the hospital’s ‘non-gendered’ chaplain, Lavender Kelley, who regularly posts online about trans issues.

In one post on Facebook from 2022, Kelley said they supported transitioning children without their parents’ consent — saying they were ‘drained’ from arguing with families.

The suit adds that, since being removed from the care of his parents, the youngster has appeared in provocative and sexually suggestive poses on Instagram.

It is unclear whether the 19-year-old has received any sex change treatments like feminizing hormones or gender reassignment surgery.

The lawsuit was filed in the Maryland District Court, accusing Children’s National Hospital of eight counts including negligence, inflicting intentional emotional distress and discriminating against someone based on their religion.

It has since been sealed by a judge, and is now in the Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals.

In a statement, the hospital told DailyMail.com that the case had been withdrawn by the parents lawyers. Representatives for the parents lawyers denied this.

Children’s National is ranked the fifth best pediatric hospital in the country, and treats around 223,000 patients every year — including those with gender dysphoria.

It also runs a ‘Gender and Autism Program’, which says it helps young children with autism to understand their gender.

Amos Jones, who is representing the family, previously said: ‘This is the craziest case I’ve ever had. I don’t know why there are people who think this makes sense. But I guess lots of people agree with this in Washington DC now.’

The family say their eldest son was hard working and initially home-schooled, before being sent to high school at age 14.

He graduated a year later, and was then accepted onto an Associates degree in Engineering program.

He texted friends in May 2021 to say that he was LGBT, but used masculine pronouns — and at no point indicated that he wanted to be female.

Around this time, he was also undergoing tests for autism — and attending a counseling service for disabled children.

He was willingly rushed to Children’s National Hospital in early November 2021, after he attempted to commit suicide following the end of his relationship with his girlfriend.

But — after the hospital determined he had gender dysphoria — he was held there for 41 days.

It was not clear how this was determined, or whether any tests or psychological assessments were carried out.

The child was then moved to foster services, the lawsuit said, and placed with a single foster mother who had a previous assault charge and was alleged to be a close friend of Ms Kelley’s.

In July, 2022 — the boy made a second suicide attempt, and was re-admitted to Children’s National as a girl.

He also had a second autism assessment in August, but at this meeting the foster mother removed him — claiming it was not necessary, according to the lawsuit.

The foster mother then died unexpectedly, with the boy believed to have been moved into the care of Ms Kelley, according to the lawsuit.

He turned 18 years old in March 2023, meaning he is now an adult and does not have to return to his parents if he does not wish to.

In the court filings, his parents accused the hospital of a ‘cruel, abrupt, and intentional interruption of two fit parents’ fundamental rights to parent their minor son’.

‘[We] had never known of [our] son’s purported desire or plan to change genders,’ the documents read.

‘Rather than treating [us] as patrons with legal and dignitary rights, the defendant… treated the parents as though they had harmed their son, even though the parents had never endangered their child and had home-schooled him to college entry at fourteen years old.’

They added: ‘At Children’s National, it is as if all critical reasoning toward the child was suspended, and there was no investigation into the extent that the child was lying.’

The parents have requested a trial by jury.

Judge Rules Cornel West Must Appear on Michigan Ballot

Presidential candidate Cornel West must appear on voting ballots in Michigan, a state judge ruled on Saturday.

Judge James Robert Redford issued the ruling days after West and his running mate, activist Melina Abdullah, were kicked off the ballot earlier this month due to technical issues.

The Michigan Bureau of Elections had notified West’s campaign of the discrepancies in an August 16 letter. The campaign responded by arguing that the Michigan Democratic Party was weaponizing technicalities in an effort to remove West from the ballot.

“We are confident that these accusations will be seen for what they are—frivolous and unfounded attempts to stifle opposition and debate,” campaign spokesman Edwin DeJesus told the Michigan Public Radio Network.

West responded to Saturday’s ruling with a statement on X, formerly Twitter.

“Victory in Michigan! We brought thousands of voices to the table, and the court listened, rejecting the Democrats’ technical challenges. This is a win for democracy and for every person fighting for truth, justice, and love. Onward!” he wrote.

Despite the victory, West’s campaign is facing similar challenges in states across the country. A Pennsylvania judge ruled on Friday that we was not qualified to appear on ballots in that state.

A similar legal battle in Maine also ended in victory for West, however, with the secretary of state declaring he is qualified to appear on the state’s ballots.

The ballot battle comes as Vice President Harris remains in a neck-and-neck battle with former President Trump.

The other notable third-party candidate in the race, RFK Jr. withdrew and endorsed Trump on Friday.

Venezuelan Gang Violence Spills Into Quiet Suburb from the Sanctuary City Next Door

Denver’s decision to welcome migrants with open arms is bringing bloodshed to the suburbs next door. A notorious Venezuelan prison gang has set up shop in Aurora, Colorado — even though the town wanted no part of the influx of asylum seekers in the first place.

Aurora — a quiet bedroom community with a population of 390,000 directly east of the Mile-High City — has become a base of operations for the brutal Tren de Aragua gang, which has seized multiple apartment complexes and set off a wave of violent crime.

Denver leads the nation in new migrant arrivals per-capita, with more than 40,000 arriving from the southern border since December 2022.

The city has bent over backwards to provide aid, even slashing emergency services to help foot the cost – so far estimated at over $68 million and counting.

But Aurora has made it clear it doesn’t share Denver’s desire to be the country’s leading sanctuary city.

In February, Aurora City Council passed a resolution 7-3 emphatically stating that it will not provide resources and support to migrants or others brought into the community from neighboring cities.

“It’s been pretty tense here, we’re feeling it,” city council member Danielle Jurinsky, a sponsor of the resolution, told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom.”

“We will not be aiding into this migrant crisis.”

But Denver’s largesse has become Aurora’s problem anyway — forcing the community to grapple with increasing gang violence as Tren de Aragua has moved into town, taking whatever they can get their hands on, according to police, officials and law enforcement sources.

The ‘Cookie’ monster

One local gang leader decided to set up shop in town, according to law enforcement sources. His name Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirino, and he goes by the name “Galleta” — Spanish for “Cookie.”

Within months of arriving in the US, cops say he and fellow gang members brutally beat a man at an Aurora apartment complex that the gang took over and occupied. In July, cops arrested him again — this time for shooting at the same complex that left two men wounded.

Members of Tren de Aragua are accused of a slew of violent crimes across the US — including murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley earlier this year, and shooting of two NYPD cops during an arrest in June. Leaders of the gang recently gave the “green light” for members to shoot American cops who try to interfere with their criminal activity.

One local investor in a company that owns multiple apartment complexes in Aurora said there was a “massive shootout” at one of the properties taken over by the gang.

“I’m scared that this could happen in America,” the source said.

Earlier this month, Aurora’s Police Department announced it formed a task force with the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado Bureau of Investigations to counter the gang’s growing threat.

Aurora police declined to provide additional details about the task force, but said in a statement it that “APD will not tolerate violent crime in our communities.”

John Fabbricatore, who was previously the head of ICE’s office in the Denver region and is now running for congress, said the gang has been running amok in the area — and officials have been slow to react.

“It’s become increasingly clear that certain city officials, including the Aurora Police Department, have downplayed or ignored the criminal activities affecting many neighborhoods in North Aurora,” said Fabbricatore.

“Notably, illegal immigrant gang activities have been present in specific apartment complexes throughout Aurora, yet these issues have been understated for what appear to be ideological reasons.”

Despite the slew of Tren de Aragua crimes in Denver, Marc Sears, president of Aurora’s police union, said that it’s “absolutely inaccurate” to say the gang is taking over the city.

“They’re not any different than any other documented gang that we have. I can tell you that the officers, is there a concern about this quote, unquote, ‘green light’ that they have on officers. Sure, there’s a concern about it, but in my opinion, as the union president, I feel that we have been green-lighted since 2020.”

Free to wreak havoc

When Pacheco-Chirino — an alleged “shot-caller” in the gang — crossed the southern border in 2022 into Texas, he was vetted by federal border authorities who didn’t see anything concerning about his past — and then released, Homeland Security sources said.

He told Border Patrol agents he was going to New York, but ended up at an ICE office in Colorado in June 2023, when he was given a court date and again was cut loose.

Soon after, he started unleashing havoc on the community.

In November 2023, Pacheco-Chirino allegedly took part in a brutal assault that almost turned deadly at the Fitzsimons Place apartment complex in Aurora, which was recently shut down over code violations, which the owners argued they couldn’t fix due to a takeover of the building by the gang, according to court documents obtained by The Post.

During the assault, Pacheco, along with several other drunk men identified who were said to be “part of a gang that steals from Walmart” and claiming “they run” the apartment, allegedly hit the victim in the head with a bottle of Corona and then began to beat him up after he fell to the ground, the documents alleged.

The apartment investor told The Post that they’ve “lost control” of several properties because the gang has taken over units.

“They were first hanging out around the property and creating a bad element that’s constantly there. And then they started taking over, quite a few months ago, they started taking over vacant units”

Soon, the alleged gang members began renting out the units to other migrants whom they also “threatened.” Then, they began terrorizing the apartment staff, who were forced to flee the properties, leaving them to the gangs.

The bloodied victim of Pacheco-Chirino’s alleged assault suffered a traumatic brain injury, a broken nose and broken upper jaw, according to the documents.

Pacheco-Chirino was eventually nabbed in March 2024 and charged with several felony assault charges, but bailed out of custody and failed to show up for his court date thereafter, the court documents show.

Fast forward to July 28, 2024, cops arrest Pacheco-Chirino and three others for allegedly carrying out a shooting at the same apartment where the previous assault occurred that left two male victims with gunshot wounds and another with a broken ankle.

Pacheco-Chirino was quickly arrested that time around and handed over to ICE.

He had been ordered deported by an immigration judge last week, but because he’s from Venezuela, a country that doesn’t accept deportations from the US, he is likely here to stay, sources say.

Tren de Aragua, which hails from Venezuela’s Aragua region, has been sneaking members into the US via the southern border for years. It’s also started recruiting within the US among migrant communities mainly in New York, Denver and Chicago.

One of the gang’s members, Jean Torres-Roman, 21, was arrested in New Mexico this month in connection to a shocking and violent caught-on-camera robbery of a Denver jewelry store from June 25.

Sears, the Aurora police union head, said that after the shooting in the apartment complex, he and other cops were on scene to close down the apartment where Pacheco-Chirino’s alleged crimes occurred.

They did so without incident and without finding any contraband, he said. They did find that the gang members had trashed the place, he said.

Garbage was piled “two stories high.”

Israel Foils Attacks on Mossad, Intel Bases

Hezbollah has listed 11 bases it said it targeted, but it and the IDF have also implied that it was also hoping to target Mossad headquarters and IDF headquarters.

The Jerusalem Post understands that measures were even taken in advance to reduce the likelihood of casualties had such attacks taken place.

Those attacks would have been part of an attack of somewhere between several hundreds and potentially thousands of rockets all over northern Israel, with some targeting the Tel Aviv and central Israel regions.

Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah continued to claim that his organization’s attacks had caused damage to the IDF intelligence headquarters, while providing no evidence.

IDF’s preemptive strikes on Hezbollah prevented severe damage

However, so far the IDF’s preemptive strike before 5 a.m. prevented such higher quality attacks.

Through Sunday afternoon, the largest reported damage was to dozens of buildings hit by Hezbollah in Acre.

Prior to Sunday, villages in the northern Galilee and Golan Heights had been hit; Kiryat Shmona had been hit throughout the war, but damage to Acre had been very rare and much smaller.

It was still unknown how much damage Hezbollah caused to certain IDF bases in the north, though casualties were estimated to be very low, while still under gag order.

UPDATE: France Arrests Suspect in ‘Terrorist’ Attack on Synagogue

French police arrested a man suspected of trying to set a synagogue on fire in La Grande-Motte, France, on Saturday following a lengthy manhunt.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed the arrest in a post on X, and BFM TV reported that the suspect is a 33-year-old Algerian. RAID, an elite tactical unit of the French police, carried out the arrest alongside police officers from Marseille and Montpellier.

About 200 police officers began a manhunt on Saturday morning after an attacker set fire to the entry doors of the Beth Yaacov synagogue and several nearby vehicles. One police officer was injured after a gas bottle exploded as police secured the site of the attack.

An explosion outside a synagogue in southern France wounded a police officer on Saturday morning in what authorities said was being treated as a terror attack.

A suspect caught on a surveillance camera outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in the seaside resort of La Grande-Motte, near the city of Montpellier, was caught in surveillance camera footage clad in a Palestinian flag.

France’s acting interior minister ordered police reinforcements to protect Jewish places of worship after the suspected arson attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron calls the attack “an act of terror,” adding in a post on X that “the fight against antisemitism is a daily fight.”

“Sending thoughts to the faithful of the synagogue of La Grande-Motte and all the Jews of our country,” Macron wrote, promising that all efforts were being made to apprehend the perpetrator and to “protect places of worship.”

Police were hunting for the suspect and the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office was put in charge of the investigation, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said.

“This is an antisemitic attack. Once more, our Jewish compatriots are targeted,” Attal said on X.

“We won’t give up. In the face of antisemitism, in the face of violence, we will never allow ourselves to be intimidated.”

Two cars parked at the synagogue in the seaside resort town were set ablaze at about 8:30 a.m., causing the blast that injured the police officer, according to French media reports. One of the cars allegedly contained a propane gas tank.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS Another synagogue in France was targeted. An explosion at the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte, southern France, is treated as an arson with two cars exploding using a hidden gas bottle. A police officer was injured. Anti-Jewish hate crimes continue… pic.twitter.com/uxF3I9X6qs — (((Yuval David))) (@YuvalDavid) August 24, 2024

The blast occurred during Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest that runs from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday and often when many attend synagogue services. There was, however, no religious service ongoing at the time of the incident, a police source said.

Two doors of the synagogue were damaged in the blast.

The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) said the blast was “an attempt to kill Jews.”

The use of a gas canister “in a car at a time when worshippers are expected to arrive at the synagogue is not simply a criminal act,” CRIF president Yonathan Arfi said. “This shows an intention to kill.”

A suspect caught on a surveillance camera after the explosion was brandishing a Palestinian flag, according to a source close to the police’s terror probe into the incident.

There was no immediate information about the gravity of the police officer’s injuries.

Acting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the incident was being treated as an “attempted arson” that was “clearly a criminal act.”

“I want to assure our Jewish fellow citizens of my full support and say that at the request of President Emmanuel Macron all means are being mobilized to find the perpetrator,” Darmanin said in a post on X.

He ordered more police deployed at Jewish places of worship around the country following a surge of antisemitism since the start of the Israel-Hamas war last year.

Darmanin was expected to travel to Le Grand Motte later on Saturday along with Attal.

The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) called the explosion “an attempt to kill Jews.”

The use of a gas canister “in a car at a time when worshipers are expected to arrive at the synagogue is not simply a criminal act,” CRIF president Yonathan Arfi told AFP. “This shows an intention to kill.”

La Motte, which has around 8,500 permanent residents, is a popular seaside resort and visited by more than 100,000 tourists every year.

La Motte’s mayor, Stephan Rossignol, said that CCTV had picked up images of an individual setting fire to the cars.

A group of mostly liberal white women were quick to raise their glass in a toast to “being racist” when cajoled into doing so by an undercover man-bun-wearing conservative podcaster Matt Walsh.

Walsh crashed a progressive supper club Race2Dinner commiseration session last year for his upcoming documentary “Am I Racist.” Those dinners, which reportedly cost women up to $5,000, feature two-hour-long “honest” — many say self-loathing — conversations about race typically with eight guests.

“Can I just propose a toast? I mean, just raise a glass if you’re racist,” Walsh instructed attendees at the anti-racism dinner party, in a new teaser clip of his upcoming flick shared exclusively with The Post.

Almost all of the women at the dinner table promptly did so.

“Wait a minute, I’m not racist, ” Regina Jackson, who co-founded the progressive gab session with Saira Rao, said at one point and lowered her glass. Jackson and Rao lecture women during the Race2Dinners.

Walsh’s upcoming documentary will be the Daily Wire’s first original theatrical release and explore his personal (but really facetious) adventure through the anti-racism movement.

It is intended to serve as a deconstruction of the movement similar to how his 2022 documentary, “What Is a Woman” tackled gender ideology. His infiltration of the Race2Dinner is set to be one of the highlights of the film.

Throughout the preview clip, attendees at the high-dollar feast smiled and seemed baffled by Walsh, who donned a head cap over his luscious hair and a mask that later slipped down.

Walsh was supposed to be their caterer, but he bumbled about, dropping silverware and plates, while seeming all too eager to butt into their conversation about race.

“I used to be a white woman, an unsuccessful one for many decades, and it was a miserable experience,” Rao reflected to her white female guests.

In this scene from my upcoming film “Am I Racist?” I was honored to earn a seat at the table during a Race to Dinner session. I was even more honored to lead the women in a toast to racists. Tickets on sale at https://t.co/iJv1cNRoWV pic.twitter.com/o7kriAG0X3 — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 25, 2024

“That’s all they do. That’s all they do. I’m telling you, these white women…,” Walsh interjected before dropping plates and kicking them into the nearby kitchen, while the dinner guests recoiled at his clumsiness.

Jackson joked that they might have to add Walsh to their table due to his penchant for adding his own two cents to their “uncomfortable” conversation. An irritated Roa told Walsh that he wasn’t allowed to take a seat at the table.

One attendee asked if Walsh was an actor and explained that they were trying to listen.

“We’re all acting all the time in our lives and I think that that’s part of the problem. It’s like we’re all trying to play a part rather than just being real and having these uncomfortable conversations,” he said. “That’s what I’m always trying to tell people, especially, you know, white women. No offense.”

“No, but see like you’re a white dude, there’s power positions,” Rao responded. “White people pointing fingers at each other is not helpful.”

Ignoring her prior not-so-subtle plea to go away, Walsh took a seat at the table with the ladies briefly, before leaving and coming back for the toast.

“Am I Racist” is set to hit the silver screen on Sept. 13.

The film will entail Walsh roleplaying a “bumbling, zealous DEI trainee,” while exploring the literature produced by such groups, talking with anti-racism experts and scoring a sit-down with Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility.”

California Pedophile Sentenced to 350 Years for Abducting and Molesting 5-Year-Old Girl Could Be Freed

An ‘inhuman’ pedophile who was sentenced to 350 years in jail for abducting and molesting a five-year-old girl in 2003 could now be freed under a controversial California law.

Charles William Mix was 47 when he kidnapped his friend’s daughter and smuggled her over state lines to Utah before subjecting her to his sordid fantasies in June of that year.

Her family believed he would spend the rest of his life behind bars, but 20 years later, Mix, 69, could be freed under California’s relatively new Elderly Parole Program due to his age after serving just six percent of his sentence.

The victim, now 27, is not ready to speak about the horrors she endured, but her relatives have written a heart-wrenching letter imploring officials to keep Mix in jail – while blasting the parole program as offering a ‘pardon lite’ to felons.

In the letter, they slam Mix as a ‘vile’ predator who was ‘old enough to be her grandfather’ while quoting the damning final remarks made by the judge who sentenced him to 350 years behind bars.

‘I’m writing to request — no, to implore — that you deny parole for the above referenced inmate, who 20 years ago was sentenced to 350 years-to-life in prison for sexually molesting a 5-year-old girl,’ the victim’s family wrote to commissioners.

‘He was 49 years old at the time — old enough to be her grandfather, and certainly old enough to know exactly what he was doing.

‘The basic facts stated above are vile enough. But the details of the crime are worse.’

Mix was convicted on a variety of felony charges including willful child cruelty, kidnapping to commit robbery or rape, lewd acts with a child under 14, burglary and more.

He had been living with the family in Riverside at the time of the abduction. On the morning of June 2, 2003, the girl’s father realized she was missing and dialed 911.

The next day, Riverside Police located Mix and the victim hundreds of miles away in Richfield, Utah, after a passerby noticed them and reported the sighting.

Mix had fled with the child in a stolen vehicle, which was found to have disturbing heart-shaped scribblings on the interior.

Police also uncovered sexually explicit photographs Mix had taken of the girl, along with love letters he had written to her.

He later admitted to Utah detectives that he slept naked with the girl, according to the Los Angeles Times.

‘Inmate Mix was not a stranger to the child, but a “friend” to both the child and her father,’ the family wrote of his disgusting betrayal in the letter to commissioners.

‘They lived together in the same home, where he took advantage of his proximity, family-like relationship, and a very young child’s trust — heaping long-lasting emotional damage atop the physical.’

Their letter goes on to quote the scathing final remarks made by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Christian F. Thierbach, who sentenced Mix to 350 years in jail.

Thierbach told Mix at the time: ‘The human race has yet to create a punishment that adequately addresses what you did to this little girl, and I suspect one reason for that is what you did to her is inhuman.’

The judge went on to explain that Mix could only be freed from prison if he received a pardon.

‘I dare say if that happens, civilization as we know it will have ceased to exist,’ Thierbach said.

The family letter blasts the Elderly Parole Program as a ‘pardon lite’ which could make this horror a reality.

Under the program, inmates who are 50 years or older and who have served 20 consecutive years in jail to the board of parole hearings.

The victim’s sister, Claira Stansbury, has also spoken with KTLA about the scarring impact the experience has had on her sibling.

‘She has to deal with this for the rest of her life and she has to learn to cope with what happened to her for the rest of her life,’ she said.

Stansbury added that this has been compounded by the prospect of Mix being freed.

‘A lot of trauma has been reopened,’ she told KTLA. ‘Stuff that we have healed from that we have to dive back into.’

The Elderly Parole Program aims to ease the financial burden of keeping elderly people in prison if officials believe they are unlikely to commit another crime.

The parole board will consider the severity of Mix’s crimes, whether he has taken responsibility or shown remorse for them, and whether he still poses a danger to society.

Stansbury said she does not believe Mix can be rehabilitated, adding that the parole program is an affront to victims and their families.

‘The legislators all want to talk about how terrible life sentences are for this criminal, these types of criminals, I don’t think they’re actually looking at life sentences of the victims who didn’t have a choice in this,’ she told KTLA.

‘I absolutely think that he would offend again, whether it be going to find my sister or another innocent child.’

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said they stand with the victims who must attend parole hearings to keep ‘dangerous felons’ in prison.

‘It is appalling that the state continues to put victims and their families through further trauma, forcing them to fight for the sentences that have already been handed down by a court of law,’ the office said.

‘This practice compels victims to relive their devastating experiences.

‘We have a team of dedicated attorneys and victim specialists fighting against the early release of dangerous felons.

‘Our office is committed to protecting victims and seeing that this practice of early parole, is put to an end.’

Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon

The Israeli military said about 100 of its fighter jets “struck and destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels” across dozens of launch sites from Lebanon on Sunday.

Israel said it launched what it called preemptive strikes against “terror targets in Lebanon” after identifying that the militant group Hezbollah was “preparing to fire missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory.”

Shortly after the Israeli strikes began, Hezbollah said it launched strikes toward Israel in a heavy exchange of fire amid fighting in the Middle East that risks sending the region into all-out conflict.

The IDF said approximately 200 rockets had been launched from Lebanon towards Israel early Sunday, with no reports of injuries so far. Hezbollah said the “first phase” of its strikes against Israel “has ended with complete success,”claiming that it launched 320 rockets and a barrage of drones toward Israel.

Hezbollah said it carried out strikes towards Israel in response to the killing of top military commander Fu’ad Shukr last month in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a populous neighborhood that is also the Iran-backed group’s stronghold.

The Israeli military and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire for months, and the cross-border hostilities have raised the specter of a regional conflagration which have prompted intense diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions.

Israel’s latest strike aimed at Hezbollah targets in Lebanon came after its military said on Saturday that it was prepared for any possible retaliatory attacks by Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah or Iran for the killings of its senior leaders.

Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant has declared a “‘special situation on the home front’ across the country,” which enables the Israeli military to issue instructions to citizens, “including limiting gatherings and closing sites where it may be relevant.”

Gallant has also briefed US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

President Biden is closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon, the White House said Saturday night.

“He has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening. At his direction, senior US officials have been communicating continuously with their Israeli counterparts. We will keep supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, and we will keep working for regional stability,” National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said in a statement.

Rocket fire toward Israel by Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon has become a near-daily occurrence since the outbreak of war in Gaza, but there has been an increasing number of skirmishes.

On Friday, Hezbollah had claimed 15 strikes against Israel. Hezbollah also acknowledged the death of seven fighters on Friday but did not specify where or when they were killed.

The IDF said a total of 110 projectiles were launched from Lebanon towards Israel on Friday, marking one of the fiercest days of cross-border fire in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, flights have resumed at Tel Aviv airport after being temporarily suspended for less than two hours on Sunday.

The latest strikes between Israel and Hezbollah come as negotiations toward a ceasefire and hostage deal in Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza continue.

Before the strikes, US officials said the talks between Israel and Hamas were at an advanced stage after months of feverish negotiations.

Despite Sunday’s strikes, an Israeli delegation is still expected to head to Cairo for negotiations that are due to resume on Sunday, an Israeli official told CNN.

Senior negotiators were expected to discuss remaining sticking points over a potential three-phase agreement.

Sydney Mass Stabbing: 6 Injured, Including Police Officer

Horrific details have emerged from the scene of a car crash and stabbing spree in Sydney’s south, where a woman and police officer were among those slashed with a blade.

Six people were taken to hospital after the incident, including the man suspected of carrying out the wild attacks at Engadine at around 9am on Sunday morning.

Of those injured, two were hurt in the accident and four suffered knife injuries including a bystander who assisted the woman.

The woman, 48, allegedly attacked in the car is the partner of the alleged offender, 58, who is known to police. She was allegedly being assaulted by the man as he drove.

Witnesses say the male was driving erratically prior to the accident and had a box cutter.

Superintendent Don Faulds told media a vehicle was travelling south on the Princess Highway at Engadine at 8.50am when it crashed, with witnesses going to the aid of those injured.

“That vehicle has collided with another vehicle and as a result of that a number of members of the community stopped to assist both occupants from both those vehicles,” Spt. Faulds said.

“As the community members were assisting on of the females out of the vehicle the male got out of that who was armed with what we believe to be a box cutter and the female had obviously sustained a number of injuries from an altercation inside that vehicle.”

Police raced to the scene, and the alleged offender ran away.

“Emergency services arrived very quickly afterwards, that male was engaged by the police, a short foot pursuit occurred, a taser deployment was initiated and that person was taken into custody.”

Spt. Fauls said the man had inflicted a number of injuries to himself before the police arrival and is currently at Liverpool Hospital in a serious condition.

The man is known to police for a number of matters, and the two people in the car where there was a stabbing were known to eachother and are from southwest Sydney.

“They were in a domestic relationship, there’s no history we are aware of, there’s no apprehended violence orders between the two, but definitely domestic related.”

Spt. Faults said the car was seen by witnesses driving “erratically” prior to the accident and they believe the woman was being assaulted while the car was in motion before it collided with another vehicle.

“We believe the female was being assaulted in the car while the man was driving at the same time.

“ … The allegation is that he is covered in blood when he exits the vehicle, whether or not that was his blood or the victim’s blood, but he’s definitely seen to injure himself after exiting the vehicle.”

He praised the brave bystanders who went to assist those in the crash, along with the emergency services.

“Amazing work, they’ve just turned up thinking it was a normal motor vehicle accident so they’ve obviously have gone to render assistance to both people and then they were faced with a male armed with a box cutter, quite frightening but very brave on those peoples’ behalf.”

He has asked the community to reach out to Crime Stoppers or Sutherland Police if they have any information about what occurred today.

One witness, an NRL club chairman, shared traumatic details of seeing the knifeman “slashing” at a woman before he squared off with the attacker as police arrived.

The incident unfolded at the intersection of Princes Highway and Old Bush Road.

Witnesses reported seeing a car swerving at speed through traffic before crashing into other vehicles, according to The Daily Telegraph.

A white Jaguar went through the intersection and collided with a blue Mitsubishi Lancer, witnesses have reported.

One eye witness, identified as Wayne, told radio station 2GB he saw a man get out of the Jaguar appearing to be armed with a box cutter yelling “I’m going to kill you”.

All those injured were being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics.

A NSW spokesman said of those injured, one male patient had sustained slash wounds to his arms and his neck and has been taken to Liverpool Hospital and is now in a serious but stable condition. A woman in her 40s was taken to St George Hospital with multiple stab wounds and is in a critical condition.

Another female was hospitalised in a serious condition with a stab wound to the abdomen. The police officer sustained a large laceration to his arm and is in a stable condition at St George Hospital.

The Princes Highway has been closed in both directions and drivers are urged to avoid the area.

An extraordinary first-hand account of the incident has been given by Cronulla Sharks NRL club chairman Steve Mace, who told the Telegraph he confronted the alleged knifeman.

“I was taking my little fella innocently to his knock out elimination final and a car accident happen in front of us,” Mr Mace told the newspaper.

“I saw him slashing her. Cutting her neck, her breast, across the stomach. Wherever he could go. I tried to get her out to stop the stabbing.”

Mr Mace received a small gash and said another bystander suffered a stab wound when they came to the woman’s aid.

He said he grabbed a torch and had a “standoff” with the knifeman before the attacker turned to “get my fella”.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France

Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unnamed sources.

Durov was travelling aboard his private jet, TF1 said on its website, adding he had been targeted by an arrest warrant in France as part of a preliminary police investigation.

TF1 and BFM both said the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram, and that police considered that this situation allowed criminal activity to go on undeterred on the messaging app.

The encrypted Telegram, with close to one billion users, is particularly influential in Russia, Ukraine and the republics of the former Soviet Union. It is ranked as one of the major social media platforms after Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok and Wechat.

Russian-born Durov founded Telegram with his brother in 2013. He left Russia in 2014 after refusing to comply with government demands to shut down opposition communities on his VKontakte social media platform, which he sold.

“I would rather be free than to take orders from anyone,” Durov told U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson in April about his exit from Russia and search for a home for his company which included stints in Berlin, London, Singapore and San Francisco.

After Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Telegram has become the main source of unfiltered – and sometimes graphic and misleading – content from both sides about the war and the politics surrounding the conflict.

The platform has become what some analysts call ‘a virtual battlefield’ for the war, used heavily by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his officials, as well as the Russian government.

Telegram – which allows users to evade official scrutiny – has also become one of the few places where Russians can access independent news about the war after the Kremlin increased curbs on independent media following its invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian foreign ministry said its embassy in Paris was clarifying the situation around Durov and called on Western non-governmental organisations to demand his release.

Russia began blocking Telegram in 2018 after the app refused to comply with a court order to grant state security services access to its users’ encrypted messages.

The action interrupted many third-party services, but had little effect on the availability of Telegram there. The ban order, however, sparked mass protests in Moscow and criticism from NGOs.

‘Neutral platform’

TF1 said Dubai-based Durov had been travelling from Azerbaijan and was arrested at around 8.00 p.m. (1800 GMT).

Durov, whose fortune was estimated by Forbes at $15.5 billion, said some governments had sought to pressure him but the app should remain a “neutral platform” and not a “player in geopolitics”.

Telegram’s increasing popularity, however, has prompted scrutiny from several countries in Europe, including France, on security and data breach concerns.

Russia’s representative to international organisations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, and several other Russian politicians were quick on Sunday to accuse France of acting as a dictatorship – the same criticism that Moscow faced when putting demands on Durov in 2014 and trying to ban Telegram in 2018.

“Some naive persons still don’t understand that if they play more or less visible role in international information space it is not safe for them to visit countries which move towards much more totalitarian societies,” Ulyanov wrote on X.

Elon Musk, billionaire owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said after reports of Durov’s detention: “It’s 2030 in Europe and you’re being executed for liking a meme.”

Several Russian bloggers called for protests at French embassies throughout the world at noon on Sunday.

Police Arrest Suspect in German Festival ‘Terror Attack’

26-year-old Syrian man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.

North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister Herbert Reul told the ARD broadcaster that he was “a bit relieved” after authorities spent the day following a “hot lead” that lead to the arrest.

The Islamic State group earlier claimed responsibility for Friday’s knife attack that also wounded eight people.

Police spent the day conducting a manhunt, making two arrests that were likely not the perpetrator, Reul said.

“The real suspect is the one that we’ve arrested just now,” he said. The individual is being questioned and evidence was seized, he said.

Reul said the man was affiliated with a home for refugees that had been searched earlier in the day.

Describing the man who carried out the attack as a “soldier of the Islamic State”, the militant group said in a statement on its Telegram account: “He carried out the attack in revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.”

Hendrik Wuest, premier of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, described Friday evening’s attack during a festival in the city as an act of terror.

“This attack has struck at the heart of our country,” Wuest told reporters.

The attack took place in the Fronhof, a market square in the western German city where live bands were playing as part of a festival marking the its 650th anniversary.

Markus Caspers, an official with the public prosecutor’s office in Duesseldorf, said authorities were treating the attack as a possible terrorist incident because there was no other known motive and the victims seemed unrelated.

A police official, Thorsten Fleiss, said the assailant appeared to aim for his victims’ throats.

“The perpetrator must be quickly caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a post on X.

Police cordoned off the square on Saturday and passers-by placed candles and flowers outside the barriers.

“We are full of shock and grief,” Solingen Mayor Tim-Oliver Kurzbach told journalists.

A German musician who goes by the name Topic said he was playing on a nearby stage when the incident occurred. He was told about what had happened but was asked to keep playing “to avoid causing a mass panic attack”, he posted on Instagram.

He was eventually told to stop, and “since the attacker was still on the run, we hid in a nearby store while police helicopters circled above us,” Topic wrote.

Authorities cancelled the remainder of the weekend festival.

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