Yachting News
Dutch yacht transporter adds new sailings from the Med to the Caribbean. Sevenstar Yacht Transport in the Netherlands has announced new sailings returning to the Caribbean after the summer season in October and November this year....
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We are pleased to announce that Adrian Ogier has joined the team at Oceanskies as a Director and Principal. Duncan Swanson, co-founder and principal of Oceanskies said, “It is great to have Adrian joining the team at Oceanskies. S...
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McMurdo has equipped the crew of a boat racing in the 2013 Transpacific (Transpac) Yacht Race with the company’s Smartfind S20 Survivor Recovery System (SRS). The Tritium Racing entry, a 73-foot trimaran, left Los Angeles on Satur...
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Emirates Team New Zealand soundly beat Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge on San Francisco Bay on Saturday in the first real race of the 34th America's Cup, which in recent days looked like it might never come off. Team New Zealand sped...
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Up to an incredible 28,000 yachts will be sailing in the Adriatic by 2018, if the latest EU member gets its way. Croatia currently has some 50 marinas offering around 14,000 berths and the government is planning to double this by ...
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A Maryland man swam for hours to reach help for his family, including two children, after their boat capsized in a storm off Maryland’s Eastern Shore. John Franklin Riggs climbed rocks along the shoreline in the dark and knocked o...
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Cup director Iain Murray is a man under pressure after a successful protest against two of his 37 safety recommendations. A jury has upheld Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa's protests, deeming he had overstepped his jurisdiction. B...
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A few brave developers are venturing back into the Caribbean luxury-hotel and resort market, one of the sectors hit hardest during the global real-estate downturn. But only developers with ample financing in the busiest markets ar...
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After years of downsizing and making do, American consumers are going big once again. A sizeable portion of the population seems to have regained a stomach for spending in recent times. Not only has there been a noticeable increas...
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Tropical storm warnings were issued for Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean on Monday as Tropical Storm Chantal chugged along a course that could take it near Florida's Atlantic coast by the weekend. Several other major C...
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With a terse announcement posted on its website Saturday, Luna Rossa Challenge wrecked plans to unveil America's Cup racing Sunday on San Francisco Bay by saying it won't take part in the opening race. The Italian team said it wou...
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There had been fears from some quarters that with Croatia's impending accession to full EU member status, set for 1st July, non-EU citizens could suffer from new lengthy and costly visa application processes. To alleviate these wo...
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As news of Spain's course-change on the much-maligned Matriculation Tax on yachts circulates, key industry leaders and analysts provide SuperyachtNews.com with their exclusive reaction. Miguel Ángel Serra Guasch, Spanish tax attor...
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The Spanish media have reported that the Spanish Consejo de Ministros (Council of Ministers) has formally announced that it will end the imposition of matriculation tax currently payable on the hull value of yachts over 15 metres ...
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Dubois Naval Architects win Best Exterior Design and Styling for MY Loretta Anne at ShowBoats Design Awards 2013. What a year for MY Loretta Anne! After winning Motor Yacht of the Year at the World Superyacht Awards in Istanbul, D...
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Ireland's investment in some of its ports could bolster its attractive appeal for superyachts, according to one experienced superyacht captain. San Diego-born Christiana Virgilio, who has been captain of the €52m motor yacht Big E...
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GOST® Launches Web Site for Commercial Marine Security, Monitoring, Tracking and Surveillance Systems. GOST® (Global Ocean Security Technologies) has launched a new web site featuring the company’s marine security, monitoring, tra...
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Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin is making waves in the United Kingdom. His real-estate and hotel conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is spending over £1 billion ($1.6 billion) on British yacht maker, Sunseeker, and a luxury London ho...
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Yacht builders and developers have been banking on a healthy charter market rejuvenating an industry that has become swamped by second-hand yachts and dominated by sellers looking for buyers. But chartering too has been forced in ...
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Greece is considering speeding up the sale of the country's principal port as well as other assets as it scrambles to plug a giant hole in its sputtering privatization program, the head of the country's privatization agency said T...
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A sleek, 102-foot catamaran covered with silver solar panels that make it look like a Star Trek set captured the world’s imagination as it circumnavigated the globe powered only by the sun. The 584-day, 37,000-mile journey ended a...
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China’s economy may be losing its momentum but the rich aren’t losing their appetite for big, shiny superstructure toys. The richer they are, the bigger the Ferretti docked in Hong Kong. The rich Chinese are definitely not losing...
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Marseille may be the oldest city in France, but it’s often dismissed as Paris's unruly, and rather less cultivated, little brother. Today, amid a flurry of urban renovation projects, Marseille is shedding this image and reemerging...
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LanoProtect Marine Bio Anti-Foul and Underwater Lubricant is a long lasting, environmentally friendly anti-foul for propellers. It is also a very effective under water lubricant suitable for running gear applications. Specially fo...
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San Francisco's troubled America's Cup sailing regatta was dealt another setback three weeks before the competition starts when organisers said they would refund tickets to watch some challenger races leading up to the finals for ...
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The Malacca Government plans to attract some 20 per cent of more than 3,000 yachts passing through the Straits of Malacca each year with the construction of Marinas along the Klebang and Tanjung Kling coastal line. The building of...
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Sylvie Ernoult will be responsible for the operational management of the 2013 Cannes International Boat Show.
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Sales of mega yachts are turning the corner in the improving economy, according to some South Florida-based yacht sellers and builders. So far this year, there's been a notable upswing in interest for new custom-built yachts of 80...
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The Yacht Designers and Surveyors Association (YDSA), has announced the signing of a Membership Agreement with the internationally renowned Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), enabling reciprocal arrangements for members...
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After two years of intensive, strategic research, a unique service aimed at revolutionising Superyacht ownership and charter will be launched in the latter part of 2013. Developed by Superyacht captain and veteran yacht management...
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