At the moment, the New Zealand-based Oceania Marine Shipyard is once again hosting the Sunreef charter yacht CHE for scheduled maintenance and repairs. This superb catamaran is available for rent in the fabulous South Pacific yacht charter locations.
The year 2014 will be busy for Valencia-based composites specialist Future Fibre. The company is expected to deliver the mast and rigging package for sailing yacht APC78, currently under construction at Green Marine in the UK, in April 2014.
Day Four of the 2014 RORC Caribbean 600 saw 17 yachts complete the race. In the Superyacht Class, luxury yacht Adela won the last leg to take Line Honours and she takes the win on corrected time.
Eighteen golden Neptune awards have been handed over during this week’s ShowBoats Design Awards 2014 ceremony, which took place at the magnificent Swarowski Crystal Worlds in Austria. The 2014 winners include such beauties as the innovative Columbus Sport Hybrid 40m yacht by Palumbo.
Vitters superyacht MARIE has been announced as one of finalists for the International Yacht & Aviation Award 2014 in the ‘Yacht Interior Design’ category. Her beautiful and elegant interior has been created by David Easton Incorporated.
Hap Fauth’s JV72 yacht Bella Mente has claimed the Monohull Line Honours for the 2014 Rorc Caribbean 600, followed by superyacht Rambler 90 and sailing yacht Shockwave, respectively.
The upcoming St. Maarten Heineken Regatta 2014 will start on March 6, with the traditional warm-up race known as ‘Gill Commodore’s Cup’. The largest vessel to compete this year will be the Oyster 885 charter yacht Clare.
At 0700 on Day Three of the currently running RORC Caribbean 600, Hap Fauth’s sailing yacht Bella Mente, George David’s superyacht Rambler and George Sakellaris’ luxury yacht Shockwave were approaching the last island of the course in the closest finish ever for the regatta.
Measuring 52,5 meters in length, the gorgeous superyacht Dona Francisca has recently hit the water at Uruguay-based shipyard Astillero Buquebus as the biggest sailing boat ever built in carbon in America. She has been beautifully penned by Soto Acebal.
George David’s superyacht Rambler 90 is currently leading at the 2014 RORC Caribbean 600 regatta, with a four-mile advantage on the water from Hap Fauth’s JV72 luxury yacht Bella Mente.
The brand new 52,5m superyacht Dona Francisca has hit the water at Astillero Buquebus in Uruguay. This majestic carbon schooner offers lovely accommodation to 8 guests in total.
Two luxury vessels for which MCM acted as owner’s construction manager have been honoured with three ShowBoats Design Awards 2014: superyacht CaryAli and luxury yacht Inukshuk.