Heesen Yachts is proud to announce the keel laying of a 65-metre Fast Displacement motor yacht, with interior by Dickie Bannenberg for delivery in June 2013. The ceremony took place in shed 6 – the metalwork shop – at Heesen’s shipyard in Oss, the Netherlands.
Wally has a busy 2011 calendar attending a total of 8 Superyacht Regattas and Boat Shows during the 2011 yachting season. The regattas include Palmavela, The Nespresso Cup, The Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, The Giraglia Rolex Cup, The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Les Voiles de Saint Tropez and the two boat shows include the Cannes Boat Show, and the Monaco Yacht Show.
From March 31st to April 2nd Coppino Street and the inner basins of Viareggio will host YARE – Yachting After sales & Refit Exhibition, the first international boat show committed to all the services following the purchase of a yacht.
Fairline Boats, a luxury motor yacht manufacturer, is showing the Fairline Squadron 65 as part of a three-model line-up on display at Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show this month. The superb Squadron 65 flybridge motor yacht offers three cabins plus crew, all with en-suite facilities. The single-level saloon, galley and dinette arrangement provides the perfect setting for entertaining.
Liverpool, famous for being the most successful European City of Culture, is hosting its first Liverpool Boat Show in 2011 from April 29th to May 8th. And now visitors can also join in celebrations of what festival bosses are billing their “decade of laughter.” Organisers of the Liverpool Comedy Festival have moved the dates of their event to coincide with the Boat Show.
The 70th annual Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail, running February 17-21, 2011, announced today the launch of the Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail App on iPhone® and Android, the only U.S. boat show to have its own mobile application, offering visitors the chance to discover boating and turn their phones into an interactive boat show planner.
Both power and sail Superyachts from throughout the globe arrived in Phuket, Thailand, first anchoring at Nai Harn Bay. The next day’s first “sailing event” was to Pansea Bay and The Surin Phuket in continuing the prestigious 10-year anniversary celebration held December 16-18, 2010.
Making her American Debut at this year’s Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach, NISI 2400 motor yacht measuring 78ft, is the first model by NISI Yachts of this new semi-custom series, which embraces superior lifestyle experiences.
The Florida Yacht Brokers Association (FYBA), International Superyacht Society (ISS) and Ft. Lauderdale Mariners Club (FTLMC) have joined hands to support a worthy cause by presenting a fundraising event that also will serve as the official kickoff to Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show.
The Marinas 2011 International Conference and Exhibition is being held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 20-22 June 2011. Held every two years for the last six years the event has gone from strength to strength with the last event attracting over 400 participants. 20% of participants come from destinations outside Australia.
Midnight in Paris, the new film by Woody Allen will open the Festival de Cannes on May 11th in the LumièreTheatre, in the presence of the Jury presided by Robert De Niro at the same time as it opens in theatres all over France on May 11th 2011.
A huge festival of international yachting and watersports has just been celebrated in Düsseldorf. The 250,500 visitors from over 60 countries, 10,300 more than in the previous year, were an assurance of satisfied exhibitors and an upbeat mood in the exhibition halls at boot Düsseldorf 2011, which ended on Sunday, 30 January. For nine whole days in 17 exhibition halls, 1,571 exhibitors from 61 countries premiered boats and exhibited new watersports gear, boat equipment and accessories at the world’s biggest yacht and watersports show.