Motor Boat of the Year Awards 2011 (MBOY) will bring together the best from the motorboating world on 10 January 2011 in London at the Savoy Hotel following a £220m refurbishment that has taken nearly three years to complete.
Trinity Yachts and Westport, two dominant superyacht builders have both confirmed their debut appearance at this year’s Saudi International Boat Show held from December 8-11 2010 at the Al Furusya Marina & Yacht Club in Jeddah.
Superior Jetties® are manufacturing the Seoul Capri™ marina in Korea, and installing another Capri™ marina at Salacia Waters on the Gold Coast for Korean company Lotte Engineering & Construction.
Underwater Lights USA, is proud to introduce their newest line of lighting, light emitting plasma (LEP). Adapted by SeaVision , Light emitting plasma LEPs are the next generation of high intensity lighting for superyachts.
The Moonen 124 motor yacht Northlander has won the category Best Power 24-40 m at the ISS (International Superyacht Society) 2010 Design & Leadership Awards.
Heesen Yachts is proud to announce that motor yachts Blind Date and Jems were awarded with a Gold Neptune trophy, the highest recognition in yacht design. Superyacht Blind Date won the prize for ‘Bespoke Furniture’ for the expanding dining table and superyacht Jems takes the prize for “Exterior Recreational Area”.
Index Marine will introduce its new range of deck glands at METS 2010. The glands are designed and certified to offer the best possible watertight protection for cable and pipe transits on all types of vessel and luxury yachts.
This year, Sol will be partnering with the Charter Yacht Society of the BVI, the Charter Yacht Show host and organizer, to support the success of the four-day event from November 4 through 7 at Village Cay Marina, Tortola. The British Virgin Islands Charter Yacht Show heralds the start of the charter season when luxury crewed yachts and charter brokers come together in the Virgin Islands to showcase and promote crewed sailing vacations in the area.
MIRABAUD an International financial services group, returns to the World Yacht Racing Forum this year as sponsor of the Yacht Racing Images Exhibition 2010 launched at last year’s Forum in Monaco.
The Nautical Design Awards prize is a new recognition for the yachting design, recently established and organized by ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale, the fifty year old association that awards the Compasso d’oro, the most prestigious design prize of the World) and the magazine Yacht & Sail.
The ancient fortress city of Valletta, the former 16th century “Sacra Infermeria” of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, was host to the prize giving and close to 800 guests for the 31st edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race.
Following encouraging results of a survey in summer by the German Boat and Ship Building Association (DBSV) on the economic situation of its member companies, the latest figures from the Federal Statistics Office on import and export of boats and yachts also give cause for optimism.