The prominent British luxury yacht designer, Tim Heywood, joined the leading UK superyacht directory, Yachting Pages, at their stand during the Monaco Yacht Show 2013 to sign his first superyacht sculpture, called Floating Crystal Silver.
The ‘Best Yacht of Monaco Yacht Show 2013’ award went to the breath-taking 65-metre mega yacht Galactica Star, designed by Omega Architects.
This year’s Genoa Boat Show featured six luxury yachts by Sunseeker, including the all-new 115 Sport Yacht, as well as the 30 Metre Yacht.
Featuring exterior design by Camper & Nicholsons Yachts, the new 42-metre superyacht Filante 42 will be constructed by ISAYachts in Italy. The Filante 42 design made its world debut at the last month’s Monaco Yacht Show.
This year’s Oyster Regatta Palma came to its end. The event was attended by 26 Oyster yachts, divided into three classes. Oyster 885 superyacht Karibu has become the overall winner of Class 1.
Due to the already light NNE breeze, disappearing at noon exactly as forecast, the planned second race of the second day of racing at the Oyster Regatta Palma 2013 had to be abandoned.
Attended by about 150,000 visitors, the recently concluded revamped 53rd edition of the Genoa International Boat Show was a great success. The event hosted 750 exhibitors and 1,000 boats.
Italian luxury yacht builder, Arimar, has proudly introduced three new line of fiberglass tenders as well as PVC inflatables: the Prestige, Confort, as well as Advantage. The company has also participated in this year’s Genoa Boat Show, showcasing their 1,85-metre Roll 185 yacht tender.
The International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) has recently welcomed Patrick Hemp to its Secretariat as a new Technical Manager.
MDL charity auction for the Ocean Youth Trust South has been a great success at this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show. The company has raised an impressive £51,180.
Penned by well known Luiz de Basto, the Filippetti Daemon 75s yacht Let’s Go has been put on sale. Launched in 2008, this lovely sporty vessel can achieve an impressive top speed of 50 knots.
As stated bby UCINA, Confindustria Nautica, this year’s Global nautical industry turnover is between 2.4 and 2.3 billion euro, while for 2014, the estimated growth of the industry’s contribution to the GNP will be equivalent to 7%.