The works on three superyacht refit projects, including the 34-metre luxury charter yacht ‘Che’, are in full swing at Oceania Marine Shipyard in the Port Whangarei, New Zealand. The vessels are due to be completed for the upcoming South Pacific charter season.
The Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean will commence today, on March 11, hosting an impressive fleet of Swan yachts. The largest luxury vessel to compete will be the 100-foot superyacht Varsovie.
The new yacht tax regulations have been issued for Croatia that will join the European Union on July 1.
The prominent French manufacturer, JFA Yachts, will be present at the upcoming Hainan Rendez-Vous as well as the International Multihull Boat Show, both to be held this spring. The company will be presenting Long Island range of semi-custom catamarans, including superyacht Long Island 100 project.
Featuring exterior styling and interior design by bespoke Ken Freivokh, the impressive 63m superyacht Mikhail S. Vorontsov has been shortlisted to participate in the upcoming World Superyacht Awards. She represents the world’s largest all wood classic schooner.
The beautiful AB116 superyacht Diamond is the last year’s ISS Design and Leadership Awards Finalist. Boasting a magnificent interior design by Guido de Groot, this luxury vessel provides comfortable accommodation in 4 lovely cabins. There is also a fitness room that can be converted in a fifth twin cabin.
The bespoke Perimeter Protection System by Maritime Asset Security and Training (MAST) will be available for superyachts in the new build and refit stage. The system has been successfully tested on a 70m yacht, constructed in Germany.
Several superyacht projects are presently underway at Doyle Sails NZ, including sails for the 43,9m Alloy superyacht Encore that is due to be launched in the first quarter of this year.
Doyle Sails NZ sponsored the 2013 NZ Millennium Cup. The company’s team were racing on board the 50m superyacht Ohana as well as the 30m luxury yacht Zefiro.
Measuring 40 meters in length, the splendid superyacht Princess K was recently exhibited at the 2013 Dubai International Boat Show as the largest Sunseeker ever displayed at this prominent Middle Eastern event. Luxury yachts Sunseeker 80 and Manhattan 53 were also on display.
The final day of the Gaastra 52 World Championship saw the overall victory of Ran, with only a one-point advantage over Azzurra.