Dubai International Boat Show 2012, held at the Dubai International Marine Club – Mina Seyahi from 13 – 17 March will present more than 100 yacht exhibitors from over 24 nations, including such as superyacht builders like Abeking & Rasmussen, AMELS, Benetti, Feadship, Fincantieri, Heesen Yachts, Lurssen, Oceanco, San Lorenzo, Trinity Yachts and many others.
This year´s Palm Beach International Boat Show, held on March 22-25, will exhibit hundreds of boats ranging from small inflatables and center consoles to fishing boats and superyachts over 150 feet. New to this year’s show is TrawlerPort, a true show within a show.
The inaugural Biscay 2012 Offshore Race´s organisers, the Royal Southern and Sunsail Racing have announced a ´Sing Up´ Open Day on March 24th, for anyone wishing to enter and to have a look over the Beneteau F40 yachts, or to learn more about this new Race.
Jongert Yachts will be present at the Hainan Rendez-Vous 2012, held at the Visun Royal Yacht Club in the city Sanya in April 5-8. It will be the first time that Jongert sets sail towards Asia
Extreme Sailing Series 2012 was successfully started by new skipper of the sailing yacht Oman Air, American Morgan Larson, on the opening day of Act 1 of this popular yacht race held in Muscat, Oman.
Sunseeker luxury yacht Manhattan 63 Marine Engineer Chris Schreiber was awarded Queens Medal by HRH Prince of Wales at St James’s Palace in London, on Thursday 16th February 2012.
Horizon Yachts was visited by United Arab Emirates’ Prince Shaikh Talib Saqer Al Qassimi on 21st February, 2012. He was shown the Asian largest luxury ICE class steel private super yacht EP148 which is currently under construction, along with the brand-new Horizon RP120 motor yacht Muses.
Underwater vehicle HydroView is a new superyacht toy created by UK-based company Aquabotix. It gives the possibility to see the underwater world through live video, capture still shots, upload recorded images to social media sites, and navigate through the water using iPad, iPhone, Android phone or laptop.
Carlo Riva’s birthday opens a series of important anniversaries for Riva Yachts, including the 50th anniversary of the Aquarama yacht tender and the 170th anniversary of the brand.
Antigua Yacht Club was hosting the prize giving party, where myriad of trophies, medals and prizes for class winners of the 2012 RORC Caribbean Trophy were on display.
On the fifth day of the 2012 RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race prize-giving celebrations were in full swing at the Antigua Yacht Club.