Luxury expedition yacht Big Fish has logged more than 28,000nm since her launch last July, including visits to Tahiti, the Galapagos, the Antarctic and Amazon. Her next stops include Sweden, Baltic, London, St. Petersburg, the Arctic Circle. The superyacht BIG FISH will also visit the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show this September cancelling her plans to navigate the Northeast Passage
The crew of Club Swan 42 sailing yacht Arethusa came away from the 2011 Antigua Sailing Week as the champions of the Swan Caribbean Challenge following their impressive win in Class 3. The Club Swan 42 was entered by Phillip Lotz, of the USA and also gained the title of Best American Yacht. Yacht Arethusa won the class by a fair margin; the Club Swan 42 registered three race wins across the five days of racing and not once faltered out of the top three.
Moonen Shipyards in the Netherlands is close to completing and lunching the fourth yacht in its much admired range of Moonen 97 steel-hulled displacement motor yachts. With sister ship motor yacht Livia being a finalist in the upcoming World Superyacht Awards, the yard is confident that a buyer will be found for the new Moonen 97 yacht by the time she is launched ahead of the sailing season.
After a very successful ‘awards’ year in 2010 Bill Dixon has got 2011 off to a flying start by being named ‘Yacht Designer of the Year’ at the Asian Marine and Boating Awards 2011. Dixon, who has worked with companies in Asia for nearly thirty years, has now won prestigious awards two years running from a continent which is rapidly developing its leisure boat industry.
Intellian Technologies, the world’s technological leader in marine satellite antennas, has announced an agreement with Marlink, the global provider of maritime satellite communications, to become an official supplier of its comprehensive range of VSAT antennas.
Turkish superyacht builder Vicem Yachts, a leader in innovative and prestigious open and megayachts, continues its march towards excellence concentrating all production in their Antalya facilities on the Turkish south-east Mediterranean coast. This move is part of the new Vicem Yachts three year industrial plan started at the end of 2009.
Riviera is now putting the finishing touches on its newest model, the 53 Enclosed Flybridge motor yacht, as it nears completion for its world release at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show in May.
Marine blind and shading specialists, Oceanair, are introducing 5 new leather ranges to their existing comprehensive Fabric Collection. Superyacht clients will now have more options when sourcing the perfect material, colour and style for their leather Venetian blinds.
The 10th edition of Seatec and the 4th edition of Compotec taking place February 8-10 2012 will draw the attention to one of the great issues of the century: eco-sustainability and respect for the environment.
This week saw the world’s fastest motor yacht The World Is Not Enough sign up the first order for the new Lantic software 2011 Suite, launched at the start of April. Superyacht The World Is Not Enough is a 42 metre Frank Mulder design yacht that has a top speed of 68 knots. The motor yacht is about to start an intermediate refit in Italy that will see her back in operation in time for the summer
Lantic Entertainment Systems, the leading developer of integrated entertainment systems for superyachts, is to supply its systems to five more Amels LIMITED EDITIONS 177 superyachts, to be built and launched over the next two years.
The Mediterranean Boat Show Albania is taking place at the Adriatic Hotel on 11 and 12 June 2011. Mediterranean Boat Show in Albania is an opportunity […]