The winners of the J Class Solent Regatta, running from July 18 to 20, will be given an honour to receive the Corinthian King’s Cup trophy as well as the King’s Hundred Guinea Cup trophy, in addition to the Queen’s Cup trophy by Royal Southampton Yacht Club.
Dealing with day to day operations for both AIMEX as well as Superyacht Australia will be a new responsability of Victoria Smith, appointed as a new Operations Manager.
Saturday 28th May saw the judging of the 2012 Australian Marine Industry Awards, held during the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show 2012. The Award Winners will be now revealed during the Club Marine and AIMEX Networking Function, taking place at Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre in Sydney, during the Sydney International Boat Show, on August 2nd.
The organisers of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race have revealed the scene behind this famous yacht race, including a new photo gallery, GPS tracking facility, Live Race Viewer, Live Race Blog, EventTV as well as an unique opportunity to win an amazing 5-night stay in a luxurious hotel.
To provide solutions as well as opportunities for industry in the current economic climate was the main aim of this year’s ASMEX conference, running from May 22 to 23 in Sanctuary Cove.
Leg Two of the 2012 Rolex Volcano Cup was completed with the Yacht Club of St Petersburg’s sailing yacht Bronenosec taking 6th place overall as well as 3rd in the mini-maxi category. This lovely Swan yacht is now preparing for the Giraglia Rolex Cup.
As the first vessel equipped with Hull Vane to achieve a much more comfortable motion in heavy waves, the 42m luxury motor yacht YN 17042 is a wonderful fast displacement vessel, recently sold by Heesen Yachts and providing beautiful accommodation to 12 guests.
Luxurious vessels such as the 53.8m charter yacht Parsifal III or the 57.5m superyacht Twizzle and many others will meet once again to compete in this year’s Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, running from June 4 to 6 and hosted by the prestigious Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, situated in a fabulous yacht charter location – Porto Cervo in Sardinia.
Yesterday morning, the new Azzurra TP52 yacht by Audi was christened with the bottle of champagne by its godmother, HH Princess Zahra Aga Khan in the prestigious Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
Joe Springer, the Manager of Fernandina Harbor Marina (Westrec Marinas) has received the designation of Certified Marina Manager (CMM) at the Association of Marine Industries’ International Marina and Boatyard Conference held in January.
The Boating Industry Association of NSW has been recently given an honour to receive $194,300 for the Boat Smart Safe Boating Program, dedicated to NSW schools.