4th Annual Spin-A-Thon by Marine Industry Cares Foundation reported a great success with around $150.000 raised for Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center and Kids in Distress.
One of the largest yacht clubs in the world, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, has won once again the “Yacht Club of the Year” award, organised by The Asian Marine & Boating Awards for the 3rd year running.
Swan yachts, including the Swan 60 sailing yacht Emma, the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg´s Swan 60 yacht Bronenosec, as well as the Swan 80 superyacht Alpina were present at this year´s Mapfre PalmaVela regatta. Emma took 3rd place, Bronenosec came 7th, while Alpina 9th.
One of the top marine TV production specialists in Asia, Go Yachting, has been given the possibility to film the 8th edition of the Top of the Gulf Regatta for a second year.
The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda presented its rich 2012 yacht regatta agenda during a press conference held yesterday in Milan, Italy. 2012 Regattas include the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta, the Audi Vela & Golf Trophy, the Coppa Europa Smeralda 888, the Invitational Smeralda 888, the Trofeo Challenge Alessandro Boeris Clemen, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship as well as the Rolex Swan Cup & Rolex Swan 45 World Championship.
The 2012 ICOMIA/IFBSO Congress, hosted by the newly formed Marine Industry Association of South Africa (MIASA) in Cape Town, South Africa, ended with a huge success, presenting the key note speakers like Michael Lalo of Ernst and Young or Liesl Nel of Moorings and many others.
The ASMEX Conference is pleased to announce the presence of Erwin Bamps, Chief Operating Officer for Gulf Craft in the UAE as one of the key speakers of this popular event, running from May 22 to 23 at Sanctuary Cove. His knowledge of the UAE and global markets can bring a lot to the Australian marine industry.
Bellingham Marine has been involved in the building of new facilities for the James Island Yacht Club, constructing a new fixed pier as well as 400´ of concrete floating docks.
The Swan 60 yacht Bronenosec, from the Yacht Club of Saint Petersburg has made her debut at her first international yacht regatta of 2012 at Mapfre Palma Vela, achieving 7th place in the Overall maxi Combined Class.
Mapfre PalmaVela 2012´s overall winner has become the Audi Azzurra Sailing Team on their TP52 yacht, making her debut in this opening regatta of the 2012 season. The Azzurra team has been followed respectively by Quantum Racing, Ran and Gladiator teams.
The ASMEX Conference 2012 will welcome the Business Development Manager for Istanbul´s Austrade, Ozgur Tuna to provide a key presentation about the opportunities of the Turkish market.
The Mapfre Palma Vela Regatta marking as debut race for the Russia´s Yacht Club of Saint-Petersburg´s Swan 60 sailing yacht Bronenosec has set quite consistent results with a 5th place in Race One and a 6th place in Race Two in the Mini Maxi Class.