40m superyacht Imperial Princess by Princess Yachts has been successfully launched from Plymouth´s historic South Yard. The longest production vessel ever made in Britain will offer luxurious accommodation to up to 12 guests.
Superyacht Design Summit 2012, which will be held at Chelsea Design Centre’s SPACE on the evening of Tuesday 13 March and will be attended by Superyacht designers: Andrew Winch, Terence Disdale as well as Tim Heywood, has now sold out. And it has now been confirmed that Dick Bannenberg, the son of the late Jon Bannenberg, who presided over the fledgling careers of all three designers will be one of the delegates in attendance.
Portland, the venue for this year’s Olympic and Paralympics sailing races, is ready to become a hot superyacht destination this summer with multiple deep water berths and anchorages available.
Sunseeker charter yacht Predator 84 was present at the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Twin Sails Bridge in Poole, on Friday the 9th of March 2012.
Portland Port and Weymouth Bay will host luxury superyachts during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing events. The Olympic Games are taking place between the 29th July 2012 – 11th August 2012. The Paralympic Games are taking place between the 31st August 2012 – 5th September 2012.
Qingdao in China made new 3-year commitment at official signing ceremony of the Extreme Sailing Series, and the dates for UK round in Cardiff have been moved to the 30th August to 2nd September.
Williams Performance Tenders, the world’s leading jet yacht tender specialist has been selected to participate at an industry exhibition at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in London from Monday 16th – Friday 27th April.
Trend Marine Products Limited has delivered the Taylor Made Group´s new watertight door system for the 141m motor yacht YAS (ex Swift 141), launched by ADM Shipyards last year.
Pendennis Cup 2012 presents its entertainment programme permitting Owners, Captains, Crew as well as the event sponsors to enjoy the delights of the fascinating port of Falmouth.
Queen´s Diamond Jubilee Regatta will be hosted by a number of Isle of Wight clubs, including the Royal Yacht Squadron, Royal Thames YC, Royal London YC, Royal Victoria YC, Royal Corinthian YC, Island Sailing Club, East Cowes Sailing Club, Cowes Corinthian YC, Gurnard Sailing Club, Bembridge Sailing Club and Cowes Town Regatta Committee.
The UK-based shipyard, Fairlie Yachts´ in-house naval architect Paul Spooner has created the 23.5m sailing yacht Fairlie 77. This beautiful vessel´s accommodation consists of 4 cabins, 2 doubles as well as 2 twins, offering a spacious living area.
Sevenstar Yacht Transport moved its UK office to the Ocean Village Innovation Centre in Southampton on February 1st because of its expansion to ten people.