“Destination UK” is a new initiative designed to promote the UK’s cruising grounds to visiting Superyachts in the lead up to the 2012 Olympics and the legacy years. The event is focussed on making it as easy as possible for Superyachts to visit the UK. The more Yachts we can attract, the more opportunities there [...]
Initially scheduled to be held from 7th to 12th September, the 34th Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes will now be held from Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th September 2011, along the quays of the Vieux Port and Port Pierre Canto, and inside the Espace Riviera exhibition hall. This change of dates is a direct consequence of [...]
Superyacht Australia announced that they will be organizing the first ever Australian Superyacht and Marine Export Conference immediately prior to the 2011 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. The Australian Superyacht and Marine Export Industry Conference (ASMEX) will be a 2 day event 17 & 18 May, and will bring together key industry stakeholders, boat builders, [...]
“I’ve never seen so many owners have so much fun as at the Rendezvous. Who would have thought!!” said Captain Charlie (Champagne) Dwyer, when asked about the 10th year Asia Superyacht Rendezvous. Fellow organiser Gordon Fernandes, General Manager of Asia Pacific Superyachts, commented, “It’s fantastic to see owners of motor and sailing yachts come together [...]
Registrations are going well for the second edition of Les Voiles de St. Barth (4 – 9 April 2011), with 40 boats having signed up in the five categories competing (Super Maxi, Classic, Racing, Racing-Cruising, and Racing-Multihull). As well, the impending top-level battle between the two Super Maxis Leopard 3 and Rambler 100 is sure [...]
The popular annual superyacht rally by dahm international will be held from 2nd to 5th June around the islands of Ibiza & Formentera. Dahm International is delighted to announce its 24th annual “Club Yachting Life Rally” (CYLR) from 2nd to 5th June 2011 in cooperation with Marina Ibiza in the clear waters and beautiful landscapes [...]
As the anticipation mounts for the 31st running of the annual festival of sailing, music and parties known as the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta—this year’s event is scheduled for March 3-6—the entry list continues to grow…in more ways than one. Not only is the fleet of big boats growing daily, so is the roster of [...]
A huge festival of international yachting and watersports has just been celebrated in Düsseldorf. The 250,500 visitors from over 60 countries, 10,300 more than in the previous year, were an assurance of satisfied exhibitors and an upbeat mood in the exhibition halls at boot Düsseldorf 2011, which ended on Sunday, 30 January. For nine whole [...]
The 2011 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show has already confirmed a huge range of world releases which will be unveiled at the May 19 to 22 event this year. World launches include Clipper Motor Yachts’ release of the Cordova 45 in a world first, the latest model in the company’s semi-displacement Cordova series. Prominent Australian [...]
Hundreds of marine industry leaders and thousands of boating enthusiasts will converge on the 19th edition of the Dubai International Boat Show in March for a spectacular display of the yachting world’s most impressive offerings. As the Middle East establishes itself as one of the fastest growing leisure marine markets in the world, the event [...]
The J Class yachts VELSHEDA, RANGER and SHAMROCK V will be participating in the J CLASS NEWPORT REGATTA, the first of a series of global J Class events, cultimating in the Hundred Guinea Cup race, Cowes 2012. David Pitman, Secretary of the J Class Association announced that the first event in the J Class Global [...]
Big-name players rally to region’s only superyacht show and confirm its growing reputation as prime business generator. Some of the global superyacht industry’s most important players have signed up for the 3rd edition of the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show (ADYS) – the region’s only exhibition exclusively dedicated to the superyacht industry – and are predicting [...]
