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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Best Boating Songs: Dicover Boating’s Facebook 2012 Poll
Boating Enthusiasts Nationwide Rank Favorite Boating Tunes With an estimated 83 million Americans taking to the water this year, Discover Boating has compiled the ultimate boating playlist to keep the party rocking this summer. After polling Discover Boating’s 500,000 Facebook fans for their… [read more]
Catamaran Superyacht Can Be Controlled By iPad
For those interested in yachting and gadgets alike you don’t need to look any further than the Adastra, a state-of-the-art superyacht designed by British yacht designer John Shuttleworth and built for the bargain price of $15 million dollars for Hong Kong-based shipping-billionaire Anto Marde… [read more]
Yachts Sales Report 2012: Flat Sales, Strong Value Gains
Yacht sales volume was down 1% in March 2012 compared to a year earlier, with 2,560 boats and yachts changing hands across the United States, but the aggregate value of the boats sold increased significantly. According to YachtWorld member yacht brokerages reports, the total price tag came to $370… [read more]
Feadship Yachts Completes 78.50m “Hampshire II” Superyacht
Netherlands-based shipyard Feadship Yachts has completed the 78.50-meter superyacht, Hampshire II. With Naval Architecture by Feadship and exterior and interior designing by Redman Whiteley Dixon, the new superyacht features a contemporary design which is contrasted by the classic style o… [read more]
Nathan Dotson / Newport Beach Salesperson
A Southern California native, Nathan has grown up around boats and yachts and lived near the Pacific Ocean all his life. He put himself through college by working on various fishing boats in the summer months, mostly in Mexican waters off Baja California. Nathan spent enough time on the water to acqu… [read more]
Yachting Industry Speaks to U.S. Representatives in Washington D.C.
A hearing in Washington DC put on formal record for the first time the importance of the leisure marine and yachting industry to small businesses in the U.S., with proposals made for changes to existing regulation in order to promote economic growth. The U.S. House Committee of Small Business met wi… [read more]
Gibraltar Expects More Superyachts: Ends Import Duty on Yachts
Large yachts and megayachts will no longer need to pay import duty in Gibraltar, a move that megayacht-industry representatives and marinas alike are saying should help stimulate more visits from larger vessels touring Europe. On Monday, Fabian Picardo, the chief minister of Gibraltar, presen… [read more]
Yellowfin Boats Continues Growth Through 2012
Yellowfin Yachts, a Sarasota, Florida boat manufacturing company managed by Wylie Nagler, has purchased a 22,500-square-foot industrial warehouse in Bradenton, Florida out of foreclosure from the Bank of the Ozarks for $560,000. The previous owner paid $1.368 million in March 2007 and lost th… [read more]
Yacht Sales Report: Boat Sales Gain Momentum in May 2012
Smaller boats played a sizable role in May 2012 as the yachting industry continued to rebound, posting another double-digit sales gain. Pontoon boats, jet boats and PWC sold especially well, helping to lift sales industrywide by 16.5 percent, to 16,859 boats, from the same month a year earlier, ac… [read more]
Yachting Events Make Owning Property on Mallorca More Attractive
Yachting events, such as the annual Superyacht Cup currently under way on the Spanish Island of Mallorca can boost the property market and increase rental possibilities, it is claimed. As the longest running superyacht regatta in Europe, now in its 16th year, the Superyacht Cup has drawn in hundre… [read more]
Yacht Sales drop in June 2012 – Yacht Brokerage Report
Yacht brokers in the United States sold 3,402 boats in June after selling a 5-year high of 3,518 in May. June’s total also was 1.3% lower than in the same month last year, when 3,448 boats changed hands, according to reports from YachtWorld.com member brokerages in their proprietary database, SoldB… [read more]
Gibraltar Abolishes Import Duty for Yachts Over 18 Meters
In July, Fabian Picardo delivered his first Budget as Chief Minister of Gibraltar. Amongst the good news in his leather “Budget Box” was the abolition of import duty for yachts over 18 meters in length and a reduction from 12% to 6% for vessels under 18 meters. The move is expected to stimulate growth i… [read more]
Admiral Tecnomar Yachts Announces New 45m Yacht Order for 45M
Another new order has been inked by the Admiral Tecnomar Group. This follows the recent successes in that department with two prior new orders, one of them as recent as this week. The most recent new order is for a 45-meter superyacht in the all-new Tecnomar Yachts Maxima range. The in the Admiral Tec… [read more]
Proteksan-Turquoise Sea Trial 72.6m Superyacht “Vicky”
The Proteksan-Turquoise superyacht has been designed by H2 Yacht Design. She is built with 6 large staterooms, including a full-beam Master Suite on the bridge deck, along with 5 guest cabins on the main deck. All these cabins have a combined capacity to house up to 12 guests. She features a forward d… [read more]
Tiara Yachts / S2 Yachts Announce Organizational Changes
Tiara / S2 Yachts chairman and founder Leon Slikkers announced organizational changes for the builder’s Tiara and Pursuit brands. Part of that restructuring includes Slikkers “taking a step back in the day-to-day operations of the two divisions,” according to a statement from S2 Yachts.… [read more]
Ned Yacht to launch 21.45m NED 70 superyacht
The Netherlands-based builder Ned Yacht plans to launch a new 70 feet (21.45 metre) superyacht called NED 70, which has been designed by Vripack Naval Architects. With a length width ration of 3:1, NED 70 is a slender and powerful superyacht which has been designed on the Low Displacement Length (LD… [read more]
Moonen completes 24.9 metre My Way superyacht
Netherlands-based pocket yacht builder Moonen has completed construction of My Way, a 82 feet (24.9 metre) superyacht. The yacht has a warm and cozy interior, which has been created using cherry wood panelling and beautiful upholstery. In the main lounge, the entire wall of the dining area is made… [read more]