The 2012 St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show, the largest boat show on the West Coast of Florida, is set to sail into the Progress Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, starting tomorrow, Thursday, November 29. The Show will… [read more]
Dubois Yachts has proudly announced the imminent construction of the Dubois-designed 46.4m megayacht at the De Vries Scheepsbouw shipyard in Holland. The second design to be built with the Feadship yard this year, this stunning 46-meter design is for an existing superyacht client in a contract w… [read more]
Beneteau was honored at a luncheon acknowledging Beneteau as one of the 25 fastest growing companies in South Carolina. “This nomination is of course a great honor, but also an incredible reward for our team,” said Gérard Martineau, VP of Operations at Beneteau Inc. and manager of the Marion‐based… [read more]
Yacht sales were up strongly in October 2012 for brokerage yachts in the United States, with 2,198 boats and yachts reported sold, a 13% increase over yacht sales reported in October 2011 when 1,937 new and used megayachts, powerboats, and sailboats changed hands between boat owners and sell… [read more]
Sales of brokerage boats and yachts in the United States were up in October as 2,198 boats changed hands, a 13% increase from October 2011, when 1,937 were sold. Defying the usual seasonal trend, the October sales total also represented a significant increase from September, when 1,962 boats were s… [read more]
The first Chinese government-supported boat show, Boat China & Water Sports Expo 2013, will take place May 10-12 in the Guangzhou Pazhou Complex. China has mainland and island coastlines of 18,000 kilometers and 14,000 kilometers, respectively. The vast and diversified water area provide… [read more]
A media tour led by the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (RIMTA) and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. is designed to spread the word about the state’s yachting industry. The tour will include all facets of the industry in Rhode Island, from composite production to marinas to boatb… [read more]
10%. That’s the upward adjustment Laurent Fabre is making for his 2013 Beneteau boats sales projections following the U.S. Sailboat and Powerboat shows in October. It’s a modest change but after a half decade of stagnant boat sales in the yachting industry, it’s a welcomed shift for the president o… [read more]
Starting early next year, boats and yacht traversing Port Everglades Inlet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida will see a dredge biting into the channel bottom as part of a multi-million dollar project to keep the port deep enough for massive commercial vessels. The dredging is simple maintenance to remo… [read more]
Active Interest Media (AIM) Marine Group held their Inaugural Editor’s Choice Awards on Friday October 26, 2012 during the 53rd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show where the group honored Madame Annette Bénéteau-Roux with the Lifetime Achievement Award. AIM Marine Group, publishe… [read more]
The 2012 (AIM) Active Interest Media Marine Group Editor’s Choice Awards were held at the W Hotel, with Madame Annette Beneteau-Roux taking home the Lifetime Achievement Award and Robert C. Arzbaecher, CEO of Actuant Corp., receiving the Good Samaritan Award. The event, which had been scheduled… [read more]