Gulf Craft Inc., the most prominent manufacturer of luxury yachts and leisure craft in the Middle East and Asia, hosted a unique ‘Yachting Lifestyle Show’, at The Pearl, Qatar from October 27-29 2011. The luxury yacht event and lifestyle show showcased the superyacht builder’s motor yachts as well as celebrated Gulf Craft’s 30th anniversary. Clients,... ... read full story
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Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta – Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Cup 2011
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The entry list for the Transatlantic Superyacht & Maxi Yacht Regatta which starts on the 21st November 2011 is growing with a total of nine sailing yacht giants confirmed to assemble in Tenerife in less than one month’s time. The 2011 Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta – Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Cup is scheduled to leave Santa Cruz... ... read full story
Dubois superyacht Twizzle, Zefira and charter yacht Kokomo winners at the 2011 ShowBoats Design Awards
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A trio of beautiful superyachts by Dubois Naval Architects were awarded the 2011 ShowBoat Design Awards in Palm Beach, Florida. ... read full story
NOOR superyacht wins 2011 ShowBoats Design Award for her interior by Hot Lab
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HOT LAB – yacht & design team is proud to have won the most important recognition in yacht design - the ShowBoats Awards' golden Neptune for the interior design of the stunning motor yacht NOOR, launched in 2010 by Bilgin Yachts. ... read full story
2011 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show Survey´s winner Geoff Folliott
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2011 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show Survey presents its winner, Geoff Folliott of Brisbane. ... read full story
Southern Spars´ new rig for J-Class charter yacht Endeavour
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Southern Spars fitted J-Class charter yacht Endeavour with a new 53.7 meter (176.18ft) gold-tipped mast and rigging package, being a part of her refit. ... read full story
96m Blohm&Voss motor yacht Palladium by Michael Leach Design wins ISS Award
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Blohm&Voss charter yacht Palladium, designed by Michael Leach Design wins the Best Motor Yacht over 65m Award at the ISS, being the fifth award received by Micheal Leach Design this week. ... read full story
Boating Industry Association awarded
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The New South Wales Boating Industry Association has become the winner of this year´s WorkCover New South Wales SafeWork. ... read full story
39m Nedship 650 Quadro yacht design
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Nedship Group presents its new project, 39m motor yacht 650 Quadro. ... read full story
Smart Mooring System by HanseYachts
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The German shipyard HanseYachts presents its new Smart Mooring System (SMS). ... read full story
Tognum´s ongoing compliance investigation
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Tognum has promised to apply strict policies of zero tolerance towards bribery and corruption as a part of its decisive measures connected with its ongoing investigation, announced today. ... read full story
Ferretti Yachts´ capital restructuring process
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Ferretti Yachts´ Board of Directors has taken the decision to restructure its capital structure. ... read full story
Multiplast Composite Yachts to build 24m Prince de Bretagne 80 trimaran yacht
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The Multiplast Composite Yachts shipyard has been chosen by Lionel Lemonchois to build a new 24m trimaran yacht Prince de Bretagne. ... read full story
Winners of the 2011 Nautical Design Awards
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Nautical Design Awards have been announced to 10 winners on the 20th of October in Milan. The winners include such stunning yachts as the sailing yacht Zafira, 42m Vintage superyacht by Codecasa and the Ferretti Custom Line 124 yacht. ... read full story
Mulder Yachts 55 Explorer Yacht Mooie Nel
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The Dutch shipyard Mulder comes with a new Mulder 55 Explorer yacht Mooie Nel, the first one from its Explorer yacht range. ... read full story
Aquatic AV Digital Media Locker
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The marine audio systems manufacturer Aquatic comes with its new Aquatic AV Digital Media Locker£, nominated for METS 2011 DAME Award. ... read full story
Open Houses at IYRS Bristol and Newport Campuses
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IYRS will host two Open Houses at its Newport and Bristol campuses in early November. ... read full story
The new Salon Layout B2 for Hanse 445 sailing yacht
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Hanse Yachts presents a new Salon Layout B2 for its sailing yacht Hanse 445. ... read full story
2011 Neptune Award winners
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MMA has announced today the winners of the 2011 Neptune Awards. ... read full story
2011 Neptune Award Marketing Innovation winner Jester Communications
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Jester Communications becomes the winner of the 2011 Neptune Award Marketing Innovation category for its new Global iPad Dealer Application (App). ... read full story
ISS Business Person of the Year Award winner Dick Boon
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Vripack is proud to annouce that its founder, Mr. Dick Boon has won the ISS Business Person of the Year award at this year´s FLIBS. ... read full story
BoatUS about anchoring limit
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BoatUS is going to discuss the anchoring regulations on November 3, in the City of Sarasota. ... read full story
Environmental sustainability program by Awlgrip and Interlux Yacht Coatings
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Awlgrip and Interlux have come with a new, environmental sustainability program. ... read full story
ISS 2011 Design & Leadership Award Winners
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ISS announced the winners of the 2011 Design&Leadership Awards last night at the 21st Anniversary of ISS’s Awards Gala in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ... read full story
Azimut 40 Motor Yacht at Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
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The Italian shipyard Azimut Yachts presents its new Azimut 40 motor yacht at this year´s FLIBS in Florida. ... read full story
Thrane & Thrane SAILOR 90 Satellite TV World
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Thrane and Thrane is coming with another amazing device, a new SAILOR 90 Satellite TV World making real the global maritime satellite TV. ... read full story
20m motor yacht Azimut 64 Heritage of success at Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
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Italian Azimut presents at FLIBS 2011 its new Azimut 64 superyacht, another piece of its Azimut&rsquos flybridge collection and a real Heritage of success with 200 units already sold worldwide. ... read full story
Amels 199 Superyachts to feature Synapsis Bridge Controls
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Raytheon Anschütz has been selected as the supplier of the integrated navigation system to new Limited Editions Amels 199 superyachts. Amels first introduced the new Amels 199 yacht at the 2009 Monaco Yacht Show and is currently constructing the first ship in its Vlissingen shipyard in Holland. The Dutch system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems B.V.... ... read full story
Azimut Magellano 50 motor yacht – The first modern and luxury long range yacht
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The Magellano 50 motor yacht will be on display for the first time in US at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, from October 27-31, 2011. The Azimut Magellano 50 motor yacht has enjoyed an incredibly successful year, in fact, just after the official presentation at Genova 2010 Boat Show, it has been sold in... ... read full story
Charter Yacht Troyanda’s new interior by Design and Style Ltd
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Stunning Mediterranean luxury charter yacht Troyanda (ex High Chaparral) is a 50-metre superyacht launched from the prestigious Dutch shipyard Feadship in 2004 and was recently given a new and fresh look by interior design studio Design and Style Ltd. The client desired a fresh, contemporary approach to suit the pre existing hard finishes and wood... ... read full story
105′ Nordlund Motor yacht Mixer equipped with Seakeeper Gyro
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One testament to a product’s success is when a boat owner becomes a repeat customer. Such is the case for Seakeeper, which has now supplied three gyro stabilization systems to Mr. Frank Miles for three boats. After installing M7000 series gyros on his 50′ and 55′ Maritimo sport fishers, Miles recently added a M21000 model... ... read full story
Seakeeper appoints Tom Goeke as Chief Operating Officer
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Seakeeper, Inc, a worldwide leader in gyroscopic boat roll stabilization, has appointed a new chief operating officer. Tom Goeke most recently served as chief executive officer of Kloeckner Pentaplast Group, a multinational manufacturer of industrial films and coatings. “Tom is the right man at the right time for Seakeeper. With our sales more than doubling... ... read full story
SW 94 Sailing yacht Kiboko by Southern Wind awarded best sailing yacht over 24m at Nautical Design Awards 2011
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The SW 94 Sailing yacht Kiboko built by Southern Wind was awarded the ‘best sailing yacht over 24 mt’ at the Nautical Design Awards 2011. Yacht & Sail magazine editor in chief Andrea Brambilla and ADI ( Associazione per il Disegno Industriale) President Luisa Bocchietto announced the winners of the second edition of this prestigious... ... read full story
SW 100 RS Sailing yacht Mrs Marietta Cube launched by Southern Wind
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The latest SW 100 RS Sailing yacht Mrs Marietta Cube has just been launched by Southern Wind Shipyard. The word ‘Cube’ in the yacht’s name means 3 which is a reference to the fact that Mrs Marietta Cube is the third Southern Wind sailing yacht commissioned by the same passionate owners’ family. The owners’ first... ... read full story
2011 Nautical Design Awards: Prestige 500 motor yacht wins “Best Motor Yacht” under 24 m
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The official awards ceremony of the NAUTICAL DESIGN AWARDS, held in the European design capital of Milan, Italy, on Thursday, October 20th 2011. During the ceremony, the Prestige 500 flybridge motor yacht was awarded the title of “Best Motor Yacht” in the category of yachts under 24 meters in length. Organized by Yacht & Sail... ... read full story
65m Benetti Motor Yacht Nataly wins Nautical Design Award
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Luxury superyacht builder Benetti has received new international recognition for thier 65 metre FB252 superyacht Nataly, which was a star at the 2011 Nautical Design Awards. The most important and preeminent recognition devoted to boating design, the 2011 Nautical Design Awards official ceremonies were held for on October 20, in Milan, the capital of design... ... read full story
Two 26.23m Wally Ace yachts under construction at Wally
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Two Wally Ace superyachts are currently under construction at the Italian shipyard, with the first one due to be launched in March, 2012. ... read full story
Tognum Supervisory Board´s new members
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The Supervisory Board of propulsion and energy systems specialists Tognum has chosen four new members: John Paterson, Andrew Heath, Dr. Michael Haidinger from Rolls-Royce and Stefan Buchner from Daimler. ... read full story
Dometic Marine presents its new Eskimo Ice EI540D Ice Cube at FLIBS
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Dometic Marine presents its new Eskimo Ice EI540D Ice Cube at this year´s FLIBS. ... read full story
AkzoNobel to build new coatings plant in China
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AkzoNobel is planning to invest €60 million to increase the production capacity of its Automotive and Aerospace Coatings business in China because of the growing demand. ... read full story
Winners of the 2011 ShowBoat Design Awards announced
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2011 ShowBoats Design Awards 2011 announced, with Motor Yacht Palladium declared the biggest winner. ... read full story
Riviera Yachts´ 4400 Sport Yacht Series II and 53 Enclosed Flybridge superyachts at FLIBS
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Riviera Yachts presents its latest models 53 Enclosed Flybridge and 4400 Sport Yacht Series II superyachts at FLIBS 2011. ... read full story
Navico´s new Broadband 4G Radar
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Australian Navico introduces its new Broadband 4G Radar. ... read full story
NMMA comes with 2nd annual Dealer Connections
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NMMA announces the 2nd Dealer Connections, taking place at the 2012 Progressive Insurance Miami international Boat Show and Strictly Sail, February 16-20. ... read full story
US Department of Energy finds serious damage to marine engines from E15
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy reported serious damage to engine components, concentrating on two marine engine manufactures, NMMA members, Volvo Penta and Mercury Marine. ... read full story
Northern Lights´ traditional engine room redefinition
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Northern Lights redefines its traditional engine room with an unmatched hybrid-marine solution. ... read full story
Aqua Star Underwater Dive Scooters expands distribution to China and Asia
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Aqua Star USA expands its distribution to China and Asia for the latest high tech, underwater dive scooters to hit the marine leisure market, targeting yacht owners, dive enthusiasts, recreational water sports operators, water parks and resorts. ... read full story
Top Ten largest Superyachts at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show 2011
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The 2011 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which in in its 52nd year will take place from October 27-31, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the “Yachting Capital of the World”. A wide variety of boats and vessels will be on display including an extraordinary range of motor yachts, sailing yachts and mega yachts. There will... ... read full story
Motor yacht Project Ganto: The First Electric Superyacht
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The GANTO motor yacht Project is a 40m EcoYacht designed to have the lowest levels of environmental impact possible. The motor yacht GANTO Project will utilise advanced building materials with maximized recycling criteria, along with fluid dynamics studies and an environmentally sound management of the vessel, making this project the first of a new generation... ... read full story