Friday, October 30th, 2009
Positive Vibes See Day 1 of Superyacht Show Start Off Well On the Dock © Frances Howorth There is defiantly an air of positivity about day one here at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show that opened today. It has been a very hot day on the docks and we have spent our time moving […]
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, said by many to be the world’s biggest boat show, is about to open and we are here in sunny Florida to report on its happening. Big it certainly is! In terms of exhibition space sold there is more than 280,00 square metres of show space spread across both […]
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
It was the great American writer, Mark Twain who said: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. He could have […]
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
C-Quester 3 Sub from U-Boat Worx Slowly Sinks © 2009 Frances Howorth Monaco Superyacht Show Hailed a Success As 6.30 pm approached, weary Monaco Yacht show goers felt the need of a glass of wine. Suddenly sirens from 100 yachts from 6 to 65 metres split the air in a cacophony of sound that lasted […]
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
The Dock at Monaco from aboard Meamina © 2009 Frances Howorth Last day of the super yacht show and we are still standing but only just. This is a show that is too short for everything we need to do and too long for our feet. Quite how many miles we have walked during the […]
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Super Yachts at the Monaco Yacht Show © 2009 Frances Howorth Its official we have become Champagne addicts! Could anyone get tired of champagne? And luckily there is a lot of it about at Monaco. The Monaco Yacht Show even has Lanson as its official champagne sponsor. The fabulous Feadship Trident was on our list […]
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Red Arrows display from aboard Silver Angel © 2009 Frances Howorth Up with the larks and another press breakfast. This time it is Sothern Spars who wanted to tell us their news. We feed this type of story to Yachting World Magazine and its supplement SuperSail World. Africa the 46 metre yacht from Sunrise Yachts […]
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
It is only a matter of time before a superyacht sailing off the African Coast becomes a high-profile target of Somali pirates, according to a report in the Financial Times and written by us. Luxury yachts, owned by some of the world’s wealthiest people, currently move between the Mediterranean and the cruising areas of the […]
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Michael is interview by Terry Wilson © 2009 Frances Howorth This morning started off bright and early and we did not even get a chance to have breakfast at our Hotel. But we did download our articles from the FT special Yacht Report about Antigua, Piracy and new technology Breakfast was served aboard Princess Marianna […]
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
In an article written by us and published today in the Financial Times the island of Antigua and its role as a super yacht base comes under scrutiny For many reasons the island of Antigua is a central hub of super yachting in the Caribbean. The island is an easy destination for trans-Atlantic sailors and […]
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