Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Monaco Harbour, the day before the Show © Frances Howorth We have just arrived in Monaco for the Monaco Show and the city and its wonderful harbour is abuzz with anticipation for a show that opens here tomorrow. This year, the world’s leading luxury yacht show, is celebrating its 19th outing. As usual, everyone who […]
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Southampton Boat Show Shows off Super Yacht Sunseeker launched four new yachts at this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show: ê Predator 130 ê Sunseeker 80 ê Predator 60 ê Predator 54 The Predator 130 only made it to the show by the skin of her teeth but nevertheless she still looked stunning. At 1130 last […]
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Luxury cruises of the Thames in classic comfort We are not sure if the River Thames would ordinarily appear on our list of top destinations for taking a superyacht, but then again it is not always easy to find a small yacht that can, because of the standards it keeps, live up to the description […]
Friday, August 28th, 2009
If you are reading this blog it must mean you are interested in super yachts either because you own one or are working in a field associated with them. Super yachting maybe expensive industry but there is one very valuable item that is completely free Subscription to the industry magazine SuperYacht Business and its associated […]
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
High Speed Superyacht will achieve 40+ knots Blohm and Voss are not normally a yard that issues anything to the media so when a press release from their PR people lands on our desk, we sit up and take notice. It seems that the German yard is presently developing a series of what they call […]
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Genuine distress flares might get ignored, unreported, and not investigated The MCA the Government Agency that in addition to looking after the regulations for the building of super yachts is responsible for the British Coastguards, is urging the public to inform them when using Chinese Lanterns The growing popularity of Chinese lanterns, especially at weddings […]
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
British Superyacht Companies Sponsor Aero-acrobatics The Red Arrow display at the 2008 Monaco Yacht Show This year’s Monaco Yacht Show will take place from September 23-26, 2009 in Port Hercules, Monaco. We will be there of course reporting on all that’s new and interesting. We have written previews of the show and these will appear […]
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Ken Freivoch on the foredeck of Maltese Falcon Tom Perkins has finally sold Maltese Falcon, his 88m unique Perini Navi sailing yacht. One of the founders of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, he reportedly spent at least US$150 million on building the yacht. Henry Craven-Smith, the broker at Burgess who arranged […]
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Native Sailing Craft Gets a Superyacht Makeover Committed to elevating the modern Maldivian experience, Huvafen Fushi, one of the many island resorts, continues to leave others in its wake with the launch of inspiring new packages aboard its exclusively-designed Dhonis. Outwardly capturing the grace of traditional sailing boats, these handcrafted vessels have been fitted out […]
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Two of trimarans designed by the French yacht designers Van Peteghem Lauriot Prevost left the USA last Thursday. They were on a sprint to break the North Atlantic sailing Record. Groupama 3 skippered by Franck Cammas left two hours before Pascal Bidegorry aboard Maxi Banque Populaire V. The record to beat, established by Groupama 3 […]
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