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British luxury boat manufacturer, Fairline Yachts, announces its  line-up for this year’s Palma Boat Show, featuring both new and used Targa and Squadron models together with its now famous immersive 3D virtual reality experience. Visitors to the Fairline stand will be able to explore the highly anticipated Targa 63 GTO, the first of the Alberto… Continue reading Fairline Yachts announces line-up for Palma Boat Show

As Princess Tanya she was the star of the superyacht charter scene in the 1990s. Indeed many in the industry say she paved the way for what is todays thriving superyacht charter industry. Now known as Lady KII she is in need of a total refit and this 58m custom built classic motor yacht is… Continue reading Will She Sail Again?

Running alongside the London Boat Show is the 2017 Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition, in partnership with Southampton Solent University. Nine students from across the country competed in a competition that puts the invaluable design skill of hand-drawing under the spotlight. They each had to create their competing designs from scratch live at the show,… Continue reading Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition

Running alongside the London Boat Show is the 2017 Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition, in partnership with Southampton Solent University. Nine students from across the country will be competing in this prestigious competition, putting the invaluable design skill of hand-drawing under the spotlight. They will each be creating their competing designs from scratch live at… Continue reading Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition 2017

Just 10 months ago in the weeks before Christmas and only days before the London Boat Show, Princess Yachts in Plymouth announced that 350 people were going to be laid off. Today, after autumn shows have netted millions in retail sales bringing the company order book to over £280m, the company has announced that 100… Continue reading Princess Yachts Seeks to Rebalance Recruitment Figures

YachtProjects International has relocated its UK operation to base itself within the superyacht refit and repair facility; Solent Refit, at Hythe on Southampton Water. The firm owned by the British business woman; Pippa Nicholas already has office is in Ft Lauderdale, Florida is now set to expand globally. It is soon to open offices in… Continue reading YachtProjects International Relocates To Solent Refit

A new two-day course has been launched by Warsash Maritime Academy, part of Southampton Solent University, in response to the imminent ratification of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (2004). There are no mandatory training requirements to date. However, for monitoring purposes, the administrations either have to organise in-house training or take advantage of the… Continue reading New course launched in response to the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention

UK based ship repairers Burgess Marine has successfully re launched the 55m Superyacht, Lady A, from its ship lift facility at Trafalgar Wharf in Portchester, near Portsmouth following a 10 month refit. The package of works included minor structural, mechanical and electrical modifications, and the installation of new Naiad stabilisers. The refit will also include… Continue reading Lady A Re-launched for Lord Sugar

Ed Dubois the man behind Dubois Naval Architects the superyacht design team based in Lymington Hampshire has died. We have learned of this sad news from sources in New Zealand but details of how and exactly when he died are still somewhat scarce.  No formal announcement has been made by the company and nothing is… Continue reading Ed Dubois Managing Director Dubois Naval Architects

Camper & Nicholsons Crew Placement Division have formed a strategic partnership with Southampton Solent University’s Warsash Superyacht Academy who are involved in seafarer training for superyacht crew at every level. The past few years have seen yachts growing in size and therefore requiring a new level of qualified crew. The Warsash Superyacht Academy has proven… Continue reading Crew Placement Company Partners with Superyacht Academy