The Freedom Boat Club, the world’s oldest and largest boat sharing club with 150+ locations across 30 states in the USA and Canada, has just signed an alliance agreement with French boat builder Jeanneau to cooperatively develop Freedom Boat Club franchises among its European dealer network. The Freedom Boat Club franchise model is now being… Continue reading Freedom Boat Club Launches Major Franchise Expansion in Europe With Jeanneau
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A Superyacht for the French Canals
So often European summertime cruising refers to the Mediterranean or the Adriatic but there many more cruising opportunities for other types of craft. While surfing the Internet for summer trips on the French canals I stumbled upon details of the barge Maria and discovered there is such a thing as a superyacht of the inland… Continue reading A Superyacht for the French Canals
Le Boat to Launch Operations in North America
Le Boat, Europe’s largest self-drive boating company, is poised to become a global brand with the launch of the company’s first North American base of operations in 2018 on Ontario’s historic Rideau Canal. The Rideau Canal, which opened in 1832, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a Canadian National Historic Site as well as… Continue reading Le Boat to Launch Operations in North America
What’s new for Le Boat in 2017
We are great fans of Le Boat the largest operator of self-drive boating holidays on the waterways of Europe. We have over the years sailed in boats from its own fleet of 900 self-drive cruisers and written about its network of over 39 different departure bases across nine European countries. So we are quite excited… Continue reading What’s new for Le Boat in 2017
Fort Lauderdale to Get Four Seasons Resort
Fort Lauderdale may well be the super yachting centre of America attracting many of the worlds wealthy to the area for winter activities that start with the Fort Lauderdale Boat show, but it lacks the high end quality accommodation that only the likes of the Four Seasons Resorts can provide. All that is about to… Continue reading Fort Lauderdale to Get Four Seasons Resort
The Water Ways of South Florida Are Digging Deep
Permits to deepen the Intracoastal Waterway close by Fort Lauderdale so that local shipyards can compete with European yards for the multi million dollar refit and repair market are being held up by environmental hurdles according to a report in the Sun Sentinel a Florida based newspaper. The Florida Inland Navigation District has recently dredged… Continue reading The Water Ways of South Florida Are Digging Deep
US built Tenders delivered to Dutch built Y708
Not content with delivering two custom built tenders for Stephen Spielberg’s Oceanco built Seven Seas Hodgdon Yachts have just delivered a limousine style tender to the soon to be named Oceanco Y708. The 10.5 metre tender is again the design work of Michael Peters who drew the lines for the first two tenders and she… Continue reading US built Tenders delivered to Dutch built Y708
