Yachting News
With a terse announcement posted on its website Saturday, Luna Rossa Challenge wrecked plans to unveil America's Cup racing Sunday on San Francisco Bay by saying it won't take part in the opening race. The Italian team said it wou...
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There had been fears from some quarters that with Croatia's impending accession to full EU member status, set for 1st July, non-EU citizens could suffer from new lengthy and costly visa application processes. To alleviate these wo...
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As news of Spain's course-change on the much-maligned Matriculation Tax on yachts circulates, key industry leaders and analysts provide SuperyachtNews.com with their exclusive reaction. Miguel Ángel Serra Guasch, Spanish tax attor...
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The Spanish media have reported that the Spanish Consejo de Ministros (Council of Ministers) has formally announced that it will end the imposition of matriculation tax currently payable on the hull value of yachts over 15 metres ...
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Dubois Naval Architects win Best Exterior Design and Styling for MY Loretta Anne at ShowBoats Design Awards 2013. What a year for MY Loretta Anne! After winning Motor Yacht of the Year at the World Superyacht Awards in Istanbul, D...
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Ireland's investment in some of its ports could bolster its attractive appeal for superyachts, according to one experienced superyacht captain. San Diego-born Christiana Virgilio, who has been captain of the €52m motor yacht Big E...
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GOST® Launches Web Site for Commercial Marine Security, Monitoring, Tracking and Surveillance Systems. GOST® (Global Ocean Security Technologies) has launched a new web site featuring the company’s marine security, monitoring, tra...
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Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin is making waves in the United Kingdom. His real-estate and hotel conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is spending over £1 billion ($1.6 billion) on British yacht maker, Sunseeker, and a luxury London ho...
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Yacht builders and developers have been banking on a healthy charter market rejuvenating an industry that has become swamped by second-hand yachts and dominated by sellers looking for buyers. But chartering too has been forced in ...
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Greece is considering speeding up the sale of the country's principal port as well as other assets as it scrambles to plug a giant hole in its sputtering privatization program, the head of the country's privatization agency said T...
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A sleek, 102-foot catamaran covered with silver solar panels that make it look like a Star Trek set captured the world’s imagination as it circumnavigated the globe powered only by the sun. The 584-day, 37,000-mile journey ended a...
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China’s economy may be losing its momentum but the rich aren’t losing their appetite for big, shiny superstructure toys. The richer they are, the bigger the Ferretti docked in Hong Kong. The rich Chinese are definitely not losing...
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Marseille may be the oldest city in France, but it’s often dismissed as Paris's unruly, and rather less cultivated, little brother. Today, amid a flurry of urban renovation projects, Marseille is shedding this image and reemerging...
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LanoProtect Marine Bio Anti-Foul and Underwater Lubricant is a long lasting, environmentally friendly anti-foul for propellers. It is also a very effective under water lubricant suitable for running gear applications. Specially fo...
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San Francisco's troubled America's Cup sailing regatta was dealt another setback three weeks before the competition starts when organisers said they would refund tickets to watch some challenger races leading up to the finals for ...
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The Malacca Government plans to attract some 20 per cent of more than 3,000 yachts passing through the Straits of Malacca each year with the construction of Marinas along the Klebang and Tanjung Kling coastal line. The building of...
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Sylvie Ernoult will be responsible for the operational management of the 2013 Cannes International Boat Show.
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Sales of mega yachts are turning the corner in the improving economy, according to some South Florida-based yacht sellers and builders. So far this year, there's been a notable upswing in interest for new custom-built yachts of 80...
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The Yacht Designers and Surveyors Association (YDSA), has announced the signing of a Membership Agreement with the internationally renowned Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), enabling reciprocal arrangements for members...
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After two years of intensive, strategic research, a unique service aimed at revolutionising Superyacht ownership and charter will be launched in the latter part of 2013. Developed by Superyacht captain and veteran yacht management...
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The more mature the market is, the more popular smaller yachts will become. This is a rule of thumb in the yachting industry that is now taking shape in the Chinese market. During the China (Shanghai) International Yacht Show in A...
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London is to host the start and finish of the 2013-14 Clipper round the world yacht race. The race will start on 1 September 2013 and cover 40,000 miles, visiting 14 ports on six continents in the world's longest ocean race, befor...
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Interlux® Brightside® Polyurethane is a hard, ready-mixed, one part polyurethane topside finish that has the ease of use of an enamel with the high gloss of a two part polyurethane. Excellent application characteristics yield a 's...
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The media tycoon who owns the weekly political magazine the New Statesman is poised to snap up the bible of the super yacht world in a deal worth tens of millions of pounds. I understand that Mike Danson, who made a near-£200m for...
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Trinity Yachts and TY Offshore, which have shipyards in New Orleans and Gulfport, Miss., have sold an equity stake to a Connecticut investment firm that could allow them to expand both Gulf Coast facilities. In New Orleans that co...
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Egyptians from all walks of life once flocked to the markets and beaches of Port Said. Businessmen rubbed shoulders with factory workers, browsing through piles of imported tax-free goods. Families from around the country strolled...
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Houston, Texas USA - AkzoNobel’s Awlgrip® business announces the launch of a new converter and reducers range for their premium repairable Awlcraft® 2000 topcoat system which results in a mixed VOC of just 420g/lt (3.5 lb/gal) whe...
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Monaco's challenges are many and varied - racing within the tight confines of the Principality, drivers are very light on areas they can afford to make a mistake, and there's absolutely nowhere you can make a big error and get awa...
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Structural reviews of competing America’s Cup catamarans, a lower wind limit and improved safety equipment for sailors are being recommended to prevent a repeat of a training accident that killed an Olympic yachtsman. The 37 recom...
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While America's Cup organisers continue their review of this month's fatal Artemis Racing tragedy, at least one of the challenging syndicates has flown in the face of requests to stay off the water. Last week, Golden Gate Yacht Cl...
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