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Aicon 72 Motor Yacht J.R Offers France and Italian Riviera Yacht Charter Specials

June 21, 2011

Written by Mike Smith

The 2008 Aicon 72 motor Yacht J.R is offering a Western Mediterranean, France and Italy yacht charter special discount of 15% off in July & August in the 2011 European summer. Yacht J.R is based in Genoa on the Italian Riviera, a short distance from Portofino and the Cinque Terre, and she can relocated to... ... read full story

Tidetech Tidal stream data for Round the Island Race

June 21, 2011

Written by Mike Smith

Tactical racing oceanographic data specialist Tidetech is making its Solent and Isle of Wight tidal model available to all competitors in the JP Morgan Round the Island Race at no cost. The Solent and Isle of Wight model is a ground-breaking hydrodynamic model using over half a million individually-calculated points to describe the tidal flow... ... read full story

Oceanair holds technical seminar for Florida Dealers in USA

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Leading marine blind and shading specialists, Oceanair, has recently held a series of seminars and presentations to enhance both the product and technical knowledge of their new Florida dealers. Immersing the new dealers into the world of Oceanair, the seminar topics covered all of Oceanair’s products from powered blind systems to re-fit solutions. The aim... ... read full story

Abu Dhabi building “Destination Village” for Volvo Ocean Race

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

A specially designed “Destination Village” is being built on the Abu Dhabi Corniche breakwater to host the Volvo Ocean Race fleet and its fans this New Year. Infrastructure work is due for completion this September. Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), the company appointed to develop the 55,000m2 site, will dredge a section of the Corniche lagoon... ... read full story

Amber Composites to build New Manufacturing Plant

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Purpose-Built Facility to Improve Capacity and Capabilities Amber Composites has announced that the company has broken ground on a new building at their production facility in Langley Mill, Derbyshire. The building will be dedicated to the production of composite materials including Amber’s prepreg, surface film, adhesive film and syntactic core and will more than double... ... read full story

2011 Superyacht Cup in Palma

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

The 16th edition of the Superyacht Cup in Palma (June 22 – 25th), starts tomorrow with a full fleet of superyachts entered and several new sponsors. Among the fleet of 20 yachts heading to Palma, Spain in are 12 entries making their Superyacht Cup debut. Sailing yacht Firefly, a 35m Hoek design, will be leaving Holland... ... read full story

Cheoy Lee delivers Global 103’ motor yacht

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

On June 7th, the Global 103 cockpit motor yacht by Cheoy Lee, yard number 4915, was loaded onto the mulit-purpose heavy lift ship BBC Carolina. The 130m long carrier will steam at 14 knots across the Pacific to the port of discharge, Port Everglades in Florida. The Cheoy Lee Global 103’ motor yacht (hull number... ... read full story

Marlow Merrill Stevens: Marlow Yachts buys Merrill Stevens superyacht refit yard

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

David Marlow, Chairman of Marlow Yachts and related companies is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of the historical Merrill Stevens north and south yard facilities in their entirety. Now renamed Marlow Merrill Stevens, Merrill Stevens any began operations in 1885 with over 126 years of proud history servicing Commercial, and Military vessels as well as... ... read full story

Marinas 2011: International Marina Industry meeting in Melbourne

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Under the banner of ‘new horizons’ the Marinas 2011 International Conference and Exhibition was opened Monday 20 June by the Victorian Government Minister for Ports Hon Dr Denis Hapthine MP. The Minster welcomed delegates to Melbourne and indicated there are 300,000 recreational boat license holders in Victoria. He emphasized the Victorian Government is very supportive... ... read full story

Columbus 177 Motor yacht Prima launched by Palumbo

June 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

The Columbus 177 motor yacht Prima has been launched by Palumbo Shipyard in Naples, Italy in the presence of government authorities and company management. She is expected to be delivered in July this year after taking just two years at the yard to construct. The celebration of the technical launch of the megayacht PRIMA included... ... read full story

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