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Some cool yacht design features seen at the Palm Beach International Boat Show

Did you see any cool yacht design features at the Palm Beach International Boat Show?

April 12, 2019 No Comments

What should I be looking at?

I’ll take two of those and that yacht please!We can all agree that boating has been around for centuries. Trade routes formed, recreational sailing became a ‘thing’ that people can go out and enjoy, and of more recent times, yachting has emerged as the new winner in travelling in style.

April 9, 2019 No Comments

What do you look for when boat shopping?

With the Palm Beach Boat Show and various other spring boat shows just around the corner, and fun times of boat and boat window shopping ahead, I thought I could share some of the things I look out for in a boat from my perspective as an owner/operator.

March 20, 2019 No Comments

Yachting Growing Pains

It was love at first sight! You saw her sitting there, sauntered on up thinking wow, that yacht is amazing and I want it. Maybe you were already looking to buy, maybe you got blindsided, but what ever happened, you now are the proud owner of a yacht.

March 14, 2019 No Comments

What can we do to make yachting more environmentally friendly?

With a few exceptions, the environmental impact of boats and yachting is not a popular topic at boat shows where we are being sold the freedom and delights of the yachting lifestyle. However, in today’s blog I write about what we as boat owners can do to demand better solutions from the boat manufacturing and marine supplies industry.

March 12, 2019 No Comments

Are you doing your bit to help preserve the ocean and the environment?

Even when cruising in the most beautiful places, I am often surprised, and appalled, by the amount of plastic and trash in the water and on beaches. Some floats in from other places, some is left behind by unscrupulous and/or ignorant boaters.

March 8, 2019 No Comments

Have you ever thought about painting your boat?

Walking around boat shows and marinas I am usually struck, and a little saddened, by the endless seas of white boats blending into one big boat mass. It seems like such a waste to not use all those ‘white canvasses’ for personalizing your boat!

March 5, 2019 No Comments

#10YearChallenge, The Superyacht New Build Report

If we want to shine at our next 10-year challenge, we must take an unfiltered look at all areas of our industry and question why we do things the way we do.

February 11, 2019 No Comments

Laurentia: The very modern story behind Heesen’s 55m superyacht

A busy prospective owner, a nearly finished Heesen and hundreds of WhatsApp messages. Cécile Gauert tells the very modern story of the making of Laurentia… Although it’s not unheard of, it is still rare for a client to buy a superyacht sight unseen. Laurentia, a 55 metre Heesen started on

February 8, 2019 No Comments

Inside Vripack and The New Yachts Company’s concept Maharani

Backed by the creative freedom provided by the 50m PRIME platform, Maharani puts the owner and guests first in this “human-centred” design Dutch studio Vripack and The New Yachts Company have collaborated on a new concept dedicated to “human-centred living”. They’re calling this new creation Maharani. It’s built on a

February 8, 2019 No Comments

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