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NJ Senate OKs tax break on boat purchases

New Jersey senators agreed on Sept. 24 to cut the state’s 7 percent sales tax in half on boat purchases, capping the tax break at $20,000. Earlier this summer, lawmakers…

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Phuket to host Thailand Yacht Show

The Phuket Yacht Show has been renamed the Thailand Yacht Show and is scheduled for Feb. 11-14 at Phuket’s Ao Po Grand Marina. It is being organized by SYE Pte…

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Australia to accept MCA credentials

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has announced that, beginning in early 2016, it will offer four new certificates of competency for mariners working on commercial motoryachts. The new qualifications…

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Elandra enters the Americas

Australian builder Elandra Yachts has appointed Michael Usina as president of Elandra Yacht Sales in the Americas. “The Americas is strategically a very important market and we have always had…

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New Van Der Valk launched

Holland builder Van Der Valk has launched M/Y Jangada, the second in its Continental Three series. The 25m aluminum yacht has a Volvo Penta IPS system, a joystick-operated pod-type boat…

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Horizon to debut new model at Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

Taiwan builder Horizon Yachts launched its first E88 open flybridge motoryacht in August and plans to debut it at the 2015 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in early November. This…

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Boats and brokers in the news for September

This page continually updated with news from boats and brokers. Yachts recently sold M/Y Philosophy, a 138-foot (42m) yacht built by Brooke Yachts in 1991, by Crom Littlejohn of Northrop…

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Numarine sells two, partners with Burgess

Turkish boat builder Numarine has sold two of its 105-foot HT models, which cruises at 26 knots and tops out at 30 knots. Its hulls are made from composite construction,…

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America’s Cup to race on Lake Michigan

For the first time in America’s Cup history, sailors will race on freshwater as part of the qualifying event, the Louis Vuitton World Series. The America’s Cup will race in…

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M/Y Octopus recovers WWII bell

A research team aboard the 414-foot (126m) Lurssen M/Y Octopus has recovered the bell of Britain’s flagship battleship HMS Hood, which was sunk in the North Atlantic during World War…

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