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Clipper Round the World Race recruits crew
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has started a new advertising campaign to attract non-seamen to participate as crew on one of the 12 yachts making the journey. The…
American Airlines starts weekly flight between Miami and Roatan
American Airlines has started a weekly non-stop flight between Miami and the Honduran island of Roatan. The service will operate every Saturday beginning Nov. 17 on a Boeing 737 with…
Neptune Group Yachting launches Neptune Crew
Neptune Group Yachting (NGY), a full-service luxury yacht charter agency, announced the opening of Neptune Crew, a new division offering professional yacht crew placement services. Julia Haines-LaPenta has been named…
Trinity Yachts fares well through Isaac
Both Trinity Yachts yards, in New Orleans, Louisiana and Gulfport, Mississippi yards reported faring well following the landfall of hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaac at the end of August.The New Orleans yard…
Publisher’s Perspective
Publisher’s Perspective David Reed “So, how was the show?”I’m asked that after every show, every year, and Monaco was no different.You would get a guarded response from business people in…
Yacht show yachts tend to stay in the Med
As the size of megayachts at this year’s Monaco Yacht Show continued to grow — there were at least six more yachts larger than 50m than last year — about…
‘I’d like to make a fish haven out of some of the equipment’
Some more thoughts about technology on yachts: Technology is just a tool, nothing more. This tool allows for making information more available and more secured. As soon as we purchase…
Silver Arrows of the Sea
Silver Arrows Marine, a new company based in London, unveiled a new design of vessel yesterday, inspired and designed by engineers with Mercedes-Benz Style as well as naval architects and…
Hodgdon Shipbuilding in Maine has built a new kind of tender
Hodgdon Shipbuilding in Maine has built a new kind of tender. With an inside like a private jet, the company’s first limo tender was built for the 86m Oceanco M/Y…
New Floating Dry Dock in South Florida
Last week, the Rybovich yacht yard in West Palm Beach, Florida, added a 3,000-ton floating dry dock to its service facilities, giving it the largest hauling capacity in South Florida.…
