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Could boatyard buyouts mean changes ahead for contractors and captains?
Soaring boats sales and a boom in waterfront housing have made savvy investors see the value in preexisting boatyards as limited commodities uniquely poised to service and house all those big, beautiful boats.
COVID, fires, lawsuits, obituaries among top stories of 2020
Yacht captains and crew — as well as other yachting professionals — found lots of news of interest on The-Triton.com last year. Not surprisingly, half of the top 10 stories…
A look at and inside Pendennis
Let us first set the scene, as the location of this shipyard is very much a part of its DNA. Cornwall is a county in England, right at the southwestern…
Pinmar partners with scaffolding company
Spain-based GYG, parent company of Pinmar, has signed an agreement with German scaffolding company ALTRAD to distribute its equipment in the United States. The ALTRAD system uses a modular construction…
Georgia may pull tax cap on yacht refits
An article on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper’s website yesterday reports that Georgia state legislators are considering cancelling the sales tax cap it put on yacht refits as a way of…
FLIBS19: Show’s economic impact jumps 50 percent
The 60th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, held Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2019, generated $1.3 billion in economic impact in the state of Florida, more than 50% more than the…
Med shipyards reopen under strict new measures
Superyacht refit and repair company MB92 Group announced this morning that it has re-started activity at both of its shipyards in Barcelona and La Ciotat, France. Operations, which resumed Tuesday,…
Stew Cues: Finding perfect towels no easy task
Stew Cues: by Alene Keenan One of the biggest challenges of consulting on an interior refit and helping the owners choose from different towel collections is being able to explain…
Yacht captains share what COVID-19 has done to their world
By Dorie Cox and Lucy Chabot Reed As information changes quickly for yacht crew in a COVID-19-pandemic world, The Triton reached out to hear from the captains in charge. As…
