The Sun Fast line has wind in its sails! The launch of a new, 100% Sun Fast race was announced at the end of September. The first Sun Fast World Cup will take place in La Trinité-sur-Mer, in Brittany (France), from April 5th through the 7th of 2019. This...
Beneteau is known for hosting a number of events that bring its yacht owners together, one of which is the annual Barracuda Tour, created by Yannick Hemet, Beneteau Sales Director for France and Southern Europe. This special no-kill fishing competition...
Catana Group, manufacturer of the pleasure catamarans Bali and Catana, sees the half-yearly figure of its new boats sales grow by nearly 48%! The group based in Canet-en-Roussillon has revised its annual objectives up and anticipates an annual turnover...
Purchase of sixth-largest manufacturer of catamarans in the world, is giving HanseYachts AG access to a very attractive market segment, with increase of capacities by more than euros 30 millions World number two yacht builder HanseYachts AG of Greifswald...
Alex Thomson sailracing team - whose brand-new Imoca Hugo Boss was launched this summer - chose Highfield, the French-Australian rigid inflatable boats' brand, to imagine a unit to match its Imoca! It"s this morning, at opening of the Cannes Yachting...
Dieser beeindruckende 1,8-Liter-Reihenvierzylindermotor mit 16 Ventilen und DOHC ist mit Funktionen ausgestattet, die die Navigation vereinfachen. Dazu gehören die Kompatibilität mit den optionalen Digitalanzeigen von Yamaha, die optionale motorisierte...
This morning (Friday 8th November 2019), shortly after 08:00 UTC, British skippers Alex Thomson and Neal McDonald arrived safely into the Cape Verde Islands onboard the Hugo Boss yacht. The skippers, who had been racing in the 4,350 mile double-handed...
In 30 years, the market for cruising catamarans has gone from essentially sporting units to a market where 90% of the product offer is centred on units mainly favouring comfort on board. How to optimize the comfort - performance ratio aboard a catamaran?...
Das weltweite Wachstum und der weltweite Erfolg von Aquila Power Catamarans werden mit der Feier des Stapellaufs seines hundertstel 44 Fuß (13,4 Meter) großen Luxuskatamarans fortgesetzt. Lex Raas, Leiter der Aquila-Produktentwicklung, kommentiert: "Der...
Until now owned by the Oleron-based wheelhouse and open boat builder Guymarine, the White Shark outboard boat brand has just been sold to new investors. White Shark in navigation: a sumptuous hull... Mythical brand if ever there was one in the 90s, on...
Prestige Yachts, the world leader in the 40 to 70 foot flybridge motoryacht market, is innovating in the spring of 2021 by unveiling an online configurator: a first in the luxury yacht world. The periods of confinement consecutive to the health crisis,...
The Cannes Yachting Festival will be the opportunity for the French shipyard Jeanneau to enter a new market segment in which it was still absent, namely that of luxury Day Boats. The shipyard has not released any information on this new family of powerboats,...
At the Cannes Yachting Festival, Tecmar announced the acquisition of Nautex, a specialist in the distribution of sailing equipment. the Tecmar stand at the Yachting Festival 2024 The current economic climate in the yachting industry is opening up exciting...
lish Unveiled at the 2022 Paris Boat Show and then exhibited at the 2023 Düsseldorf BOOT, the FIRST 44e is a strategic sailboat for the French shipyard Bénéteau, which is positioning itself as the leader in its eco-navigation strategy, integrating Arkema's...
At the Cannes Yachting Festival, Suzuki Marine announced the price of its brand new manoeuvring joystick, available immediately and exclusive to the Suzuki brand network. This joystick, designed to make manoeuvring in port easier, acts like a second cockpit....
In Karlshamn, southern Sweden, Joakim Hansson, after a technical career in the world of superyachts, decided to launch his own boat brand, Nord Boats. The positioning of his brand consists of traditional Nordic motorboats, inspired by danish fisihng "snipor"....
The Robb Report's Best of the Best Awards Gala, the most prestigious awards in the luxury sector, was held in Monaco on 12 July. It was an opportunity for the Polish shipyard Sunreef Yachts to distinguish itself once again, with its range of eco-responsible...
The date is set: the 13th edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy will take place on Thursday 3 October in Saint-Tropez. Once again, this not-to-be-missed event dedicated to century-old yachts will be held on the traditional Voiles de Saint-Tropez...
Powerboating - With the Jeanneau Merry Fisher 795 Sport Serie 2, the Vendée-based shipyard Jeanneau is replacing a successful model with a brand new model in... Powerboating - With the Jeanneau Merry Fisher 795 Sport Serie 2, the Vendée-based shipyard...
Katamaran-Motoryachten - Während der Pressekonferenz der Bénéteau-Gruppe, die gestern Abend in Cannes anlässlich der Eröffnung des Yachting Festivals 2021 stattfand, enthüllte Erwin Bamps, Generaldirektor der Marke Prestige Yachts, eine unerwartete Entwicklung:...
Binnenwateren - De Nederlandse bouwer van luxe rivier- en zeiljachten Linssen Yachts, die zo'n 70 boten per jaar bouwt, heeft een samenwerkingsverband aangekondigd met de Amerikaanse motorenfabrikant Mercury Marine op het gebied van binnenboord dieselmotoren. Als...
In just 5 years, Catana Group, the French shipyard specializing in the construction of leisure catamarans under the Bali and Catana brands, has gone from sales of 40 to 207 million euros. Interview with Boris Compagnon, Catana Group Sales and Marketing...
For Wales-based British shipyard Swallow Yachts, Boot Düsseldorf 2024 was the opportunity to present, for the very first time, its latest sailing yacht model, the Bay Cruiser 21. This charming 21-foot sailing yacht embodies the Swallow Yachts DNA, i.e....
With the CATANA OCEAN CLASS, Catana Group enriches the DNA of its flagship blue water catamaran brand with a new strong marker: the living space on board! Un... Nautism and Multihulls - What if you were the very first to discover a brand new blue water...
The private capital investment company Nextstage will invest more than 14 million euros in Dream Yacht Charter, Fountaine-Pajot on its side investing nearly 11 million euros. With this acquisition of a majority stake in Dream Yacht Charter (exclusive...