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• Absolute launches flagship Navetta 73 yacht with Volvo Penta’s latest IPS

  23 August 2017 ( #Prestige, #Yachting, #Absolute, #Volvo Penta, #New models 2017-2018, #Cannes Yachting Festival 2017 )

  Italian yacht-builder Absolute is revealing its new vessel, the Navetta 73, at the Cannes Yachting Festival. The yacht is powered by Volvo Penta’s new, highest performance model from the Inboard Performance System (IPS) range, the D13-IPS1350. Navetta...

• The 2017 Monaco Yacht Show unveils  its fleet of superyachts

  22 August 2017 ( #Monaco Yacht Show 2017, #Yachting, #New models 2017-2018, #Monaco, #Mediterranean Sea, #Superyachts, #Sailyachts, #Yachts )

  Yesterday, the Monaco Yacht Show has unveiled unveils the exhibition of 125 extraordinary one-off superyachts built by the most reputable shipyards and exhibited by the most influential brokerage houses. Superyacht owners, future clients and the industry...

• Mercury Marine Canada celebrates major safety milestone

  17 January 2018 ( #Mercury Marine, #Brunswick Group, #Boat Industry, #Boating, #Motorboats, #Canada )

  Mercury Marine Canada is celebrating a major milestone at its Milton, Ontario plant, reporting one million hours of no lost time injury. Mercury Marine Milton (Canada), has been injury-free since 2010 Milton, which is Mercury’s headquarters in Canada,...

• Silent 55 world debut at Cannes Yachting Festival 2018

  24 August 2018 ( #Silent-Yachts, #Silent 55, #Yachting, #Solar Energy, #Cannes Yachting Festival 2018, #English Edition, #Multihulls, #Catamarans )

  Silent-Yachts will to introduce the SILENT 55 at her world debut at the 2018 CannesYachting Festival (September 11-16, 2018). The Silent 55 is a production cruising catamaran powered by solar energy. The yacht uses silent electric propulsion for unlimited...

• Bavaria – Possible Italian Solution for the Looming September Deadline?

  08 September 2018 ( #Bavaria, #Boat Industry, #Boating, #Motorboats, #Sailboats, #Germany )

  The drama of the takeover of the German shipyard Bavaria continues. With a possible Italian agreement being negotiated, a way out could be found very quickly. Since the bankruptcy of the German shipyard Bavaria last April, during the International Multihull...

• A French employee of Dream Yacht Charter, national hero in Thailand

  04 August 2018 ( #Dream Yacht Charter, #Boat Rental, #Boating, #Sailing - Windsurf - Kite, #Lifestyle, #Thailand, #Phuket, #English Edition )

  Max, a French employee of the Dream Yacht Charter base in Phuket, was among the professional divers sent to retrieve the Thai football team stuck in the flooded cave. For more than two weeks, a Thai football team was stuck in the Tham Luang cave in the...

• Yachting - The Monaco Yacht Show launches its 2019 advertising campaign

  24 January 2019 ( #Monaco Yacht Show 2019, #Yachting, #Yachts, #Superyachts, #sailyachts, #Monaco, #Lifestyle, #English Edition )

  The advertising campaign of the 2019 Monaco Yacht Show again reveals the audacious direction undertaken by the Organisers for six years to welcome a new generation of private visitors and introduce them to superyachting. The artwork features a slightly...

• Volvo Penta bietet spätestens 2021 elektrifizierte Antriebe an

  15 August 2018 ( #Volvo Penta, #Deutsche Ausgabe, #Yachting, #Motorboats, #Boat Industry, #Boating, #Sweden, #Innovation )

  “Volle Kraft voraus” heißt es derzeit für Volvo Penta. Das Unternehmen bündelt die Anstrengungen im Bereich Hybrid- und vollelektrischer Antriebe, um bis 2021 als treibende Kraft für nachhaltige Antriebssysteme elektrifizierte Lösungen seinen maritimen...

• Scoop - Dehler 30 one design unveiled at Cannes Yachting Festival

  05 September 2019 ( #Dehler, #Sailboats, #Yachting Festival 2019, #Germany, #Dehler 30 One Design, #HanseGroup, #Boating, #English Edition )

  Dehler's brand-new racer-cruiser, the Dehler 30 one design, has hit the water and is now on the way to the Mediterranean where the yacht will be displayed at the Cannes, Genoa and Barcelona boatshows. Furthermore the Dehler 30 od has been nominated for...

• Bavaria Yachts - A new Style Equipment Package for the S-Line Powerboats Range

  03 September 2019 ( #Bavaria, #Motorboats, #Germany, #Boat Industry, #boating, #English Edition )

  With the new attractive Style equipment package, Bavaria Yachts is bestowing even more equipment and even more comfort on its motorboats in the S-LINE. And there is also a price advantage of twenty percent on the Style options for the motorboats from...

• Interpreting the fine variations of a barometer

  09 May 2023 ( #Navigation, #Boating, #English Edition )

  On board sailing ships, there was always an elegant brass dial permanently fixed on the mast bulkhead. Beyond its retro and decorative aspect, the barometer remains an essential tool for forecasting the evolution of the weather on board a ship, whether...

• Delivery of the 100th Leopard 53 Powercat in 3 years

  15 April 2024 ( #Leopard 53 Powercat, #Leopard, #Multihull, #Catamarans, #Motorboats, #Nautism )

  The South African shipyard Robertson and Caine, owned by the Czech investment fund PPF, has just delivered its 100th Leopard 53 Powercat motor catamaran, just three years after its launch. Leopard Catamarans, specialist in power catamarans over 40 feet,...

• BOOT Düsseldorf 2023 - ist eine Absage der Messe möglich?

  07 October 2022 ( #Boot 2023, #Eco Yachting, #Boat Industry, #Boating, #Germany, #Düsseldorf, #Deutsche Ausgabe )

  Die Herbst-Nautikmessen - Cannes, Southampton, Genua, Monaco, La Rochelle.... - die seit Anfang September stattfanden, boten die Gelegenheit, die Bootssaison 2022-2023 einzuläuten, deren erste Resonanz wertmäßig eher positiv sein soll, volumenmäßig jedoch...

• Tourism - Starlink on board Ponant luxury liners

  17 July 2024 ( #English Edition, #Ponant, #Maritim & Fishing, #Lifestyle, #Technical - Practical - New Products, #Starlink )

  Passengers aboard the luxury cruise line Ponant will now have free worldwide internet coverage, no matter where their ship is sailing. By complementing its existing service with the Starlink network, supplied by Marlink, cruise operator Ponant is now...

• Sport Fishing - The Beneteau Fishing Trophy 2022, a global digital fishing competition

  13 June 2022 ( #Beneteau, #Beneteau Fishing Trophy 2022, #Sport Fishing, #Motorboats, #English Edition )

  The Bénéteau Fishing Trophy 2022 is a digital sea fishing competition, which will take place over three dates, from June 13 to July 17 and from July 20 to August 21 for the first two and from August 24 to September 30, 2022 for the third. The first two...

• Impacd Boats - 3D Printed boats, with.... recycled Plastic !!

  25 January 2023 ( #Impacd Boats, #Innovation, #Electric Boats, #Boots 2023, #Boat Industry, #Video, #The Netherlands, #Powerboats, #English Edition )

  The development of an eco-responsible boating industry will require the development of new construction techniques, generating less CO2. In this field, the Dutch shipyard IMPACD Boats presented at Boat 2023 in Düsseldorf a range of 3D printed boats, using...

• An electric tender for Chinese Highfield RIBs

  18 January 2023 ( #Highfield, #Motorboats, #Electric boats, #Boot 2023, #English Edition, #ePropulsion )

  Boot 2023 will be the occasion for Highfield, the Chinese RIB manufacturer, to unveil a tender powered by an electric motor. This motorization will be provided by the ePropulsion company. The model selected in the Highfield range is the Classic 340, which...

• Scoop - Lagoon 51, Markteinführung für 2022 geplant

  26 December 2021 ( #Lagoon 51, #Lagoon, #Catamarans, #Multihulls, #Sailboats, #France, #New models 2021-2022, #Deutsche Ausgabe )

  Lagoon, der Weltmarktführer für Katamarane, wird 2022 mit einem völlig neuen Modell, dem Lagoon 51, in die Schlagzeilen kommen. Dieses Modell wird einen Bestseller, den 2017 vorgestellten Lagoon 50, ablösen! Wenn 2021 das Jahr der Lagoon 55 war, wird...

• Boating - Yamaha outboard motors guaranteed for 5 years in Europe

  24 January 2025 ( #English Edition, #Boot 2025, #Yamaha, #Outboard Engine, #Nautism, #Eco Yachting, #Economy - Shipyards - Investments )

  This is one of the many announcements at Boot Düsseldorf 2025, the world's leading boat and yacht show, which is currently taking place, on the banks of the Rhine. From 1ᵉʳ January 2025, Yamaha Motor Europe will offer a five-year extended warranty for...

• Benetti triumphs at the Design & Innovation Awards 2025 with the M/Y Kasper 7

  04 February 2025 ( #English Edition, #Benetti, #Design & Innovation Award 2025, #Yachting, #Superyachts, #Eco Yachting, #Economy - Shipyards - Investments, #Nautism )

  Yachting and boating - The M/Y Kasper 7 superyacht, a 67-metre fully custom-built Benetti model, has won two awards at the Design & Innovation Awards 2025 : Best Interior Design - Motor Yachts over 500 GT and Best Naval Architecture - Displacement Motor...

• Death of Margaret Wittaker Obe, owner of the British shipyard Pearl Yachts

  09 February 2025 ( #English Edition, #Margaret Wittaker Obe, #Pearl yachts, #Yachting, #Notebooks of Nautism, #Superyachts, #Great Britain )

  Pearl Yachts announces the death of Margaret Whittaker Obe, on 2 February in Palma de Mallorca at the age of 76. Margaret Whittaker was an entrepreneur and business leader who founded Slimming World in 1969, a weight-loss meal programme that has become...

• Riva Classiche at Rétromobile: Timeless elegance and Italian expertise in the spotlight in Paris

  06 February 2025 ( #English Edition, #Riva, #Ferretti, #2025 Retromobile, #Paris, #France, #Yachting, #Nautism )

  In the prestigious setting of the Salon Rétromobile, the unmissable event for classic car enthusiasts, Riva Classiche, a subsidiary of the Ferretti Group specialising in the restoration and maintenance of classic boats, will be showcasing an iconic model:...

• Suzuki Marine reports higher profits for the first 9 months of its financial year

  11 February 2025 ( #English Edition, #Suzuki, #Suzuki Marine, #Eco Yachting, #Economy - Shipyards - Investments, #Japan, #Outboard Engine, #Motorboats )

  Suzuki has just published its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, announcing growth in revenues and profits, particularly in its marine segment. On the basis of these results , Suzuki has revised upwards its full-year forecast...

• Level 43 ST: a new vision of the Mediterranean weekender

  11 February 2025 ( #English Edition, #Boot 2025, #Level Yachts, #Motorboats, #New Models 2024-2025, #Spain, #Malaga )

  With the Level 43 ST , Level Yachts , a young Spanish shipyard, has made a remarkable entry into the luxury yacht market, drawing inspiration from Fjord, Pardo and even DB Yachts for its high performance. Presented at BOOT 2025 , this model designed for...

• In Mayotte, the SNSM lifeboat service has performed well, but the future remains uncertain

  11 February 2025 ( #English Edition, #SNSM, #Security, #Mayotte, #Eco Yachting, #Economy - Shipyards - Investments, #Nautism )

  Two months after the passage of cyclone Chido, the 'Sauveteurs en Mer' (sea rescuers) of Mayotte remain mobilised to contribute to the reconstruction and securing of the lagoon. On 14 December 2024 , the Mayotte archipelago was hit full force by cyclone...