Riviera has announced plans to focus exclusively on the development and build of the Riviera brand of boats for its large client base and dealer network around the world, dropping its distribution of US brand, Grand Banks Yachts and UK brand, Princess Yachts.
“The Riviera brand has achieved iconic status over 29 years and our future success will be driven by our ability to enhance that position,” said CEO John Anderson. “As we have previously announced, we are restructuring the Riviera business in order to survive the current economic climate.

“As …

1st Hobie 16 inland National Championship at Hussain Sagar Lake Hyderabad under the burgee of Artillery Water Sports Association(AWSA) and the Yacht Club of Hyderabad.
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This event is part of the ‘Save the Lake Monsoon Regatta’ being held at Hussain Sagar Lake Hyderabad. This event will mark the end of the sailing season at Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad.

This event will be clubed with Match Racing on J-24s and Optimist fleet racing. Floats and ferries have been arrranged for spectators. Grand finale will have a Fashion …

On the 12 of June 2009 Roman Abramovich’s motor yacht ECLIPSE underwent a preliminary launch at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. The superyacht will undergo further construction and finishing before being delivered to the owner later in the year.

The massive displacement superyacht ECLIPSE was designed by Hermidas Atabeyki ,with interior designs done by the very well know designer Terrence Disdale. The mega yacht, after its launch is now the largest private yacht in the world which will have a gross tonnage of around 13,000 tonnes.
No public …

AN EXTRA 200 jobs could be created by Princess Yachts’ move to build £12million superyachts at Devonport naval base’s South Yard.
The Plymouth-based luxury boat firm said the jobs would be on top of the numbers already employed making boats at its other sites.
And it means some of the 300 workers axed just last month could be brought back.
Managing director Chris Gates said the firm’s £15million to £20million investment in establishing a new factory on redundant Ministry of Defence land had already protected existing jobs.
It was a key factor in the …

Its not just about the mega and super yachts offering that offer utmost luxury to its guests/ owners, its the yacht toys which really defines the personality and dynamic nature of the owner of the magnicifient beauty.
And believe you me its not just the jet skis and speed boats that we are talking about from mini submarines to helicopters, yacht toys have come a long way in terms of technology, size, price and entertainment value.
Below are a list of some of the top yacht owning personalities of the …

Pershing enters the very heart of the nautical season with the exclusive Pershing SeaShow 2009. An event created to promote the brand’s innovative corporate philosophy, the SeaShow has been on the programme from the 12th to 14th June, in the extraordinary setting of Cattolica Marina. SeaShow 2009 is an appointment devoted to all lovers of the shipyard’s unmistakeable style. It provides a special opportunity for them to share unique moments on board a Pershing, and directly experience the sportsmanship and elegant style of these yachts.
The most …

Althougth there is absolutely no sign of the monsoons starting anytime soon but, as per the sailing schedule all the boats, yachts, and other vessels have been safely nested in their yards, docks etc and will only return in Sept after the monsoons.
Q. So what can a Landlubber do next??
A. Kayaking!!!
Kayaking is probably one of the easiest sports to learn and become pretty good in short time. Infact its even great for non swimmers as most of the times kayaking is conducted in inbound well protected lakes with minimum possibility …

Palmer Johnson is preparing to take on the world with a 267′ Ice Class expedition yacht designed by Nuvolari & Lenard, aptly named the “World“. Having acquired the Norwegian shipyard Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk’s, who specialized in building complex seismic, research and exploration vessels, PJ has now positioned themselves to build “world” class expedition yachts.

Exemplifying this approach - and specific to the PJ World Yacht - a Rolls Royce UT hull will be optimized to a Diesel-Electric Azipull Propulsion system to facilitate multiple operational parameters. This design is …

 
GroupM beats Starcom and Madison in yacht racing
The international movie channel from UTV Entertainment Television recently conducted a yacht racing competition for media agencies. This was UTV World Movies’ way of creating a meeting point with its clients to interact about the channel’s brand proposition.
 
Sameer Ganapathy, business head of UTV World Movies, says, “We wanted to create an entertaining platform for our fraternity members and clients to get together at one place. This yacht sailing competition not only engaged our clients in a spirit of competitiveness, but also served as …

Indian Navy’s sailing vessel Mhadei’, a state-of-the-art yacht built in Goa, set sail for Mauritius last week on her maiden long distance voyage from the naval jetty at Chicalim. 
 
The expedition, a first of its kind in India, was flagged off by rear admiral Sudhir Pillai, flag officer commanding, Goa naval area. 
 
The distance of over 2,300 nautical miles is expected to be covered in 25 days under various trying conditions that would include encounter with the south west monsoon, north of the equator, crossing the equator, and negotiating the south east trade …