ow there has been buzz about the Anil Ambani yacht “Tian” which currently according to the leading media publications has been confiscated or detained by the custom authorities of India due to improper registration.
For all those who missed out and are not updated, Giira Yachts has compiled an article providing details of the entire fiasco that has taken place in the Indian waters.

Quick Facts –

Yacht Purchased in Oct 08 by Ammolite Holdings.
The yacht has been seized by …

Homi Manekshaw shares with us his experiences of his voyage to Goa for a yacht delivery & throws light on some lessons learnt! Here goes…

On Sat 31st Jan I joined the yacht along with Gp. Capt. Bhattacharya, Col. Sameer and Tindal Ashok.  All others went back to join up with their normal day-to day callings. My brief was to sail the boat and deliver her safely at her home port – Goa. Since it was a week end we spent the time visiting the places of interest at Murud Janjira …

Sujay Chohan, Director, Mumbai International Boat Show gets candid about the upcoming MIBS ’09 being a ‘trimmed back and somewhat subdued’ affair. The fact that the Boat Show is happening at all is incredible, he says, referring to the terror attacks and the global financial meltdown. As Chohan explains: ‘Because the terrorist group came via the sea route from Pakistan, there was a knee-jerk reaction by the government and police and there’s now a 6pm curfew on boats which have to be moored by sundown. If they’re not, Police have …

Very few Indians have been able to make a mark in the World of Sports and the famous Guinness World Records.
But thanks to the superior quality of sailors in the country, there have been a lot of yachtsmen who have made their marks and have participated and won at the Olympics, Asian Games and have been conferred the title of Arjuna Awardee (the highest title in terms of Sports in India).

Gautama Dutta, the man behind the success of Ferrettis and Pershings in India – was born with a sail. Serving …

Below is an interview of Mr Vishal Chaudhry Driector of Aquamarine services who are the exclusive distributors of U.K based Princess Yachts in India.
From the commissions he makes to the prices of the yachts and even his future plans, all has been reveled in the interview.

Q: On whatever you sell, you pick up a commission from Princess on every sale?
A: We are the distributors for Princess Yacht in India and like all other distributorships around the world you do work on some sort of a commission basis based on the …

Tilli Antonelli – a name that sends ripples in the Italian yachting fraternity…doesn’t need any introduction. This true-blue Italian apart from being the Founder and President of none other than the most passionate line of yachts – PERSHING – believes that ‘It’s all about selling emotions’ when it comes to yachts.

It was clearly a matter of good fortune for Team GIIRA when Mr. Gautama Dutta of Marine Solutions invited us to have a light chat over breakfast with the man himself. Little did we realise what we were in for …