Tragedy struck at UK maring.

A six-foot wave has wreaked havoc, sinking yachts and causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage at a UK marina.

The main cause for the incident at Maryport marina, Cumbria was reportedly the failure of lock gates.
The gates were recently refurbished at a cost of whooping £300,000. To oversee the rescue operation, Maryport coastguard were called in after boats were thrown against each other and sunk.
At least 10 boats have been damaged, six of them severely. A catamaran ended up on its side and marina …

Three people were killed and four others seriously injured when their 40-foot powerboat plowed onto marshland on a moonlit Sunday night off Long Island’s southern shore. The Hustler speedboat was navigating a channel in an area dotted with boggy salt marshes, just south of Wantagh, when it ran aground, authorities said. The boat’s captain was thrown off the craft, and pronounced dead by rescuers when they arrived.

The Nassau County Police Department said officers responded about 7 p.m. to the accident, along with the U.S. Coast Guard, Wantagh Fire Department and …

Necker Belle, a magnificent 32 metre (105 foot) catamaran, is the latest addition to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Limited Edition collection. She is a beautiful catamaran with amazing interiors. Previously named Lady Barbaretta, she went under extensive refit in the past two years and finally was introduced to Sir Richard Branson in her spectacular new form.

In his personal blog, Sir Richard commented: ‘I was thrilled to be able to jump onboard and see Necker Belle in all her true glory. She really is a stunner and …

As part of the current deep restructuring of the French yard Jeanneau, its Spanish subsidiary Jeanneau España is being closed down after 28 years of activity. The market will now be run from the head office.
The announcement was made by Ricardo Alamo who has been professionally linked with Jeanneau for the last 22 years, the last six as the general manager of the now extinct subsidiary.

“Over the years we have worked hard and exceeded our targets. In 2007, 2008 and the first half of 2009, Jeanneau has been the number …

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 …

 
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 …

Luxury motor yacht manufacturer Pearl Motor Yachts has formed a prestigious partnership with Bentley UK.

The stunning flagship Pearl 60 will take pride of place at this year’s show alongside three of Bentley’s most exciting models: the Continental GT, Continental GTC and the new Brooklands, providing yachting enthusiasts with an enviable opportunity to experience these luxury models first hand.
Iain Smallridge, Managing Director of Pearl Motor Yachts commented: “Bentley is one of
the most coveted luxury brands in the world and we are delighted to be working with them.

“From the attention …

Regal has been awarded “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Express Cruisers (24-33 feet), Three Years in a Row, Tied in 2009“ by J.D. Power and Associates.

Duane Kuck, President & CEO, Regal remarks:  “It’s extremely difficult to get to the top. We have worked very hard to get to this point,“ said Duane Kuck, president and CEO of Regal Marine. “But it is even more difficult to stay there; the competition in the marine industry right now is very strong. Receiving these recognitions again and closing the gap in the other …

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 …

The much awaited SeaFarer 32 shuttle Diesel is on the waters! Some of the first pics are posted. The SeaFarer 32 Shuttle comes with twin 200 hp OBM engines and with the smaller twin 115 hp OBMs…
Says Maneck Contractor: “The development of the new model and our new molding shop and production unit took a lot of time and effort and now we are glad to have gone down the process. The quality we are achieving is high and the product has an international standard , inspite of this fact …

India is home to 83,000 millionaires and growing… That’s not in Rupee but in Dollar terms. What’s more, the number of people with over US $1 million in net assets grew last year at a roaring 19.3%, the world’s second fastest growth. At that rate, another 16,000 millionaires will be added to the list next year. These were the findings of the Merrill Lynch-Capgemini 10th World Wealth eport (2006).
Spearheaded by annual growth of 8%, India is expected to become the fourth largest economy by 2025 and the third largest by …