by Natalie | Jan 18, 2019 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
Around 2,000 exhibitors and 1,500 craft on display in 16 halls Boot Dusseldorf is the world’s largest indoor leisure boat show With the London Boat Show no more, the privilege of opening the European boat show season goes to boot Düsseldorf, which is celebrating its...
by Natalie | Jan 18, 2019 | Daily News, Features
Ferretti Group, the Italian company known for high-end yachts, has acquired Wally, the iconic custom luxury yacht builder based in Monaco. Having developed the Wally Class in 1999, these jaw-dropping Superyachts are distinguished by class rules that...
by Natalie | Jan 17, 2019 | Daily News, Features
There are less than 1500 miles to the finish of this edition of the Golden Globe Race, with a tight race between the leader, France’s Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Dutchman Mark Slats. At 20:00 UTC today, Slats is maintaining the distance between him and the leader,...
by Natalie | Jan 16, 2019 | Daily News, Features
Ralph Kudla discusses the German yard’s new strategy, new boats and a new way of leadership since the takeover last year Dr Ralph Kudla, MD of Bavaria Yachts After the takeover of Bavaria Yachts by private equity investor CMP in October 2018, the situation at...
by Natalie | Jan 15, 2019 | Daily News, Features
With less than 1,700 miles back to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne, 2nd placed Dutchman Mark Slats has sliced a further 393 miles out of France’s Jean-Luc Van Den Heede’s lead in terms of distance to finish over the past 8 days. At 12:00 UTC today, the gap was just...
by Natalie | Jan 15, 2019 | Daily News, Features
For many years, BoatUS has warned against the dangers of boating while under the influence of alcohol, which, according to the U.S. Coast Guard’s 2017 Recreational Boating Statistics Report, continues to be the leading known contributing factor in fatal boating...
