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UPDATE, APRIL 17, 2019: Derecktor and St. Lucie County officials formally signed their long-awaited contract yesterday to create a refit yard in northeastern Florida. Derecktor Fort Pierce will focus on power megayachts from 150 feet (about 46 meters) and larger, as well as sailing superyachts. Paul Derecktor, owner of the eponymous yard, tells TCPalm.com, “TheContinue Reading
Last week, the Amels staff enjoyed their own private aurora borealis show. Unlike the famous atmospheric event, though, this light show took place in its own drydock. Aurora Borealis, the first Amels 220, showed off her lines under gleaming green lights the evening before she slipped out into daylight for the first time. Amels previouslyContinue Reading
If you’ve been around yachting a while, certainly Bob Roscioli’s name is familiar. He’s been a fixture in the industry for more than five decades. Among his accomplishments: acquiring rights to the Donzi sportfishing brand name nearly 30 years ago, and building the boats in Bradenton, Florida. He also created Roscioli Yachting Center, a riggingContinue Reading
The Malaysian government is finally freeing itself from maintaining the megayacht it seized from a fugitive financier. Equanimity sold to Genting Malaysia, a resort and casino company, for $126 million. The megayacht did so via a private sale, directly between the government and the company. Malaysia’s attorney general, Tommy Thomas, revealed the sale on AprilContinue Reading
A settlement has come in a yearlong struggle over who in a divorced couple rightfully owns a 377-foot (115-meter) megayacht. Dubai’s Court of Appeal ruled that Russian oil and gas magnate Farkhad Akhmedov owns Luna. It therefore overruled a lower court’s order to seize the megayacht and grant ownership to his ex-wife, Tatiana Akhmedova. AkhmedovContinue Reading
Blanche Cook, whose business acumen and personal passion for yacht restoration made her a fixture in the superyacht scene, died following a battle with cancer on March 28. She was 58 years old. A native of Auckland, New Zealand, Blanche founded Yachting Developments shipyard there with her husband, Ian Cook. They did so about threeContinue Reading