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For the past five years, Cape Charles Yacht Center has been welcoming megayachts to the Eastern Shore area of Virginia. A team of investors that includes the head of Maine-based Front Street Shipyard is now operating it. The plans involve a significant expansion into superyacht service and refit. Cape Charles Yacht Center officially opened inContinue Reading
Robert Braithwaite, who left school in England at the age of 15 and went on to establish a British boatbuilder that became the world-renowned Sunseeker, has died. While he successfully battled cancer in recent years, he succumbed to Alzheimer’s. He was 75 years old. Braithwaite got his start in the boating industry in the earlyContinue Reading
If all goes according to plan, this week will see a formal contract signing for Derecktor’s Fort Pierce facility in northern Florida. It’s the official approval from county officials that the new refit yard can begin taking shape. Derecktor won rights to develop in Fort Pierce last fall. The St. Lucie County Commission selected itContinue Reading
For many years, Taiwan-based Horizon has had its American headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida. A second Horizon Yacht USA location just opened earlier this month, in the city nicknamed the yachting capital of the world, Fort Lauderdale. The secondary office sits within the Hall of Fame Marina. It was a natural location, according to theContinue Reading
Due to nearly one-quarter of its customers being repeat clients, Cantiere delle Marche (CdM) knows these owners want to sell their current yacht before taking delivery of the next. In assisting several of them over recent months, the shipyard decided formally to add the service, the CdM Pre-Owned Sales Department. Naturally, the CdM Pre-Owned SalesContinue Reading
“We realized that if we truly wanted to push innovation, to create entirely new yachting designs and experiences, then it also made sense to start with a clean slate in terms of the name.” So says Jozeph Forakis of Jozeph Forakis Design, of how collaborating with Cheoy Lee Shipyards resulted in CL Yachts. CL YachtsContinue Reading