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U.S.-built yachts planning to charter in the Med this summer will be hit with a steep retaliatory tariff. While the tax decision dates back nearly a year, captains, yacht managers, shipyards, and more report its enforcement going into effect now. As much as some details seem clear, however, others are not. Therefore, the European CommissionContinue Reading
Editor’s note: Due to reader requests, we’re increasing our cruising coverage, with a series titled 3 Days Cruising. In each feature, we’ll whet your appetite for different regions, further giving you insider information. In this first installment, we focus on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, through the eyes of the staff at Marina d’Arechi in Salerno. IfContinue Reading
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 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 in 2014, filling aContinue Reading
Julie P. Nicholson, who co-founded Nicholson Yacht Charters, the oldest established yacht-charter firm, died on February 27 in Maine. She was 90 years old. To say that she was decades ahead of her time is an understatement. Born Julie Pyle in 1928, she grew up in Connecticut. She attended and graduated from Smith College inContinue Reading
Antigua is the winter home to many private and charter yachts, perhaps even yours. It’s further host to a few regattas that might pique your interest or, perhaps, participation. Rather than dock at a marina, wouldn’t it be more convenient to anchor by your own private residence? Half Moon Bay Antigua, a residential and resortContinue Reading
With seven offices globally, Hill Robinson offers services from yacht management to new-construction project oversight to charter. Its Fort Lauderdale-based charter-management team has expanded, to include an experienced charter broker. Dee Kraley, whose charter knowledge dates back more than 20 years, is now part of the charter-management team. Kraley’s career in yachting is similar toContinue Reading