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The city of Auckland, New Zealand has abandoned plans to charge a daily superyacht anchoring fee. It was part of an effort to better fund harbor upkeep. Instead, visiting yachts exceeding a certain size will need to pay a smaller, annual fee. The decision comes after pressure from the local community, including a yachtingContinue Reading
This week the Trump administration clamped down on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba. While most news reports have focused on cruise-ship passengers, the policy restricts recreational yacht travel to Cuba, too. Even with the seemingly chilling effect, though, yacht owners and guests can still visit under certain circumstances. Abiding is key, since the new enforcementContinue Reading
Set your DVR for June 14 if you are a Netflix subscriber. For a little over an hour and a half, you’ll get to see a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife try to solve a murder aboard a megayacht. The film is Murder Mystery. The cop is played by Adam Sandler, theContinue Reading
The government of The Bahamas requires that foreign-flagged charter yachts pay a four-percent fee when in its waters. By its own admission, though, the government has not collected the money from visiting yachts in many years. This may now change, however. The Ministry of Finance is considering enforcing the Bahamas yacht charter fee as partContinue Reading
PHOTO: Tom van Oossanen Northern European shipyards build a number of megayachts year after year. Several of these same yachts head farther north for maiden cruises, even full summers. Yachting-industry representatives across the region have therefore joined together to create a cruising campaign. The official Northern European Superyacht Route is still in its infancy. But,Continue Reading
PHOTOS: courtesy Studio Vafiadis “I adore seeing a boat being built, coming along from nothing to something nice and unique,” says Paris Dragnis, the owner of O’Ptasia and Golden Yachts, her builder. “This enjoyment in boatbuilding pushed me to make my own yard. I have built many boats, 11 up to now, all designed byContinue Reading