Maybe it’s because it’s foggy and grey again for what seems like the umpteenth time in the past week. Maybe it’s also because I’ve had it up to here with the Presidential campaign ads airing in advance of today, a.k.a. Super Tuesday. Either way, the new IslaMoin marina and resort in Costa Rica sounds like…
The $500-million development of Grenada’s Port Louis into a mecca for megayachts just got a shot in the arm from Camper & Nicholsons Marina Investments (CNMI). CNMI, which acquires, develops, and operates both new and existing marinas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, recently obtained the rights to continue developing Port Louis and manage…
First it was the Caribbean. Then it was Eastern Europe. Now, it’s Nova Scotia.According to a report earlier this week in the Yarmouth Vanguard, the southwestern city of Yarmouth anticipates attracting a few more megayachts beginning next spring. A 200-foot-long floating dock for them was approved for construction, to replace a shorter floating dock as…
Yesterday’s post about marina development and expansion in Florida’s Palm Beach County couldn’t have been timelier: After writing it, I read a press release from Island Global Yachting (IGY), the developer behind the well-publicized Yacht Haven Grande megayacht marina in St. Thomas (among others), trumpeting its expansion into Eastern Europe–specifically, Croatia, to create the country’s…
Every few years the Marine Industries Association of South Florida releases a study showing just how big of an economic impact megayachts make in the region. The most recent study, released about a month ago, showed that in 2006, 1,500 megayachts cruised into the area, spending a total of about $732 million on everything from…
Add the twin-island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis to the growing list of countries looking to welcome megayachts into their harbors.A 2,500-acre resort is being developed in conjunction with the government of St. Kitts along the southeast peninsula, pictured here. Christophe Harbour will, among other things, feature 40 to 60 berths for yachts up…
Move over, Mexico. Sit down, Seattle. There’s a new megayacht basin in town. Bad plays on words aside, a new megayacht marina in San Diego intends to start turning yachtsmen’s attention more toward the Southern California city. The intention is to attract as much attention as its neighbors to the north and south. Already open,…
