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Inaugurated this summer season, the first IGY Marinas property in Europe also has its first visitor. The yacht, with her owners onboard, arrived yesterday. A celebratory bottle of champagne welcomed them to the company’s purpose-built marina in the South of France, IGY Sète. IGY Marinas announced its South of France expansion in 2017. Tom Mukamal,Continue Reading
Next summer, cruisers on Casco Bay in Maine can get the IGY Marinas treatment. The company will operate a newly developed property in Portland. Fore Points Marina is set to become the company’s northernmost facility in the United States, too. With slips for a variety of boats and yachts, Fore Points Marina is entirely new. It’sContinue Reading
IGY Marinas has a second location in the Mediterranean. Effective late this month, it’s co-managing operations of Marina di Porto Cervo in Sardinia with the facility’s owner. This includes both the slips for yachts and megayachts as well as the repair yard on site. Marina di Porto Cervo is one of the most well-known marinasContinue Reading
Three months on from hurricanes leaving unprecedented destruction, the Yacht Club at Isle De Sol in St. Maarten plus Yacht Haven Grande in St. Thomas are welcoming megayachts again. IGY Marinas, which operates the properties, does say that storm cleanup is ongoing. Isle De Sol (above, pre-storm), for example, has 18 of 38 megayacht slipsContinue Reading
Typically at this time, megayacht captains, owners, and charter guests are making plans for the winter season. Due to Hurricanes Irma, Jose, and Maria, however, you may question whether to head to the Caribbean as usual. Rumors, erroneous information, and even lack of information are compounding matters. The St. Maarten Marine Trades Association (SMMTA) thereforeContinue Reading
Exactly one month ago, Irma made landfall on Barbuda as a Category 5 hurricane. Adding insult to injury, Maria came through the Caribbean, also as a Category 5, on September 19. Barbuda, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, Turks and Caicos, and both the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, among others, are struggling to rebuild. As muchContinue Reading