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The 1967 build The Highlander is now under the control of Ocean Marine Yacht Center, following a court order for admiralty arrest. The move stems from Ocean Marine saying more than $744,000 remains unpaid for storage and related services since 2015. Ocean Marine filed a lawsuit on July 28 in Virginia Eastern District Court. According toContinue Reading
Virginia-based Ocean Marine Yacht Center has new owners, and a new name. It’s now known as Ocean Yacht Marina. Suntex Marinas, which owns about two dozen marinas in the United States and Caribbean, bought the Portsmouth-based facility. It’s at mile-marker zero, halfway between New York and Miami on the Intracoastal Waterway. Suntext Marinas now fullyContinue Reading
In an effort both to highlight the support that current megayacht owners have for various charities and to attract more like-minded, qualified individuals to yachting, a new initiative called Ports of Cause is kicking off. Ports of Cause was created by Joyce Clear, principal of the design and fabrication firm Clear Group International. In anContinue Reading
Ocean Marine Yacht Center is known for its megayacht repair and paint services. Now it’s adding interior outfitting to the mix, thanks to an alliance with Clear Yacht Interiors. Based in Portsmouth, Virginia, Ocean Marine Yacht Center has been servicing megayachts to 235 feet at its 20-acre facility year-round for more than a decade (seeContinue Reading
Come late November, most megayachts in the USA are heading to warm-weather island destinations to escape the winter. But at Ocean Marine Yacht Center, megayachts are still being painted and otherwise refitted. Granted, this year the U.S. East Coast has enjoyed warmer-than-usual autumn temperatures. Regardless, the waters outside of Ocean Marine Yacht Center’s Norfolk, VirginiaContinue Reading