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World premieres by Riva, Wally, Galeon, Fairline, Axopar, Saxdor, Dufour, Jeanneau and Moody are among highlights of the 55th edition of Boot Dusseldorf (January 20-28). Featuring about 1,100 boats and more than 1,500 exhibitors this year, the world’s biggest indoor boat and watersports show covers 220,000sqm of exhibition space across 16 halls in Messe Dusseldorf.

Yacht Style Issue 75 kicks off the year with the 2024 list of Asia’s Yachting Leaders, one of the magazine’s most popular annual features. Asia’s Yachting Leaders 2024 Spanning from the Middle East to the Far East, the latest list of leaders features leading lights at the forefront of the region’s luxury boating industry, from yacht

Camper & Nicholsons has announced the sale of the 44.65m Feadship Blue Sky, represented by Senior Advisor Carmen Lau. A 2013 build from the Dutch builder’s F45 Vantage series, Blue Sky has been based at Gold Coast Marina in Hong Kong and was on the market for the first time. She has been sold to the US. Featuring a steel hull

The second Singapore Yachting Festival will be held at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove from April 25 to April 28. The four-day boating and lifestyle show will be preceded by the inaugural ICOMIA Boating Industry Conference on April 23-24 and the Yacht Style Awards on the evening of April 24, with both events also held at

The ILIAD 53F flybridge model is a sistership to the 53S sedan Launched in 2019 with a range of models to suit different budgets, ILIAD Catamarans has already established a second yard to meet demand, and looks like becoming “the next big thing” in the bespoke powercat market. Brainchild of Mark Elkington, CEO of ILIAD

Credit: Toni Meneguzzo Wally staged a private presentation of the wallywhy100 at an exclusive Ferretti Group event in Venice, where the yacht’s coupé design offered a contrast to her 200GT and 150GT flybridge sisters. The main deck is dominated by Wally’s iconic ‘stealth-style’ glass superstructure and a vast beach deck, while the lower deck includes

NextWave Yachting debuted its own Nextender at the Hong Kong International Boat Show in Club Marina Cove. Available to purchase as a production model or for charter, the 28ft speedboat was showcased in the water alongside an Invictus GT280 and a Capoforte CX240, with the Italian sister brands among the dealer’s portfolio of international brands.

Princess Y95 The Thailand premiere of the Princess Y95 is set to be among the highlights of the second Thailand International Boat Show, which will be held at Royal Phuket Marina from January 11-14. Based on the hull of the British builder’s flagship X95, the Y95 is the largest model in the Y series of

The 440 Fly was one of two new Galeon Fly models released in 2023 Galeon has been building motor yachts in Gdansk since 1982 but only became a household name in the yachting world after the release of the 500 Fly designed by UK-based Tony Castro Yacht Design. This still-iconic flybridge motor yacht pioneered the

Princess X80 British builders Sunseeker and Princess will again be Boot Dusseldorf’s largest exhibitors in Hall 6, dedicated to the show’s largest luxury yachts. The 55th edition of the world’s biggest indoor boat show will be held from January 20-28, 2024, a year after the show attracted 237,000 visitors to Messe Dusseldorf, with more than 1,500 companies exhibiting across

Photo: OC Gonzalez The Superyacht Life Foundation has unveiled details of World Boating Day, its new initiative. A non-profit dedicated to telling the positive stories of superyachting to both change public perceptions and grow the industry, The Superyacht Life Foundation has 27 partners from industry sectors including yacht builders, brokerage houses, design studios and marinas. For World Boating Day, the organisation is inviting the boating, yachting and

Sunseeker Ocean 182 Sunseeker International looks set to again be among dominant exhibitors at Boot Dusseldorf after announcing a provisional line-up of nine luxury motor yachts for the 2024 edition, which will be held at Messe Dusseldorf from January 20-28. Presented with distributor Sunseeker London Group, the British builder’s display at Stand B61 in Hall 6 will include

The Kata Rocks Superyacht Rendezvous returns for its eighth edition from December 7-9, with the exclusive invitation-only event on Phuket’s west coast including luxury tastings, the traditional fleet cruise, yacht hopping, Kata Rocks Poker Run and themed closing party. Richard Pope, CEO of Infinite Luxury and Kata Rocks, said: “Phuket has bounced back from the

The 37.3m Nala has a 6.6m beam Lal De Silva has made a serious splash with his high-quality lifestyle businesses in Indonesia. Following an early career as a pastry chef, culminating in the five-star kitchens of the former Regent, Jakarta hotel (now rebranded as Four Seasons), the Sri Lanka-born entrepreneur set up the country’s first

Virtuosity, the second Sanlorenzo 57Steel Sanlorenzo has launched Virtuosity, the second unit the Italian builder’s 57Steel, a model that had its world premiere at this year’s Monaco Yacht Show in late September. A 56.7m superyacht with a volume of 1,021GT, Virtuosityfeatures an exterior by Zuccon International Project and an interior by Piero Lissoni, assisted by the Sanlorenzo SY Style Centre.

James Clayton, Sales Director, Simpson Superyachts According to industry reports, the number of superyachts in the Asia-Pacific region has seen a notable uptick, with an average of 100 superyachts over 30m visiting the region each month – and this figure is growing. In Hong Kong alone, over 100 30m-plus superyachts are registered following a 10

Blue Water Heroes Awards 2023 finalists and judges ONE°15 has announced that it has set aside S$250,000 in conservation funding to support a range of initiatives with local universities including Singapore Management University (SMU). The announcement was made in the wake of the second Blue Water EduFest at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove. The marine conservation funding initiative

Photo credit to Unspalsh In the world of luxury, customisation is not just a trend but a statement of individuality. But have you ever considered extending this customized approach to the marine world? If not, it’s time to find custom marine products here that will help you showcase your exquisite personality. Marine industry leader, Teak

Azimut has revealed designs for the Grande 30M, the fourth model in the Italian builder’s superyacht series to feature an Alberto Mancini exterior but the shipyard’s first yacht to feature an interior by Milan-based M2atelier. The enclosed flybridge motor yacht is expected to debut in 2025 and orders include a hull sold by regional dealer

CL Yachts has released the design of CLB80, which fits between the shipyard’s best-selling CLB72 (click for Review)and the series-flagship CLB88 (click for Review), and is the shipyard’s second model to offer an aft-galley layout, following the entry-model CLB65 (click for Review). Production of the first CLB80 is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2024. Jozeph Forakis has designed the