S/Y (Superyacht) Doriana is a schooner which was originally built at Frederikssund shipyard in Denmark in 1930, for the Danish ship owner Ivar Lauritzen, who sailed her around the Swedish and Norwegian coasts. She was sold in United States and chartered out of Antigua in the 1970s. Completely restored between 2003 and 2005, this classic sailing yacht has an exterior styling by E. Wedell, and the engineering by A. von Lindholm, with an interior designed by Donald Starkey. Following her extensive … [Read more...]
Amsterdam in Water Boat Show – September Edition
Amsterdam in Water Boat Show took place this year (2016) between August 29 - September 3 in Amsterdam Marina. This is a very short post about it, just for the record and pure fun. I have been so busy all month with issues outside my main business, so I have neglected my show articles even about the most fanciest of them all, the one from Cannes. I'm not so sorry because the Cannes Show was already featured on this website, and in Amsterdam they were exposing boats for the second time this year. … [Read more...]
HISWA Amsterdam Boat Show
The Amsterdam Boat Show, organized by HISWA at RAI Amsterdam, is a festival who celebrates water sports fans indoors. It is held in 2016 between 16 to 20 March. HISWA stands for Dutch Water Sports Industry Association. If you are looking for a new boat, you will find a wide array of launches, open sailboats, day sailing boats and speedboats, most of which are ready to immediately be used. The Association also has a fun sports section which offers everything in the field of windsurfing, … [Read more...]
Astondoa from Spain
The Astondoa Group has four major production centers strategically distributed throughout Spain, at Gallarta (Vizcaya), La Unión (Murcia), Vigo (Galicia) and Almansa (Albacete). Astondoa started creating and building yachts in 1916, as an idea of Jesús Astondoa Martínez. After three generations and over 90 years of accumulated experience, they guarantee a commitment to technology, design and innovation. Astondoa produces five luxury motoryachts ranges: Coupe, Top Deck, Flybridge, … [Read more...]
Benetti – the Italian Excellence
Benetti is a company with one hundred and forty two years of history, more than three hundred boats already built, over 300,000 square meters (3.229.173 square feet) of production facilities in about six shipyards in Italy, with forty-five yachts under construction at the present time, including three really huge yachts of 90 meters and longer. They build three classes at the moment: Custom, Class Displacement, and Class Fast Displacement. Custom Vica [source for all pictures: … [Read more...]