Feadship F45 TV in Golfe Juan

Spotted in Camille Rayon port yesterday, the Feadship TV was launched in 2008.
This massive displacement motor yacht is the third in the series of F45 Vantage semi-custom yachts following MY Space and MY Harle.
Credit: www.charterminute.com

Price tag: around 35M€


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2009: Boat repo firm breaking sales records

April 200 - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – For boat repo and auction firm National Liquidators, 2008 was a record breaking year. Sales were up 86 percent, compared to 2007, to nearly $82 million and orders were taken to repossess 3,066 boats, the highest number of vessels in its 21 years of business, according to an article yesterday in the Sun Sentinel.

So far, 2009 looks even better. The company is repossessing about 380 boats a month, and the company’s president, Robert Toney, told the newspaper that number may increase to more than 400.
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In addition, the average size of the vessels continues to climb. While Toney told the newspaper that most boats the company seizes range from 30 to 50 feet in length, an increasing number of repossession orders for 55- to 75-foot boats and larger have been taken.

The company was in the news earlier this week for repossessing jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot, $2.2-million, custom-built fishing boat for federal authorities.

National Liquidator’s subsidiary, National Maritime Services, impounded the boat, which is expected to be sold at auction to help repay investors Madoff defrauded, the newspaper reported.

Credit: Boating Industry

Quote of the Day

"I’m no economist so won’t try to pontificate on the mechanics of a yachting bubble compared to property, dot com shares or the South Sea Company. It does strike me, though, that yachting has a few unique drivers like impatience, a good dose of bluster (to put it kindly) and general tendencies of one-upmanship."
Dickie Bannenberg - published on the Synfo.com Forum

Superyacht picture: Classic Yacht Oiseau de Feu

Built in 1937 for RORC Commodore Ralph Hawkes, Oiseau de Feu (ex. Firebird X, ex Flame II ex, Vindilis II) was originally launched as Firebird X and had been rigged as a Marconi cutter.

Renamed Oiseau de Feu in 1970 and upgraded by Labbé shipyard and Ribadeau Dumas architect, this classic yacht has since been classified under the French flag as an historic monument.
Credit: charterminute.com







Yacht available for charter with Charterminute.com

No superyacht tax but new boat tax !

Balticbusinessnews.com website reported recently that "The plan of City of Tallinn to start taxing small craft up to 12 metres long next year shows the City's interesting relationship with rich businessmen."

The website also reported that "Tallinn will introduce a sales tax for traders and retailers which is expected to bring in 150 million kroons. Sales tax will be paid by natural persons who are self-employed in trade business or service sector and by legal persons that operate in the retail, catering or service segment."

Ekspress has listed Estonia's 20 longest motoryachts by length, name and owner...

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Tiger Woods yacht picture

Tiger Wood's superyacht is a $22m 155-foot motoryacht build by the American shipyard Christensen in 2004.





Tiger Woods' yacht 'Privacy' is seen being loaded with supplies while docked at Old Port Cove in North Palm Beach, Florida.

Crew attempted to disguise the yacht by covering its name up.

What's new in Antibes ?

Plastic wrapped superyacht


The aft deck of the 75m Lurssen Coral Island is partially wrapped up in white plastic.

This is just the same with the Feadship Rahal while the 75m Oceanco Anastasia is having new teak on her swim platform.



Waiting for a new owner...


The 75m sailing yacht Phocea, built 33 years ago by DCN, is still waiting for a new owner.

New kid in town !



The recently launched Amels 171 Limited Edition Addiction, designed by Tim Heywood, is waiting for her owner.

Yacht out of control

One of the rare video that shows a yacht (117ft/41m Royal Denship "Unforgettable") which was out of control and crashed against the dock.
The end of the video shows that Royal Denship used to build robust yacht...

The shipyard was declared bankrupt by the Bankruptcy Court in Aarhus in April 2009.

Credit: Unknown - Youtube.com

Picture of the day: Plamer Johnson vanquish

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The Palmer Johnson PJ120 Vanquish was spotted in Cannes Vieux Port.
Photo credit: Charterminute.com

Time to go green !

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Article published on the Daily Mail website
How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in the world...

We've all noticed it. The filthy black smoke kicked out by funnels on cross-Channel ferries, cruise liners, container ships, oil tankers and even tugboats...

Read the complete article here and check out the map showing the world's major shipping routes and the density of traffic - and therefore- pollution along them.