Design: The downside of lightweight efficiency - Financial Times

Design: The downside of lightweight efficiency Financial Times As the cost of fuel rises, designers of motor boats are copying the underwater hull attributes of sailing yachts and investigating lightweight materials to improve efficiency. With the demand for superyacht speed rising, so the price of fuel propels ... and more »

Investment: No plain sailing for private equity - Financial Times

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Investment: No plain sailing for private equity Financial Times It was as if Star Capital had acquired a ball bearings factory outside Stuttgart, rather than the builder of such floating palaces as Roman Abramovich's 163-metre luxury motor yacht Eclipse. Mr Mallin's reluctance to get sucked into the glitzy universe ...

Sweden. Rupert Marine introduces Rupert Yachts and the new Rupert 80 - BYM News (press release)

Sweden. Rupert Marine introduces Rupert Yachts and the new Rupert 80 BYM News (press release) Rupert Marines latest design is an 80-foot luxury motor yacht intended for owners of super yachts and other demanding customers and designed in cooperation with world-renowned naval architects and designers, the exterior bears the signature of Ted ...

Sea-change: The Acciona prepares to compete in the Vendée Globe - Financial Times

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Sea-change: The Acciona prepares to compete in the Vendée Globe Financial Times Cruising yachts, especially in the fickle weather of the Mediterranean, often use their diesel engines to move from one place to another. Even racers, forbidden to use anything but sails in a competition, burn diesel in generators or main engines to ...

Pacific Motor Yachts to launch Jeanneau and Prestige - Yacht and Boat

Pacific Motor Yachts to launch Jeanneau and Prestige Yacht and Boat Thurley said the team at Pacific Motor Yachts was building on the experience and expertise gained in building the Clipper Motor Yachts brand and distribution. “Clipper is now the number one selling semi-displacement trawler in Australia,” he said.