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Bean there | Christensen Shipyards: Knowing smile
Hands-on experience gave the relatively young Christensen Shipyards’ president Joe Foggia the confidence to take the US boatbuilder to the next level. Bransom Bean went to find out his plans.
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World News Focus | Bateau bleu: Derelict hulls? FIN explores recycling GRP
While the proposal is still far from reality, France’s marine trade association FIN (Fédération des Industries Nautiques) hopes to develop a series of high-tech centres for recycling old boats within the next three years. The BPHU (Bateaux de Plaisance Hors d’Usage) project is another example of the trade association’s long-term ...
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World News Focus | Bateau bleu: In France, blue means green
The ‘Label Bateau Bleu’ programme is one of several environmental initiatives that the French marine trade association (FIN) is spearheading before the onset of tougher regulations.
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Installation news 1 | InteliSea: Watch leader
US company InteliSea is turning heads with its new alarm, monitoring and control system. Bransom Bean headed to California to find out why.
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Installation news 11: Ethereal's onboard-power system: Power struggle
Bill Joy’s 58m (190ft) ketch Ethereal, currently under construction at Royal Huisman Shipyard (RHS) in Holland, will have a bank of lithium batteries powerful enough to replace the work of the main engine and run the yacht as a quiet ship for up to eight hours. This is just the ...
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Yard and Yacht | CRN & GiVi: Busy platforms
Ancona, Italy-based CRN continues to go from strength to strength as a ‘multi-brand’ shipyard. Including the top-end contract building it carries out for the Ferretti Group stablemates, it has sold 31 semi-custom and custom yachts over the past two years — a mix of 23 Custom Line and CRN composite ...
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Yard and Yacht | Barcos Deportivos & BD A-100: Lifting nicely...
Having shown with its latest launch its ability to build high-quality performance sailing yachts, Spanish yard Barcos Deportivos has embarked on ambitious expansion plans. As Bob Greenwood reports, this should see it become a much bigger player.
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Extended test | Adele in the Southern Ocean: Penguin suited
What criteria should be applied when designing a yacht for cruising in conditions varying from the heat and humidity of the tropics to the floating ice of the high latitudes? David Glenn went on a four-week cruise in the South Atlantic aboard the 55m (180ft) Vitters-built retro-ketch Adèle to find ...
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BUSINESS REPORT | US boats: Brunswick programme set to “redefine dealer-manufacturer relations”
Brunswick chairman Dustan McCoy unveiled a potentially revolutionary programme called Brunswick Dealer Advantage at the Miami Boat Show. It offers Brunswick boat or motor dealers in the US a suite of services that range from discounted office supplies to multi-year sales agreements. “Dealer Advantage eclipses anything being offered in the ...
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BUSINESS REPORT | US boats: Yacht segment
Regardless of the definition, bigger is better in the booming yacht market
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BUSINESS REPORT | US boats: Inboard segment - Gobbling up market share from sterndrive manufacturers
A decade ago, inboard-powered ski and wakeboard boats were little more than a niche market that generated about 2,500 units per year in sales. Over the last three years, the segment has seen prolonged growth, with 11,603 units sold at retail in 2004, 12,425 in 2005, and the NMMA is ...
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BUSINESS REPORT | US boats: Sailboat segment
Despite pockets of brisk sales, sailing’s stuck in the doldrums
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BUSINESS REPORT | US boats: Import/Export segment
US builders head for the export market to offset weak domestic sales, while importers stay the course in a tough euro-US dollar exchange rate.
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BUSINESS REPORT | US boats
2007 will probably go down in the US boatbuilding record book as a lacklustre sales year. But behind the flat, and most likely downward-sloping sales curve, there has been a flurry of activity by US boatbuilders that includes aggressive new product launches and niche marketing.
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Marine business latest stock price review
In the review this week Bnteau posts its 6-month figures; Brunswick gives dealers GM discounts; new addition HanseYachts buys Moody; Johnson receives flood damages; and Volvo completes its Nissan acquisition
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HanseYachts buys Moody
Germany's HanseYachts has revealed that it has purchased the Moody brand from the UK's Premier Marinas for an undisclosed sum
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ANEN hires new marketing director
ANEN, the Asociacin Nacional de Empresas Nuticas, has announced the appointment of Manuel Sevilla as its new director of marketing
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TRAC Ecological Products signs on 17 new dealers
The Ft Lauderdale company has new dealers in the US, France, Puerto Rico and The Netherlands
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Sea Light wins Young Yacht Design Award
Sea Level Naval Architects of The Netherlands picked up a Young Yacht Design Award (YYDA) at this year's Venice Boat Show
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NauticExpo offers free product alerts
Marine web portal NauticExpo, a 'virtual boat show', is offering free monthly product alerts from its list of exhibiting companies