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Octogenarian Jon Sanders has become the oldest person to sail single-handedly around the world. On 31 January Sanders sailed his old 39-foot yacht, the Perie Banou II, into Western Australia’s Fremantle Harbour. This was his 11th solo navigation around the globe. He was sponsored by the Minderoo Foundation (https://www.minderoo.org). Sanders battled three huge storm systems […]
Peters & May has successfully shipped the 31.4m Southern Wind 96 sailing yacht Ammonite between Cape Town in South Africa and Newcastle, Australia, on the MV Sider Jasmin, a 138m cargo ship equipped with two 80-ton cranes. This shipment marks Peters & May’s continuous expansion into Australian territories. Ammonite represented a particularly precious shipment, says […]
After more than five years exploring South-East Asia, the 41m MY Batavia, based in Asia for the past five years, has undertaken the first tranche of a series of complex refit works at The Boat Works. Batavia is one of 47 superyachts of 24m+ from the Asia-Pacific and Australian market to head to The Boat […]
Maritimo has announced it’ll be premiering its new S55 sedan motor yacht in May 2021, with details to be unveiled at the Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival. “The new S55 offshore adventuring sedan motor yacht marks the first of an evolutionary design shift to the exterior form and styling within the S-Series sedan motor yacht range,” […]
A proposed $200 million redevelopment of Brisbane’s Rivergate Marina in Murarrie would make the shipyard the largest superyacht refit and maintenance hub in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Brisbane Times. Documents lodged with Brisbane City Council show the 8.4-hectare shipyard and marina could be refurbished to include three massive sheds to house superyachts while they […]