April

The International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) is set to host the ICOMIA Boating Industry Conference on the 23 and 24 April 2024, in conjunction with 2 nd edition of the Singapore Yachting Festival, being held at the award-winning ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove Singapore.

Hamburg-based insurance broker Pantaenius celebrates 125 years in business, a foundation upon which Harald Baum and his family continue to build Europe’s leading yacht insurance experts. Today, Pantaenius Versicherungsmakler GmbH serves approximately 5,000 medium-sized companies from five locations: Düsseldorf, Eisenach, Kiel, Munich and Hamburg.

Hong Seh Yachting, alongside their principal Ferretti Group will showcase a spectacular line-up of yachts from Wally, Riva, and Ferretti Yachts. The jewel of the display is the innovative and bold wallywhy200, making her debut in the Asia-Pacific region.

Celebrating 40 years of business,Simpson Marine is proud to present a fleet of six yachts, which includes the latest models from the world’s most prestigious yacht builders, Sanlorenzo, Bluegame and Fairline. Heading the line-up is the SD118, the first of its kind in Asia and the flagship of the Semi-Displacement range from Sanlorenzo.

Instead of partying on the pistes,YACHTNEEDS and Port Vauban are bringing the party to the port, Antibes style, for their 5th edition of the annual Captains & Crew party. Captains and Crew,don’t miss out on this year’s Snow Festival 2023- Antibes Style. Bring your ski goggles, your beanies and/or your most outrageous ski outfits, and party the night away like you would on the slopes.

Besides hosting Megayacht News Radio, the longest-running podcast covering superyachts, Diane M. Byrne of Megayacht News is now co-host of The Yacht Law Podcast, with well-known maritime lawyer Michael Moore of Moore & Company.

The ceremony was held at the Livorno yard to launch FB283, a 62-meter Benetti Full Custom Yacht with a steel hull and an aluminium superstructure, tailor made for the owner like a bespoke suit. Signing off the entire project from a blank sheet of paper was Giorgio Cassetta, author of the exteriors and interiors. The hull lines are by Van Oossanen Naval Architects.

Best wishes to APSA member Kenta Inaba (SYL Japan) who will be competing in the 30 th Rolex China Sea Race (RCSR) which starts tomorrow, 5 April, 2023. Sailing on SHK Scallywag Fuku, owned by Meitatsu Fukumoto and Seng Huang Lee, and skippered by David Witt, the ORMA 60 Trimaran will be sailing under the Hong Kong flag.