With just over 2 months to go before the opening of the 2021 edition, the Monaco Yacht Show is fine-tuning its brand-new format dedicated to superyacht end users. The show will be set in a safe environment, with the participation of major players from across the industry.
This year, APSA celebrates its 10th Anniversary. Although the pandemic is ongoing and we still have some challenges, there are superyacht events being planned for the second half of the year and some countries are now opening more to travellers and superyachts.
The first ‘Longer Long Lunch’ was hosted by Rivergate Marina & Shipyard, in conjunction with Catalano Agents NZ. The successful networking event was held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron(RNZYS) on Thursday 24 June 2021. The lunch was the opportunity for Captains from all over the region to socialise and exchange information and opinions about the region’s place and its prospects in an ever-changing World.
The Kingdom of Thailand in Southeast Asia is surrounded inland by Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Cambodia with the other part lying on the Malay Peninsula and neighbouring Malaysia. This area also divides Thailand into two important areas for visiting motor, sailing yachts and superyachts — the eastern Gulf of Thailand and the western Andaman Sea.
Ever since the very beginning of Simpson Marine, which was founded in in Hong Kong in 1984, customer care has been at the heart of what the company does. Mike Simpson, founder of Simpson Marine is committed to taking care of the people they sell boats too. This includes the solid service support and after sales team structure across all the Simpson Marine offices and today the support services account for half of the company’s team. This is all done to assist yacht owners in their yachting journey, and to make sure their experience is a happy and hassle-free wherever possible.
The launch of the “Phuket Sandbox” programme that began July 1st signaled the beginning of Thailand’s tourism revitalisation. Following Phuket’s reopening will be the “Samui Plus” Model with registration for entering Thailand under the slated reopening scheme reopening July 15th.
Nigel Beatty, head of YACHTZOO JAPAN and APSA Chairman was recently cruising on Silent World II, in the Seto Naikai – the Inland Sea of Japan. “We spent 5 days onboard as guests of the owner, enjoying a great cruising, local foods, swimming and water toys,” says Beatty.
Ready for departure, destination: X-SPACE. Sanlorenzo, once again, is preparing to set sail for new courses, guiding us on a journey to discover unexplored design horizons.
The AZURE team that provide health, disability and accident insurance for yacht crews around the world, have signed up a slew of large yachts through the APAC region in the last six months.
OASIS DECKTM is the name of a new solution offered by Benetti which, based on the extraordinary success of the Oasis 40M boasting sales of six units in APAC region and 15 units globally. Now featured on new models of the Oasis 34m and B.Now 50M and 66M, Benetti is anticipating very high demand for the new models equipped with OASIS DECKTM. With a unique combination of five key features, OASIS DECKTM represents the brilliant proposal, presented by Benetti, to superyacht Owners who dream for long stays onboard in authentic contact with the sea, thus confirming the brand’s role as a pioneer and design leader.
