NauticNews
  • Jongert to build new 41-metre motoryacht

    08/2008 – Jongert has signed a new contract with a Dutch client to build a 41-metre semi-displacement motor yacht Freule. Combining classic lines with fast passage making, Freule will be the second yacht to be built based upon a proven 39-metre motor yacht design. This new order further reinforces the renewed confidence in Jongert after […]

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  • Absa National Boat Show 07

    07/2007 – EXHIBITORS TO LAUNCH COUNTLESS NEW BOATS AT 2007 SHOW In the five years following its introduction, the Absa National Boat Show has become the premier platform for the launch of the newest, most advanced boats, gear and watersports accessories, by South Africa’s foremost players in the boating game. Given the tremendous growth in […]

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  • Bénéteau First 45

    06/2007 – FIRST 45: MORE FIRST THAN EVER! Given the enthusiastic reception received by the First 50 from customers and the international yachting press (voted Yacht of the Year in Norway, Slovenia, the USA and Italy), there’s every reason to suppose that an equally warm welcome awaits the Philippe Briand-designed First 45 when it is […]

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  • Exclusive Marine 76

    05/2007 – A daring project The ExclusivE 76 was unveiled at the 2006 Cannes boat show by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and Multiplast, who recently received an award from the prestigious Royal Institution of Naval Architects of England. The construction of this semi-custom catamaran began last summer in Vannes after a 5-year design period, […]

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  • Alubat – Ovni 495

    04/2008- A new addition The Ovni 495 was launched in early 2007 by Alubat, a manufacturer that has been producing aluminium boats since 1973. The 495 is the 23rd sailing yacht in the OVNI series of multi-chined lifting keel yachts designed for the high seas. The Ovni 495 is the range’s new flagship since the […]

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  • Portrait Dominique Demachy

    08/2007 – Freedom and good fun. Dominique Demachy reached Pointe à Pitre on November 21st 2006, completing the Route du Rhum on board Gifi before heading to the Paris Boat Show, where Nauticnews met the award-winning skipper, who lives in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the south-west of France. You just finished your first Route du Rhum? Yes. […]

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  • Otam 55

    Type: Sport Cruiser Builder: Otam Year: Mdl 2000 Model: Millennium 55’ LOA: 60’8’’ 18.5m Hull: Mtl Kevlar laminated LOD: 55’ 16,75m Displacement: 23 t Deck: Kevlar Beam: 15’7’’ 4.65m Top: Hard top (Kevlar) Engines: 2 x 1350 HP diesels Caterpillar 3412 Fuel: 3200 l 850 USG Water: 700 l 185 USG Max. Speed: 53 Knots […]

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  • Catana 50

    06/2007 – Optimising the Catana range At the 2006 Paris boat show, Catana presented its first new model since it was taken over by Poncin in 2003. The Catana 50 was unveiled by the group’s Chairman, Olivier Poncin, who announced that “there is a potential market for a more sophisticated, more customised model comprising all […]

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