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The "Yacht Hop" at St. Maarten Charter Yacht Exhibition Was a Great Party!

The event was very well-attended by the brokers,agents, press and VIP attendees at the SCYE. Symphony II, again one of the participating yachts in the SCYE "Yacht Hop" featured another great party theme this year.

Posted: Dec. 7, 2005 05:57 PM

Cozumel Reopens to Yacht Tourism After Hurricane Wilma

This morning three cruise ships arrived to Cozumel, the first ships visiting the island since Hurricane Wilma. Cozumel Mayor Gustavo Ortega Joaquin said the island is 80% repaired and recovered from the hurricane which hit hard only three weeks ago.

Posted: Nov. 16, 2005 06:59 PM

Ft Lauderdale Boat Show - Cancel or Not Cancel, That's the Question!

I found myself in a decision making position four years ago whether to keep a show date and go ahead as scheduled or postpone the show, or cancel it completely -which many people did at the time. It was a very tough decision which needed to be done w

Posted: Nov. 1, 2005 10:27 AM

52 Hurricanes later my luck ran out with Wilma

The first casualty of Wilma also occured on the same street I live in, one man died after a tree fell on him. We will cross our fingers and assess the damage this afternoon after the rest of the storm moves back to Atlantic.

Posted: Oct. 24, 2005 12:27 PM

Moldova president Vladimir Voronin ...

... was visiting Estonia yesterday and today, where we run into him as he left the city hall and walked to the parliement building here in the Estonia capital Tallinn. Fellow YachtBlogs.com blogger Yeshim was reporting about the Russian charter cli

Posted: Sep. 30, 2005 07:59 PM

YONtech Shipyard - Hottest New Superyacht Builder at Monaco Yacht Show 2005!

M/Y JASMIN, the cover story in this issue of YV&C, its sister ship M/Y PRIVATE LIVES which launched at the last year's Genoa Charter Yacht Show and currently docked in Ft. Lauderdale, M/Y MOSAIQUE featured in the premier issue of YV&C...

Posted: Sep. 25, 2005 04:20 PM

As I leave this year's MYS, I have a collection of parking tickets ..

... which I will take home with me. I wonder which is from where? The colorful ones look like from the boat show parking garage. Until next time Monaco, it was fun and lots of pleasure!

Posted: Sep. 25, 2005 09:59 AM

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