Showing posts with label Yacht Show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yacht Show. Show all posts
Monday, August 15, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
First Day at the Antigua Charter Yacht Show
On the Dock, Antigua Yacht Club Marina
The first day of the Antigua Charter Yacht Show was mainly overcast and once or twice we even had some "liquid sunshine" - rain to anyone not from the Caribbean. Still it failed to dampened the enthusiasm of the crew aboard any of the participating yachts.
We were at the Show bright and early to register and visit English Harbour. Here larger than usual motoryacht are alongside among them Soulmates from Luxury Yacht Group and Andreas L the former Amnesia.
Clearly this is an attempt to spread the charter brokers among the three Marinas hosting the 100 odd yachts here at the show.
The weather in Europe has played havoc with the arrival of yachts and indeed of brokers. Among the yacht is not attending are:
- Cocktails
- Mirabella III
- Natita II
- Odyssey
- Resilience
- Stop the Press
- Northlander.
The list of boats we did not expect to see however is much larger and among the new entries are
- Blind Date
- El Jefe
- Go
- Islander
- Lady Joy
- Newvida
- Ocean Emerald
- Perseverance II
- Sun Ark
- Silver Cloud
Lunch on board the 40 metre Sweet Escape, managed by Northrop and Johnson, was delightful and the highlight of today.
Captain Paulo is young charismatic and bounding with energy. It is so easy to see why he has a staggering percentage of repeating clients. Over 80% of them return time and time again to charter with him and his very loyal well trained crew.
Fifth Day of the Antigua Charter Yacht Show
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| Silver Cloud at the Antigua Charter Yacht Show |
One of the more intriguing of yachts here at the Antigua Charter Yacht Show is Silver Cloud the 41 metre SWATH yacht built by Abeking Rasmussen.
Built for world exploration. She is the complete opposite in style, looks and characteristics of Exuma the Picchiotti yacht reviewed by us in a recent edition of SuperYacht World.
Where Exuma is long lean and slippery Silver Cloud is wide and chunky. The hull of Exuma is finished to a silvered sheen in which you can see your face. The dark blue hulls of Silver Cloud are an unfared finish, reminiscent of the commercial craft she was built to mimic.
Both are however the pride and joy of their respective owners and both were here at the show with their yachts. Despite having so very much in common with each other, neither had met the other and we very, very honoured to make introductions.
Exuma is available for charter through Fraser Yachts whilst Silver Cloud can be chartered through Camper & Nicholsons International
Sunday, December 12, 2010
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