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• A Feadship Farewell...

  I know, I know— another Feadship post? But this time, the news is big, so it can't be helped: Feadship recently announced the departure of Francois van Well, who will step down as the president of... Posted Mar 29 2010, 07:10 PM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, Feadship

• Back to the Future

  I recently posted about WHY, which was one of the cooler things I saw at last fall's Monaco Yacht Show. Here's another: PMY ers, meet Aeon , Feadship 's 2009 concept yacht. What, prey tell... Posted Mar 19 2010, 04:49 PM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, Feadship

• WHY

  One of the cooler things I saw at last fall's Monaco Yacht Show was the rather large "tent" in which was housed a model of WHY , Wally Hermes Yacht's outrageous-looking 58-meter (190... Posted Mar 03 2010, 04:07 PM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, design, Monaco Yacht Show, catherine pearson

• A Bahamas Break

  This might come as a shock to you, but sometimes we editors take a break from the taxing work of writing about all things boat-related. (Sidenote: It's pretty typical that, upon describing what I do... Posted Feb 04 2010, 10:57 AM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: catherine pearson, bahamas, compass cay

• The Battery Barge

  Vripack, the Dutch naval architecture and engineering firm, recently announced the launch of its first 100-percent battery powered passsenger vessel. Yup. A battery-powered barge. The 18-meter (60-foot... Posted Jan 20 2010, 11:56 AM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: new launch, catherine pearson, batteries, Vripack

• Busy Building at Heesen

  Things are typically pretty slow around the holidays. After we've all soaked up plenty of relaxing family time (and in some cases, eaten our body weight in Christmas cookies) it takes a while to shake... Posted Jan 13 2010, 02:00 PM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, Hessen

• Long Live Serena

  First launched from Feadship's De Vries yard in Aalsmeer in 1964, Serena was (and is) a 73-foot yacht—a member of the yard's Caravelle series. Seven of these boats were launched between 1961 and... Posted Jan 06 2010, 02:40 PM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, Feadship, refit

• (More) New Life for A New Range

  It was a very merry Christmas for the Dutch builder Amels, which recently announced the sale of the second 54-meter Limited Editions Amels 177. In fact, with five projects on site (including one Amels... Posted Dec 28 2009, 10:52 AM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, Amels, sale

• Boating Gifts

  The holidays are officially upon us, which means most of us are in full-on gift-buying mode. Here are a few ideas for that passionate boater in your life... The High Maintenance Stocking Perfect for the... Posted Dec 14 2009, 11:08 AM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: holiday gifts, catherine pearson

• A Banner Year for Mr. Heesen

  (Frans Heesen accepting his ISS award. Photo by Pamela Jones) It's been a dicey year for the industry, but a personally rewarding one for Frans Heesen, the president of Heesen yachts. In just the last... Posted Dec 04 2009, 10:43 AM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, HISWA, International Superyacht Society, Heesen

• Lurssen's Arkley

  At this year's Monaco Yacht Show, I had the great pleasure of taking a tour aboard Arkley , Lurssen's new 196-foot, Espen Oeino designed vessel. As you can see in the photos here, she's got... Posted Nov 18 2009, 12:48 PM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, Lurssen, arkley

• CRN Launches...Again...

  A few weeks ago, CRN launched the fifth hull of its composite CRN 43 line, the 139-foot Eviva . And this just on the heels of the launch of Clarena 2 (pictured below), which at a whopping 236 feet LOA... Posted Nov 11 2009, 02:28 PM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: megayachts, catherine pearson, launches, CRN

• Shady Business

  Perhaps it's because I'm a bit of a nut about finishing my Christmas shopping months ahead of time (check out my post on charitable holiday gifts) or maybe it's because the lens just popped... Posted Oct 22 2009, 11:05 AM by catherine_pearson with | with no comments Filed under: gadgets, holiday gifts, gear, sunglasses, catherine pearson