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YachtWorld.com was established in March 1995. In 2000, it became part of boats.com, Inc. and in September 2004, Boats.com, Inc was purchased by Trader Publishing Company, a joint business venture of Landmark Media Enterprises and Cox Enterprises.
Fairline Yachts is a British manufacturer of luxury motor yachts. Started in 1963 by Jack Newington, the company builds motor yachts in Oundle , Northamptonshire . [ 1 ] Hanover Investors, a UK based private equity company owns the brand.
A motor yacht for the Belgian officer Leon Hemeleers-Shenley. 1937 HMS Kittiwake: 1152 530 Thornycroft built two of the small Kingfisher-class sloops. After World War II, they were sold to civilian use in 1946 as Tuch Shing and Tuch Loon. [68] HMS Sheldrake: 1153 530 1937 Tadorna: 1172 226 A motor yacht for Dutch owners (G.& W.Miesegaes). 1938 ...
These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) to 60 m (≈200 ft), while those over 60 m are known as megayachts and boats over 90 m (≈300 ft) have ...
In 1941 the 'Bounty Class' Motor Yachts Bounty [15] [16] and Llanthony [17] were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation. Camper and Nicholson were building Motor Gun Boats for Turkey but these were taken over for British use as MGB 502 to MGB 509 in 1941 Five were converted to blockade runners to bring ball bearings out of neutral Sweden .
The £1.4-million yacht Hebridian Princess This yacht was chartered by the Queen for her 80th Birthday. Formerly the MacBrayne ferry Columba built in 1964; converted to a miniature cruise ship for just 49 passengers in 1989. The £50-million Motor Yacht Leander Chartered by Prince of Wales for visit to Caribbean in March 2008. Chartered yacht ...
Sunseeker International is a British luxury performance motor yacht brand. Originally named Poole Power Boats, the company was founded by brothers Robert and John Braithwaite in 1969. The company changed its name to Sunseeker International in 1985 and has since become a global icon.
Corvette 320 motor yacht The Corvette Motoryacht originally was a British-built "trawler-styled" motorboat with a nominal hull length of 32 feet (9.75m, SSR rating) and a beam of 13 feet (3.96m). The styling was traditional rather than contemporary, with a raised aft deck, wide walkaround side-decks, flybridge and fore & aft twin cabins, both ...