On the Water: Entertainment

Yet another discount announcement this week, this time from Primo Yacht. The 144-foot MMGI motoryacht H2OME, which launched in April and made her industry debut at the Genoa charter yacht show last month in Italy, is offering a substantial discount fo... …Read More

And the discounts for summer charters keep on coming. Today, the news is from Absolute Yachting in Greece, which tells me the 51-foot sailing catamaran Elvira wants more charters before the end of June. Thus, for any last-minute charters in the next t... …Read More

Management firm Edmiston and Company sends word that the 193-foot Austal motoryacht Outback is trying to "optimize" charter availability in the Western Mediterranean for July. Outback's owner is now dropping the yacht's weekly base rate from €375,00... …Read More

This just in from the Northrop and Johnson affiliate office on Tortola: The 56-foot sailing yacht Contessa is making its "inclusive" rate even more inclusive for charters this summer in the British Virgin Islands. Contessa, which has three guest cabin... …Read More

Our June edition of "Three Brokers Say" on CharterWave asks the question: "What is the biggest mistake that first-time charter clients make?" I have to say, it's the first time since we started running this monthly feature that all three brokers gave e... …Read More

Back in April, I told you about plans for the brand-new, 147-foot expedition motoryacht Big Fish to charter in Antarctica from December through March. Now comes word from management company 37 South that those charters will be available not only at a w... …Read More

I just got off the phone with Ricardo Castrodad, the public affairs officer for the U.S. Coast Guard in Puerto Rico, regarding last weekend's sinking of the 48-foot Swan sailing yacht Victoria. The Coast Guard is now making new information available ab... …Read More

Management company International Yacht Register has announced a whopper of a discount aboard a major motoryacht, the 192-foot Lurssen Capri. The yacht's regular weekly base rate for the "high season" month of July in the Mediterranean is €290,000, b... …Read More

Editor's note: On June 2, we posted an update to this initial report with newly released information from the U.S. Coast Guard that corrects several details.   The 48-foot Swan sailing yacht Victoria, a popular charter yacht in the British Virgin ... …Read More

I just uploaded an exclusive interview with Hilbert Sluiter, who is the chef aboard the 147-foot Hakvoort motoryacht Trust. He'll be featured as June's "Chef of the Month" on CharterWave beginning later today--and deservedly so, based on the fantastic ... …Read More