Spirit Yachts goes all-electric for Southampton Boat Show
Yacht designer and builder Spirit Yachts will be displaying two electric drive sailing yachts at this year’s Southampton International Boat Show from 16-25 September 2022. As part of Spirit Yachts’ drive to lower the carbon footprint of its yachts, the company will be exhibiting a new Spirit 44CR (cruiser racer) and a Spirit 30. The […]
Silent-Resorts announces sustainable yacht and residence club
Silent-Resorts and EcoIsland Development have announced Club Ki’ama Bahamas, said to be the world’s first equity club to offer sustainable solar residences and carbon-neutral solar yachts. Club Ki’ama is to take up 36 acres on Elizabeth Island, a private island in Elizabeth Harbour, with a two-acre protected marina and six private beaches. The development combines […]
European group to raise €4 billion to help reduce plastic in our oceans
A group of European development banks plans to double its funding for global efforts to stop plastic waste from polluting the world’s oceans to €4 billion ($4.6 billion). The Clean Oceans Initiative, led by the French and German development banks and the European Investment Bank (EIB), says that ‘given the threats faced by the oceans […]
MDL Marinas launches Green Strategy
MDL Marinas has launched its new Green Strategy – the beginning of a journey the company hopes will make it the UK’s most sustainable marina group. The marina group has already introduced a raft of measures aimed at sustainability and environmentalism and is now looking at becoming the first UK marina group to offer an […]
Silent-Yachts expands in Asia
Silent-Yachts has appointed Farfalla Marine has its official dealer for Asia. The company will represent the Austrian builder in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Founded by Austrian Michael Köhler and his wife Heike, Silent-Yachts’ craft will be built at its own shipyard in Italy and PMG Shipyard in Thailand. Jason Hawkes, group general manager of Farfalla […]
Spectra Watermakers announces remote manual controlled watermakers
Spectra Watermakers, producers of energy-efficient desalination systems, has announced the launch of a new line of controllers for its Ventura 150, Ventura 200 and Catalina 340 remote manual watermakers. Featuring a simplified remote manual controller, the new devices can be easily mounted in convenient locations and offer basic control of the watermaker without the automation […]
Sport Environment launches Blue Electric, the new UK dealer for ePropulsion
Sport Environment, the sports marketing company founded by triple round-the-world yachtsman Conrad Humphreys (pictured), has announced the launch of Blue Electric, a new marine technology start-up providing electric propulsion solutions and products to the marine leisure and recreation market. Sport Environment was started in 2001 and has been involved with several high-tech sailing projects including […]
