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Laurens Last Sets Heesen's Course at 2026 Gulf Summit

Heesen has prioritized shortening new-build lead times by evaluating automation for labour‑intensive stages such as hull fairing and painting, aiming to reduce the typical multi‑year delivery horizon to a timeline that modern buyers accept.

5 min·3 Mar

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Sea Wolf 40 — Design, Ratios & Offshore Behavior

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At a displacement of 25,000 lbs (11,340 kg) with a LOA of 40' (12.19 m) and a draft of 5'10" (1.78 m), the Sea Wolf 40 imposes specific marina and transport requirements: berthing fees for deeper slips, reinforced cradle arrangements for land transport, and careful logistic planning for transits through shallow gulleys or tidal harbors.

5 min·3 Mar

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Sunsail Flotilla Deals and the Seven-for-Six Offer

Across Sunsail’s Mediterranean bases, operations teams coordinate nightly moorings, provisioning runs, safety inspections and skipper handovers to sustain continuous seven-day flotilla rotations while keeping a lead crew available 24/7 for every yacht on the route.

6 min·3 Mar

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Family-Run Essex Marina on the River Crouch

Essex Marina provides a total of 500 deep-water moorings, including around 50 swinging moorings, all accessible at all states of the tide; the facility sits at 51°37.34’N 0°47.85’E on the south shore of the River Crouch opposite Burnham-on-Crouch.

5 min·3 Mar

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How Dylan Fletcher Climbed to the Forefront of SailGP

At the Abu Dhabi Grand Final of SailGP, Emirates GBR executed a decisive right‑hand windward mark call that converted a tense reaching series into a season‑winning result: Dylan Fletcher’s gybe into a stronger gust, coordinated with strategist Hannah Mills, created a narrow but definitive advantage that saw the British team cross ahead and secure the championship.

6 min·3 Mar

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Fresh 2026 Sailing Destinations and Charters

Yacht repositioning between Italy, Croatia and Greece will increase cross-border marina traffic and provisioning demands in 2026 as new Albanian cruising corridors and additional long-haul options like French Polynesia and the Maldives enter charter programmes.

5 min·3 Mar

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Vento: Turquoise's 87.7m Flagship Debut

Launched from Turquoise Yachts’ Pendik outfitting facilities, the 87.7‑metre Vento required a phased logistics plan including heavy‑lift scheduling, temporary transport routes for oversized modules and a staged supply‑chain flow for steel hull blocks and aluminium superstructure units; delivery to the owner is scheduled this year after final outfitting and sea trials.

5 min·3 Mar

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Inside Yacht Charters: Inclusions, Costs, and Comfort

Provisioning for a seven-day Caribbean yacht charter typically requires about 5–7 kg of food and 2–3 liters of beverages per guest per day, plus ice, cleaning supplies and tender fuel.

5 min·3 Mar

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Monaco Polar Symposium: From Arctic to Antarctic

25–27 February 2026 at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco will host the Monaco Polar Symposium 2026, an invitation-only, in-person convening bringing representatives from the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the Institut Océanographique together to align scientific priorities ahead of IPY‑5.

5 min·3 Mar

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How to Fit Reefing Points and Luff Slides

Sourcing the right materials and planning the deck run paid off: matching Dacron cloth to the mainsail, ordering 20mm and 14mm stainless cringles, and booking access to a hydraulic press enabled fitting two deep reefs at precise positions — luff 2.0m and 3.8m, leech 2.35m and 4.35m — on a second‑hand Etchells mainsail from a Quarter Tonner.

6 min·3 Mar

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KKCG Seeks Larger Holding in Ferretti Group

KKCG Maritime has initiated a voluntary partial public tender offer to acquire up to 52,132,861 shares of Ferretti Group, aiming to increase its holding from 14.5% to 29.9% of the Italian shipbuilder’s share capital.

5 min·3 Mar

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Moody 37: Design, Performance and Cruising Notes

With a displacement of 16,250 lbs and tankage of roughly 55 gallons of water and 45 gallons of fuel, the Moody 37 demands deliberate provisioning and route planning for offshore passages; its centre-cockpit layout concentrates weight aft and under the cockpit sole, affecting loading, trim and tender stowage for extended voyages.

6 min·3 Mar