FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Island Global Yachting (IGY) has added Marina Papagayo, part of the five-star residential resort community of Peninsula Papagayo on the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to its global network of yachting destinations.
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Island Global Yachting (IGY) has announced that Newport Yacht Club and Marina will undergo an expansion that will significantly increase the number of berths available to mega yachts.
Event Proceeds to Benefit Education Programs, Scholarship Fund
Youths participate in a “heat” during the 2010 Plywood Regatta in Dania Beach
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The 15th Plywood Regatta, a two-day event designed to introduce youths to boat building and the joy of recreational boating, is scheduled for April 30 – May 1 at the Dania Beach City Marina.
March is a special time for boating enthusiasts. It’s when boat manufacturers unveil their new lines of luxury watercraft for viewing at some of the world’s leading boating shows, many of which take place along the warm waters of Florida’s Atlantic shoreline.
Black boater finds out that his family’s pastime is actually his calling
The IAG 127, a prototype for the upcoming Chancellor 133 series of megayachts
By Jeff Hardy
When Denton Douglas came up with the idea to start his own yacht building company, it seemed like a natural fit right from the beginning.
The Jamaica-born, Howard University graduate has been around the water all of his life. Even his high school in St. Elizabeth, an enclave in the southwestern part of the island known for its deserted beaches, picturesque fishing villages and cascading waterfalls, sat on a hill overlooking the Caribbean Sea. All it took was a family trip to the Palm Beach International Boat Show for the stockbroker and wealth manager to find his true career.
A vital part of The Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis, Md., is the Seafarers Auxiliary of spouses and significant others, who provide sustenance for their cruises and many additional events.
The club organizes about 15 trips during the May-to-November sailing season.
These range from short trips to nearby vacation spots to four-day cruises to destinations such as Atlantic City, NJ, or Virginia Beach, VA.
Members say their greatest boating pleasure comes when their flotilla is under way, with the club pennant – a gold seagull flying on a royal blue background – waving in the breeze. They also say that one of the best parts of their many excursions is dinner time.
One of the club favorites is Rice and Peas by Alice Mahan of Bowie, MD.
Waterfront Golf Means Never Leaving the Bay
Arnold Palmer Course, Bay Creek Resort & Club: Replica of the Old Plantation Flats Light that marked the channel to Cape Charles, VA
By Jeff Hardy
The Chesapeake Bay area offers inland boaters abundant opportunities to integrate their love of the water and their passion for golf.
From Havre de Grace, MD, where the Susquehanna River empties into the northern end of the bay, 200 miles south to where the bay meets the Atlantic Ocean in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, some of the best views in the region exist where the bay or one of its many tributaries border a golf course.
Eleven products receive boating industry’s prestigious Innovation Award, RBFF earns Honorable Mention
MIAMI – Eleven recreational boating products received the 2011 Innovation Award and another product received Honorable Mention for innovative achievement by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and Boating Writers International (BWI).
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Island Global Yachting (IGY) has expanded its customer loyalty program to include a point-accruement system to increase incentives for captains who use the company’s luxury marinas and services.
Hobie Mirage Oasis Paddle Boat Features MirageDrive Technology
OCEANSIDE, CA – Hobie Cat has introduced two new recreational kayaks, one with the company’s patented MirageDrive pedal system and a traditional paddle boat.
