International Boat Industry – June-July 2019

CNI and Nowboat merge in technology tie-up

HONG KONG Nowboat, a
Hong Kong-based ‘boating
experience’ business, and
Camper & Nicholsons
International (CNI), the global
superyacht services business
now owned by a Hong Kong
group, have announced a
technology merger with the
objective of launching a new
platform for the international
yacht market.
The collaboration will
deliver bespoke experiences and
data to industry stakeholders,
including owners, brokers,
shipyards and guests. The
platform was designed by a
team of software engineers at
CNI’s Monaco headquarters.

SCAPE SPORT 40

SOUTH AFRICA

Scape Yachts has developed a

modified ‘sport’ version of its Scape 39

catamaran, which is nearing completion

at its Cape Town yard. The Scape

Sport 40 is a lighter, faster open-deck

formulation based on input from local

stakeholders and the owner himself.

IBInews.com May 20

THAILAND CHARTER WEEK

THAILAND

The Thai Yachting Business Association (TYBA) has announced that the first

Thailand Charter Week will be held at Phuket Yacht Haven from November

16-21, 2019. Inspired by the Antigua Charter Yacht Show and the MYBA Charter

Show in Barcelona, Thailand Charter Week will be Asia’s first international

charter show for industry professionals only.

IBInews.com June 13

BURGESS IN AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

Superyacht services provider Burgess has

extended its global network to Australia with the

opening of a branch in Sydney. The new office

is led by Christoffer Santon, who joins Burgess

after a successful career at sea spanning 26 years,

of which the last 14 were spent as captain of

50m-plus yachts.

IBInews.com May 29

By Q4 2019, it will be

accessible to every industry

player across platforms and

devices – from mobile, tablet

and desktop. The platform

will distill every item of yacht

intelligence including fuel

usage, marina logs, staff profiles,

search history and social media

presence into one simple-to-use

tool with dedicated solutions

for every stakeholder.

Giovanni Alessi, who joins

C&N from Nowboat as chief

innovation and technology

officer, says: “By 2020 the global

superyacht market will be

worth $35bn, but technology

and data from all stakeholders

is managed in an extremely

hazardous way. For example,

information from brokers,

clients and shipyards is stored

in Word documents, email

archives and handwritten

notes or through third-party

service providers.

“As the industry’s leader,

C&N holds market intelligence

dating back 240 years,” he adds.

“By collating and sifting that

information we can provide a

data-driven solution to almost

every industry query.”

C&N says the new platform

will have manifold uses. In the

hands of a yacht owner it will

deliver real time information

concerning guest feedback;

energy usage and comparative

yachts competing for market

share. A broker will be able

to access a particular vessel’s

engineering upgrades, port

log history and the prices of

similarly sized and aged yachts.

Luxury yacht guests will also

be able to access the system via

mobile or desktop.

14 JUNE–JULY 2019 | International Boat Industry ibinews.com

HEADLINES International Marine News

Princess revamps

Australian dealership

AUSTRALIA The UK’s Princess
Yachts has set up a new venture
to handle its distribution in
Australia. Princess has joined
forces with Greg Haines, who
has worked with Maritimo for a
number of years.
Haines became the official
distributor for Princess Yachts
in Australia at the beginning
of April 2019. He has worked
with yacht builders in Australia
and internationally, whilst
still having an active interest
in the family business. The
Haines Group builds Signature,
Seafarer and Tournament
trailer boats and is also the

 A new platform for the

international yacht market

Australian distributor for

Suzuki outboards.

The new company,

headed by Haines, will trade

as Princess Yachts Australia

and will initially be based on

Queensland’s Gold Coast,

with the intention to expand

to other key locations across

Australia in the near future.

Joining Haines is another

well-known figure in

Queensland’s boating scene,

Scott Davis. He has worked

with the Princess brand

for over 12 years with both

Princess Yachts in the UK

and more recently through

his own brokerage firm. “We

are honoured to join the

Princess family and represent

this industry leading brand in

Australia,” Haines says. “Over

the next 12 months, we have

an exciting calendar of events

scheduled and look forward

to engaging with existing and

prospective Princess clients.”

Over the next
12 months,
we have an exciting
calendar of events
and look forward to
engaging with
Princess clients

 The epoxy Scape Sport 40

weighs just under five tonnes

 Christoffer Santon,

head of Burgess Australia