Motor Boat & Yachting — August 2017

NEWS

FULLTANK

KEITH MUSTO RETURNS TO

PROFESSIONAL

SAILING

At the age of

81, Keith Musto,

founder of marine

clothing brand

Musto, is returning to professional

sailing. Keith joins the British

Sailing Team Squad and is looking

to qualify for the Tokyo 2020

Olympic Games having won silver

there in 1964. It will make him the

oldest Olympian at the games.

PAOLO VITELLI WINS CARLO

RIVA AWARD

The Carlo Riva

award was

presented to

Paolo Vitelli,

the founder and

president of the Azimut Benetti

Group, at the Versilia Yachting

Rendez-Vous in Viareggio. He

was awarded for his contribution

to the boating industry. The

award is given annually to a

leading figure of the high-end

international marine industry.

SIR ROGER MOORE DIES

Sir Roger Moore has passed away

at the age of 89. Seen here at the

1970 Earls Court Boat Show, the

boat enthusiast and Sunseeker

owner was the star of the greatest

007 boat chase ever in 1973’s Live

and Let Die, in which 17 Glastrons

were

destroyed

and a boat

jump world

record set.

GPS

TRACKER

THWARTS THIEVES

Florida thieves thought they’d

made the perfect getaway when

they stole a 36ft Yellowfin from

Fort Lauderdale and headed for

Mexico, unaware that a GOST

Nav-Tracker had alerted the

owner and was sending speed

and position updates every

two minutes! The US Coastguard

intercepted the boat 85 miles

west of Naples.

Spring boutique show success

High turnout and good weather set cash registers ringing at four local shows

EMPTYTA N K

E F

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Torquay boat explosion

Petrol fumes suspected of causing fi re

A speedboat exploded in Torquay

Harbour on the eve of the late May

bank holiday weekend.

The Bayliner Capri had just been

launched and was moored against the

visitor pontoon. It is understood the

boat was started without running the

blowers to ventilate the engine space,

igniting petrol fumes. The engine cover

was blown over the head of the single

occupant, who escaped uninjured.

“Our staff called 999 and ran to get

extinguishers but it was not safe to

attempt to fight the fire,” said deputy

harbourmaster Nick Burns. The

mooring lines burned through and the

boat drifted on to another speedboat,

causing significant damage before

harbour staff were able to throw their

workboat anchor into the burning boat

and tow it to the slipway where the

flames were put out by firefighters.

UK NEWS

Wildlife initiative

guide for boaters

launched P

WORLD NEWS

New regs for Greece.

Fines threatened over

DEPKA forms P

THE TRUTH ABOUT

The London Boat Show.

Murray Ellis explains the

changes P

The British Motor Yacht Show, Poole, Brundall

and London On-Water all came out strong

All four pre-season boat shows proved

a success this year, with strong

attendance and sales being made

across the board.

At the British Motor Yacht Show in

Swanwick, the big news was the debut

of the Princess 62 and the recently

launched S60. Almost identical in

length and price with similar three-

cabin layouts and a flybridge up top,

this was the first chance for buyers

to compare the two. At the other

end of the spectrum, Charlotte,

the exquisitely restored Project

31, also put in a guest appearance.

Roger Lipman of Princess Motor

Yacht Sales reported visitors from

as far away as Belgium, and sales

exceeding £5 million. Sunseeker

Southampton also reported strong

sales. James Lumley of Sunseeker

Southampton commented, “We sold

a total of four new boats, including a

custom black and grey 68 Predator

and a Sunseeker 95 Yacht, both of

which were on display at the show.”

Poole Harbour Boat Show, held

over the same weekend and enjoying

similarly clement weather, saw

attendance up by 30%. In total,

over 30,000 people enjoyed the

200 exhibitor-strong show, as

well as the four tall ships and

on-water demonstrations.

David Jones from the show’s

sponsor Sunseeker Poole said, “We

sponsor the Poole Harbour Boat Show

because Sunseeker is the largest

employer in the area and it gives us

the opportunity to engage with the

local community and show them the

best of British marine products.”

Further east, the inaugural Brundall

Boat Show had a positive response.

Jenny Simpson, marketing &

communications manager for Brundall-

based Broom Boats commented, “We

were overwhelmed by the amount

of people that got in touch during

the days following the show to tell us

what a lovely time they had.” The date

for next year’s Brundall Boat Show

has already been set for the May 19.

London On-Water got off to

a blustery start due to the weather

and the unexpected clash with

the General Election in June. But

by the weekend, the sun and the

crowds had returned.

“We had steady interest,” said

Freddie Devere of Bates Wharf,

which was displaying models from

the Bayliner and Chris-Craft range,

“but the weekend was busy and we

came away with some strong leads.”

The Princess S60 took

centre stage at the

BMYS in Swanwick

The burning boat

was towed to safety

and extinguished