tradeboats.com.au 13After months of intensive
research and consultation in
Australia, Asia and the USA,
the new generation Clipper
Motor Yachts range will be
unveiled internationally at
the end of this year. The new
European-inspired model
rangewillpositionitatthe
forefront of the international
long range luxury cruiser
market.
Clipper Motor Yachts
managing director, Brett
Thurley, said the company
was about to progress to
an exciting new era in its
growth and development.
“Wewillalwayskeepthe
core elements inherent in
the Clipper DNA such as
walkaround decks, semi-
displacement keel-protected
hull design, shaft drive
diesel technology, long
range economical cruising
capacity and exemplary
seakeeping ability however
we have given the range
a massive step change
in styling and aesthetic
direction for the future,” he
said.
“This has been done at
a visual, engineering and
design level so the newgeneration of Clipper Motor
Yachts, encompassing both
flybridge, sedan bridge
and sedan vessels, will be
cutting edge contemporary
compared with the Clipper’s
of the past.”
He said after several years
of review, the company’s
strategy to evolve a
complete new range came
toaheadwhenClippermet
and commissioned Patrizio
Facheris Yacht and Product
Design Studio based in
Florida, USA.
Patrizio Facheris has more
than 30 years’ industryThe organising committee of
the Gold Coast International
Boat Show and Marine Expo
has announced they are
calling a halt to the show.
Owing to escalating demand
for new boats, shipyard
re-fit, maintenance and
repair works coupled with
the inability to expand the
current footprint of the
burgeoning event, the show
will be halted effective 2018.
“After lengthy
consideration, the
committee has reluctantly
reached this decision,
especially following the
success of our 2017 show
for both our valued boating
enthusiast visitors and
exhibitors,” said Emma
Brown, the long-serving
event and marketing
manager of the Gold Coast
International Boat Show and
Marine Expo.
“The boat building
factories at the Gold Coast
Marine Precinct in Coomera
are now bustling as a result
of new boat sales and
the hardstands and re-fit
sheds are a hive of activity.
Available space within the
current site, together with
the impact of the show on
businesses in the precinct
has become a significant
consideration.”
The award winning Gold
Coast International Boat
Show and Marine Expo has
grown significantly through
its seven years of operation,
welcoming more than
140,000 people through the
gates in that time.
“The show helped to
cement the Gold Coast
Marine Precinct at Coomera
as the boating industry
capital of Australia,” said
Mrs Brown. “It is the only
boat show to be held in
the biggest shipyards
and boat factories in the
country, showcasing theNEW CLIPPER’S COMING
experience and is renowned
for its luxe design work
on vessels ranging from
tenders to state-of-the-art
superyachts.
“We have already
commissioned several of
the new generation of boats,
which we will have as boat
show release vessels,” Mr
Thurley said.
The same style vessel
will be produced in a sedan
version starting with the
Hudson Bay 350 sedan
cruiser.
There will also be a new
range of Cordova Motor
Yachts including the 50MY,
the 55MY and the 65MY.
These vessels will be true
long range cruisers designed
to tackle virtually any sea
conditions.
The new range will
encompass a styled sedan
bridge Hudson Bay model
with three versions: the
500S, 540S and 640S.EXPO CANNED
marine industry in a truly
unique and memorable
way and assisted in creating
exceptional sales for
exhibitors over the past
seven years.”
The Gold Coast
International Boat Show
and Marine Expo show was
created by industry leaders
in 2011 to help restore
growth and stability to
the GFC-affected marine
industry. From humble
beginnings, the show
developed to welcome morethan 23,000 visitors in 2017,
displaying more than 600
boats and 230 exhibitors.
The show has always held
a strong sense of community
as part of its ethos and has
raised more than $100,
for the Rotary Club of
Coomera River, Westpac
Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter
Service, Sailability Gold
Coast, Paradise Kids and
Ronald McDonald House–
South East Queensland.