AkzoNobel launches Awlgrip single-stage topcoat
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch paints and coatings multinational AkzoNobel has launched Awlgrip HDT (High Definition Technology), a new single-stage repairable topcoat.
The company calls it...
1st Dutch-built Sunseeker flagship finds buyer
HARLINGEN – Icon Yachts of the Netherlands will soon build the first flagship of Britain’s Sunseeker Yachts after the latter found a client for...
Feebe, Totallux show joint LED strip display at METSTRADE
AMSTERDAM - At the 2019 METSTRADE Show, superyacht deck ware maker Feenstra Boarding Equipment – Feebe for short – joins forces with Totallux, LED...
Rondal’s out-of-sight feature on 81m sailing yacht
VOLLENHOVE - In 2020, Royal Huisman of the Netherlands will deliver the world’s largest aluminum performance sailing yacht. At 81m (266ft), it will rank...
Contest Yachts unveils ‘game-changing’ 17m Contest 55CS
MEDEMBLIK – Context Yachts has been busy. Its 60th anniversary ‘Open House’ last March fell halfway between the 2018 winter launch of the yard’s...
Baltic builds Dykstra-designed ‘smart’ Classic Sloop
AMSTERDAM – Finland’s Baltic Yachts, maker of composite sailing yachts, is building a 39.6m (117ft) classic sloop from the boards of Amsterdam-based Dykstra Naval...
Altena Yachting: half a century of quality trawlers
RAAMSDONKSVEER - Altena Yachting marked its 50th anniversary this year by delivering an aluminum, 15m (50ft) semi-displacement trawler – for a downsizing repeat client...
A busy, banner year for Van der Valk Shipyard
WAALWIJK – Van der Valk Shipyard is having a banner year, turning out ‘threshold yachts’ -- boats that don’t qualify as superyachts as they...
Qnautic premieres a ‘thought-through-to-the-max’ luxury RIB
CANNES – Qnautic Tenders and Yachts’ trek to luxury yachting has a footslog. Since its founding in 1935, and across 4 generations, it has...
Eye-catching models from Vedette Jachtbouw
TER AAR - Hans van Veen, owner of Vedette Jachtbouw, says his clients “decide what I build.” Van Veen should continue to listen to...
