1. YACHT BROKERAGE YACHT CHARTER DOCKS & SLIPS
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YACHT BROKERAGE
social Media strategy
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Inbound Marketing strategy
for Luxuy yachts
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monthly magazine
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4. contents
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EDITOR’S LETTER
8 EDITOR LETTER
Welcome to the
Longitude64 magazine
12 LONGITUDE 64
A new approach to yacht
brokerage and yacht charter
marketing
16 SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Establishing an efficient social media
marketing strategy becomes now a
reality for yacht brokerage and yacht
charter companies.
20 SOCIAL NETWORKS
Advantages of using APIs integration
to post automatically to social networks.
27 BOAT SHOWS CALENDAR
Boat show events taking place
in september 2011
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YACHT BROKERAGE LISTINGS
Yacht brokerage listings for the
month of september 2011
presented by brokerage
companies using our
yacht brokerage solution
12 YACHT CHARTER LISTINGS
Yacht Charter listings for the
month of september 2011
presented by charter companies using
our yacht charter solution
Yacht
Brokerage
14 Docks & Slips
Docks and Slips listings for the
month of september 2011
presented by real estate agencies
and Charter
using our docks and slips solution
Marketing
FEATURES 24
336 YACHT CHARTER MARKETING
Inbound marketing strategy for
luxury charter yachts
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338 YACHT BROKERAGE SOLUTION
Presentation of the yacht brokerage
solution for joomla. Features and
advantages
345 Find Prospects
Using social media to find
prospects.
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347 Online PR
56
Understanding online PR and how
to use it to create brand awareness
348 YACHT CHARTER SOLUTIION
Presentation of the yacht charter
solution for joomla. Features and
advantages
352 DOCKS & SLIPS SOLUTION
Presentation of the docks & slips
solution for joomla. Features and
advantages
360 YACHT DESIGN NEWS
Yacht design news for
356 NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
Yachting events around
the world
september 2011
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7. Social Media Marketing
Social Networks Integration
Superyachts Marketing
Dedicated Superyachts
Reservation Sites
Yacht Brokerage Solutions
Yacht Charter Solutions
Corporate Magazines
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8. EDITOR’S LETTER
OLIVIeR BAeLDe
by
Editor
LONGITUDE64
PUBLISHER/EDITOR
welcome Olivier Baelde
editor@yachting.vg
Marketing solutions Magazines are available in
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Olivier Baelde
Publisher, Editor
Then, our montlhy maga-
Crans Montana,
zines generated through
Switzerland
an InDesign CS5 workflow All correspondence should
integration allows to gen- be addressed to
erate on a monthly basis rue pirazzilina 31
magazines for every sites Crans Montana, VS, 3963
composing The Yachting Switzerland
Network.
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12. LOnGITUDE 64
OLIVIeR BAeLDe
by
Editor
“Longitude 64 -
The Yachting network”
A new approach to yacht brokerage and
yacht charter marketing: integration with
social networks
W
elcome to the Longitude 64
monthly magazine. The pri-
mary purpose of this maga-
zine is to present yachts for brokerage
and yachts for charter from clients
using our yachting solutions. In order
to provide them with a competitive
advantage, we decided to integrate
our online platform called The Yacht-
ing Network with the Adobe inDesign
workflow. The end result being that
all the listings from clients using our
online yachting solutions are as well
included in our monthly magazines.
It brings them maximum exposure as
well as brand recognition. We believe
that there is still a need for a printed
W
version to allow readers to be able our clients listings. e believe that a tight inte-
to read offline while traveling for ex- gration between the web
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ample. Furthermore, it allows our cli- he architecture of our platform sites of our clients running
ents to reach potential buyers who now comes full circle. We are one of our yachting solutions and
are not always willing to stay a long able to provide to all clients social networks and coupled with a
time in front of a computer screen in using our yachting and real estate printed version will bring them a very
order to review luxury yachts for sale solutions an integrated platform able powerful platform to increase the vis-
or charter. A printed version still has to deliver online and offline visibility ibility of their listings.
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its charm and provides added value to through very efficient web services.
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our clients. nlike third party listing sites
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urthemore, our complete inte- specializing in yachting, cli-
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We hope you will enjoy gration to over 15 social net- ents list their yachts only once
reading every month our works through APIs allows clients on their websites in our yachting so-
magazines. In the following using our solutions to post automati- lutions and then syndication takes
months, every site part of The Yacht- cally listings updates on their social place. It insures that their domain
ing Network will be integrated in the media accounts without extra work. name and web site is the place where
Adobe Indesign workflow in order to all listings are managed, indexed first
generate monthly magazines adding by search engines and where all in-
again some exposure and visibility to bound traffic goes back to when syn-
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dicated to other sites. he Docks & Slips Solution for geting the yachting and luxury mar-
joomla was designed to answer kets.
O Y
ver time, this strategy will the needs of real estate agen- acht Listings are as well dis-
bring continuous lead gen- cies specializing in the sale and rental tributed in RSS feed format to
eration at a fraction of the of yacht slips. It provides extensive different subscribers and feed-
cost spent on multiple third party features not found in the competition. burner. XML feeds are syndicated to
listing sites where listings are lost in The Docks & Slips solution includes generic third party web sites like Olx,
the crowd. Vast, Oodle. It helps in increas-
The Yachting Network has local web- ing backlinks to the client’s
T
he Yacht Brokerage So- website.
lutions for joomla was
sites in all european countries. The
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designed to answer print version of our magazine brings dditional XML feeds
the needs of yacht brokerage additional readers and visibility to our following the openma-
or dealership companies. It rine standard (www.
clients. Complete integration in social
provides extensive features openmarine.org) generate files
not found in the competition. networks maximizes the exposure of compatible with The Yacht
The Yacht Brokerage solution yacht listings. Soon to be released, Market, Boatshop24, Boat 24,
includes lead request man- mobile apps will close the circle of a Jameslist... completing a very
agement to store all yacht powerful array of syndication
requests.
360 inbound marketing strategy. tools.
T
he Yacht charter reservation So- lead request management to store all
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lutions for joomla was designed yacht slips requests.
to answer the needs of yacht
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charter companies. It provides exten- owerful and integrated APIs:
sive features not found in the compe- Powerful & Integrated Syndica-
tition. The Yacht Charter Reservation tion Services: Our Solution offers
solution includes reservation requests a very powerful synchronization tool
and quotes management as well as in order to increase instantly the vis-
online availability calendars. ibility of the listings in the Longitude
64 Yachting Network composed of
over 15 web sites (and growing) tar-
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14. MAISHA 2008 - 10.500.000 €
COBRA
Built by Cobra Shipyard and designed by AVA Yacht Design and Scaro Design, MAISHA was
launched at the end of June, 2008 in Bodrum, Turkey, on the shores of the Aegean Sea. Boat
building has existed since the beginning of times and has never ceased, producing and spread-
ing new boats further west and propagating its maritime tradition and culture as far as the
western shores of Europe. In Bodrum, one can still smell freshly cut wood and hear the sounds of
traditional marine carpentry - Specs: LOA:38 metres Beam:9 metres Draft:2 feet - MAN 800hp
- Diesel - Web id: 4 - P rice: 10.500.000 € Tax Not Paid
www.yachtshowroom.com
14 quai Papacino, 06300 Nice, France
Telephone: +33 489 039 464
Fax: +33 492 004 959
15. 75 VENERE - 1.990.000 €
RIVA
The Riva 75 Venere provides luxury accommodation for up to 8 guests in 4 cabins, plus 3
crew in an additional 2 cabins. This Riva 75 Venere is a well-equipped and well maintained
example. The stunning model benefits from an extensive interior refit and hull painting in
2008. She is in private ownership, has never been chartered and has only been used June-
August 2008 and for 5 weeks during summer 2009.
www.yachtshowroom.com
14 quai Papacino, 06300 Nice, France
Telephone: +33 489 039 464
Fax: +33 492 004 959
16. SOCIAL MEDIA
Social Media Establishing an efficient
Marketing and “ SOCIAL MEDIA marketing
strategy becomes now
a reality for yacht
Yachting brokerage and yacht
charter companies. When
establishing the company
marketing strategy,
The most costly decision a market- it does not appear anymore as a cost
several key indicators
ing or sales manager will take when effective solution in a long term strat-
implementing a marketing strategy egyh. All third party listings sites rely must be closely watched.
As well, deciding the
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will be to rely entirely on third party on traffic to their sites in order to be
websites to acquire new contacts and able to charge yacht brokerage and direction of the data
promote the yacht listings. This deci- yacht charter firms. Thus, they will
sion is mostly taken due to the ap- most of the time prevent this traffic
flow between the
parent easy setup and maintenance to leave their site unless it goes to a company and third party
third party listing sites seem to pro- paid advertisement. The data flow of sites can become costly
vide. However, when analyzing care- the listings between the company’s
in terms of advertising
fully the features provided, as well website and the outside world must
as the possibility to create inbound be carefully evaluated. The success in budget without bringing
traffic to the company’s website or establishing a long term approach is long term traffic. ”
expand the reach to social networks, to consider, as the central point, the
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17. company’s website. ie the single point of entry for all list- reach potentials clients through all available social medias.
ings should be your website. Then, syndication to third In a long term strategy, all inbound traffic must go back to
party listings websites specializing in the yachting and your site. This way, if you decide to stop listing on a particu-
to social network will take place. This data flow will allow lar third party listings website, most of the traffic will still
you to generate inbound traffic back to your site and not flow to your site through the other channels. On the other
to other sites. You will have the control over the data pro- hand, if you stricly list on third party sites, the day you stop
vided to the external sites. Contacts and leads coming to paying them, you “disappear“ from the internet world...
your site once will most likely come back to your site on
a regular basis. A powerful outbound strategy for the list- 0 Social media is online
ings is to target all available social network and document Social media is something that takes place online. It is a
or images sharing sites. Through APIs, you can automate type of communication that takes place outside of in-per-
the posting of listings information and brochure to a large son meetings, phone calls, or foot traffic. That means social
array of sites which are not used by third party listings media is location-independent, which makes it a valuable
websites to avoid loosing traffic.Nowadays, you can maxi- part of any company’s business strategy.
mize your exposure on social networks relatively easily by
selecting a yachting solution already integrating the APIs 0 Social media is user-generated
to post automatically. Content used to be something that very few people cre-
ated. Reporters, TV anchors, movie directors, authors, radio
0 Social networks integration DJs, and magazine editors created content, and everyone
else consumed it. Now, everyone is a publisher, and the
Furthermore, third party listings websites will not have any people who use the content are also the ones who create
incentives to integrate your listings with social networks it.
or other sites in order to keep the traffic on their site. You
must put in place a well tought-out strategy which will syn- 0 Social media is highly accessible and scal-
dicate listings to generic listings sites. (Olx, Oddle, Vast...), able
third party listings sites specializing in yachting through Social media is highly accessible and scalable to the public,
the openmarine.org initiative for example: It allows you to which means that social media has lots of users and offers
generate a standard xml feed and post it to several sites plenty of opportunity for companies. Because social media
through a subscription. Then, post the listings to your face- is easy to access, the tools for social media are easy and
book and twitter account. intuitive enough for the common person to use. Even if
you don’t use social media now, there’s no reason not to
0 XML feeds jump in!
We went further in the integration of our yachting solu-
tions with a large array of APIs. Clients using our yachting
solutions have their listings posted automatically to Flickr,
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Picasa, Wordpress, Blogger, Olx, Oddle, Vast, Openmarine.
Then, PDF brochures generated are posted to Issuu, Scribd,
Slideshare, Docstoc expanding the reach and search en-
gines indexing. And a new service launched this month is
through the magazines listing all the yachts from our cli-
ents and generated in 3 versions: print on demand version,
electronic version and ipad version. The goal in creating
your marketing strategy is not to get linked to a single third
party listings website where they will dictate their market-
ing strategy to you and make it very difficult for you to
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18. AZIMUTGreece
Located in
Leonardo 98, 2008, 3.600.000 €
Just reduced in price this is a great opportunity to acquire an Azimut 98 Leonardo at a fraction of the new price with
little more than delivery hours on her engines. The Leonardo has been described as the ‘ Ocean Coupe ‘ of the seas
with her dynamic flowing lines that doesn’t compromise on interior space and liveability. The yacht provides a sport-
ing drive in impeccable style, combined with a layout that blurs the line between inside and out . When open , the
fully retractable semi-circular sliding doors give nearly 1,300 square feet transforming the enclosed aft dining area
into an alfresco one and seamlessly blending the saloon and aft deck into one uninterrupted space
UK Office
Contact: Mark Davies
Tel: +44 (0)1242 250 000
Fax: +44 (0)1242 500 253
Mobile: 07703 336 634
19. LAZZARA 840, 2007, 3.000.000 €
Located in Spain
You’ll be hard pressed to find a more spacious yacht with these specifications. Each stateroom has its own head and entertainment centre; the
saloon includes formal dining and spacious seating; and the country kitchen remains a gathering favourite.
Mallorca Office
Contact: Amanda Pollett
Tel: 34 687 070 252
Fax: +44 (0)1242 500 253
Mobile: +34 607 499 342
20. SOCIAL nETwORKS
Yachting & Social
Common Mistakes
companies Make With
Strategy: Some of the
most common mistakes
companies make with so-
cial media revolve around
networks Strategy
making decisions that
While it’s useful to get into the details and tactics of social
aren’t consistent with hav-
ing good business sense. media, a solid marketing strategy should work no matter the
Because social media tools medium. The smartest companies will focus on strategy because
are free, some companies in the world of Web 2.0, the tools are constantly changing.
tend to take the wrong ap-
proach: use all tools to see
what sticks. Here are some
of the most common mis-
takes to avoid with social
media strategy:
0 Not developing a
social media strat-
egy
Because social media is the
hottest trend in marketing,
companies assume that all
they have to do is set up a
Twitter account and a Face-
book fan page. This is the
equivalent of pulling ran-
dom magazines out of off
the rack and purchasing full
page color ad in each one,
then throwing together a
quick and dirty PowerPoint
flyer to run. Just like any
other communication me-
dium, social media requires
a well-thought out market-
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ing strategy plan.
utmost importance. Furthermore, because they can sell anything. Social media may
0 Perfecting a social it takes time to build social media accounts, seem free, but the hidden time costs to
media strategy every minute you waste by not being there build relationships Social media is not a
Even though a social me- is followers you could be losing. quick way to make more sales; in fact, so-
dia strategy is important, cial media actually adds cycle time to the
don’t wait for the strategy 0 Gathering followers rather sales process. Just like any other process, a
to set up your company’s than building a network company must consider how much of its
accounts. Reserving your There are no shortcuts in social media, and resources to invest.
company’s name on various the bottom line is companies have to build
social media sites is of the relationships with their customers before
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21. Every social media user has a very clear idea of what tures pertaining to your business activity.
“ social media means to them, and how they want to
be approached by companies on social media. Most
companies don’t realize that the way they approach
0 Facebook
On Facebook for example, the new graph
API allows to post update statuses about
listings, upload images in albums , post
social media sends its own message to consumers.”
events in calendar.. As well, you can use the
facebook user authentication to login into
0 Putting all eggs in one basket
your site and read or contribute to your
It’s exciting to see extraordinary results on
content. The advantage is that you can at
one form of social media, and tempting to
the same time know more about this per-
invest all your resources into what’s work-
son and propose a subscription to your
ing. Try to resist. With the speed at which
newsletter. When he connects to your site
technology changes, social media is start-
with his facebook’s user id , you will be able
ing to look similar to the fashion cycle: one
then to send messages directly through
day you’re in, the next day you’re out. Tools
the facebook graph API. It will allow you to
fall in and out of fashion all the time
keep this user informed about your com-
– remember Friendster, and more recently,
pany activities automatically through your
MySpace? Companies that build a large eq-
website. It provides an extra level of pos-
uity on one tool will find themselves with
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sibilities since you no longer need a user
nothing if the tool loses popularity.
to subscribe to your newsletter. While you
manage your own facebook groups , you
While having a social network presence
can post automatically news to the groups
through Facebook, Twitter and other social
and invite all new friends automatically to
networks proves mandatory nowadays, a
join the groups through the APIs.
new concept tested by our yachting solu-
tions is to benefit from Facebook groups
0 Friends and Followers
and social activity by bringing back “friends
By inviting your “friends and followers” to
and followers“ to the company’s website in
visit and connect to your site using their
order to propose targeted services and fea-
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22. SOCIAL nETwORKS
facebook user id , you give
them the possibility to share
information and recom-
mend other users to con-
nect with you.
On the new site www.
yachting.vg, we are cur-
rently experimenting with
several new functionalities
of the Graph API.
Integrating your site more
tighly with external social
networks will allow you to
communicate faster new
information to be given to
followers and groups. You
will be able to provide a
constant flow of informa-
tion and news through
automated tasks. When us-
ers visit your website, your
can control the information on a regular basis for example a new yacht tional tone and respond to other partici-
given to them as well as listing or price reduction offer, you keep the pants in the conversation. Automated ac-
getting their feedback on flow going. counts or accounts that are updated with a
specific polls or through a stream of links do not produce results.
comment system. 0 Common Mistakes Companies
You can inform your Make With Messaging 0 Controlling the message
groups, friends and follow- Every social media user has a very clear Social media is not about controlling a mes-
ers that the newsletters idea of what social media means to them, sage. In fact, the very nature of social media
generated every month is and how they want to be approached by is such that no one person or organization
available on your website. companies on social media. Most com- can control the message. Because social
The important point in panies don’t realize that the way they ap- media is a medium to share information
this social network integra- proach social media sends its own message through a network, companies must re-
tion with your website is to consumers. Here are some of the most alize that once they put the message out
to keep the channels open common mistakes companies make with there, they have no control anymore. Users
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and regularly communicate messaging: can choose to edit the message, inject their
to provide new information own opinions into the message, share the
and news. 0 Creating impersonal accounts message, or ignore the message. Further-
Readers will be more Users don’t follow companies; they follow more, companies can’t even control where
likely to visit your site on engaging people who work at companies. the message starts: a user can also create
a regular basis if they get Unless the tool is meant specifically for a message about a company without hav-
weekly news from your site. companies to use (i.e.: Facebook fan pages), ing any affiliation to them. Because of the
This could be fastidious if every account should be an actual person nature of social media, companies that try
you had to do it manually , who has a name and a title that clearly sig- to control the message will have difficulty
but by creating automated nifies him or her as a face of the company. reaping any of the benefits of the medium.
tasks to post automatically This person should write with a conversa-
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23. There are so many ways to use social media to communicate draw the line with abusing permission? Un-
“ with the customer, and as social media goes mainstream fortunately, this question is similar to asking
companies are finding new ways every day. All of these where comedians draw the line with poten-
purposes for communication fall into three main
tially offensive jokes. The truth is that different
users have different levels of tolerance. Just like
functions: public relations and marketing, sales, and a comedian might experiment with messaging
customer services.” based on the feedback he or she is receiving
from the audience, your company must experi-
0 Not controlling the message
ment with the right level of communication, erring on the
While companies should be careful about trying to exer-
side of unobtrusive.
cise too much control over the message, there is also the
opposite end of the spectrum to avoid. Companies often
0 Strategy definition
cite “control over message” as a reason not to participate in
The framework for developing a social media strategy
social media, but the truth is that companies have lost con-
consists of three potential functions: public relations and
trol of the message whether they participate or not. This is
marketing, sales, and customer services. Social media can
because, as mentioned earlier, users can create a message
be used to further goals within just one of these three
and drive the conversation surrounding that message.
functions, two these functions, or a company could use
So how can companies exercise some control over a
social media to satisfy the needs of all three of these func-
message and still reap the benefits of social media (rapid
tions. These three functions feed each other in a cycle, and
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diffusion of information through people sharing messages
companies can create a fairly comprehensive social media
with their networks)? The answer is that companies need to
strategy by taking each into consideration.
participate in the conversation. Responding to complaints
and stressing the benefits and what the company does
0 Find your audience
well; these are all ways for companies to control the end-
Very few social media tools will work for every company;
consumer’s perception of its services.
however, if your company is just starting out with social
media, you can find plenty of people by sticking to the big-
0 Abusing permission
gest social media sites. Generally, the strategy for finding an
Abusing permission is a fast way for companies to lose
audience is looking for groups of people with similar inter-
credibility, damage relationships, and generally make a
ests to keywords that make sense for your company.
bad name for themselves in social media. So where do you
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24. Neoyachting Charter
Cannes Festival
Formula One Grand Prix
MIP
For Charter: AZIMUT 68 S
Location: Côte d’Azur
www.neoyachting.com
14 quai Papacino, 06300 Nice, France
Telephone: +33 489 039 464
Fax: +33 492 004 959
25. Neoyachting Charter
Golf Weekends
Corporate events
Sales Incentives
For Charter: AZIMUT 68 S
Location: Côte d’Azur
www.neoyachting.com
14 quai Papacino, 06300 Nice, France
Telephone: +33 489 039 464
Fax: +33 492 004 959
26. SHOwS
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16
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7 Cannes 9 Tampa 16 Southampton 21 Monaco
September 7 - 12 September 9 - 11 September 16 - 25 September 21 - 24
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27. SHOwS
Boat Shows
September
2011
Cannes International Boat &
Yacht Show
Europe’s leading in-water exhibition, the Festival de la Plaisance
de Cannes is a unique venue offering
showgoers the opportunity to preview the finest jewels of the
sea.
September 7 - 12, 2011
Monaco Yacht Southampton
Show Boat Show
The Monaco Yacht Show presents the The UK’s leading outdoor Boat Show
greatest showcase of luxury yachting provides authentic experiences both
in the world. A high-end show guar-
anteed by the meticulous selection
on and off the water for a fun-filled
day out for boaters, trade and the 46th Tampa
Boat Show
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of the exhibitors. whole family.
September 21 - 24, 2011 September 16 - 25, 2011
Expanded in-water display will show-
case nearly three dozen best-in-class
vessels, ranging in size from 40 to 97
feet!
September 9 - 11, 2011
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33. BROKERAGE
350 C o M M A N d o , 2 0 0 5 , £ 1 1 0 , 0 0 0
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
350 Commando, 2005, Marbella, Spain, £110,000 Birchwood 350 Commando (2005) with twin diesel Volvo
Penta engines (300hp). Superbly maintained example, fully loaded and highly recommended, comfortable
accommodation for 4 guests in main forward cabin and convertible saloon. Spacious cockpit areas for en-
tertaining and well appointed command bridge with helm. - Specs: LOA:11 metres Beam:3 metres - VOLVO
300hp - Diesel
Web id: 202 - Price: £110,000 Tax Not Paid
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Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 202
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34. BROKERAGE
16, 1 9 9 3 , £ 5 , 4 9 5
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
16, 1993, Poole, Dorset United Kingdom, £5,495 Ring 16 (1993 model) with a 2 stroke Yamaha outboard
(70Hp). This fantastic model of the Ring 16 has just been fully serviced and fully refurbished. With new
carpets, seats and upholstery in a striking black and white scheme. This vessel is a perfect fast runabout for
rough waters. She comes equipped with a trailer and can carry 4 to 5 people. For more information please
contact us. - Specs: LOA:4 metres Beam:2 metres - YAMAHA 70hp - Gas
Web id: 329 - Price: £5,495 Tax Paid
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Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 329
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35. BROKERAGE
2052, 2 0 1 0 , £ 3 2 , 1 8 9
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
2052, 2010, Dorset United Kingdom, £32,189 Karnic 2052 (2010 model) with single outboard Suzuki (140Hp)
engine. Karnic boats are designed using leading edge CAD-CAM technology to develop the shapes, check
functionability and ergonomics, define aesthetics and ensure comfort. Its there unique character that
makes them one of the top brands in the industry. This particular model comes fully equipped with a trailer
and is available now, to arrange a viewing or for more information please do not hesitate to contact us. -
Specs: LOA:20 feet - SUZUKI 140hp - Gas
Web id: 331 - Price: £32,189 Tax Paid
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Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 331
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36. BROKERAGE
2152 W A L k A r o u N d , 2 0 0 9 , 5 7 . 3 7 0 €
Puerto Banus, MA, Spain
2152 Walkaround, 2009, Puerto Banus, Malaga Spain, 57.370 € Brand New Boat. The dependable and eco-
nomical MerCruiser sterndrive gets you to and from your favorite fishing grounds and doesn't intrude on
cockpit space. - Specs: LOA:6 metres Beam:2 metres - YAMAHA 120hp - Diesel
Web id: 69 - Price: 57.370 € Tax Not Paid
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Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
Spain (+34) (971) 695-441
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 69
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37. BROKERAGE
24 S X , 2 0 0 6 , £ 1 9 , 9 9 5
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
24 SX, 2006, United Kingdom, £19,995 Mariah SX24 (2006) powered by single Mercruiser 5.7L petrol engine
with 83 hours to date. Great Bowrider, in very good condition, ideal for fun in the sun for all the family. From
the yacht club to family raft-ups, this boat can take whatever you throw at it. - Specs: LOA:7 metres Beam:2
metres - MERCRUISER 260hp - Gas
Web id: 372 - Price: £19,995 Tax Paid
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Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 372
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38. BROKERAGE
27 M e T r e , 1 9 3 9 , 1 . 2 0 0 . 0 0 0 €
Sicily, SI, Italy
27 Metre, 1939, Sicily, Sicilia (Sicily) Italy, 1.200.000 € Gamble hestehauge 27m (1939 model) with twin 130
cv gardner diesel engines. Recently renovated in 2007/2008 and further extensive upgrades in 2010, 'Me-
teor' is a classic motor yacht built in svendborg in 1939. This vessel is very spacious and highly comfortable
offering three double cabins. Almost a unique specimen 'meteor', the 27-meter motor yacht built by the
shipyard of svendborg hestehauge gamble, is considered a real rarity because in the first half of last century
vessels with similar characteristics were the preserve of a very small elite. Even fewer that have withstood
the scrutiny of time. This vessel really has a very interesting history behind her, offering style, culture and
heritage. Please enquire for much more information on this unique vessel and learn about her history. A
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combination of new technology and... - Specs: LOA:92 feet Beam:17 feet Draft:9 feet - GARDNER 120hp -
Diesel
Web id: 119 - Price: 1.200.000 € Tax Paid
Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 119
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39. BROKERAGE
290 F L y , 2 0 0 9 , 1 7 4 . 5 0 0 €
Puerto Banus, MA, Spain
290 Fly, 2009, Puerto Banus, Malaga Spain, 174.500 € BRAND NEW. The latest Galeon 290 Fly is one of those
boats that combines perfect inland dimensions with real comfort of living on board. Since it is a flybridge,
one can be sure that the cabin with the central saloon linked with the helmstation will be very spacious, as
well as the forward cabin. - Specs: LOA:9 metres Beam:3 metres - VOLVO 190hp - Diesel
Web id: 48 - Price: 174.500 € Tax Not Paid
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Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
Spain (+34) (971) 695-441
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 48
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40. BROKERAGE
2965, 2 0 1 0 , £ 1 0 7 , 0 0 0
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
2965, 2010, Poole, Dorset United Kingdom, £107,000 Karnic 2965 (2010 model) with twin Volvo diesel D3
engines (190 Hp).This particular model is brand new and was made for the boat show 2010. Karnic boats
are designed using leading edge CAD-CAM technology to develop the shapes, check functionability and
ergonomics, define aesthetics and ensure comfort. Its there unique character that makes them one of the
top brands in the industry. She comes fully equipped with a trailer and is available now, to arrange a view-
ing or for more information please do not hesitate to contact us. - Specs: LOA:10 metres - VOLVO 190hp
- Diesel
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Web id: 330 - Price: £107,000 Tax Not Paid
Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 330
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41. BROKERAGE
310 M o N A C o , 2 0 0 0 , 6 9 . 9 5 0 €
Mallorca, IB, Spain
310 Monaco, 2000, Mallorca, Baleares Spain, 69.950 € The Joda 310 Monaco has seats for 6 persons out-
doors heading forwards, and with a beam of 3 meters the boat also feels very spacious indoors. With a
few grips the sitting group in the aft can be transformed into a giant sun-bed. The big bathing platform
on this model will be appreciated on warm summer days. A lovely boat at an extremely competitive price.
Upholstery new in 2009, recently antifouled, must be viewed. - Specs: LOA:9 metres Beam:3 metres - VOLVO
318hp - Diesel
Web id: 27 - Price: 69.950 € Tax Paid
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Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
Spain (+34) (971) 695-441
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 27
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42. BROKERAGE
33, 2 0 0 1 , £ 9 9 , 9 0 0
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
33, 2001, United Kingdom, £99,900 Aquabell 33ft with twin diesel engines (giving 27 knots) the ultimate
wakeboard, surfing and fishing boat. Equipped for long distance cruising. Force 8 certification with 14 on
board. - Specs: LOA:33 feet - N/A 300hp - Diesel
Web id: 220 - Price: £99,900 Tax Paid
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Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 220
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43. BROKERAGE
33, 1 9 9 1 , £ 5 8 , 5 0 0
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
33, 1991, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, £58,500 Aquabell 33 (1991 Model) with single Mermaid Diesel in-
board engine (new 2003). This particular vessel is a great example of the popular semi displacement fishing
vessel. She is verstaile and stable, with options to use for a large weekend cruiser, ski boat or professional
sports fisher. The huge after deck is ideal for the purpose, wide, safe and solid. The mermaid diesel engine
has been comissioned new in 2003 and meticulously maintained by a Mermaid specialist. Boasting many
refurbishments and improvements since the owner took her over, she really is a boat not to be missed and
viewing is highly recommended. Please do not hesitate to contact any of the us team if you require any fur-
ther information or indeed would like to arrange a viewing. - Specs: LOA:10 metres Beam:3 metres Draft:1
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metres - N/A 300hp - Diesel
Web id: 362 - Price: £58,500 Tax Paid
Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 362
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44. BROKERAGE
43 r S , 2 0 0 3 , £ 1 5 4 , 9 5 0
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
43 RS, 2003, Poole, Dorset United Kingdom, £154,950 Hunton 43 (2003 Model) with triple Yanmar (315Hp)
Diesel Engines. An opportunity to acquire a well known and respected performance boat with racing herit-
age. Fully MCA Coded and ready for charter. This particular 43 has been maintained to the highest standard
by our very own guardianage service. Not only does she benefit from a fantastic Jeff Hunton designed hull
she also has the triple Yanmar option. The inventory includes all the necessities together with additional
long list of optional extras including Generator, heating and AC. Not for the faint hearted and defiantly
boxing the same weight as a Sunseeker 43 Superhawk. reason for sale is the owner needs to upgrade to
large vessel.CHARTER OPTION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE CARINE
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YACHTS TEAM TO ARRANGE A CHARTER FOR ALL DATES AND TYPES OF CHARTER. DAY C... - Specs: LOA:42
feet Beam:10 feet Draft:3 feet - YANMAR 315hp - Diesel
Web id: 393 - Price: £154,950 Tax Paid
Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 393
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45. BROKERAGE
45, 20 0 7 , 2 9 9 . 0 0 0 €
Mallorca, IB, Spain
45, 2007, Mallorca, Baleares Spain, 299.000 € An excellent opportunity to obtain a well cared for Absolute
45 with only 155 hours on the engines. ideal med boat with all the extras such as air conditioning, gen-
erator, hydraulic passerelle. Built 2007, commissioned April 2008. - Specs: LOA:13 metres Beam:3 metres
- VOLVO 700hp - Diesel
Web id: 98 - Price: 299.000 € Tax Paid
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Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
Spain (+34) (971) 695-441
Visit www.longitude64.ch for full details - Web id: 98
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