VolumeVol 11, IssueIssue 44 - AprilApril 20072007 The Magazine from BYM News We visit the latest megayacht repair facility, in La Ciotat, and take a look at the history behind the shipyard. PLUS Claude Hamilton (ex-MCA) on megayacht manning ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Editorial. Not enough berths, boats, nor crew - Ceramics on the Advance - G-Class - Kate Wins - White Heather - Ocean Racing Round Up - Velux 5 Oceans - Servane Escoffier - Ready for Take Off - Interview. Iain Murray - Megayacht News - Heli powers - Amsterdam Boat Show - La Ciotat - Monaco Marine - Lightnings - America’s Cup Round Up - Brussels Bashing - USS Escanaba Page Volume 1, Issue 4 - April 2007 Page 2 Volume 1, Issue 4 - April 2007 CONTENTS Editorial Not enough berths, boats, nor crew Page 4 Expert Comment Claude Hamilton on megayacht manning Page 5 Ceramics on the Advance AmCup boats with F1 bearings Page 10 G-Class Time for The Race again? Page 13 Kate Wins Classic yacht racing & helicopter gunships Page 14 Golden Oldie The ketch White Heather Page 18 Ocean Racing Round Up Page 20 Velux 5 Oceans Page 23 Servane Escoffier Looks Good - Sails Well Page 24 Ready for Take Off We visit Tony Bullimore in Hobart Page 26 Interview Iain Murray on Azzura, Australia & America’s Cup Page 30 Megayacht News Page 35 Heli powers MCA & HCA sign MOU Page 37 Amsterdam Boat Show Spectacular opening Page 38 La Ciotat Past & Present Page 42 Monaco Marine New megayacht refit facility Page 46 Lightnings Southern Circuit USA Page 48 America’s Cup Round Up Page 50 Brussels Bashing Myths about the EC & RCD exploded Page 53 USS Escanaba Memories of a Coastguard Cutter Page 56 CONTRIBUTORS Marian Martin (Editor), Cathy McLean (News Editor), Aldous Grenville-Crowther (Technical Editor), Jo Cow- ley (Photo Editor), Claude Hamilton (UK), Luuk Le Clercq (Netherlands), Doug Gillanders (St Kitts), Carina Prakke (Canada), Steve Hall (Australia), Dr Robert M.Browning Jr. (USA). 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Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 4 - April 2007 COTE D’AZUR EDITORIAL Not enough berths ELSEWHERE Not enough boats EVERYWHERE Not enough crew Shortage of crew, shortage of berths; perhaps there’s also a shortage of foresight in the lux- ury yacht industry? If the house building industry had a shortage of bricklayers and had run out of land to build on, it would consider itself in cri- sis. The luxury yacht industry is in a comparable situation, yet seems to just hope the prob- tens of thousands, or even in marinas capable of taking lems will go away. Mention crew hundreds of thousands a week them, but - over these last years shortages to most people in the want? A fashionable cruising - since the marinas have been industry and they’ll agree it’s a ground; lots of “in places” to planned, or built there is little, growing problem, but ideas to visit; things they can go home or no sign that they will ever at- solve it are thin on the ground. and impress friends with! “We tract large yachts, unless there Talk about shortage of berths, dined at the Negresco, in Nice.” are some fundamental attitude on the Côte d’Azur, and they’ll fits the bill, “We ate at el Café, changes. tell you people will just have to in Badalona.” is likely to get a keep their yacht in Spain, or “Where?” In 2004, Leo Selter, of Carta- some place. gena’s “luxury yacht” marina, Recently, Miquel Alabore, Gen- sent out 200 letters encouraging The old adage “You can take eral Secretary of the Catalonia megayacht owners worldwide a horse to water, but you can’t boating industry association, to take a mooring. He claimed make it drink.” springs to mind. ADIN, told BYM News “When 20% interest and 5 contracts Builders don’t expect to sell these big yachts come here, imminent. In August 2005, luxury houses that aren’t in they give work and many ben- Selter said, after the Rising the right sort of area, so why efits. That is the reason we Sun had paid a visit “Accord- do boatbuilders expect luxury are trying to become the big ing to the representive of the yacht buyers to want to moor megayacht place in the Medit- yacht, Cartagena would be the in places that don’t have the re- eranean.” Alabore is not alone, ideal place to have as a base quired cachet? many people - from restaurant for the Rising Sun, as the loca- owners to repair yard bosses - tion and the services offered by In any case, most owners use would love to see a profusion of the marina are up to the needs their yacht for just a few weeks large yachts in Spain. Of course, that this sort of yacht requires.” each year and it’s on charter none want to attract them more Three months later, Selter had the rest of the time. What does than those who have invested sold his 50% share in the ma- a charterer, paying thousands, Page 4 Volume 1, Issue 4 - April 2007 son. “Because it is the captains who have most influence, when it comes to deciding where a yacht will have it’s home port, and the captains will choose Spain.” A second visit, by BYM News, in March 2007, proved that very few captains have chosen Spain! Marina Tarra- co was home to three sailing yachts and an Azimut; despite the “Barcelona effect” Port Fo- rum’s large yacht berths were by no means crowded. rina and told BYM News “the marina will no longer focus on megayachts.” In June 2005, Malaga Port Au- thority said it had received re- quests for 5 permanent large yacht moorings in a new facil- ity “in the best area of the port, with the most modern facilities” and added “the inauguration of the 24 moorings is imminent.” When, in March 2007, BYM News asked the Port Authority how many large yachts were tion. At that time, Inigo Prada moored there, the answer was Nicholson - then with Tarra- Even the America’s Cup seems “None”. gona’s Marina Tarraco and Se- to have failed to attract large bastien Twose of Barcelona’s yachts to Spain in anything Two years ago, BYM visited Port Forum were adamant that like the numbers that had Costa Brava megayacht mari- the megayachts would come been hoped for. During last nas that were under construc- and both cited the same rea- year’s Louis Vuiton, King Har- ald’s royal yacht Norge had no problem finding space to moor alongside, occupying a number of spaces intended for large yachts to moor stern to. More recently, the America’s Cup team has been at shows, of- fering 43 large yacht berths for this year. It’s no good keeping on saying “people will just have to keep their yachts in Spain”, you have to make them want to. Marian Martin Page 5 Volume 1, Issue 4 - April 2007 CLAUDE HAMILTON ON MEGAYACHT MANNING In the article on superyacht crew training, in the March issue, we quoted Joe Vittoria, owner of the Mirabella V: “I have on board – as a guest in this period - a captain who was with me five years; one of my favourite captains. Well, you know, today he wouldn’t have the paper qualifications to drive one of these boats, with the rules that are there now. They require weeks of schooling to get it and, of course, he’s older now - though still a young man - but he’s got a family, so there’s no way he’s going to go back through all that.” “He can go and deliver someone’s boat, because he’s an excellent captain, but he cant work in the charter trade.
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