News on marine finance

Yachts sales down

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Yacht sales, seen by many as one of the major barometers for the western economy, is heading down with the credit crunch with the United Kingdom as one of most serious victims.

'The yacht sales with his company is at least experiencing a 10percent drop this year,' said Roger Bailey, Sales & Marketing Director of Boatshed.com, the world's largest yacht brokerage group, on Saturday.

The Florida-based salesman said that situation is actually worse considering that his company is mainly dealing with second-hand yacht sale, which might not be hit hard by the ...Read More...

Superyacht team for Bank of Scotland

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Bank of Scotland Marine Finance has announced the launch of a new team dedicated to providing finance solutions for the superyacht market.

The 300 year old Bank has one of the largest, most experienced specialist marine finance teams in the UK, with nearly 30 years of experience in the marine business sector, offering funding for the acquisition, construction, refurbishment or re-mortgage of luxury yachts.

Bank of Scotland Marine Finance is offering a very individual and personal Superyacht finance service, and the assurance and commitment to their customers to...Read More...

America's Cup - oldest and richest in sport

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Allianz, the main sponsor of BMW ORACLE Racing and one of the leading financial services providers worldwide, has commissioned a report into the economic impact of participating, winning and hosting the America's Cup, the oldest trophy in international sport.

The Allianz Economic Report conducted in co-operation with Professor Tom Cannon, Dean of Buckingham University Business School and a leading expert in sport and business finance has taken into account the following factors in order to draw the conclusion found in the report: infrastructure investment; syndicate communit...Read More...

Lombard Marine Finance sponsor On The Water Boat Show

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

As part of its promotional strategy for developing the Irish Marine Leisure Industry the Irish Marine Federation (IMF) has announced details of the first On The Water Boat Show and its sponsor Lombard.

Titled the Lombard On The Water Boat Show 2006, this IMF event will take place in Malahide Marina, Malahide Co. Dublin from 28th April to 1st May and will be the largest showcase of boats ever shown at a Boat Show in Ireland. Up to 180 boats will spread their sails across the Malahide marina varying in sizes from 10 ft to an 82ft luxury cruiser. The value of boats on display wil...Read More...

RYA Spring Series results from Grafham Water

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Grafham Water Sailing Club played host to the RYA Olympic Classes Spring Series’ second event this weekend (18-19 March), with Bryony Shaw and Richard Hamilton topping the RS:X fleet in the first domestic test of the new Olympic windsurf board.

Winner of the recent Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, Shaw mastered average wind speeds of between 11 and 16 knots over the weekend to score five bullets and dominate the six race series at the Cambridgeshire club, while RYA youth squad windsurfer Richard Hamilton finished a steady second in the RS:X fleet with nine points.
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