The leading shipyard for large luxury yacht building, Lürssen of Germany, chose last month’s Dubai Boat Show to update the industry on its 2018 order book and pitch its refit and repair capabilities.
Asia-Pacific interest in Lürssen, the leading German superyacht yard, is focused on the 120m Project Thunder apparently built for an Asian client, but meanwhile at Monaco Yacht Show, their latest spectacular 85m Areti was shown, and last month, she was at Nassau in the Bahamas.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen spent the New Year holidays onboard his luxury yacht Octopus which sailed to the Maldives and was anchored in Addu Atoll.