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The White Shark boat brand changes ownership

June 9 2020

Written by Yachting Art English Edition

Until now owned by the Oleron-based wheelhouse and open boat builder Guymarine, the White Shark outboard boat brand has just been sold to new investors.

White Shark in navigation: a sumptuous hull...

Mythical brand if ever there was one in the 90s, on the outboard boat market, White Shark has just changed hands. 

French Boat Market, French importer of the pleasure boat brands Pursuit, Galeon, Galia, Numarine, Rodman, Northstar and Nuova Jolly, has just announced the purchase of White Shark from its owner, the Oleron-based shipyard Guymarine, managed by Nicolas Chiloff.

This buyout seems logical, given the completely different positioning of Guymarine - the latest French specialist in promenade fishing boats - and White Shark, the luxury French-style outboard boats.

1993 - White Shark and André Dauxin

Talking about White Shark is inseparable from André Dauxin, boss at the beginning of the 90s of OMC France, subsidiary of the American nautical giant, which then produced the Evinrude and Johnson outboard motors, but also boat brands such as Four-Winns and Chris-Craft, Javelin....

Wishing to create a top-of-the-range French outboard brand, OMC launched the White Shark brand in 1993 - based on a creative idea by André Dauxin - whose models would be built in Vannes, at the Kelt shipyard, the French production unit of the American group. 

Right from the launch, the success is immediate. It must be said that the good fairies looked at the cradle of the new born, which reuses Chris Craft hulls - please - with European-style deck plans and a more consensual design ! 

From owner... to owner

The difficulties of the OMC group at the end of the 90s, pushes André Dauxin to buy Kelt White Shark in 1996, while signing partnership with OMC for Evinrude outboard engines.  

The explosion of OMC in 2000 - the biggest bankruptcy in the world of yachting - pushed the French manufacturer to sell its yard to the Poncin Group in 2003, which continued to develop the range, before repatriating its production in Charente Maritime, in Marans.

Much less strategic than the rest of the Group's business - multihulls - the brand was sold to Guymarine in 2013.

The buyer, who at the time was sorely lacking in equity capital, will never have the means to relaunch it, and after filing for bankruptcy and taking over in 2016, Guymarine clearly no longer has the means to relaunch two brands at the same time.

French Boat Market, specialist in top-of-the-range boats

Last Thursday's acquisition of White Shark by French Boat Market is good news for the White Shark brand.

Up until now, French Boat Market's offer has lacked a brand of top of the range open hulls, a market which is well known to the Côte d'Azur company, which for a time imported Sessa Marine and Boston Whaler.

The takeover carried out last week concerns the intellectual property rights and hull moulds of the 8 models in the range.

Contacted by ActuNautique, French Boat Market, through its commercial director, Kevin Pittet, told us that he wanted to work with a French naval architecture firm to relaunch White Shark - without touching the magnificent hulls - while thinking about the European industrialist who will be entrusted with production. 

A partnership with an engine manufacturer would be under negotiation, with two brands seeming logically well placed: Yamaha and Mercury Marine.

In the coming months, the buyer has a pleasing ambition: to present two new models in Paris, next December, at the Nautic...

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The sailing yacht was used by Virginia Tech professor Francesco Ferretti and his team of scientists to gather more information on the species. It also welcomed a film crew that was tasked with documenting the mission.

“The Mediterranean’s top predator is quickly disappearing from the region,” Ferretti told Robb Report via email. “We must act fast to save this population from extinction.”

Mediterranean white sharks are now critically endangered, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. To safeguard the species, scientists need to track and tag sharks to understand more about their migration, eating, and breeding patterns. No easy feat considering locating them is like finding “a needle in a haystack.” Ferretti thought the Sicilian Channel could be a potential hotspot, so Blue Titan and her owner Frank Peeters took the scientists to Tunisia, Lampedusa, and Malta.

The team spent 17 days on board, but much of the work was waylaid by bureaucratic red tape. They did succeed in satellite tagging a Mako shark for the first time in the region, though. They also completed environmental DNA water testing and deployed baited underwater video cameras. More importantly, Ferretti says the trip has laid a path for future expeditions.

The trend of vessels being loaned out to scientists is becoming more common these days, as owners become more focused on sustainability. Cruise lines Viking and Ponant have also started launching ships equipped with high-tech research labs that can be put to use on far-flung expeditions.

Yachts for Science has a catalog of research projects looking for vessel support, from tagging humpback whales in Mexico to plastic debris sampling in Bermuda. If you would like to offer up your yacht or have an idea for a research project, email [email protected]

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Meet the oligarchs: the Russian billionaires whose jets, yachts and mansions are now in the crosshairs

Some of Russia’s super rich are finding their assets in the west under threat of sanctions from the US

For a growing number of Russia’s richest and most powerful men, now would be a very bad time to take their private jets and superyachts to their mansions in the United States.

Yesterday, the White House announced it would expand the list of Russian oligarchs subject to full blocking sanctions – the highest level of restrictions – as it ramps up punishment against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Some of the newly named oligarchs overlapped with a list of Russian elites on whom the European Union imposed sanctions earlier this week, although there were some notable differences.

The federal government won’t just stop at freezing these targets’ assets, but will seize them, Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

In charge of appropriating these assets will be KleptoCapture , a newly announced justice department taskforce, with support from the treasury department, FBI, IRS and other federal agencies. Under US law, the justice department may use civil forfeiture to confiscate the proceeds from foreign crimes, including corruption, when they are found in the United States.

Their efforts will complement those of a transatlantic taskforce announced over the weekend between the United States, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Commission.

“We are joining with our European allies to find and seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets. We are coming for your ill-begotten gains,” Biden said.

The Feds may have their work cut out. US regulations are lax when it comes to requiring disclosures of real estate transactions by foreign individuals, making the country a prime destination for Russian’s uber-rich looking to snap up prime properties without scrutiny.

Other favorite toys of oligarchs like planes and boats are commonly registered through shell companies. And many of those luxury craft have begun traveling toward extradition-free territories such as the Maldives, according to Bloomberg News .

Here’s an introduction to the Russian oligarchs now joining the US sanctions list – as well as a few others who haven’t been targeted yet, but have notable US ties.

Alisher Usmanov

Russians know Alisher Usmanov as one of Vladimir Putin’s “favorite” oligarchs. The country’s richest man until 2015, Usmanov owns a majority stake in Russia’s second-largest phone network, MegFon, and a large stake in the iron and steel giant Metalloinvest.

But few Americans know that Usmanov also helped give us Facebook. The billionaire began investing in the social network in 2009, when Zuckerberg’s firm was having trouble accessing funding in the wake of the financial crisis. Usmanov ultimately poured over $900m into the firm, owning as much as 10% of the company before selling his stake in 2014 and netting himself billions. He was also a major investor in Apple, Twitter, LinkedIn, Groupon and Zynga.

Usmanov was subjected to sanctions by the EU on Monday, and on Wednesday German authorities seized his $600m megayacht , the Dilbar – which boasts the world’s largest yacht-based indoor swimming pool. On 3 March he was among those added to the sanctions list by the US. The oligarch still has a $200m private Airbus A340.

The Rotenbergs

Long before brothers Arkady and Boris Rotenberg became two of Russia’s wealthiest tycoons, they were teenage Vladimir Putin’s judo training buddies, a role they continued into adulthood. Clearly they were good at it, because after Putin became president he rewarded the brothers with the control of large state-owned enterprises and lucrative contracts, netting them a massive fortune.

The Rotenbergs have since built a huge family empire of international investments under a web of shell companies, which has made Arkady’s son Igor a billionaire in his own right. Despite Arkady and Boris getting US sanctions after Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, the brothers “continued actively participating in the US art market by purchasing over $18 million in art in the months following the imposition of sanctions”, according to a US Senate report . Rotenberg-linked shell companies continued making transactions in the US financial system worth over $91m long after the sanctions, according to the report.

In addition to Arkady and Boris, Igor and five additional family members were added to the US sanctions list this week.

Igor Shuvalov

Russia’s deputy prime minister from 2008 to 2018, Igor Shuvalov is now the chairman of VEB, the Russian development bank that finances major infrastructure projects, including the Sochi Olympics. He has claimed to be one of Russia’s cleanest officials, telling media he transferred all his wealth to Russia in 2013, and only kept it offshore before that to avoid spoiling his kids . But an investigation by the anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny found that Shuvalov, through a shell company, bought two London luxury apartments in 2014 for $11.4m and has used a secret private jet to fly his wife’s corgis around the world because, as one of his staffers explained, “it’s not that comfortable in business class”.

He won’t be able to fly his corgis as many places now that he’s on the US and EU’s sanctions lists.

Yevgeniy Prigozhin

Legend has it Yevgeniy Prigozhin began his rise to power selling hot dogs , shortly after getting released from prison for robbery. The wiener venture was apparently a smash hit, and within years he had opened high-end restaurants that counted Russia’s leader among their clientele, earning him the nickname of “Putin’s chef” and catapulting him into the inner circles of Russia’s elite.

Americans might be more familiar with another one of Prigozhin’s businesses: the Internet Research Agency, which employed a troll army that began by supporting Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, before turning its efforts to influencing the 2016 US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump. Prigozhin and the Internet Research Agency were indicted by a US grand jury in 2018 for interfering with the election, and he was added to an FBI wanted list in 2021.

He’s now on both the US and EU sanctions lists for running disinformation campaigns to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Sergey Chemezov

A former KGB officer who befriended Vladimir Putin in the 1980s while living in the same apartment building, Sergey Chemezov rose through Russia’s public and private sector in Putin’s wake, and in 2007 was appointed as CEO of Russia’s state-owned defense giant Rostec, a position he still holds today. Chemezov was sanctioned by the US in 2014 amid Rostec’s role as a supplier for Russia’s invasion of Crimea, and Washington is targeting him again, now with his family members.

According to investigative reports and allegations from the jailed activist Alexei Navalny, Chemezov’s relatives have used shell companies to accumulate eye-watering assets , including superyachts and luxury villas around the world. But Chemezov says he’s clean, telling Russian media in 2019: “I do not accumulate wealth. I don’t stuff money in the corners. I don’t have yachts or airplanes.”

Nikolai Tokarev

Another former KGB officer who served alongside Putin and Chemezov, Nikolai Tokarev took over former Soviet state assets as Putin built his political power, and in 2007 became the head of the state-controlled oil giant Transneft. The oligarch has used his position at Transneft to build a business and real estate empire, which reportedly includes sponsoring an extremely fancy palace that’s said to be personally used by Putin. Tokarev was hit by US and EU sanctions this week.

Vladimir Potanin

Reportedly the second richest man in Russia, the banker, metals mining tycoon and former deputy prime minister Vladimir Potanin was among a small circle of oligarchs who met with Putin last week as the invasion of Ukraine began.

Potanin has played a big role in American arts: he has been a board member of New York’s Guggenheim Museum for two decades, until he stepped down on Wednesday. He has also given millions to the Kennedy Center in Washington, which carved his name into a wall. He is also known to have owned property in New York City , which came to light during a divorce fight that could cost him $7bn.

Potanin isn’t currently under US sanctions, which is good news for his three megayachts and two private jets (that we know about).

Leonid Mikhelson

Russia’s richest man in 2016, Leonid Mikhelson is the founder and chairman of natural gas producer Novatek, a close friend of Putin’s, and a business partner of Gennady Timchenko, a billionaire who has been under US sanctions since 2014.

Mikhelson loves art: along with his $200m art collection, he was on the board of trustees at New York’s New Museum from 2013 to 2017, and has sponsored exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and London’s Tate Modern. His ostentatious superyacht, the Pacific, can reportedly accommodate two helicopters.

But his other assets may be harder to trace. In 2017, the Panama Papers revealed that Mikhelson had used an intricate system of shell companies to secretly register a $65m Gulfstream private jet in the United States, which in most cases requires US citizenship or permanent residency.

The tycoon is not currently subject to sanctions, though his company Novatek is.

Petr Aven is the head of Alfa Group, a commercial bank subject to US sanctions that helped him amass an estimated $5.5bn fortune. A well-known collector of classical Russian paintings, Aven has lent works from his collection – reportedly worth $200m – to New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the Neue Galerie. Aven reportedly has never bought a plane or yacht, and told the FT “all my money goes in to art.” That is, of course, if you don’t count the millions he spent transforming an 8.5-acre plot in England into a “KGB-proof” mansion , complete with a bomb-proof panic room.

Last year, Aven filed a libel lawsuit against HarperCollins for a book it published about Vladimir Putin’s rise, Putin’s People.

Aven was sanctioned on Monday by the EU, which described him as “one of Vladimir Putin’s closest oligarchs” and one of “approximately 50 wealthy Russian businessmen who regularly meet with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin”. He has not yet been placed under sanctions by the US or UK.

Mikhail Fridman

Petr Aven’s business partner, Mikhail Fridman, is Alfa Group’s founder and a Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch. Fridman has made substantial investments in the United States, which include spending a reported $1bn in 2011 to buy up distressed properties across the east coast, telling the Wall Street Journal at the time, “The American market is the most well-regulated and liquid market in the world. It has the best protection for investor rights.”

Through Fridman’s investment group, LetterOne, the billionaire also sank $200m into Uber , and $50m into the telecom startup FreedomPop. Fridman also caused a stir in 2018 when he spoke alongside Aven at a closed-door dinner hosted by the Atlantic Council, a major US foreign policy thinktank, in what critics saw as an unofficial Kremlin mission to protest against US sanctions.

Last week, Fridman became one of the first oligarchs to speak out against the invasion of Ukraine, calling it a “tragedy” and writing that “war can never be the answer.” Nonetheless, Fridman was subjected to sanctions on Monday by the EU, which named him as “a top Russian financier and enabler of Putin’s inner circle”. Like Aven, he has not yet been placed under sanctions by the US or UK.

The oligarch has a son, Alexander, who is reportedly attending NYU’s Stern business school, after a stint in Moscow selling hookah .

Alexei Mordashov

Currently Russia’s richest man, Alexei Mordashov owns a third of Tui, Europe’s biggest tourism firm, and gained his billions as the chief executive of Russia’s largest steel and mining firm, Severstal. He is also a large shareholder of the Bank of Rossiya, which has opened up branches across Russia-occupied Ukrainian territory in recent years.

Over the last two decades, the billionaire has also poured money into the United States, investing heavily through Severstal in steel companies in the midwest before selling them for $2.3bn in 2014.

Mordashov has been hit with sanctions by the EU, but the US hasn’t taken action yet. They would be interested in his Bombardier Global 6000 private jet and multiple superyachts, including the $500m Nord, which Senator Bernie Sanders noted on Tuesday had been “sailing in the Seychelles region for more than 10 days” in a Twitter thread about Russian offshore wealth.

Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich, the longtime owner of Chelsea FC, has been described by a member of the UK parliament as a “ key enabler ” of Putin’s regime, which Abramovich has long denied. An orphan raised by his grandparents in Siberia, Abramovich pulled himself up by his bootstraps the old-fashioned way: wriggling into the inner circles of government and then profiting hugely by selling previously state-owned assets that he acquired after the fall of the Soviet Union.

The billionaire owns one of the world’s most outlandish yachts, complete with an onboard submarine and three helicopters. He has also owned a number of ultra-expensive properties in the United States, including a trio of buildings in New York City’s Upper East Side worth more than $90m combined, which he transferred to his third wife, Darya Zhukova, in 2018.

Abramovich is not currently under western sanctions. Earlier, the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, told the House of Commons that Abramovich was “already facing sanctions” though later said he “misspoke”.

This article was amended on 7 March 2022 to clarify that Leonid Mikhelson was on the New Museum’s board from from 2013 to 2017

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Motor yacht White Shark of London is a 32 m yacht launched by Taiwan shipyard Johnson Yachts in 2008. With composite hull and superstructure, she features exterior design and naval architecture by the renowned Dixon Yacht Design, and the interior work of Norbert Jansen. The luxury vessel sleeps 11 guests and four crew.

White Shark of London is a semi-custom flybridge adaptation of the Johnson 105 model, and the first of the series to sail European seas. As is standard with the 105 series, the owners of the motor yacht were free to choose between three, four, or five guest cabins and to customise the interior design.

In design, the luxury yacht manages to be both modern and classic with glossy Canadian cherry hardwood floors and tables, black granite countertops, white chairs and lounges, and Italian linens in natural colours. The main salon provides a slight divergence from the general design and exudes the elegance of a comfortable hotel lounge.

Exterior areas are equally as attractive with a dining table for 12, bar, BBQ, Jacuzzi, and sofa on the flybridge. Amongst White Shark of London’s accommodations are a split-level Master suite on the main deck; and two VIP and two Twin suites with en suite on the lower deck. Crew are accommodated in two cabins with en suite, and a mess with dining table and cooking area.

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This sailing yacht WHITE SHARK is a 57 metre 187 (foot) important steel vessel which was fashioned by Jos L Meyer and devised by Jos L Meyer. The large triple masted schooner WHITE SHARK is a particularly distinctive German built superyacht which was launched to celebration in 1902. Sleeping 24 passengers and 18 professional crew, sailing yacht WHITE SHARK was formerly named Fs Aussenjade; P8; T/W Ems. The naval architecture office responsible for her plans and general arrangement with respect to this ship was Jos. L. Meyer. She is a classic triple masted schooner.

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Jos L Meyer was the naval architecture company involved in the formal superyacht composition for WHITE SHARK. Jos L Meyer is also associated with the yacht wider design collaboration for this yacht. In 1902 she was formally launched with accolade in Papenburg and following sea trials and final completion was thereafter passed on to the yacht owner. Jos L Meyer completed their new build sailing yacht in Germany. The hull was built out of steel. The sailing yacht main superstructure is fabricated largely using steel. The total length of the luxury yacht on deck is 47.2 (154.9 ft). With a beam of 8.2 m or 26.9 feet WHITE SHARK has fairly large internal space. She has a reasonably deep draught of 3.41m (11.2ft). She had refit maintenance and modification undertaken in 1992.

Range & Speeds - Engine Room On S/Y WHITE SHARK:

Installed with one DEUTZ-MWM diesel engines, WHITE SHARK is able to attain a maximum speed of 10 knots. Her propulsion units are a single screw propeller. Her total HP is 500 HP and her total Kilowatts are 368.

Guest Accommodation Offered On Superyacht WHITE SHARK:

The notable luxury yacht sailing yacht WHITE SHARK is able to accommodate up to 24 guests and 18 professional crew.

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Yachts for Science: Sailing superyacht helps with ground-breaking shark research in the Mediterranean

The 26.6-metre sailing yacht Blue Titan has become the latest vessel to become involved in scientific research through the innovative Yachts for Science initiative. The sailing yacht was used by Virginia Tech professor Francesco Ferretti, his team and film-makers, as part of the White Shark Chase 2023 (mainly funded by the Augmentum platform ), an international collaboration to find and protect the last remaining white sharks in the Mediterranean Sea.

“The Mediterranean White Sharks are among the least studied and the most endangered, they are critically endangered according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature,” explains Ferretti. “We estimate that the population has declined by 80 per cent over the past few decades. The White Shark is a top predator with a very important ecological value.”

To help protect the species, Ferretti is determined to track and tag sharks to understand more about their migration, eating and breeding patterns. Finding these creatures in the Mediterrean Sea is similar to finding a “needle in a haystack”, but Ferretti has highlighted the Sicilian Channel as a potential hotspot and needed support to spend time in the region.

When the initial vessel that was meant to assist the trip fell through, Blue Titan and her owner stepped in to help take Ferretti and his fellow scientists to Tunisia, Lampedusa and Malta.

For the owner of Blue Titan , Frank Peeters, it was a case of good timing. “I have been in the boating network for a long time, and one of my contacts [Yachtstory's ill Zwaans] put me in contact with Rosie O’Donell [project co-ordinator at Yachts for Science] for this project. We were about to leave from Spain to Sardinia in that period, and Tunisia is exactly the same direction,” he explains.

Ferretti and the team spent 17 days on board, using the yacht as a base and chase boat for operations. “The boat’s owner was very engaged with our project,” says Ferretti.  “They soon realised they are in an adventure, it is a chance to be at the forefront of science because we are basically writing the life history of the White Shark.

“For our type of work, this sailboat is suited as a support boat and floating hotel, not an operational vessel, but this support has been crucial to mitigate and respond to the issues we were encountering along the way.”

Captain Jeff Doolan of Blue Titan said despite “challenging” elements of the trip – including accommodating the scientists and filmmakers as well as large amounts of kit – it was “fun to do something different and helpful”. “I enjoyed meeting the scientists, and was interested in their work,” he added. “I also learned a lot from them. They all were top people and I have made some new friends.”

Unfortunately, due to government and bureaucratic issues, much of the work that Ferretti and his team were hoping to undertake was not possible. However, the group did succeed in satellite tagging a Mako shark for the first time in the region, undertaking eDNA water testing and deploying baited underwater video cameras. Ferretti is also confident that the trip has put in place a lot of groundwork for future expeditions.  “Our work in Tunisia is not finished. I still need to digest all the info and new intelligence acquired on this trip, but we need to replan our approach and work on multiple fronts, including engaging with high-level policy figures,” he added.

For Peeters the trip also proved to be a positive experience. “Working directly with the scientists and a documentary team was an adventure and something totally new for us, my wife was sad to leave at the end of our trip,” he said. “There were many highlights, but especially the commitment, passion and perseverance of the expedition team were amazing.”

The goal of Yachts For Science is to bring together yacht owners and crew with marine scientists, researchers and content creators and provide access to the oceans. It is an initiative of the Ocean Family Foundation, BOAT International, Nekton, EYOS and Arksen. Visit the website to find out more about the current projects in need of support.

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8 Yacht Clubs and Marinas in the Philippines to Moor Your Boat In

FoodfindsAsia.com | 8 Yacht Clubs and Marinas in the Philippines to Moor Your Boat In | Filipinos’ history as a maritime people date back to prehistoric times. In fact, the Philippines’ basic sociopolitical unit today, the barangay, traces its etymological origins to the balangay , the ancient outrigger boats that were used by precolonial Filipino communities to explore and conquer islands this side of the Pacific. As a people belonging to a seafaring culture, it’s no wonder that modern Filipinos are taking a retrospective look at their glorious past as Austronesian mariners and are developing a renewed love for the ocean and marinas as present-day yachtsmen.

Today, Philippine marinas look to accommodate more and more yachts and other pleasure watercrafts as the years go by. In 2017, an ASEAN Briefing op-ed piece named the Philippines as a country with high potential in yacht industry growth. The natural beauty of the Philippine islands and its fantastic bays, combined with a growing interest in leisurely sea travel, can explain the spike in yachting activities throughout the country.

Are you part of the demographic that’s become enamored of the yachting lifestyle? Do you want to know where in the country you can berth your watercraft? Leading sailboat and motorboat authority Europa Yachts is happy to enter the conversation, and recommends the following locations for discovering the Philippines through yachting. Here is a short list of clubs and marinas in the country, organized by island region.  

Manila Yacht Club and Marina, Manila, Metro Manila

Established in 1927, the Manila Yacht Club and Marina is one of the oldest yacht clubs in all of Asia, and is nestled in the scenic Manila Bay. It is also near other well-known landmarks in the city, such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), the headquarters of the Philippine Navy, and the US Embassy. Facilities in the marina include a launching ramp and a fueling center, and the club itself is host to a restaurant and gorgeous function rooms. The Manila Yacht Club only welcomes visitors who arrive by boat, and it charges an initial security deposit of USD 750 upon arrival. Club membership is mandatory for medium and long-term mooring of boats.

Subic Bay Yacht Club, Zambales

The Subic Bay Yacht Club, which was founded in 1998, upholds itself as the country’s premier yacht club. It operates in the deepest bay in the country, and can host vessels well beyond 50 meters in length. Already benefitting from the innate beauty of the Zambales mountains surrounding it, the club hosts a number of other attractions, including its luxury accommodations, swimming pools, and its own movie theater, bowling alley, and nightclub. Those who venture outside of the club’s premises can also shop for well-priced imported goods at the Subic Freeport Zone, engage in water sports , or sign up for diving excursions.

Punta Fuego Yacht Club, Batangas

Peaceful Punta Fuego is a mecca for those who love the sport of sailing. As per its official website, the Punta Fuego Yacht Club aims to serve “a dynamic and vibrant community of boat enthusiasts and yacht owners.” This it does by playing host to a diverse population of watercrafts, from large catamarans and mono-hull yachts to small boats. Non-members of the club may use the berths for up to 3 weeks, and can refuel at the marina’s fueling station. The yacht club offers other amenities such as locker rooms, shower rooms, Internet facilities, a chart room, and a restaurant called Barracuda Bar, which serves delicious fares. Outside of the yachting crowd, Punta Fuego Yacht Club also caters to those wishing to celebrate weddings, conferences, and corporate events in their opulent quarters.

Puerto Galera Yacht Club, Oriental Mindoro

Further south, yachtsmen may moor at the Puerto Galera Yacht Club in Oriental Mindoro, an island location that’s home to tourist attractions like the Sabang Wreck dive site, lively beachfront resorts, and the Malasimbo Music Festival. Puerto Galera Yacht Club has been in operation for almost thirty years and lends services such as refueling provisions and yacht repairs from its marina. Boat owners also enjoy optimal convenience if mooring here, as they can also shop for spare parts in the nearby Batangas port.

Busuanga Yacht Club, Puerta del Sol Bay Marina, Palawan

Beautiful Palawan is a bucket-list destination for many, especially those who dream of cruising its crystalline waters. Accommodating the yachting community in this island province is the Busuanga Yacht Club, which promises secure mooring amidst breathtaking white-sand beaches. Here, each vessel will benefit from a typhoon-safe harbor, easy refueling, and direct access to transportation hubs like the New Busuanga Airport. Adjoining this marina is the Puerta del Sol Bay Resort, which offers luxurious accommodations to visitors. When not atop the deck of a boat, travelers can also explore the lagoons and freshwater lakes of Coron, go shipwreck diving, or relax in the hot springs of Maquinit.

Iloilo Sailing Club, Arevelo, Iloilo City, Iloilo

Iloilo Province is home to some of the country’s most beautiful old-world architecture, a flourishing ecotourism industry, and delectably fresh seafood cuisine. What will round off an unforgettable visit to Iloilo, however, is an excursion to the Iloilo Sailing Club on a leisure watercraft. The club accepts visitors and encourages membership in the case of medium and long-stay mooring. It also hosts a number of amenities and activities, including a dinghy storage, a beach bar and restaurant, and classes for those who want to learn about sailing. In recent months, the Iloilo Sailing Club has also been a convenient meet-up point for big maritime events, such as the Iloilo-Guimaras Paraw Regatta and the Seafarers’ Job Fair.

Cebu Yacht Club, Mactan Island, Cebu

The historic Mactan Island in Cebu was the site of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival in the Philippines. Now known as a commercial hub that hosts a prolific furniture and musical instruments industries, Mactan is also the location of the Cebu Yacht Club, an institution that is beloved by the locals. Aside from being an ideal spot to restock on much-needed fuel and supplies, the Cebu Yacht Club is also a trusted club to commission for boat repairs. There’s a good vibe in this club for everybody, as it sports both luxury accommodations and a waterfront strip of restaurants that laid-back diners can frequent. MINDANAO

Holiday Oceanview Marina, Samal Island, Davao del Norte

The Holiday Oceanview Marina is a major attraction of Samal Island in Davao del Norte Province, one that welcomes Filipino and foreign yachtsmen alike to moor within its premises. The space is quite roomy, in fact, with 56 berths that can fit vessels up to 15 meters in length. The club also has a boat ramp that can accommodate boats up to 18 meters in length. The well-guarded and weather-safe marina is a gateway to some of Mindanao’s finest attractions, such as the Pearl Farm, Hagimit Falls, and Giant Clam Sanctuary.  

There’s no better way to discover the Philippines from end to end than getting onboard a seaworthy vessel and going on a long cruise, with stops in some of the most beautiful places in the country. Find a safe harbor in any of these major clubs and marinas, and participate in the renaissance of sailing in the Philippines.

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