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Nami 波

Refit & restoration

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Groupe BeneteauMediterraneanGroupe Beneteau plans new mediterranean hub for large-yacht services and refit At Les Occasions du Multicoque et du Refit, Groupe Beneteau announces plans for a new 15,000-square-meter site in Canet-en-Roussillon, France.

Asia-Pacific BoatingAsia-PacificYacht Refit Asia Moves Head Office to Singapore Yacht Refit Asia has moved its head office to Singapore, where it now operates as Yacht Refit Asia Pte Ltd. Its existing base at Ocean Marina in Thailand has become a branch.

MB92From seasonal refit to continuous yacht lifecycle management How connected technologies could reshape yacht maintenance, the refit experience and seasonal challenges for shipyards.

Spirit YachtsNorthern EuropeESCAPE, EXPLORE, RESTORE ONBOARD ANIMA II 02.11.26 SPIRIT YACHTS ESCAPE ESCAPE the daily grind. EXPLORE new destinations. RESTORE your soul. This month, Spirit C72 charter yacht Anima II launched its new Sail Into The Now opportunity.

BOOTENorthern EuropeBeneteau: Refit-Zentrum im Mittelmeer Groupe Beneteau errichtet in Canet-en-Roussillon ein 15.000 Quadratmeter großes Servicezentrum für Yachten bis 24 Meter Länge.

ActuNautiqueMediterraneanLa SNSM mise sur le « refit » pour donner une seconde vie à ses bateaux de sauvetage Rénover plutôt que remplacer systématiquement. Face aux défis opérationnels et environnementaux, la SNSM déploie une politique active de refonte de ses moyens nautiques.

Practical Boat OwnerRestoring a Contessa 26 over two years for a solo circumnavigation Joe Bainbridge explains to woodworking tutor Geoff Bowker how his Contessa 26 was refitted ready for an Atlantic circuit After structurally reinforcing the hull, Joe Bainbridge redesigned the…

Practical Boat OwnerFrom engine nightmares to sailing in a Scottish paradise: one couple shares how they restored a £10,000 Etap 30 Phil Clandillon chats to YouTubers Jo and Tim about refitting their Etap 30 Hat Trick and how engine failure scuppered their first season Jo Heard and Tim Foster, along with their sprocker spaniel…

Advanced Maritime Technology InternationalMarpower project developing a gas turbine energy conversion system hits halfway point with advancement of key technologies and digital twin The EU-funded Marpower project has reached the halfway point of its four-year effort to develop a gas turbine-based energy conversion system for ships.

Yacht Racing LifeGB1 helmsman Ben Cornish on Naples regatta and upcoming relaunch of British AC75 Image © J Green / GB1 In this story (2,250 words): Ben Cornish on what went wrong for GB1 in Naples The decision that left the British sailors on the back foot A practice-day drama ahead of racing…

Motor Boat & YachtingNorthern EuropeThe boat this owner waited three decades to own When Steve Brenner decided to restore Lord Montagu’s original Nelson 35, nothing but a full stem-to-stern refit would suffice Steve Brenner seems to eat, sleep and breathe Nelson motor boats.

Groupe Beneteau

Groupe BeneteauMediterraneanAt the Cannes Yachting Festival, Groupe Beneteau is on the offensive: 24 new models and its NEO refit program expanded to LAGOON, BENETEAU and JEANNEAU. At the Cannes Yachting Festival, Groupe Beneteau is unveiling 24 new models for the 2026-2027 season and continuing the acceleration launched as part of its plan for 66 model launches between 2025…

MB92Beyond AI: New MB92 report explores the future of intelligent refit MB92 Group today announces the publication of its fifth report examining the major trends shaping the superyacht industry. Entitled The Intelligent Refit Era: How Digitalisation and AI Will Redefine the Future of Yacht R

MB92An extraordinary refit, at the crossroads of technical complexity and human endeavour FLIP, a one-of-a-kind floating instrument platform, arrived at MB92 in September 2024 for a long-term refit and modernisation project. Rescued from the scrapyard by DEEP , the vessel is being transformed into a modern re

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A dock at six in the morning tells you more than a launch party at eight in the evening.

I crewed for ten years and delivered other people's yachts across the Mediterranean before I wrote a word about them. I have been seasick in front of guests I was meant to impress. I have watched a yard in Viareggio spend nine months on a hull nobody will ever see. Nami (波) means wave, and this is a magazine about boats — I intend to go on calling them boats.

So that is what gets read here: around ninety sources out of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Americas and Japan, in Italian, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese and English. Yards, crews, naval architects, the small classics moored beside the hundred-metre houses. Prices appear when the price is genuinely the story, which is rarer than the brochures imply.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out to the people who reported it. Nothing is reprinted whole. The photographs stay with whoever took them. A Dutch yard writes in Dutch and it stays in Dutch here. The link goes straight to them.

— Olivia Stay, Antibes and Tokyo Bay