My Princess - Issue 19

MY PRINCESS ISSUE 19 | 2020

Boot Düsseldorf

OUR KNOWLEDGE IS YOUR LUXURY

EXPLORING THE

2020 10 YACHTS, 5 SHOW DEBUTS, 9 DAYS

Baltic Sea

ON BOARD OUR OWNER’S STORY

PRINCESS

Y95

THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF PRINCESS MOTOR YACHT SALES

Introducing the f lagship of the Y Class

Welcome Dear Princess owner/enthusiast, Welcome to your spring edition of My Princess, the official magazine for Princess Motor Yacht Sales and its dealer partners from around Europe and the Mediterranean.

We have created our magazine digitally this time, in response to the current Coronavirus crisis. The situation has been changing so rapidly, that we wanted to ensure our magazine was as up to date as possible before sending it out. We are hoping it might bring something different and hopefully an interesting context to what is going on today in what has been a very difficult time for everyone.

It goes without saying that this is an unprecedented time. With the virus being amongst us, we are seeing on a daily basis, the selfless acts of many people who are caring for others, be it in hospitals, care homes or in homes themselves. There are others who are also placing themselves at risk through the supply of essential goods and services. Everyone who is doing this essential work is a credit to our country.

We thought that however difficult it is currently for all of us, we should reflect on the better times we had in 2019, and look forward to what the rest of 2020 might bring when the current restrictions are relaxed.

In 2019 we appointed new dealers in Scotland and in Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca, and enjoyed one of the busiest events schedules we have ever created, with the R35 Roadshow flying the flag. Within our service department, we opened

two new facilities in Saxon Wharf, Southampton, and Son Bugadelles, Mallorca, which will give us a greater ability to offer a more advanced yacht service to our customers.

Last year also saw an impressive number of model launches

by Princess Yachts, showcasing the latest in their ambition in new design and architecture, including the Princess Y85, Y78, S66, S62, F45, V78 and the Princess V55. With the launch of the exciting new yacht concept, the Princess X95, on the horizon, we’re excited to be a part of the forward direction in which Princess Yachts is taking us.

As you may know, one of the highlights of this magazine is our owner’s story - an insight into the life of a Princess owner, inviting you on board their yacht to experience their journey first hand. In this issue, Sven Deutschmann takes us on a tour of the Baltic Sea, with picturesque destinations being the result of a challenging but rewarding cruise. We’ve also included a few extras, including advice on where to visit in Europe, an introduction to our new dealers in Portugal, and an interesting interview with our very own Leon McGregor, a Princess-trained engineer in Southampton.

I do hope you enjoy this edition of My Princess, please keep safe and our thoughts are with everyone at this present time.

I look forward to seeing you all at some stage, in the near future.

Yours sincerely Colin Capewell, Managing Director, Princess Motor Yacht Sales

Contents Boat Show Reviews

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The All New Princess X95

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A look at the Princess Y95

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Princess Motor Yacht Sales Individual: Retrofit Featured Products

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The Princess F Class

Breathtaking power and utter serenity.

A magical fusion.

The new Flying Spur.

Book your test drive with Bentley Bristol.

0117 203 3950 www.bristol.bentleymotors.com Flying Spur WLTP drive cycle: fuel consumption, mpg (l/100km) – Combined 19.1 (14.8). Combined CO2 – 337 g/km.

The name ‘Bentley’ and the ‘B’ in wings device are registered trademarks. © 2020 Bentley Motors Limited. Model shown: Flying Spur

BENTLEY BRISTOL

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Owner’s Story: Sven and Bianca Deutschmann

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A Day in the Life: Marine Technician Leon McGregor

Princess Yachts Portugal

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New Service Centre Opens in Mallorca

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Charter Destination Guide: Ionian Islands

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Sea Life Trust: A World First Project

Exploring Europe

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Princess Brokerage International: Latest Listings 36 - 37

YachtQuarters: Shared Ownership

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Destination Guide: Mallorca

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2019 BOAT SHOW REVIEWS: IN PICTURES

2019 BOAT SHOW REVIEWS: IN PICTURES

Southampton

BOAT SHOW 13 TH - 2 2 N D SEP TEMBER

YACHTING FESTIVAL 1 0T H - 1 5T H S E P TE MB E R

Princess Yachts presented a beautiful 9-yacht display including the revolutionary R35 in Vieux Port, one of the oldest harbours on the French Riviera.

We welcomed our owners and their guests to an exclusive evening with Princess at the 5-star Harbour Hotel.

A show like no other, we presented the very best in new Princess design and engineering.

With the sun shining on our display, we enjoyed soaring temperatures and sales success.

Cannes

Visitors to the show enjoyed a 12-yacht display including 5 global debuts - the F50, S62, S66, V55 and the stunning Princess Y78.

Elegant design and innovative use of space define Princess Yachts’ F Class and S Class launches at this luxury show.

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DÜSSELDORF BOAT SHOW 2020 REVIEW

DBS 2020 REVIEW

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Kicking off the year in style, Princess Motor Yacht Sales and her dealer partners attended the widely-acclaimed Düsseldorf Boat Show from 18th - 26th January.

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he show itself offers marine and yachting enthusiasts the opportunity to get their boating fix outside of the season, with over 12 halls of exciting exhibitions displaying their latest products and innovation, at what is known as the world’s leading indoor boat show.

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Princess Yachts did not disappoint, with a large presence in Hall 6 and an exceptional line-up to match. Debuting five new yachts for the season ahead, alongside a display of established and new models, Princess gave visitors an insight into the new direction they are taking in their design and build. Members across the Princess range enjoyed their show debut, including the F50, V55, S62, S66 and Princess Y78, underlining Princess Yachts’ recent record numbers of new yachts being designed, developed and manufactured.

The 8-day event saw unprecedented stand visitor numbers, with members of the public and invited guests travelling to Düsseldorf. Across the worldwide Princess network, there has been success in the level of sales across the full range, with customers securing their yacht before the 2020 boating season starts.

Princess R35

Princess S66

Princess V40

Princess F50

Princess V50

Princess F55

Princess V55

Princess Y78

Princess S62

Princess Y85

Princess X95 mock-up creates a ‘Princess First’ Transported from her home in Newport Street, Plymouth, the main deck mock-up of the all-new Princess X95 superflybridge was a first for Princess Yachts at this major international boat show. Our customers as well as members of the public were able to step onboard the mock-up to get a true life-like feel for this new design of craft. The impressive mock-up provided an insight into the inner workings of the Princess Design Studio, showcasing their inspiration and application when designing a new concept of yacht, never seen before in the industry. To understand

the sheer amount of space on board this craft can only be achieved when you step on board - the photographs and 3D tours really do not do it justice. This is something that presents Princess Yachts in a league above others, ensuring within this crucial stage of developing a new yacht that the design and space work together in harmony.

Antony Sheriff, Executive Chairman of Princess Yachts said, “It’s been another great year for Princess Yachts at boot Düsseldorf. The show goes from strength to strength and I‘m particularly proud of the reception the X95 mock-up display received. We are always striving to create new experiences to showcase how our innovation and craftsmanship sets us apart in the industry. Our performance at boot Düsseldorf means we can look forward with great optimism to another very successful year for the Princess brand.”

Alongside the impressive mock-up display, Princess Yachts also offered an exclusive virtual reality tour of the Princess X95, allowing customers to step onboard the X95 in its truest form. On the first Saturday evening of the show, we celebrated the upcoming launch of the Princess X95 in true 70’s style, with a cocktail party on the Princess stand. With décor and costumes inspired by the disco glam trends of the decade, over 150 customers partied the night away with live music, canapés and great company.

Discover the Princess X95 in full on page 32 Princess F50 makes her show debut Launched in the UK last summer season, the new Princess F50 combines impressive power with unparalleled luxury, to deliver the ultimate on-water experience for a flybridge

yacht of this size.

Alongside a line-up of 9 other Princess yachts, the F50 enjoyed a class-leading show debut attracting many to step on board and discover all that she has to offer.

Designed with on-deck living in mind, there are seamless connections between the areas of this craft, creating easy fluid movement on board. Her ingeniously designed hull cuts through waves at up to 36 knots, creating an exhilarating yet efficient ride to suit any waters. Whether you’re soaking up the sun in the Mediterranean, or discovering the fjords of Norway, and everything in between - the Princess F50 has been designed to suit any lifestyle.

Princess Motor Yacht Sales and her dealer partners Across the 9 day event, over 45 members of the Princess Motor Yacht Sales team including her network of dealer partners from as far as Turkey were in attendance. We welcomed customers, both new and existing, to the Princess stand to enjoy VIP hospitality and to step on board the latest models by Princess Yachts. Our staff enjoyed an exceptionally busy show, securing new enquiries across the international market and welcoming our existing customers from the UK and overseas.

As London Boat Show came to an end in January 2018, boot Düsseldorf has now become the place to be to get your boating fix ahead of the season starting. The international show has also become a popular event within our diary, as we welcome more customers not only from Germany, but the UK and overseas, to come and see the very latest from Princess Yachts.

The Düsseldorf Boat Show welcomed over 250,000 visitors from over 106 countries this year, with some travelling as far as Canada, Australia and Brazil. The show’s continued international appeal grows stronger year on year, and we expect it to remain a prominent boat show for Princess Motor Yacht Sales and her partners.

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PRINCESS Y95

Y95

PRINCESS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE Y CLASS

Due to launch in 2021 as the new Y Class flagship, the all-new Princess Y95 encompasses all that we know of Princess Yachts build and design whilst introducing a new benchmark to the market. With innovative use of interior and exterior space inspired by the Princess X95 and comparable to that of larger yachts, the Y95 sets a precedent for the future of Princess Yachts.

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eveloped in collaboration with Princess Yachts’ long-standing naval architect, Olesinski, and Italian design house, Pininfarina, the Y95 enjoys an elegant deep-V hull design capable of piercing through waves whilst maintaining excellent seakeeping. Her efficient and exciting performance will make life at sea even more

PRINCESS Y95

ON BOARD THE Y95 Princess Yachts has created an extraordinary character with a beautifully flowing side profile, enhancing the lines and form of the craft. The Princess Y95 offers outdoor living space comparable to a much larger craft, with a seamlessly connected interior similar to that seen on the M Class. Design attributes such as the side door access to the flybridge, the floor-to-ceiling window in the main saloon, and the largest hull window ever installed in a Princess, sets this craft miles ahead of the competition.

seakeeping and efficiencies delivered by an all-new deep-V

“The new Y Class flagship brings a new level of design and functionality to Princess. Elegant exterior profile lines and design details clothe the Y95, that offers class-leading

continue to push the boundaries of yacht design for everyone

concept hull form with a wave-piercing bulbous bow.” Andy Lawrence, Design Director at Princess Yachts, said. “The Princess Y95 is a new offering to Princess owners looking to move to a bigger yacht at the cutting edge of marine design.

It has new levels of functionality and a focus on living life on board with the master cabin larger than comparable sized yachts. Her innovative layout also brings a strong focus on the yacht’s beach club configuration. The Y95 shows that we on board, and reinforces our brand leadership position in the luxury yacht market.”

appealing. With a comfortable top speed of 25 knots, the Y95 is the epitome of taking time at your leisure to explore new destinations and the open blue. A fuel capacity of 13,400 litres can deliver a potential range in excess of 1000 nautical miles, making this the ideal craft for those longer journeys.

“ The new Y Class flagship brings a new level of design and functionality to Princess.”

INTERIOR SALOON

FLYBRIDGE

EXTERIOR BEACH CLUB

OWNERS STATEROOM

THE CHARACTER OF THE Y95

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The exterior decks of the Y95 offer a panoramic viewing platform to the world around you, with areas to relax in abundance. Her teak-laid transom, stairs, flybridge and main decks wrap around the body of the yacht, connecting the external spaces seamlessly. From the spacious cockpit, onboard crew can access their private quarters as well as the engine room - transom doors provide direct access to the garage where the electrohydraulic door reveals a spacious tender garage or beach club, depending on the configuration chosen.

saloon features an impressive U-shaped seating area with a coffee table, plus further forward a dining area for 10 guests. From here, panoramic views can be enjoyed via her full-height windows with the ability to close the blinds for an evening of rest and relaxation. Below deck, there is ample crew accommodation, including an en suite Captain’s cabin with double bed, ensuring each crew member on board is made to feel at home. A full-beam master stateroom occupies the forward area of the main deck, complemented by a large en suite and sofa area.

At a higher vantage point, the flybridge offers a beautiful dining area seating up to 10 guests, with flexible freestanding furniture giving the ability to laze under the sun. Large sliding glass doors offer a warm invitation to step inside from the cockpit, where the main deck

Combining the classic motor yacht design of the Princess Y85, with the immeasurable space found on board the new Princess X95, this new addition to the Princess range will bring with it elegant architectural innovation.

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INSIDE STORY THE PRINCESS F CLASS

If the Princess story has always revolved around the co-existence of advanced technologies and traditional values, the company’s most recent history represents a very convincing affirmation of that. On the one hand we’ve seen the emergence of some overtly radical designs like the foil-equipped R35 and the expedition-style X95. And on the other, we’ve seen Princess lavish more attention than ever on the ‘traditional’ mid-sized flybridge cruisers for which it has become so renowned over the last 50 years.

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ollowing the launch of the F70 in the spring of 2018 came the unveiling of the F45 at the Düsseldorf Boat Show in January 2019 - and after the F55 won the Motorboat & Yachting Award for ‘Best Flybridge up to 60 Feet’, Princess added a fifth yacht to its F Class range in the form of the F50. As things stand then, the F Class

encompasses five boats from 45 to 70 feet, including the three smallest flybridge options in the Princess family and a more prolific choice of models than any other flybridge line. We talked to Nigel James, our Sales Director in Mallorca, for a deeper insight into what the celebrated F Class now represents.

PRINCESS F45 - MAIN SALOON

PRINCESS F70 - OWNER’S STATEROOM

THE PRINCESS

F Class WHAT’S THE F CLASS ALL ABOUT? The F Class is what most people might see as Princess’s core business - the classic Princess. It’s all about family cruising, spacious interiors and sensible performance.

Each of the five F Class boats uses a full-volume hull, designed to generate spaces where you can spend extended periods of time – and that matters, because it means that if you put an F Class boat into the Med, you don’t need to worry about a separate boat and apartment. It has sufficient volume to operate as your boat and your holiday home, all in one.

DOES IT AIM TO MAXIMISE THE CORE STRENGTHS OF THE TRADITIONAL FLYBRIDGE? Yes and no. It would be misguided to call F Class boats ‘traditional’ because they’re really quite cutting edge.

But on the other hand, they still carry the DNA of the

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original Princess shape and the original Princess offering.

Flybridge motoryachts from 45 to 70 feet have always been at the heart of what Princess does, so each F Class boat comes with a certain scale of design.

Perhaps the fuller, more voluminous hull of the F Class won’t carry as much speed as those in the V or S ranges but it’s not really about outright pace. It’s about confident, user-friendly cruisability and the F Class delivers that to fantastic effect. It offers great space and durability in a hull that is both sea-kindly and capable of travelling long distances with outstanding comfort and sensible fuel burn. So for family cruising and extended passage making, it’s a truly outstanding machine.

DOES THE F CLASS LEND ITSELF TO YOUR HOME WATERS OF MALLORCA IN ANY WAY?

Absolutely. It provides a large saloon area with lots of expansive glass, which helps bring the outside in; and yet it’s covered, so it can be air-conditioned or heated, enabling you to use it all year round and really make the most of your boat. On top of that, the F Class features colossal flybridges that generally run the entire length of the saloon, so you can have a whole new deck on which to enjoy the outdoor experience. That’s certainly something people tend to want in the Med. WHICH IS THE STRONGEST OF THE F CLASS BOATS? That’s a hard one to answer, because it’s always relative to where you are in life, how much you have to spend and what you want to do - they are all equally strong but for different reasons. For example, if you want big boat interiors in a small platform, the F45 and F50

PRINCESS F55

both deliver an amazing experience. The F45 achieves stunning space with a VIP cabin in the middle of the boat and that’s something you could only have dreamed of a few years ago.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES THE NEW F CLASS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL? The F Class is the result of generations of development.

David King, who started Princess Yachts in the 1960’s, was always very focussed on doing things properly and that continues to shine through in the modern F Class.

Yes, these are cutting edge flybridge motor yachts that offer wonderful spaces and high-quality living environments but they are also born out of decades of applied expertise and boat building heritage, and that makes them some of the most complete and perfectly resolved flybridge cruisers in the world.

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OWNER’S STORY

OWNER’S STORY

“ When you are looking to cover big distances then the litres per mile become far more important than litres per hour” There are boaters and there are boaters. And Sven Deutschmann and his wife Bianca are the latter. “There are well over 1,000 boats in our marina at Ancora Neustadt at the Lubeck Bay in Germany” Sven tells me. “Ninety percent of them travel maybe 40 or 50 miles at most along the coast for a day trip and then return.

Our boating is very different, we like to travel, we like to explore”.

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he couple’s adventures began with a single engined Crownline sportscruiser in 2002. It’s a boat that soon gave way to an Elan 35 which, with its twin engines and larger cabin, enabled longer voyages to destinations further away. “It was 18 years of experience in the Baltic Sea with those boats that enabled us to learn precisely the make up of the perfect craft for us which would enable the sort of extended cruising we had in mind. Size was the starting point. It’s easy to say that the bigger the boat, the better for distances and spending time aboard, but for where we wanted to go, up through Denmark and Sweden, there is an important limitation. The marinas are so busy in the high season that finding a berth for anything much larger than 40ft is a real issue. But importantly there is also the beam to consider, anything above 4 metres and you have real problems.

Of course there is more than physical size to take into account.

“With distances between ports of anything up to 150 miles, we needed a boat that would cruise at close to 30 knots, and it had to do so efficiently. When you are looking to cover big distances then the litres per mile become far more important than litres per hour - it’s how efficient the boat is and how far it can travel, not how long it can travel for, that is important. Plus

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“ We‘ve been to picturesque marinas such as Marstrand, Smögen, Käringön, Fjällbäcka, Grebbestad and many more”

the boat must have good seakeeping of course”.

The couple quickly focussed in on the Princess V40 as the boat that had it all. Build quality, space, an ideal layout and all within a 3.81 metres beam. Perfect. And with its slippery sterndrives mated to latest generation twin Volvo Penta D6-330 common rail diesel engines and a hull penned by renowned naval architect Bernard Olesinski, the V40 had seakeeping and range covered off too.

A boat was ordered specifically to the couples request. “We had AIS fitted to this boat, which transmits our position to other AIS equipped boats as well as informing us of the positions, speed and bearing of their position. On one leg

of our trip we hit thick fog that had not been forecast and were very grateful for this system. For navigation we chose Raymarine Axiom fitted with Navionics charts plus a back up plotter, life raft and other safety equipment. Precise navigation is very important in the Swedish archipelagos, where there are plenty of rocks. Bianca deals mostly with navigation and we both drive the boat”. With the perfect boat, perfectly equipped, Sven and Bianca slipped their moorings in the summer of 2019 and embarked on the perfect trip.

“We headed first for Warnemünde about 50 nautical miles (nm) to the east along the German coast for the night, and then headed north for Klintholm in Denmark and then up to Copenhagen and then Hornbaek. The next leg was a big push,

120nm to Marstrand in Sweden and then we worked our way all the way up through the Baltic Sea of the Kattegat and the Skagerrak to Gothenburg (Swedish west coast) and the archipelago of the Swedish Skårgarden where we cruised the area with its hundreds of islands. We‘ve been to picturesque marinas such as Marstrand, Smögen, Käringön, Fjällbäcka, Grebbestad and many more. Beautiful places and islands some with Mediterranean like promenades and some that are small islands with fishing harbours and beautiful bays for anchoring at very quiet and natural regions, where wild horses roam free and you feel like you’ve stepped 200 years back in time. One memorable marina was a beautiful old fishing port.

Behind the boat, the water stretched out between the islands totally sheltered and flat calm, but a short walk took us to where we could look out over the Skaggerak strait. It faces the North Sea where we could watch the sun setting over huge rollers, safe in the knowledge that our cruise was sheltered and independent of these sea conditions”.

In all, the couple cruised over 740 miles, visiting 16 marinas in 20 days. “The size of boat really paid off, there was only one marina we couldn’t get in to, where boats were already rafting five deep. We made sure to book in advance and had no other problems. But what’s interesting is that despite limiting ourselves in the boat size, we never felt cramped. There is

plenty of space on board, the layout works extremely well for us and it was an entirely comfortable experience. The weather played its part too, we never put the aft canopy up the entire time. Instead we just enjoyed the fresh air, cooking seafood from lobsters to shrimp on board and enjoying the company of many other enthusiastic boaters, many from Norway working the trip in the other direction, many of them on board Princess boats of differing ages”.

It was a trip that was followed enthusiastically by many fellow berth holders from Ancora Neustadt Marina, who were able to track the couple on real time by logging into web sites that display AIS vessel positions. “This tour is a real dream for boaters. We’ve known many other owners of motor yachts in our home marina in Neustadt for more than 18 years - some have made it to Denmark but most of them have never made it to Sweden or to the Swedish islands. Actually the Swedish Skårgarden is a big dream for many of us. And I know that some of them last year ‘followed’ visually our route via the shared AIS data day by day” smiles Sven.

It was the perfect trip on the perfect boat. “The V40 performed superbly - great for cruising at sea and also for the long haul passages with more 150nm distance i.e. from Copenhagen to Marstrand (and later back to Malmö and back to Germany).

Excellent performance and the perfect yacht experience”.

Words by Nick Burnham

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major boat shows including Southampton Boat Show in September. So, if you think Portugal may be the place for you, give the team a call on +351 212 387 066.

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Princess Yachts Portugal will be in attendance at our

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In 2020, Boat Center have announced a new office in Lisbon and an upcoming opening in the Algarve, so they can bring their experience of the marine industry, as well as their partnership with Princess Motor Yacht Sales, to new territories this year.

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Pedro grew up with the sea on his doorstep and has, from an early age, enjoyed boating, watersports and diving.

Over the last 20 years with Boat Center, he has seen the company grow and earn its reputable status in the local area. Their recent partnership with Princess Motor Yacht Sales complements their reputation, adding a brand known for their build quality and exceptional design to their family.

“The brands I represent here in Portugal are each renowned for their beautiful quality, performance and trustworthy build - that is why I am proud to bring Princess to Setúbal and what better location than this!” Pedro explains.

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Medieval castles, cobblestone villages, captivating cities and golden beaches; the Portugal experience really delivers on everything a boat owner could desire, with the advantage of predictably warm weather. Just 30 minutes from the city of Lisbon, Boat Center is ideally placed for

its customers, new and existing. Nestled within a scenic bay at the mouth of the Sado River, Setúbal has everything you could ask for and more, now with the ability to offer Princess luxury motor yachts. The incredible Sado estuary lies on their doorstep; a natural reserve home to over 200 bird species and beautiful dolphin pods, making Setúbal the perfect retreat for those seeking year-round sun and relaxation in a naturally beautiful setting.

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Headed by Pedro Vale, Founder and CEO, Boat Center has been operating in Setúbal for 20 years and has developed over this time a solid route in the recreational boating sector with an outstanding reputation, exclusively representing 6 key marine brands including Princess. At the heart of the company is the same skilled team who have been there since the beginning, focussed on delivering a quality service like no other in Portugal. Their impressive waterside premises spanning 6150m2 provides a complete sales and service facility for customers, including a dock with easy-access ramp and free parking, plus a large undercover used boats showroom.

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Since January 2019, Princess Motor Yacht Sales has appointed and are now working with a new dealership in Setúbal, Portugal. This new appointment will help to increase the brand awareness and presence of Princess Yachts in Portugal and the surrounding area.

“The brands I represent here in Portugal are each renowned for their beautiful quality.”

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But that’s not all, our berths come with a raft of benefits: 42 free visitor nights with Premier, fuel at cost, 8 weeks ashore and a yard discount. So why compromise? Call now for a quote and a tour of a Premier marina: 01489 884 060 or visit premiermarinas.com

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Charter Destination Guide:

IONIAN ISLANDS

AWE-INSPIRING ADVENTURES BEGIN IN ATHENS

FIND YOUR IDEAL IONIAN ESCAPE Do you love breath-taking scenery, serene sailing and simply taking things easy with a charming Grecian way of life? Then make sure the Ionians are on your itinerary.

LEFKADA (LEFKAS)

CORFU

This remote, tranquil and well-preserved island is blessed with stunning bays and charming little inlets around Agios Nikitas. Meanwhile water sports enthusiasts have great kiting and windsurfing opportunities.

Check out one of Corfu’s most iconic sites: Vlacherna Monastery which juts out into the sea on its own little island.

Another worthy visit is Agni Bay, an historic fishing village offering traditional food at seafront tavernas. A must visit for any stop on the island of Corfu is the old quarter of Corfu town, a UNESCO world heritage protected area.

KEFALONIA The largest of the Ionian Islands Kefalonia has numerous picturesque beaches such as Ammos, Skala and Xi and the photogenic Lake Cave of Melissanni. Fiskardo, a small fishing village in Kefalonia island is another great stopping point.

Anchor off Foxi beach to enjoy a fun beachside afternoon enjoying many water sport activities or take a nature trail towards the Venetian light house and Basilica.

ZAKYNTHOS (ZANTE) Set your compass for Navagio beach, only accessible by boat, where a white sandy cove with towering limestone cliffs lapped by turquoise waters and an intriguing shipwreck greet you. Meanwhile the quieter Kalamaki Beach is a protected nesting ground for endangered loggerhead sea turtles.

Greece’s capital, one of the world’s oldest cities, is a destination in itself, with an endless array of attractions to fill several memorable days of your visit. Legendary historical sites and museums converge with a bustling modern shopping and a relaxed café culture. But more than that, Athens is a great base from which to explore the surrounding islands too.

ATHENS – THE SIGHTS TO SEE Moored at the city’s port – Piraeus – Europe’s largest port and the third largest port in the world, Athens’ wealth of attractions are within easy reach. For a snapshot of everyday life, Monastiraki should be on your radar. It is one of the oldest and busiest areas of the capital and is packed with rooftop bars, ancient sights and large bustling markets.

EXPLORE ATHENS’ NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS From Athens, there are numerous islands within easy sailing distance during your charter.

Charter your own Ionian itinerary onboard Gia Sena Whether you choose to visit the beautiful Ionian islands in summer or winter, the Gia Sena provides a perfect vessel from which to enjoy the islands’ irresistible attractions in sheer comfort.

The 26m long yacht benefited from a refit in 2019, emerging with a fresh bang up-to-date interior that is resplendent in soothing neutral tones. Wide panoramic windows in the spacious saloon offer amazing views.

Furnished with a great sized sofa and dining area, she offers roomy relaxation. Plus, you can also stretch out on comfy sofa seating and recliners, as well as dine alfresco on the deck. Eight guests are easily accommodated in four cabins (three double and one twin) looked after by a dedicated crew of four.

Packed with an array of water toys on board including water skis, a wake board, Jet Ski 280 HP, scuba diving equipment and fun tubes, Gia Sena provides the whole yacht charter package.

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Poros From Athens Piraeus port head 25 nautical miles to the pretty pine-wooded island of Poros. The gentle waters of the island’s west side are perfect for swimming and offer safe anchorage for exploring coves.

Hallelujah – to a heavenly cruise

Spetses Mansions surround the island’s harbour at Dapia where there’s a traditional boatyard and inland many secluded wooded beaches are ripe for exploring.

Salamina (Salamis) Just 10 kilometres west of Athens lies the rocky island of Salamina (Salamis), the largest of those in the Saronic Gulf. Moor your boat at the island’s port of Paloukia, and discover the island’s cultural sites including the Municipality of Salamina Folk Art and History Museum, or the outdoor Maritime Museum.

Aegina 26 kilometres south east of Athens is the authentically Greek island of Aegina. Pistachios are grown here and celebrated with a four-day harvest festival in September.

Brand new for 2019, this Princess 30m luxury motor yacht has a distinctive powder blue hull. An alluring light colour scheme continues inside where ivory white furnishings combine with stone and accents of marine sea blue and pale wood.

Multiple panoramic windows line the spacious open-plan saloon, which is generously proportioned, allowing everyone to gather together and sit back and relax. Another attractive feature is the mid-positioned wide sliding doors, opening up the space to the warm sea breeze and great views beyond.

Ten guests are catered for in three double, one convertible and one twin bedded cabin which are each afforded the ultimate in minimalist style.

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EXPLORE EUROPE

Explore

EUROPE Europe offers some very well established highlights for yachtsmen in search of the ultimate lifestyle – the Cote d’Azur, the Amalfi coast, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia; the fjords of Norway, the beautiful Balearics and the scattered archipelagos of Croatia.

Whether viewed as places to keep your boat or as venues for a special charter experience, each of these destinations has achieved fully warranted fame among the yachting elite. But while the appeal of the lifestyle is important, the continent’s very best places to invest your boating time also need to lend themselves to making a better boat life as easy to achieve as possible.

Malaga, Spain Most people tend to look toward Barcelona or Valencia as the key yachting hubs in mainland Spain, but Malaga is every bit as charismatic. Founded by the Phoenicians the best part of 3,000 years ago, it underwent Greek, Roman and then Moorish occupation, before various Muslim dynasties gave way to Christian reoccupation in the 15th century. As you might expect, modern day Malaga is therefore a thrilling architectural and historical narrative, as well as a first-class destination for art lovers, but it still retains all the natural appeal of a first-rate Spanish seaside resort. The waterfront, which boasts a vast sweep of sandy beaches alongside the oldest continuously operated port in Spain, has received plenty of investment in recent years and the climate down here in Spain’s far south also brings winters so warm that it could feasibly be used as a year-round yachting destination.

Throw in great shopping, an authentic Spanish bar scene, a wonderfully accessible food culture and the upbeat vibe of a place with profound cultural confidence and Malaga is the perfect spot for yachtsmen in search of something better.

What’s on in Malaga: Flamenco Festival, 26th June - 12th July Annual Malaga Fair, 15th - 22nd August

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Three Lakes Region, Switzerland While Lakes Zurich, Maggiore, Lucerne and Geneva all enjoy deserved renown, the Three Lakes region in northwest Switzerland is a wonderful destination. Positioned just a short hop from Geneva Airport, this region of classical Swiss watch and winemaking is home to Lakes Neuchâtel, Murten and Biel, each connected to the other by means of wide, easily navigable canals. Lined with elegant vineyards along its northern coast and protected marshland along the south, Lac de Neuchâtel offers plenty of beaches, as well as a vibrant watersports culture and a variety of charming waterfront towns and villages. The old spa town of Yverdonles-Bains and medieval Estavayer are both fine destinations and French-flavoured Neuchâtel makes a natural hub for marine exploration. While Lake Murten, the smallest of the three, is popular for swimming, courtesy of shallow waters, which are easily warmed by the summer sun. Bird watching and paddle boarding are also popular pursuits here and

St Peter’s Island, La Neuveville, Ligerz and Biel itself are all accessible places for a memorable stopover.

What’s on in the Three Lakes Region: Marché-Concours, 7th - 9th August La Neuveville Wine Festival, 11th - 13th September

Bay of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein The Schleswig-Holstein peninsula, perched up in the north of Germany, with the Baltic on one side and the North Sea on the other, is a very surprising destination. Lined with sandy beaches, cut through with deep glacial fjords and blessed with endless miles of unspoiled coastline, it has developed a strong reputation as a summer sanctuary for German high society. Relatively warm, docile and reliable weather from May to September makes this a very easy place to cruise and the region’s yachting infrastructure is also very user-friendly, with plenty of modern marinas, a wide choice of berths, a well-developed charter industry and very manageable distances between facilities. You can investigate the immediate region by cruising around to Kiel Bay, heading west, via the inland waterways to the North Sea and up the Elbe to Hamburg, before returning to the beautiful UNESCO city of Lübeck via the Elbe-Lübeck Canal. Otherwise, you can head east, along the coast of Mecklenburg toward Poland; or you can push north, further

into the Baltic, to explore the southern archipelagos of Denmark and Sweden.

What’s on in Lübeck: HanseKulturFestival, 12th - 14th June Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, 4th July - 30th August

Istanbul, Turkey Turkey is a thrilling yacht destination. Perched on the cusp between east and west, between tradition and modernity, between rusticity and opulence, its renown has grown in yachting circles over the past two decades and the shoreside infrastructures now make it wonderfully accessible. The regions between Bodrum and Gocek, and even further south towards Antalya, are now well on the charter radar – and with more than 300 days of sun each year and some of the warmest waters in the Mediterranean, Turkey’s capacity to extend your boating season well into November, when the western resorts have shut down for the winter, is very valuable. Turkey’s clear, sheltered waters are also great for watersports and, while it’s always possible to find a quiet cove, bay or anchorage for some private serenity, it’s equally possible to embrace the ‘time-capsule’ antiquity of the place or to step ashore for some more indulgent fun. For those who want something faster paced

and more dynamic, Istanbul is unlike anywhere else in the world.

What’s on in Istanbul: International Festival of Culture, 27th - 31st August

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L I M I T E D O F F E R* Purchase our last remaining share and we’ll waive the annual operating and maintenance costs for your first year of ownership. That’s a saving of £20,000.

Get in touch to find out more about this exclusive offer.

SHARE IN THIS G LO R I O U S P R I N C E S S 6 4 YO U R S TO E N J OY.

*Offer available until 30th September.

LAST SHARE REMAINING

Princess Motor Yacht Sales are proud to offer this exquisitely-presented, pre-owned Princess 64, boasting an expansive galley arrangement and generous accommodation for 6 guests. Enjoy this stunning yacht, fully crewed and with every aspect of its management taken care of for much less than you’d think with our shared ownership programme. You’ll own a 1/8 legal share entitling you to 4 weeks on board during the calendar year. When it comes to the end, an equivalent share of any proceeds from the sale will be yours.

Princess 64 2011 Model 1 Crew, 6 Guests Cost per 1/8 share £150,000 Annual operating cost £20,000

To find out more about this opportunity, please email info@yachtquarters.com or call +44 (0)1489 557755.

Shared ownership FIND OUT MORE AT YACHTQUARTERS.COM

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MALLORCA: DESTINATION GUIDE

Destination Guide

MALLORCA Your YachtQuarters yacht will be based in Port Adriano, a luxury and modern marina located just half an hour’s drive from Palma. Whether lazy days in the sun are your thing or something a little more exciting, then a week onboard in the beautiful and diverse waters surrounding the Balearic Islands will provide just that.

EXPLORE OUR ITINERARY Day 1: Port Adriano to Puerto de Andratx Voyage from your home berth to the picturesque, fishing port of Puerto de Andratx. Here you can explore traditional cuisine fresh from the ocean or simply sit back and watch the daily hustle and bustle of busy maritime life, in what is considered to be the most beautiful port in the Mediterranean.

IBIZA TOWN

Day 2: Puerto de Andratx to Port de Soller

Day 5: Marina Ibiza to Las Salinas

After an evening spent in Puerto de Andratx, you can cruise on towards Port de Soller, a charming coastal village on the west coast of Mallorca rich in architectural heritage. Take time out to relax on the pristine sandy beaches or wander through the village to discover boutique shops, cafés and restaurants; why not take a ride on the vintage tram on a picturesque journey among lemon and olive groves.

From Marina Ibiza, you can visit two of the most iconic destinations nearby renowned for their tranquil beaches and undisturbed landscapes. Soft sands, crystal clear waters, buzzing beach bars; Las Salinas is an idyllic setting. As well as the unspoilt sandy beaches, it is also surrounded by the Salinas Natural Park perfect for long walks. Why not stop off at Formentera? A true Mediterranean paradise, this blissful and bohemian island is the ultimate haven for those seeking peace and quiet.

Day 3: Port de Soller to Port de Pollensa Surrounded by picturesque mountains lies this familyfriendly resort, with long stretches of sandy beaches lined with palm trees and a splendid array of cafés, restaurants and historic attractions. For those who love the outdoors, there is a diverse range of cycling routes between Port de Pollensa and Alcudia, giving a fantastic opportunity to see the undisturbed mountainous landscape.

If you can pry yourself away from the white sand beaches of Formentera, we heartily recommend visiting the mysterious rocky island of Es Vedra; this uninhabited island is made mostly from limestone and is shrouded in myths and legends, the most popular being that it is the third most magnetic spot on earth.

Day 4: Port de Pollensa to Cabrera Island

Day 7: Es Vedra to Port de Mallorca, Palma

Take a break from the cities of Mallorca and escape to the island of Cabrera; a well-kept secret by the locals, Cabrera is an inhabited island where the landscape remains undisturbed for centuries. Choose to either spend more time here, or journey onward towards Marina Ibiza to spent two nights in this cosmopolitan port.

One of the more popular destinations to cruise to in Mallorca, Palma is rich in culture, entertainment and gastronomy. Whether you want to relax by the marina or explore the historic streets on foot, there is something for everyone in this charming capital city. Finish your itinerary here before returning home to Port Adriano.

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PRINCESS X95

The all-new

PRINCESS X95

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X95

To find out what really makes the new X95 so special, we talked to Alan Knight, UK Sales Manager at Princess Motor Yacht Sales.

What’s different about the X Class?

re-writing the rules of yacht architecture The new Princess X95 establishes a new ‘Superfly’ X Class, reimagining the concept of a flybridge yacht with extensive outdoor space and innovative configuration, making the most of every inch of space on board. Developed in collaboration with Bernard Olesinski and legendary Italian styling house Pininfarina, the X95 boasts luxury and comfort with clean and elegant styling and form.

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er new hull, designed exclusively by Olesinski, evolves the original deep-V concept to provide 15% improved efficiency with outstanding stability and seakeeping.

Creating this class-defining yacht out of Princess’s design brief was the work of their long-standing naval architect, Bernard Olesinski, in partnership with legendary Italian design house Pininfarina SpA. Having delivered the styling for the revolutionary R35, Pininfarina worked in collaboration with Olesinski to craft a statement yacht focused on adventure – the ultimate in contemporary yet highly

functional yacht architecture. With both main and fly decks that extend virtually the entire length of the yacht, allied to an enclosed, climate-controlled Sky Lounge and flexible open-plan layouts, the X95 fuses the space and luxury of a superyacht with the range and purpose of a compact explorer vessel. In fact, with a relatively high superstructure and vast glass panels, tempered by the use of long, elegant horizontal lines, her volume-optimised design brings with it a striking external aesthetic that almost feels like the pioneer for a fresh form of motoryacht.

ARTIST DRAWING

The X95 is a unique design for us – one that has allowed us to take fresh steps toward the next generation of Princess. It’s much more open plan; there’s far more volume and space, but we’re still keeping it under the crucial 24-metre load line length, so it can still be an owner-operated and driven boat and that’s quite an important thing. In addition to the sheer volume of space, the X95’s design means it’s pretty much the last size of boat you can graduate to while still keeping running costs at what you might call the pleasure boating level.

So is her chief strength the sheer volume?

FLYBRIDGE

It’s certainly one of them. Generally, if you go back five to ten years, then to get the same volume, you’d need a far larger boat – one that might take you into an ownership bracket you’d rather not inhabit. And that’s the beauty of the X95. When we get people on board, they’re just blown away by the amount of space on offer and that sensation isn’t confined to the main deck. With the X95, it feels just as spacious, whichever level you choose to inhabit.

Tell us the thinking behind that enormous fly deck.

SALOON

On the very top deck you have a raised wheelhouse area that can be opened up or closed off as you wish.

So if you have a captain and crew on board and you want a separate sofa area for guests, that’s easily achieved – and further aft, that flexibility gets even better. The flybridge aft deck area is basically a large flat space and, while we have various designs that can be utilised here, it’s almost a blank canvas that the customer can use to refine his favoured layouts, furniture choices and applications. As long as the client doesn’t request anything so heavy that it threatens to disrupt the boat’s balance, the X95 brings with it supreme flexibility, enabling you to make it almost as bespoke as you want.

So, who is the customer for the new Princess X95?

On this size and flexibility of boat, it could easily be quite varied. It could be for charter use. It could also be for owners who have reached a certain point in their lives when they have more in the way of diary time – people who have a few months rather than a few weeks of the year to go exploring. After all, this is a boat that gives you more running time; more freedom to move around on board; and, with its longdistance range and the internal flexibility of its spaces, it’s a yacht that can take you in comfort to almost any cruising region in the world.

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RETROFIT

RETROFIT

FEATURED PRODUCTS

GLENDINNING With its compact storage and design, the Glendinning Hosemaster automatically retrieves and stores your water hose with ease. Simple to install and with compact storage, the Glendinning Cablemaster makes it simple to retract your big, heavy shore power cable from yacht to dockside with just a push of a button. Both products are designed with owners in mind, to make life easier on board.

WATERMAKERS

Your Princess yacht, exactly how you want it We are Princess Motor Yacht Sales Individual, a tailored service to yacht owners to enhance life on board for them and their families. Based in Turnchapel Plymouth, we host a wealth of state-of-the-art facilities providing you with a one-stop shop, from your yacht handover to retrofit and servicing.

Local to the area? Come and see the facility for yourself - meet our team and get a first-hand look at what we have on offer. Turnchapel Wharf, Barton Road, Turnchapel, Plymouth, PL9 9RQ

We can enhance your onboard water supply with a simple modification that lets you enjoy a convenient, safe and hygienic solution when underway. New for this year, we are proud to introduce the Dometic XZ series combination system - the Sea Xchange and Spot Zero XZ is a combination series for those in need of a compact, integrated solution to their onboard water system, providing reliable fresh water anywhere in the world. Its low noise levels and low power consumption make it the perfect watermaker unit to have on board.

WILLIAMS TENDERS Whatever you need a tender for, we have a huge variety that will open up a whole world of new activities and destinations to you. From taking one out exploring, to towing toys or simply running back and forth from shore – our specialist team can help you find the right tender and make sure that you can safely launch and recover it yourself with ease. Plus, we have recently been appointed as an authorised Williams service agent, so you can rely on us for your tender servicing and upgrades.

Each product featured has been handpicked to enhance your unique yacht environment and can be installed on board your yacht by our experienced Princess Motor Yacht Sales Individual team.

We know the time you have to spend on your yacht is precious, so we understand the need to reduce the complexities of life on board by introducing personalised upgrades.

QUICK GYRO STABILISATION From relaxing at anchor to navigating the rough seas, MC Quick Gyro stabilisers can reduce your boat roll by up to 95%, and its innovative user-friendly technology gives you complete control with the easy to use MC touch remote control and mobile app.

Its versatile design suits any size yacht with no installation limits, so you can enjoy comfort at its finest on board.

SIRENMARINE From your mobile phone, tablet or computer the Siren Marine monitor allows you to stay connected with your yacht remotely via a simple mobile app and gives you complete peace of mind when away from the boat. It has the ability to monitor battery voltage, bilge arms, shore power connection, unauthorised access and incorporates a GPS tracker with geofence.

HUMPHREE TRIM & STABILISATION We provide advanced stabilising systems from Humphree, one of the leaders in interceptor and fin design and innovation - so you can enjoy a steady ride, whatever the sea conditions. Humphree’s patented award-winning design of the interceptor is like no other, providing active stabilisation, customisable to the size of your yacht. Or upgrade to the new electric fin stabilising system from

To discuss all your retrofit needs or book your consultation, contact Princess Motor Yacht Sales Individual.

Email individual@princess.co.uk or call +44 (0)1752 393311.

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Humphree, bringing you a cost-saving and powerful solution when handling the high seas.

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STAFF INTERVIEW

STAFF INTERVIEW

Leon McGregor MARINE TECHNICIAN, PRINCESS MOTOR YACHT SALES

“We have a team of engineers who will go just about anywhere in the world, depending on where our customer’s yacht is.”

How did you become a Marine Technician at Princess Motor Yacht Sales?

I did a four-year apprenticeship with Volvo Penta straight from school, before working at a Volvo Penta dealership. Then nearly five years ago, I moved to Princess and I’ve been here ever since.

What do your daily responsibilities involve?

They’re amazingly varied. I do a lot of the routine maintenance and servicing on engines, gearboxes and drivelines, as well as hydraulic systems and steering systems. But in addition to commissioning the engines for new boats, I also bridge over into technical handovers for customers, as well as retrofit work. One day I’ll be re-siliconing a toilet, fitting a new telly,

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working on upholstery or looking for scratches on wood as part

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overseas to service a client’s boat or attending an international

AWARD WINNING DESIGN

Absolutely. When a customer buys a new boat, we do a

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of an audit. The next, I might be carrying out a sea trial, flying boat show on behalf of Princess.

You have quite a lot of interaction with customers? technical handover. We have a couple of days to familiarise ourselves with the boat, and then we spend between one and two days talking the new owner through the boat. Every single door, every single panel, showing them where every breaker is, going through ways to keep the boat healthy and working well, showing them how to troubleshoot and remedy any issues.

BESPOKE BIKES

Then we go through the servicing with them, explaining what is involved in our extended warranties – and if the customer

The bikes are hand made in limited numbers, so we can offer bespoke paint colours and personalised details. For example, you can add your yacht's name or your owners initials. Please contact Princess Motor Yacht Sales for more details.

wants us to, we’re happy to fly anywhere in the world to service, maintain and repair their boat for as long as they like.

Your work involves a lot of travel?

NO MESS, NO STRESS

It certainly does. We have a team of engineers who will go

Our components are made out of carbon fibre - no need to worry about rust, especially as there is a padded waterproof bag available. The belt drive model also means no oil and very low maintenance.

customer’s yacht is. We go down to the South of France

just about anywhere in the world, depending on where our a lot too and again, the jobs vary. It might be the routine maintenance and warranty work, it might be fixing things that need attention in the middle of a cruise or it might be adding retrofit equipment like stern thrusters. There are obviously challenges related to the type of job and the location in terms

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luggage and what you source locally – but it just means you have to work more efficiently.

In what way is Princess different to other places you’ve worked?

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What’s particularly nice here is that our first job is to keep www.hummingbirdbike.com

the customer happy. Everything else can be worried about afterwards and that’s a really enjoyable ethic. But of course, the fact that the product itself is so good, so current and so refined

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also makes a big difference. Even though we’re engineers, you can easily come to work in a white T-shirt and go home looking much the same. The bilges are all clean and illuminated and the engine spaces are all lined and perfectly arranged. In fact, the level of detail that goes into a Princess engine room is exactly the same as the level of detail that’s lavished on the owner’s cabin – and that’s the way we work.

Do you think that customer focus is what makes Princess special?

Yes, that’s certainly part of it. But it’s also about the level of detail; the will to get it absolutely right, and of course the fact that the product itself is genuinely world-leading. As an engineer, I feel like I’m at the forefront of the industry here at Princess. The design and the technology that’s being incorporated now is really exciting – and it’s all done for the right reasons. It’s not done for the sake of experimentation.

It’s done to make each and every Princess yacht look right, feel right and perform right.

What’s the most satisfying element of your job?

When you hand over a new boat in perfect condition, with a nice bottle of Champagne and a big bouquet of flowers, and you see just how happy the new owners are. That’s amazing.

To be able to share in the excitement of that customer’s experience makes it feel like quite a personal thing – and every time you see them after that, you do feel a genuine connection.

So would you say you’re quite in touch with the lifestyle side of things?

Absolutely. We might be engineers but what we do here at Princess is all about the yachting lifestyle. We don’t feel envious of the people who buy these boats because we’re fully conscious that we have the best job in the world. We get to sea trial boats that most people will never get the chance to set foot on and we often get to do that in some of the world’s best boating regions. For me, what I do here is very much a lifestyle rather than a job and I never take that for granted, even for a second.

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AFTERCARE NEW SERVICE CENTRE

NEW SERVICE CENTRE

- Son Bugadelles, Mallorca

AFTERCARE

Meet our service team

IN MALLORCA

Say hello to our 17-strong engineering team located in Son Bugadelles, Mallorca. They are headed by our Customer Service Manager, Matthew Rosewarne, who together with a team of dedicated concierges ensure owners in and around the island receive the very best service when it comes to caring for and maintaining their yacht.

Aftersales Manager

Production Manager

MATTHEW ROSEWARNE

Our service team in Mallorca have moved to an incredibly large new service centre, not far from their previous premises.

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he new centre has been designed with our service team in mind, to adapt to the needs of a growing team of office staff and field-based engineers. Our owners on the island can come and enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere in which to meet with their concierge and discuss any retrofit or retail work they desire on board their vessel. With an expansive showroom facility to showcase the latest Retrofit products, as well as a larger parts department offering greater stock, we are able to provide a more complete service to our owners.

Born in the UK, Matthew joined Princess Motor Yacht Sales just over a year ago. He brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge after working with Fairline for 15 years, and has grown the service team in Mallorca from strength to strength. Outside of work, Matthew enjoys racing his off-road bike in the challenging terrains of Europe.

If you’re an owner on the island of Mallorca and would like to see what our service team can do for you, contact service.mallorca@princessmysales.com

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ROBERT ROSEWARNE

Born and raised in England, Lewis and his family moved to the island to discover a new lifestyle. Within his role at Princess, he ensures every piece of service work can and will be carried out to the greatest efficiency and quality.

Robert joined our team just recently as Technical Manager. He has extensive experience working with boats, both commercial and pleasure, and has excellent technical knowledge. Outside of work he likes to be out on the water as much as possible, while spending time with his family.

Concierge Team SARA GARCIA JONES

Sara Garcia Jones is one of our dedicated Concierges looking after our owners in and around the island.

Born in Mallorca, she lives and breathes the islander’s way of life. When she’s not assisting owners, you can often find her on the beach with her family.

ZUZANA NEALE

Another member of the Concierge team is Zuzana Neale - originally from the Czech Republic, Zuzana moved to Mallorca not just for the year-round sun!

As with most people here on the island, she enjoys keeping fit in the great outdoors.

DOROTHEE EMEIS

Those of you who have visited us at boot Düsseldorf may recognise Dorothee Emeis. She’ll spend her winter tackling the slopes in some of the best skiing destinations, and her summer out enjoying the blue waters surrounding Mallorca.

SHYVONE BLOM

Shyvone Blom is super organised, and she has to be as our Service coordinator, it is Shyvone who ensures every service call is answered and dealt with in a timely manner. In her spare time she enjoys reading, and discovering new places.

Princess Motor Yacht Sales brings together over 50 engineers in the UK and Mallorca. This move will ensure our service team in Mallorca are able to offer the same quality of service as we can in the UK, with facilities to match their brilliant expertise. We are proud to unveil a fully-equipped carpentry and engineering workshop, giving us the room to expand our services to more boats on the island.

In the UK, our new Saxon Wharf service centre in Southampton has been open since November last year. The team here have enjoyed a busy winter, providing winterisation servicing and other maintenance options to our South-Coast owners, made more seamless by the incredible facilities and equipment we have access to.

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Engineering Team ANDREW BERNARD

MATTIAS POLISZCZUK

TOMMIE BORRETT

CRAIG BEATTIE

A WORLD FIRST PROJECT

by Andy Bool, Head of Charity the SEA LIFE TRUST

We are excited to share with you the interesting work undertaken by the SEA LIFE TRUST - they are a charity which we at Princess Motor Yacht Sales are keen to support, especially as they do so much to protect our oceans.

TECHNICAL ENGINEER From Plymouth, UK. SHANE ARNULL

ENGINEER From Plymouth, UK. JOSE CAMPOY

ELECTRICIAN From the UK. JUAN RODENAS

ELECTRICIAN From Scotland, UK. DARIO KLEM

In 2012, a significant event happened in the lives of Little White and Little Grey, two female beluga whales living in Chang Feng Ocean World in Shanghai. The aquarium was bought by Merlin Entertainments, parent company of the global SEA LIFE aquarium chain. In line with their longheld belief that cetaceans should not be held for frivolous entertainment, Merlin began working with NGO partners and experts to find an alternative solution which would enhance their welfare.

Over six years later, following an extensive global search for potential sites, on 19th June 2019, Little White and Little Grey arrived in Iceland as the first residents of the SEA LIFE TRUST Beluga Whale Sanctuary – the world’s first open water Sanctuary for whales. Merlin donated the funding required to create and build the Sanctuary to us, its partner charity the SEA LIFE TRUST, and we now have sole responsibility for running it and caring for its residents into the future.

ELECTRICIAN From the South Coast, UK. NICOLAS WILKINSON

GRP TECHNICIAN From Spain.

JONAS PARZICH

PAINTER/GRP SPECIALIST Born in Spain.

GEORGE MILKOVSKI

GRP TECHNICIAN From Mallorca.

ALBERTO GONZALEZ

Little White and Little Grey are now 13 years old. They were born in the wild in the arctic seas off the north coast of Russia and started their lives as their wild counterparts do – swimming freely with their family pod. They were cruelly plucked from this life by traders who sell young belugas to performance facilities.

Iceland’s Klettsvik Bay (where the sanctuary is based) provides the necessary natural conditions to encourage the belugas that call it home to live more like their wild counterparts.

When Little White and Little Grey make the final move into the sheltered bay this spring (2020), it will allow them to have much more choice over how they spend their time and interact with one another, just as they would have when they were first born and lived in the open ocean.

Those who house these animals cannot fail to note this shift and need to react to these changes by taking a lead in securing a different future for the cetaceans under their care. The welfare of those cetaceans in human care should be paramount, and a necessary part of that is for those who house them to constantly explore how the welfare of those animals could be enhanced by doing things differently.

Up until now no one has provided a realistic alternative. By creating the world’s first and only such Sanctuary, the SEA LIFE TRUST has demonstrated that an alternative is not only possible but can become a reality.

As a charity, the SEA LIFE TRUST is committed to caring for the whales who call it home for the rest of their lives. It costs us around £1m every year to fund the world class care our team provides - anyone who wishes to donate to help cover the costs of caring for the whales who call it home can do so by visiting www.sealifetrust.org or you can help by purchasing one of our exclusive prints from renowned photographer Tesni Ward – information below.

EXCLUSIVE PRINCESS YACHTS PRINTS BY TESNI WARD

TECHNICIAN From South Africa.

TECHNICIAN From Germany.

SEAN LEIGHTON

RYAN NOBLE

DETAILING TECHNICIAN From Bulgaria.

CARLOS RODRIGUEZ

Leading photography brand Olympus has commissioned talented Olympus ambassador and leading British wildlife photographer Tesni Ward to photo document this amazing world-first project. Ward travelled from Shanghai to Iceland to follow the historic journey.

CARPENTER/JOINER From Spain.

LEIGH ALLIGAN

Tesni has selected four prints which she has exclusively selected for customers of Princess Yachts, which can be purchased as framed prints for £250, by contacting stuart@regandco.com.

Money raised from the sale of the prints will go directly to fund and support the Beluga Whale Sanctuary. www.sealifetrust.org

CARPENTER/JOINER From the UK.

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CARPENTER/BENCH JOINER From Plymouth, UK.

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STOCK CO-ORDINATOR From Spain.

SEA LIFE TRUST is a charity registered in England & Wales (1175859) and company limited by guarantee (10833916); both are registered at Link House, 25 West Street, Poole, BH15 1LD

ENGINEER

From Vancouver, Canada.

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FASTEST TO SELL* | PART-EXCHANGE PLEDGE FASTEST TO SELL* | PART-EXCHANGE PLEDGE

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PRINCESS 95MY 2011

PRINCESS 75 2017

PRINCESS Y85

2019

PRINCESS 82 2014

PRINCESS 56 2015

PRINCESS 56 2015

PRINCESS V56 2011

PRINCESS V52 2012

PRINCESS 95MY 2011

PRINCESS 75 2017

PRINCESS Y85

2019

PRINCESS 82 2014

PRINCESS 56 2015

PRINCESS 56 2015

PRINCESS V56 2011

PRINCESS V52 2012

£2,975,000 TAX PAID IMPERIA, ITALY

£2,975,000 TAX PAID IMPERIA, ITALY72 2014 PRINCESS

PB1655 PB1655

£1,495,000 TAX PAID MALLORCA, PRINCESSSPAIN V62 2010

TIVAT, MONTENEGRO

£2,495,000 TAX PAID TIVAT, MONTENEGRO PRINCESS S65 2018

PB1573 PB1573

PRINCESS S65 2018

PRINCESS 72 2014

£1,495,000 TAX PAID MALLORCA, SPAIN

£2,495,000 TAX PAID

PB1533

£1,895,000 TAX PAID MALLORCA, SPAIN

PB1533

£1,895,000 TAX PAID MALLORCA, SPAIN PRINCESS F62 2017

£4,250,000

EX TAX BODRUM, TURKEY

£4,250,000 EX TAX BODRUM, TURKEY PRINCESS 68 2015

PB1698

£2,199,000 EX TAX MALLORCA, SPAIN

PB1698

£2,199,000 EX TAX MALLORCA, SPAIN PRINCESS 64 2014

£1,950,000 EX TAX MALLORCA, SPAIN

PB1636

£1,950,000 EX TAX MALLORCA, PRINCESSSPAIN V60 2018

PB1696

€1,295,000 TAX PAID MALLORCA, SPAIN

PB1696

€1,295,000 TAX PAID MALLORCA, PRINCESSSPAIN 60 2012

PRINCESS V62 2010

PRINCESS F62 2017

PRINCESS V60 2018

PRINCESS 60 2012

£730,000 TAX PAID

£1,396,000 EX TAX

£1,450,000 EX TAX

£820,000 TAX PAID

PORT SOLENT, UK

£730,000 TAX PAID

PORT SOLENT, UK

PB1661 PB1661

MALLORCA, SPAIN

£1,396,000 EX TAX MALLORCA, SPAIN

PB1694 PB1694

CARIBBEAN, BARBADOS

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CARIBBEAN, BARBADOS

PB1613

PRINCESS 64 2014

PRINCESS 68 2015

PB1636

PB1613

PB1667 PB1667

CALA D’OR, SPAIN

£820,000 TAX PAID

CALA D’OR, SPAIN

PB1669

£849,000 TAX PAID SWANWICK, UK

£865,000 TAX PAID SOUTHAMPTON, UK

£849,000 TAX PAID SWANWICK, PRINCESSUK V50 DECK 2018PB1670

£865,000 TAX PAID SOUTHAMPTON, PRINCESS 42UK 2004

PRINCESS V50 DECK 2018

PRINCESS 42 2004

£695,000 TAX PAID

£195,000 TAX PAID

SWANWICK, UK

£695,000 TAX PAID PB1669

PB1670

SWANWICK, UK

PB1643 PB1643

SWANWICK, UK

£195,000 TAX PAID SWANWICK, UK

PB1690 PB1690

£455,000 TAX PAID HYTHE, UK

£455,000 TAX PAID HYTHE, UK PRINCESS V42 2009

PB1660 PB1660

PRINCESS V42 2009

PB1639 PB1639

£259,950 TAX PAID GOSPORT, UK £259,950 TAX PAID

GOSPORT, UK

PB1682 PB1682

PB1492 PB1492

£295,000 TAX PAID SWANWICK, UK £295,000 TAX PAID

SWANWICK, UK

PB1648 PB1648

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PB1437 PB1437

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*In 2018, we were almost twice as fast to sell as the competition on the market, Based on industry average days to sale as reported by YachtWorld, 2018.

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£499,000 TAX PAID SWANWICK, UK PRINCESS V39 2012 PRINCESS V39 2012

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