YES-magazine 2012-Q1

I-2012 YACHTS+ boot duesseldorf edition

magazine EXCLUSIVE MUST-HAVES FOR BILLIONAIRES & FRIENDS

Superyacht + benefits

QATAR berth & local management for FREE! the newbuild, but immediate use concept

+ Yacht shows 2012 the global calendar

YES-yachts goes Nuerburgring racing fun for friends

CEO Interviews Benetti, Princess, Sunseeker from insiders for insiders cccdac

60m WARSHIP CONVERSION

BENETTI INTERVIEW

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THE REVIVAL

QUARTER I-2012

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By Roberto Barile

I welcome you to read our latest edition of the YES-magazine Q1-2012 and I do not want to miss wishing you all the best for the upcoming yachting year.

A new yachting year starts with amazing projects and the aim to expand our company to the Middle East.

With Marlo Plate (Barcelona) and Klara Doert (Monaco) we were able to find additional great local staff who are serving you with YESstandarts around the year.

Looking back to 2011 we My new personal assistant complete a succesfull year with Nicole Simunic is a great help sales between 36 and 60meter me with my paperworks, time vessels. The conversion design of scheduling, travel assistance and a 60 meter wooden yacht as well management to keep me going as the presentation of our new with no limits.

41meter projects with a total of 4 yachts following a sophisticated Following the thesis of expansion design line, coming from the rather than recession I am very base of a very solid heavy duty happy and energetic to start with build warship. Steel hulls of such you full throttle in the next a high quality you would never yachting year 2012. find on the market anymore, but exactly that’s the point why you Talking about a brief find them in our conversion preview of our current and projects! future projects I would like to mention the full refit and conversion of the 60meter MY

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MERLIN which will be finished in summer 2012; the offered 41meter MY LIN NEA which will be ready in just 4-8 months time and last but not least our special sales promotion for MY BAIA MARE bringing her to Qatar, where we are planning to open our waterfront office in one of the top locations of booming Qatar soon.

While being present at the latest boat shows at London, Ft. Lauderdale, Barcelona, METS and the Global Superyacht Forum we are always at the very top of the current global yachting topics.

So let’s have an even better year 2012 and see you soon around the yachting-world.

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YES- Expansion to the middle east Qatar is calling - join us!

By Roberto Barile

A collaboration which started some years ago came out as an important step into the middle east with an unique yachting start up chance in Qatar.

The location with top earnings and highly interested buyers who love to join the Mediterranean lifestyle on private super- and megayachts.

A unique local culture wants to see, feel and touch what they are aiming for. Yachts from highgloss magazines are not the right method to sell a yacht to a Qatar resident. They are quiet new to yachting and they need to get a feeling for the Mediterranean super luxuryous toys and their all around lifestyle.

“Working in the yachting industry is much more than a local and fix brokerage office at one hotspot.

Economical crisis here or there come and go, the drastic development of the middle and far east need 110% flexibility. We at YES-yachts.com are always flexible!�

So which idea would be closer than starting up a Qatar waterfront office. Especially the pioneers from YES-yachts.com together with its local partners created an opportunity to open up a local waterfront sales & charter office in one of the brandnew superyacht marinas in Qatar - including 12 berth with their option to host up to 60 meter yachts for sale and local charter.

The idea is to bring yachts for sale to that high class area of serious demand, showing the yachts off and chartering them in order to sell them quickly.

So bring your yachts to Qatar now! Even in winter time and we take care and instead of just investing and waiting for the next season to come we will generate some charter income for you.

The world is yours, but pick the right place! yachting is still very interesting with the right circumstances! Be mobile and bring your yacht to the areas in booming development

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12 berths for rent/waterfront office 50ft to 200ft - 15m to 60meter yachts for sale & charter for more information email to: QATAR@YES-yachts.com see the the latest update at: http://bit.ly/YES-magazine-QATAR

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Many ideas have been gone through the heads of our sales managers, flight vouchers on top, luxury car give aways or a bunch of other highly sophisticated sales promotions have been discussed...

now, the absolutely price breaking offer package exclusively by YESyachts.com

41.5 meter NEDSHIPyacht with exclusive YES-yachts benefits + + + +

Qatar berth for 1 year -> included ! yacht management -> included ! charter management -> included !

TAXdeduction for lifetime -> included !

Qatar booms & offers exclusive yachting opportunities for pioneers - don’t miss the World Cup Location 2022 In the beginning, there was a classical concept of selling a high class Turkish luxury yacht.

several yachtbrokers for the here mentioned sales price of 12.900.000 EUR already reduced by 1 million, but YES-yachts.com The owner turned out into wanted to go even beyond! We wanting a bigger boat just before are offering the vessel for the the finished construction of this same price as the others, but marvelous vessel so the shipyard buying with YES-yachts within fullfilling the owners first wish Feb 2012 there will be the above completed this yacht in order to mentioned YES-special on top sell it and started designing the included in the asking price! This even bigger one for the owner. package includes a berth for 1 Talking about a maritime year, a local office to charter the asset of around 15 million EUR vessel out for 1 year and the local the owner decided not even to yacht management for 1 year + use the vessel and the 20 engine making your vessel fully tax hours came only from the well deductable (!) This means that by approved factory sea-trials. deciding quickly you start with a In order to accelerate the sale brand new yacht immediately. of this vessel a lot of options have The loose furniture needs to be been discussed and the MY BAIA following the new owners taste MARE is currently offered by and for around 80.000 EUR

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more you’ll get a fully equipped luxury yacht with which you will be able to charter it out immediately. As stated in the previous article about the booming country Qatar we decided to reserv an exclusive berth in the middle of Qatar’s top locations for you!

Qatar will generate lots of additional global attention, guests and clever investors, due to the football world cup which will be held in Qatar 2022. So join the strategy to be in the future hotspot of sports and yachting as well as relaxing in the sun even in winter time. You will get out of your yacht a lot more due to a full year high season , means local people in the summer time and foreigners in the winter time.

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YES- >>> 1.2 million pricedrop + more than 1 million Euro in added value Add some offseason charter revenue, perfect mix!

The yacht is fully finished and ready to be viewed in Antalya’s prime shipyard Nedship Group. We will be more than happy to welcome you for an exclusive viewing on site. Egon Faiss (sales and marketing director Nedship Group) and Roberto Barile (CEO YES-yachts.com) will explain you everything about this special YES-package. Indeed, we would be able to even offer you prime tax strategies, like the MotherShip concept we presented in our last edition Q4-2011 and very interesting yacht financing opportunities. Why spending a lot of money choosing the wrong flag or the wrong destination or tax-situation?

So yacht sales at YES-yachts.com does not stop at just selling the yacht to you. We will give you full 360’ consultancy in every detail, taking care about your very personal needs and wishes.

The yacht herself could be operated by a professional. The construction of the traditional looking motor yacht MY BAHIA MARE is based on the use

Price dropped from EUR 12.900.000 to now 11.700.000 for a quick sale and benefits for the final destination Qatar

of high quality materials in combination with the latest technical systems. The yacht has a reliable and functional handling.

The layout of MY BAIHA MARE was conceived for private use, however would also make an excellent luxury charter yacht with a master deck suite, which can be easily converted into a

Photos: Nedship Group

cabins on the lower deck. A lot of outside areas will complete this general arrangement. There is a sitting area on the bow section, a fly deck on top of the Master suite including a Jacuzzi, a bar, a sitting group, and a sitting group on the main deck aft side. On the crew side

there is the pilot house with an en suite captain cabin. The galley is in combination with a laundry and service desk. The crew quarter has the entrance through the galley and a garage with a lot of space for many toys and tenders is located behind the engine room. The tunnel propulsion system allows the yacht to cruise or anchor in shallow salon for the upper deck. The yacht has waters or bays and brings also more 1 Master Suite on the upper deck, 1 VIP economical advantages to the yacht. cabin on the main deck and 4 guest The yacht is built in high class epoxy composite with Carbon reinforcements.

So don’t miss the opportunity and get some more details from your local YES-yachts.com broker.

for more information email to: yachtsales@YES-yachts.com see the full brochure at: http://bit.ly/YES-magazineMYBAIAMARE

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Superior Coaching

Time for body and soul your personal TAIWAN DO © coach aboard Do you have influence and are you wealthy? Are you a person of high responsibility? Are you a celebrity in the public eye? . .. but you just can`t escape the feeling that something is still missing?

Try superior coaching aboard of luxury YES-yachts!

Do you really believe the lynx is rushing through the woods all day, exhausting his strengths without need? Exactly, he is not.

He is wandering around in tranquility and relaxed at tentiveness. Anything else would cost too much energy. The lynx is using all his strength for just a few seconds, when life becomes serious. Concentration, quickness, flexibility, power.

Then there is peace again.

It was the legendary philosopher and general Sun Tsu who taught us the art how to win without fighting. Based on the unique principles of Taiwan Do © martial arts and healthcare I am able to provide insights and exercises to relax and strengthen both your body and your soul.

Aboard of a luxury YES-yacht we leave daily stress and enter a world of new perspectives. With physical exercises tailored according your personal grade of fitness and constitution first we relax your body and mind. Than we have sessions of Kung Fu Wu Shu, Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung and Shan Meditation to strengthen your soul . Sophisticated conversations based on eastern philosophy and western theories of a healthy and ecofriendly life style and - last but not least - a good portion of life experience are completing the portfolio that you can chose from.

The coach is able to offer you body experiences and insights

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into the nature of yourself, based on a unique bridge between eastern philosophy and western rationalism: Taiwan Do ©.Taiwan Do © is classical chinese martial arts like Kung Fu Wu Shu and Shan Shaolin Kung Fu as well as healthcare like Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung. The idea of the particular Taiwan Do © stile is to build a bridge between eastern philosophy and western life style. It is not fighting what is taught , but winning without fighting is being practised.

Do not hesitate to go one step beyond no matter if in your private or business life.

My personal coaching is a high level sensitivity training that penetrates into the mysteries of your being - combine a unique training experience with breathtaking surroundings. Get to know a power that is beyond all material wishes. Enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of luxury and silence aboard of a YESyacht. Discover yourself in a protected area that is extremely discreet and top secret.

DETAILS & BOOKING Olaf Paproth

for more information email to: SUPERIORCOACHING@YES-yachts.com see the full brochure at: http://bit.ly/YES-superiorcoaching

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Hard Price-Drop to EUR 799.000 for 24m sailor Absolute steal !

By Marlo Plate

YES-yachts.com presented SY ADAM, a 23meter sailing yacht in its last edition. In the meanwhile the owner decided to cut the price dramatically!

The difference of her first asking price to now is approx. 400.000 EUR! The new owner will get the hull in a started refit condition including all sketches, navat architec custom construction works and a full list of works which have been done to update and upgrade this vessel to perfection.

The current owner and its prime vision of a complete REFIT, in dark or light wood... just as you like!

The future owner has the choice how to realize this amazing refit project.

The sailing yacht SY ADAM has been built in the 1990ties at a St. Petersburg shipyard (Russia) and is a really solid steel hull.

class builds and refits of all kinds of boats and superyachts. The sailing yacht ADAM has been completely emptied out in terms of interior and exterior items, walls and most of the installation. The basis for a full refit/ rebuild has been realized. So she is ready for a completely new interior design - even with a new layout and with room for all kinds of amenities the new owner likes to implement.

Roberto Barile decided to pick this marvelous yacht for a sales special. We At the time she has been fully finished make your sailing dreams come true! and was sailing for several years. The The below mentioned price is including former owner decided to start a refit highest standard interiors (1st class which sadly could not be completed. He owner’s quality) with absolutely originally started the refit in 2006 and amazing finishings. passed away during the first actions of the refit. “A mysterious end of a great But first Marlo Plate inspected the yacht vision - so let’s finish to grind this onsite in the Barcelona area and diamond!” says Roberto Barile, provided the basic information, photo chairman and founder of the globally shots and the full history of this operating superyacht brokerage spectaculous sailing yacht. company YES- Yachting Exclusive Services with headquarters in So YES-yachts.com and the ship- and Duesseldorf, Germany. refit-yard are looking for the potential Now she is in a Spanish ship-repairyard which is highly specialized in first

new owner to realize the full refit vision within highest standards and best on board equipment. “It's definitely

The exterior: twin power waking up the winds

Proposal: Dark wood salon design “Bring her back to the very top of her sailing life!”

Roberto Barile

going to be an owner's version with relevant high quality finish and layout! We want to show off with the very best of the performance we can provide” says the owner of the Spanish refityard.

See the pictures of the vessel's current status in the attached brochure (just follow the link at the end of this article).

You will also find some more colored sketches in detail and renderings of the designer’s vision how exactly this sailing yacht is going to be finished.

Talking about the time frame of this project the refit-yard, YES-yachts’ naval architects and our interior design team are willing to fulfill YOUR SAILING DREAMS in less than a year bringing her back again to the very top of her sailing life! horizontal surfaces of the vessel.

The unique wide salon windows give this owners’ yacht a special type of style, timeless pure design.

By Roberto Barile

SY ADAM, not finished!

78ft - 23,5m 799.000 EUR +tax fully refitted: 2.250.000 EUR +tax for more information email to: SYADAM@YES-yachts.com see the full brochure at: http://bit.ly/YES-magazineSYADAM

The refit project SY ADAM is based on a very solid steel hull, fully cleaned, overhauled and finished to perfection.

The big bulb is providing top stability even in strong waters and winds.

Both masts are strongly built and will be facing the forces of the elements to perfection. A Ketch shaped sailing yacht is always very unique in terms of high performance and top endurance.

This ketch sailing yacht is going to offer the new owner an all round sailing experience - top sailing performance combined with a lot of living space inside and outside.

Fine teak deckings are used to cover all

23 meters a size where the new owner can still pick if he/her wants to sail sailing yacht ADAM with friends and family or if the owner likes to have her operated by a professional crew - so just chilling and enjoying the winds.

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Racing - Fun - Events and more...

YES-yachts.com goes Nuerburgring supporting the most successful BMW team In 2012 YES-yachts.com jumps again in the battlefield of smell between burned tyres, high performance carburants and the nervwrecking thrill due to pure adrenalin of motorsports at the world famous Nuerburgring, Germany.

We picked a team with much more than just a great & fast car - this year we are collaborating with a very luxuryous, entusiastic team which combines superb racing fun and a high class background and history.

The team MK-Motorsport is one of the most successful racing teams in the history of the BMW brand. This history is closely linked to the company's founder Michael Krankenberg.

The success story began with the start of Michael Krankenberg’s drivers career in 1969. Dozens of victories in the World Touring Car Championship in Germany and Europe were checked, with the result of an invitation as a factory driver for the BMW Junior Team 1977.The successful operations in the sports car world championship 1983 - 1986 on the spectacular BMW M1 were seen as highlights. The victory in the Group B of the "24 hour Le Mans 1986" marked its top. In 1986, Michael Krankenberg retired from his own career as a racing driver. MK-Motorsport had been created as a racing team. The list of successes continues with the third place overall at the Nuerburgring 24 hours in 1987 by over 200 vehicles, the only victory for a private team against the factory teams from BMW, Mercedes, Opel and Ford in the DTM in 1988. In 1992, MK-Motorsport became the most successful team in the German Touring Car Trophy (DTT) up

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to 2,500 cc. Between 1996 and 2000 over 20 victories in the German Endurance Championship came together.

With the start of the 2010 season, MK-Motorsport celebrated a comeback again in the German Endurance Championship.

With five class wins and three group victories MK-Motorsport missed by only 0.8 points behind the championship, but proved so impressive new - old strength to win the championship in 2011.

Well done!

In 2012 YES-yachts.com offers exclusive hospitality events during the German Endurance Championship and the famous 24h race at Nuerburgring. We welcome friends and their friends to an irresistable experience in racing for a very special team in Germany, the country of no speed limits. More than just a few international clients parked already their supercars with Marc Krankenberg to keep them in Germany for flying in wanting a speed escape. See next page what kind of hospitality and racing events we RACING DETAILS are & BOOKING offering to you, your for more information friends email to: and your racing@YES-yachts.com bizsee the full brochure at: partners. http://bit.ly/YES-racing

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unique weekends - pure racing experience brought to you by YES-yachts.com Program points Friday • Getting to the hotel and check in until 2:00pm • Champagne reception at Team MK Motorsport 2:30pm • Boxes, round tour & racing suit with helmet dressing 3:00pm • Ride in our race cars 4:00-6:00pm • Output of guest tickets for the Saturday 6:30pm • Dinner in the VIP tent 7:00pm • Gasoline discussions and / or product presentations 8:00pm • Transfer to the Hotel Nuerburgring 10:00pm

Program points Saturday • Breakfast at hotel • Qualifying 8:30-10:00am • Gridwalk before the race with photo session 11:10-11.30am • Race Start 12:00pm • Lunch in the VIP tent 12:30pm • Pit visit to the driver change 1:30-2:00pm • Shuttle service to significant sections of the Nordschleife 2:00-3.30pm • Finish line on the pit wall from 4:00pm / 6:00pm

Dates 2012 • 24.03.2012 VLN Testdrive • 31.03.2012 59th ADAC Westfalendrive • 14.04.2012 37th DMV 4-hour-race • 28.04.2012 54th ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup • 17.05.2012 - 20.05.2012 ADAC Zurich 24h-Race • 23.06.2012 43rd Adenauer ADAC Circuit-Trophy • 07.07.2012 52nd ADAC Reinoldus-long distance • 21.07.2012 35th RCM DMV Borderlandrace • 04.08.2012 6th ADAC Ruhr-Cup-Race • 25.08.2012 44th ADAC Barbarossa Grand Prix • 29.09.2012 36th DMV 250-Miles-Race • 27.10.2012 37th DMV Münsterlandcup

“Just nuter or find your new passion in motorsports and join our races following the above mentioned exclusive “backstage schedule”... Just prime weekends!” twin-ticket = 2x 695 EUR + tax group-session = 10.500 EUR + tax

You can book twin-tickets or group-sessions (up to 16 people) so let’s start into a very special weekend at the Nuerburgring!

for more information email to: racing@YES-yachts.com see the the latest update at: http://bit.ly/YES-racing

The winning team enjoy the Nuerburgring thrill! yachting meets motorsports and racing setting up prime incentive events for you and your biz-partners

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YACHTS+QUARTERLY I-2012 Sailing is her passion and working for passion is her goal.

New YES-Staff: Klara Doert Serving Monaco & Cote d’Azur area

By Klara Doert

Born in Germany in the middle of the country Klara detected early that a holiday for her started only as soon as she would see an ocean.

She left 25 years ago finally with her now diseased husband to live in Nigeria and Sultanate of Oman. There they took on scuba diving and she graduated as Scuba diving instructor, volunteering at a friends diving school.

Many exotic diving locations she ticked off her list since.

Eventually an own diving boat was designed and build in Oman.

A second interest windsurfing was dormant since her husband closed his school in Germany but ended up into the couples wish to sail around the world on a catamaran.

In Salalah/Oman the couple put themselves on the short wave radio list of sailing yachtcircum navigators and were often a port of call for visiting vessels who

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took this unusual route through the Suez channel & Red Sea. A first self-build concrete vessel of a Swiss couple, which they visited later in Whangerei/New Zealand where the sailing couple build their home, gave lots of insight views on boat building.

visited already: Ft. Lauderdale Monaco - METS GSYF2011 - London Boat Show

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Female sales power & passion local yachting & global connections

By Klara Doert

Another memorable visit was the first Saudi couple (man & woman ! ...unusual for that society in the late 80's). Several sailing turns were made at the Costa Brava / Spain on a catamaran, connected by the owner and Klara's husband via shortwave radio from Nigeria. Later an old wooden schooner through the Agean Islands in June with the worst wind newbee's could experience left Klara deciding circumnavigating is a 'no'. The couple decided to explore the world ...and Klara searched for her favorite island by plane and local excursions. The descision was made after exploring favorites like the USA, Australia and New Zealand that the USA would be the base. Florida with the intracostal canals to start sailing an own vessel with the nearby caribean was the aim. But fate came in a different plan. Klara's husband passed away young and she moved to her favourite South California. Taking on sailing lessons in dingy's from scratch at the Orange County College in US largest small boat harbour and joining, after the Newport Beach sailing club, on Balboa Island. Many beer can races later on large yachts in the barbie and weekend torns to Catalina Island on a friends 46ft. catamaran as well as La Paz to Puerto Vallarta first single night watch on that catamaran gave her more confidence. 2010 she decided to move back to Europe as her parents grew older. Missing the ocean she left Germany after 3 weeks and ended in her business friends villa in Cannes at the Cote d'Azur. To be faced with the largest boat shows of the world, amazing yachts & marina's and the opportunity to join Monaco Yacht Club as active sailor she decided to stay in the area. Looking for a profession to build an existence with her marketing background as an international consultant in the luxurious trade she collaborates with the yacht industry and represents today YES- yachts from her German home region Duesseldorf at the French Riviera and Monaco.

Inaugurating boat shows in Monaco, Fort Lauderdale/ Florida and the recent London Boat Show besides the world largest marine supply show METS in Amsterdam with an all days attendance at the Global Superyacht Forum were a total jump start for Klara. Also as press and her previous PR experience and love for writing she used her collaboration with the french super yacht magazine "Boat-Attitude" to grab the opportunity to interview world leaders in the super yacht industry like Paolo Vitelli, founder of Benetti / Azimut, Klaas Hakvoort, owner of Hakvoort ship building

With YES-yachts Klara is building up refreshing existing connections @ the Cote d'Azur and her American, Asian, middle east, Russian connections to ground a foundation.

Klara with Prince Albert of Monaco’s chef in the Netherlands and Robert Braithwaite owner of Sunseeker on the boat shows and learned on a crash course the outlooks and the overall situation the industry is facing.

Meetings with boat engine builders MAN, MTU and Caterpillar covered her need to see their arguments and compared them with boat engineers working with these different machines. Excursions to communication on vessels issues during the super yacht forum nurtured her need to see the importance in the age of internet, phone, TV coverage needs of nowadays aera.

Being in the international consultancy of international relations for Blue Horizon Stem cells, an American based medical tourism research project with China, she is also on top of the latest methods of stem cell therapy for pure rejuvenation and as an anti-ageing tool. Cutting edge of medicine in our modern age making it available for everybody, not only the rich and famous.

So being well connected she got all tools to make her hobby a profession in the worldwide yachting industry.

More of her interests She safes the environment promoting Biotecta, a german-based worldwide first bio/100% ecofriendly fire retardant as well as protectant for mould & pest on any fiber (wood, carton included).

Last but not least her steady search to help charity projects comes out of being longtime student of the worldwide Kabbalah community in Los Angeles.

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Superyacht engines, what are the alternatives?

3 high class providers

By Klara Doert

MTU and MAN are well-known german brands with an old heritage of engine-building facilities in the southern Germany region of Friedrichshafen (MTU) and Nuremberg (MAN) which provide the most engines for superyachts worldwide.

Klara was asking herself, while visiting numerous larger and smaller yachts: “Which is the best engine and offers the best service for a yacht, including the overhaul of a yacht’s propulsion system?”

The American allround heavy duty power machines building company Caterpilar has only as one segment marine engines.

The German Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH&Co.KG is located in the maritime city of Hamburg and exclusive service provider for Germany, besides servicing different parts of the world with experts flying in for technology transfer and quick solution of service and maintenance. Their department for megayachts offering the service and expertise has more than 30 highly trained professionals – around the world. Their network provides an exclusive efficient and quick service

24/7, which 24-hour-emergencyhotline reaches via mobile phone an engineer anywhere in the world. E.g. they cooperate with every European Caterpillar dealer to guarantee consistent, high quality service – where ever the vessel is and at any time…is their maxime.

Pricepoint is one of the most interesting categories to judge the 3 suppliers of middlesize and large vessel machinery. Caterpilar is the least expensive with MAN and MTU nearly on the same higher pricepoint.

Overseas MAN has it’s own branch in Ft. Lauderdale headed by a longtime experienced maritime engineer fleet covering the America’s.

"Are price, consumption, lifetime and service the most important keyfacts?"

Klara Doert

Propulsion systems for more information email to: propulsion@YES-yachts.com

Super HIGHpower LED Underwater lights enlight the ocean

By Roberto Barile

YES-yachts.com provides german craftsmanship. Experience the power of research and development in nautical electronics.

Finest quality your vessel deserves!

Underwater lights for more information email to: UNDERWATERLIGHTS@YES-yachts.com

see the full catalouge at:

http://bit.ly/YES-magazineWATERLIGHTS

Beside of the fact that we are a global operating brokerage-company, we like to provide you always with the newest, best and most unique yachting gadgets and toys.

Assign to our quarterly YES-magazine to be always up to date! Choose our one of a kind products and be different!

Learn to say YES- !

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PRODUCT ADVANTAGES: - through-hull in stainless steel - double o-ring / triple water sealed - air releasing anti-condensation included - internal electronic - high impact & temp. resistant borosilikat glass - one single high power LED watts 30 or 50 - voltage: 12 v - light angle 110º-140º - light intensity 1500 up to 3100 lumen - diameter flange Ø 85 mm

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Interview with Founder of Sunseeker Robert Braithwaite @ London Boat Show

By Klara Doert

Sunseeker is the only company worldwide who builds yachts in the range from 40 to 155 ft. Robert Braithwaite pointed out that in the past 2 – 3 years of recession the company invested more than ever. In late 2013 the company will launch their first 155 ft. yacht.

while traveling for business from one to the other boat show around the world, Klara meets some very interesting people of the industry.

As we all know, the yacht industry is in great difficulties but a slight growth in certain regions of the world looks optimistic.

Immerging countries like Brazil, China, eastern European countries and the Middle East compensates for Euro difficulties in Europe. The company alone sold 30 - 40 midsize yachts to China (52, 63, 84ft) as their infrastructure allows no superyachts yet. But the traditional European markets are still the strong hold.

Discretion who buys what size of Sunseeker vessel and an understatement of founder Robert Braithwaite let returning yacht owners purchase also in these controversal times. More and more of the rich and superrich don’t want to be seen as owner of Million Euro/Pound/Dollar luxury vessels. Their crews let the yacht appear and disappear in different parts of the world and the owners are flying in & out under secret coat of discretion, not being seen owing such an expensive ‘bottomless toy’.

There is less and less publicity around the yacht lifestyle and the who is who in the industry, the force of general demand for more environmental consciousness shows a shift, as Robert Braithwaite confirmed.

The close connection with engine suppliers MTU and VOLVO and their engineering towards more fuel consumption conscious environmental impact of these large engines, are used as sales arguments for potential buyers.

The newly designed hull in combination with more efficient VOLVO engines deliver a reduction of 1/3 less fuel than in the past. MTU’s new electric drive, the silent technology based on litium batteries, makes it possible to run out of harbor silently.

The charismatic Robert Braithwaite built his first yacht 1968, with a 50 year background in the yachting world. The oldtimer shows still enthusiasm and does on a daily base what he loves most. Asking, if he attends every day the London Boat Show he confirms with great enthusiasm ‘yes’ and that he learns every day new aspects of boats and selling boats! This is the home show for Sunseeker, whereby at other shows he flies in & out for a few days of appearance.

The crowd seen at the launch of the 2 new vessels is showing the importance of Sunseeker and their connection with their

picture © Frances Howorth

(From the past 322 Mill. Pound turnover the last years beveled down to 289 to 300 Mill. no growth is expected in the next year. The company has grown every year in the past but not in the last 2 years.

Sunseekers philosophy is, if no marginal growth can be achieved, other people markets have to be tackled.)

Brief Interview with PRINCESS Head of Marketing Department: Simon Clare Simon Clare who told YES-yachts.com that they launched two vessels: v57 and 39 during this years London Boat Show, which Klara was shown after the interview. In 2012 another launch of a 40m yacht is planned.

Clare also confirmed that the Yacht market is in great difficulties, but PRINCESS has growth in Mexico, Brazil, China and Middle East. Regarding Europe the main growth is seen in selling new boats.

PRINCESS is also investing, during this periode of flat growth, into new boat launches… they got in the past 4 years alone 19 new launches of a series of 20 boats in their assortment.

An optimistic future has been declared in the US through the well-known collaboration with VIKING cruises.

SUNSEEKER est. in the early 1970ies range from 12 to 47 meters PRINCESS est. in 1964 range from 12 to 40 meters

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existing and potential owners.

The 28 footer is a brand-new project …not an upgrade as most launches in the industry are, Mr. Braithwaite pointed out.

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Interview with chairman of Azimut / Benetti Group PaoloVitelli @ Ft. Lauderdale Intern. Boat Show

Ft. Lauderdale the yachting capital of the United States

by Klara Doert

like some dutch and german shipyards not for sale.

With 40 models in production, the Group’s four brands – His company is strong in capital as a private owned group Atlantis, Azimut, Azimut Grand and Benetti offer yacht and not hold by banks. As a private company they can work lovers a variety of ways to experience the sea: on open / more effectively than under pressure of bank takeover like most American competitors. What counts is besides sport yachts, flybridges or mega yachts. customization of a personalized yacht the continous service after.

The Azimut / Benetti group invest a lot for their professional staff training to offer full-fledge service maintenance packages after the sale took place.

Vitelli founded the Azimut/ Benetti Group over 40 years ago and today presides over an industry-leading company with nine production plants, 2000 employees just at its facilities in Italy and a worldwide sales network comprised of 138 offices in 68 countries.

Paolo Vitelli is esteemed by the yachting industry worldwide for creating the largest private group in the yachting sector.

W h e n I p r e s e n t e d S i g n o r Vi t e l l i o n e o f t h e past issues of “BOAT Attitude” he flipped through the pages and pointed out this company is broke, that one is in insolvence, this one was bought by… - it seems this is fact in this high-roller segment of marine industries these days! - He stated that his group is the only private-owned company worldwide nowadays.

The state of the industry in the moment is still fighting worldwide. It’s a moment of distinction. The feel of recovery after the 2008 dip is sensed but nothing is like it was before.

Clients are less inclined to spend money for buying a yacht and more protective about their investments. Paolo Vitelli sees the technology of the industry in a constant change - to care more towards the needs of clients. Offering a more effective financial Klara management the Azimut / Benetti group e.g. takes away with the chairman of Azimut / Benetti Group Paolo Vitelli all problems for owners to finance and manage a yacht.

Special since lot’s of yachts are for sale owned by banks.

The premium Italian yacht builders The mission is to look more into small details, fill niches, personalizing boats of customization compared to more information about Benetti? worldwide brands. email to: sales@YES-yachts.com He pointed out that the Azimut / Benetti group is similar

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“Nothing is comparable to having such a great view on a booming yachting hot spot than owning it!”

Roberto Barile

Casablanca in Acapulco!

Art-Deco-Hotel reopening in the bay of Acapulco offers great opportunities

By Uwe Pordzik

The reminiscent past

Acapulco was a distant mysterious sparkling mirage of the beautiful and exotic place…

Casablanca; the hotel borne To reach it from the air, you had shortly before, of the romantic to sort through the explosion of spell of one afternoon in which endless colors of parrots, seagulls, John Harding decided to build it, flamingos, and papagayos to land out of his love for Acapulco and on Hornos beach, habilitated as sheer inspiration. provisional airport at the very Even today, as one crosses its edge of the surf. t h r e s h o l d , t h e l o n g g o n e Those who arrived by hydroplane luxurious limousines and sports with Pan American’s “flying cars can be seen at its main lobby, boats”, landed on the pier, across as adventurers, movie stars, lovers, from the main square. spies, tycoons and gamblers But every traveler, the ones who indulge themselves challenging arrived by plane as those who any rush or hurry, only to made their crossing through the experience the magic of the old highway (from Taxco) by land, palace borne from a tropical found themselves suddenly faced caprice. with the inexpugnable emerald of The selvatic mural attributed to its jungle and the enigmatic Diego Rivera, who’s neighboring sapphire of its waters.

“House of Winds”, was only a few The “Costera” was barely a path steps away, seemed to reflect the which on its way to “El Cerro de adventures into which everyone la Pin zon a” , s ur pris ed th e there appeared to be bound, once travelers with the sudden white they had crossed its main lobby.

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With the reopening of The Casablanca Hotel, the Art Deco jewel designed and built by Max Lour in 1940, a whole universe of business opportunities arises.

Along with the Casablanca, the young and bright Mexican entrepreneurs at the head of the project have found the natural synergy with the also glamorous Club de Pesca today known as the Marina Acapulco, a few hundred meters away on the very shore of the bay.

We can only have praise for Ivan Vela thanks to whose efforts the Casablanca was rescued from near destruction at the hands of its negligent latest owner, to recover its full beauty.

Vela is also to be recognized as the savior of the enigmatic Jungle mural which thanks to him is now a hallmark of the reborn Art Deco tropical jewel.

YACHTS+QUARTERLY I-2012 The CASABLANCA out of a dream some time ago... how it looked like while its first glamorous years of operation!

The spectacular revival of the good old times The CASABLANCA, by the Swiss architect MAX Lour A hidden Art Deco jewel right out of a long forgotten dream...

The present Steuropax EWIV is approaching the promoters of these ambitious and visionary projects, to match them with Mother ship Ewiv in order to promote the acquisition by potential customers of berths in the Marina, apartments and suites at the Casablanca and luxury yachts.

All this could be enhanced by the joint efforts of Mother ship EWIV and the developers of the beautiful projects at hand in the exotic tropical resort of Acapulco.

Julio Blaschke, a Mexican native lawyer and writer describes The Casablanca from his heart, since he was also a neighbor on Inalambrica street right under the shade of the Casablanca Kontiki Gardens in his childhood.

The elevator, like a time machine, took its passengers not from one floor to another, but between dimensions; be it to the stars reachable from the Ciro’s, to the mysteries of its Kontiki gardens, or the romance awaiting in its Beach Comber, the first discotheque ever in the whole world.

The long gone yet still present piano in its Hall of Palms (Salon Palmeras), seems to play on its own to the accords of “Acuerdate de Acapulco” , the song with which Agustin Lara presented Maria Felix in that very place.

On its decks and at the terraces of its only four suites one can still listen to Indio Fernandez and Dolores del Rio; Teddy Stauffer and Heidi Lamar; Orson Wells and the girlfriend he invited to the inauguration of this magic hotel, which those who knew how and why it was built, named “Harding’s Folly”, after its owner’s stroke of inspiration.

In my childhood I frequently passed by its palm courts, imagining that

Some reminiscence by Julio Blaschke

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someday I also would walk its gardens and find love in their shade.

I always knew that behind the image of its deserted lobby and the silence of its great halls, you could still hear the hush of long made promises and dreams; of so many others as much as my own.

Nothing compares to the sound of whistles blowing from the ships at the harbor saluting the New Year, while the bay is overcome with the light of endless fireworks celebrating the miracle of life.

Today, thanks to a new vision and another dream, everything is set for the “homecoming” of all those who have always loved it, and of all those on the verge of falling in love with it and joining along.

The same generous tropical wooden doors; the window wooden shades, the decks and the terraces, the corridors, the paths across its gardens are all eagerly waiting again, overcome with anticipation like a debutant in her first long dress ball.

To discover or rediscover

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breathtaking view unique location to invest

The Casablanca today, is like sailing on the maiden voyage of a long lost Titanic that never sank; immune to the rush and hurries of modernity.

One of the most prominent yachting hot spots in the world is lying at your feet

The Casablanca gardens are a promise yet to be met‌ who is waiting for you there?

Julio Blaschke (Pecos)

THE JUNGLE MURAL

by DIEGO RIVERA. The Jungle mural at the Casablanca has been the center of polemics for many years. It has been attributed to Diego Rivera (1886/1957) the world renowned muralist who lived one hundred meters away, in the House of Winds (Ekekatlkalli) on the same Pinzona hill.

The mural is a hallmark of the recently rescued Art deco jewel built my Max Lour the famous Swiss architect in the 1940s overlooking Acapulco bay.

A few Casablanca apartments, suites & marina berths are still on the market! for more information email to: ACAPULCO@YES-yachts.com see the full brochure at: http://bit.ly/YES-magazineACAPULCO

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M/Y MERLIN 63 meter ex-warship minesweeper becomes a superyacht the different steps of conversion

Ex-Muehlhausen (all wooden hull, built in 1964) becomes a private superyacht - new name: M/Y Merlin

by Roberto Barile

Muehlhausen a 63 meter minesweeper ship, built in 1966 and still in full In June 2011 I got a call of a very close military operation till a few years ago. friend of the industry telling me about a The target swiped to this vessel and the owner, completely new to yachting, was carisimatic gentleman who wants to exitied to start not with one of the invest his money into an unusual boat

building project. it should be an ex-navy vessel with the structural option to become a sweet looking private yacht.

After evaluating several options a fleet of 4 36 meter all the same vessels was found and we started to design the conversion’s exterior lines of the glamurous rebirth. The idea of a small luxury line by YES-yachts was born.

Meanwhile the future owner did not stop to look around for even more exiting project boats and what has been found is the german navy vessel Ex-

the choice felt on the Egyptian shipyard due to their navy know how, their equipment and last but not least their unique pricepoint.

So the first target was to get the vessel going! The ship had to be registered first (going through discussions about the vessel being an arm or not) and after the upgrade of the navigational systems, the security setup, engine overhauls and generator checks & repairs as well as the upgrade of the electrical system the vessel got its Cook Island flag with no problems due to the perfect work of the engineers aboard.

After a publicity generating first sea trial with a hart touch of the harbors sea wall by the back of the vessel the problem had to be figured out why the steering system did not work 100% even that hassel had been taken quickly.

smaller vessels which were purchased before, but right away with the large 63 meter ship. The idea to rebuild all the vessels completely was the aim. One by one.

In order to find the best value for money we discussed the projects with our affiliated shipyards in Germany, Turkey, Spain and Egypt.

After several offers we

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The arrival at the conversion shipyard in Egypt Transfer from Kiel, Germany to Egypt on her own keel without any problems!

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M/Y MERLIN the historical wooden vessel gets a fully wooden upgrade Step 2 At the point of purchase the vessel could not have all the before mentioned work to be done. We had to transfer the ex-navy ship by strong trawlers into a Kiel Shipyard for making her seaworth again.

This transfer did not happen incognito ex-Muehlhausen, now named MY MERLIN, has been in the newspaper from day of the transit. Bloggers and private shipseekers reported about the transit, the docking-touch rumours and all available facts around. So MY MERLIN got a real celebrity in german local newspapers and radio stations around Kiel.

The engine overhaul turned out to become a little tricky due to their massive 16 cylinders MAYBACH engines built in 1966 which have very special screws and tools to be used for working on them. The safari to find

these tools turned out as a time consuming and impossible mission. So to cut the edge our engineer aboard started to build the needed tools himself.

Being an all wooden boat structural checks have been made before buying the vessel and the fully complete maintainance journal of the German

the new solid bulwark on the main deck and all around the vessel

By Roberto Barile

Photos: local shipyard

navy showed each and every screw ever been purchased used or existing just for spare parts. Millions and millions of Euros have been invested over the last years for maintaining the vessel in perfect shape and fully operational for an eventual military or war operation.

So visiting the vessel we found it very puristic and a little old school styled, but in 100% high quality heavy duty build condition.

decided to stay aboard during my visits at the berth in the shipyard at Kiel. We had hardly electric power to go throu all the cabins aboard, but the engineers figured it out in a second. So sleeping in the first officers lounge I got my ideas for the future floor plan. Lots and lots of small military cabins needed to become spacious owners and guest cabins.

Now as you see in the attached pictures the ship arrived already in Egypt, after So during a long and hard sea trial making it the process perfectly with no hassels all the way of figuring down to Egypt. out the At the shipyard the conversion has operational already begun. First of all after the refit documents of the overall teakdeck the wooden our design bulkwalk has been installed. Now the team started main deck gets a massive extension and the work on 2 additional decks will be realized soon. the exterior Already this summer, just about 6 overall months later the complete conversion rebuild will be finished and MY MERLIN will design and start her new career as a private luxury the interior yacht. floor plans.

We will keep you posted in the next Working with issue of this YES-magazine.

such a carismatic toy full of history my colleagues decided to stay in their hotel as planned, but me and my close friend

Wood coating on the new bulwark For sale as is STEP 2 = EUR 1.580.000 For sale at STEP 3 = EUR 1.900.000 For sale fully finished = EUR 2.800.000 see brochure at: http://bit.ly/YES-magazineMYMERLIN

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2012 global boat show calendar visit prime yachting events JANUARY 2012

JULY 2012

JAN 06 - JAN 15 London Boat Show

JUL 05 - JUL 08 Sail Gdansk, Poland

JAN 11 - JAN 15 Portland Boat Show

JUL 05 - JUL 09 Melbourne Boat Show

JAN 21 - JAN 29 boot Duesseldorf

JUL 20 - JUL 29 Travemuender Woche, Germany

JAN 27 - FEB 05 Seattle Boat Show

JUL 27 - JUL 29 Sea Festival Klaipeda, Lithuania

FEBRUARY 2012

AUGUST 2012

FEB 08 - FEB 12 Vancouver International Boat Show

AUG 02 - AUG 06 Sydney International Boat Show

FEB 10 - FEB 19 CNR EURASIA Boat Show, Istanbul

AUG 03 - AUG 05 Sail Swinoujscie, Poland

FEB 16 - FEB 20 Miami International Boat Show &

Strictly Sail

AUG 09 - AUG 12 HanseSail, Rostock, Germany

MARCH 2012

AUG 09 - AUG 11 Sail Karlskrona, Sweden AUG 18 - AUG 19 Sail Sassnitz, Germany

MAR 13 - MAR 17 Dubai International Boat Show

AUG 0? - AUG 0? Brisbane Boat Show & Fishing Expo AUG 28 - SEP 02 Bodrum International Yacht Show,

Turkey

MAR 20 - MAR 25 Moscow Boat Show MAR 22 - MAR 25 Palm Beach Boat Show, FL

SEPTEMBER 2012

MAR 24 - MAR 26 Abu Dhabi Yacht Show MAR 29 - APR 01 PIMEX, Phuket International

Boat Show

SEP 11 - SEP 16 Festival International de la Plaisance,

Cannes

APRIL 2012

SEP 19 - SEP 24 Grand Pavois International In-Water

Boat Show, La Rochelle

APR 19 - APR 22 China International Boat Show,

Shanghai

SEP 13 - SEP 16 Newport International Boat Show, RI

APR 19 - APR 22 WorldRoyal Luxury & Yacht Show APR 19 - APR 22 Newport Beach Boat Show, CA

SEP 19 - SEP 22 Monaco Yacht Show OCTOBER 2012

APR 20 - APR 22 Suncoast Boat Show, FL

OCT 06 - OCT 14 Genoa International Boat Show

APR 27 - APR 29 Singapore Yacht Show

OCT 25 - OCT 29 Fort Lauderdale International Boat

Show

APR 28 - MAY 06 Palma International Boat Show APR 30 - MAY 04 MYBA Charter Show, Genoa MAY 2012 APR 28 - MAY 06 Palma International Boat Show APR 30 - MAY 04 MYBA Charter Show, Genoa MAY 17 - MAY 20 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat

Show, Auckland MAY 24 - MAY 27 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show,

Australia

NOVEMBER 2012 NOV 03 - NOV 11 (? not confirmed yet) Salon Nautico,

Barcelona NOV 13 - NOV 15 METS, Amsterdam NOV 12 - NOV 14 Global Superyacht Forum,

Amsterdam DECEMBER 2012 DEC 07 - DEC 16 Salon Nautique, Paris

JUNE 2012

DEC 2013 Antigua Charter Yacht Show

JUN 18 - JUN 22 Spring Charter Show, Newport RI JUN 21 - JUN 24 (?not confirmed yet) Adelaide Boat

Show JUN 23 - JUN 24 Wooden Boat Show, Tiburon CA

for a private tour on one of these shows send email to: showappointment@YES-yachts.com for more information & all boat show website links, check out: http://bit.ly/YES-boatshows

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YES-yachts.com and its partners say thank you for reading us.

See you for the very next YES-magazine in Q2-2012!

Editor - in - Chief :

editorial assistant

local editor, Monaco local editor, Barcelona theme editor

theme editor

Roberto Barile

Nicole Simunic Klara Doert Marlo Plate Uwe Pordzik Olaf Paproth

It has been a real pleasure to put these lines together for you.

We would be happy to receive your thoughts and ideas at magazine@YES-yachts.com Best regards Mit freundlichen Gruessen Cordiali Saluti Saludos cordiales Already thinking about the next issue!

We would be more than happy to have you as our frequent readers.

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