The 2015 edition of the Monaco Yacht Show will underline the beginning of a new era as the show will celebrate its 25th edition, but above all because it will display a new look with extra berths and a reorganisation of its exhibition area.

Celebrating nearly 30 years of innovative design, leading naval architects BMT Nigel Gee will be exhibiting at the 25th Monaco Yacht Show this month within the Superyacht UK Pavilion.

Organized by the French publishing group LuxMediaGroup, the World Yachts Trophies are considered among the most prestigious awards in the industry.

The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup saved the best for last with a gloriously sunny, windy day on the Costa Smeralda. The 19-knot breezes provided a thrilling finale to the 26th edition of a spectacular regatta that is the cornerstone of a longstanding partnership between Rolex and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS).

Knut Frostad, CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race, is stepping down at the end of 2015 after eight years at the helm for family reasons. The 48-year-old Norwegian has guided the event over three editions in 2008-09, 2011-12 and 2014-15 after taking over as chief executive in March 2008.

On Wednesday there were 58 sailing and motor-yachts all moored in the YCM Marina in front of the Yacht Club de Monaco’s new building, their varnish, brass and bronze fittings gleaming in the sunshine, ready to welcome the jury that will judge the quality of their restoration.

The traditional show at Cannes (8-13 September 2015) opens the boat show season for the Azimut|Benetti Group which will be the undisputed stars with 16 models including three world debut appearances.

At this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Lürssen is proud to present Kismet, a brand new 95 metre yacht. Kismet, delivered by Lürssen in autumn 2014, was built as a replacement 95.2-metre yacht from the Owner’s previous award-winning 68-metre Kismet.

The Fraternity of the Athenian Hydriots (established in 1890, www.aya.com.gr) announces that the 6th Hydra Shipping Conference will take place on Saturday, the 3rd of October 2015, at the Historic Archives - Museum of Hydra.

Benetti has the pleasure to announce the new sale of a 49 meter full displacement yacht – FB702 – of Benetti Custom series.

After the international success of the Advanced A44, winner of the “European Yachts of  the Year 2015”, Advanced Italian Yachts will introduce at the Cannes Yachting Festival his new Advanced A80.

GAC Pindar and five-times World Match Racing Champion, Ian Williams (GBR) have today announced their entry into the remainder of this year’s M32 Scandinavia series.

Founded by leading Italian nautical manufacturers, representing an impressive set of 25 brands, the association NAUTICA ITALIANA aims to bring together top firms from the entire sector — Industry, Services and Territories — to draw up a strategy for the development of the nautical industry, thus fostering system-wide growth both in Italy and internationally.

The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge heads to Newport for the finale of the 2015 North American Circuit and the 36th Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta.

Feadship has launched the 57-metre Halo in a private ceremony at the Feadship Kaag yard. The bespoke motoryacht was outfitted in a record time of just 33 months at the request of Halo’s owner, who had previously chartered the Feadship Helix and was sufficiently enamoured by the experience to commission a new Feadship.

Numarine has the pleasure to announce that Numarine 78 Flybridge M/Y Still Water has been the very first US flagged yacht cruising to Cuba since the trade embargo between the two countries were implemented in the 1960’s.