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Catalina sailboats -complete range of sailing yachts

Catalina Yachts is one of the world's largest producers of sailboats. Catalina has grown from a small boatbuilder serving the local Southern California market to a major manufacturer with worldwide dealings. Catalina Yachts has developed the most complete range of sailing yachts built today. When you board a Catalina you find comfort, spaciousness, and efficient layouts. What you won't find until you sail one is how easy they are to sail and how well they perform.

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Catalina island boat -comfort, spaciousness, and efficient layouts

Santa Catalina Island is the California's only island resort destination. You can reach the island by a Catalina Island boat. You can also take cognitive and entertaining boat tours and cruises all the island's exciting waterfront attractions. Catalina Yachts is a southern California-based company that manufactures fiberglass monohull sailboats. When you board a Catalina sailboat, you find comfort, spaciousness, and efficient layouts.

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Catamaran boat -for sailing vacations

Recently the demand for catamarans (or multihulls) has obviously increased. The catamaran boats are popular for racing, for sailing vacations and for luxurious tours. A sailing vacation aboard a cruising catamaran boat is like no other. Such sailing tours are usually all planned just the way you want it. Catamarans enhance your vacation with their space, comfort and privacy.

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Power catamaran -the best features of a motor yacht

Power Catamarans are recently considered to be the intelligent alternative to traditional-design boats, and more and more consumers discover their advantages. The 'power' version combines the best features of a motor yacht with the traditional sailing characteristics of a multihull. The power catamarans range from small single pilot Formula 1 power boat series to the large multi-engined or even gas turbined power boats.

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Chris craft boats -ultimate expression of style and individuality

Chris Craft Yachts was founded in 1874. A Chris Craft is a boat that moves you even when it is standing still. Chris Craft boats are defined by flowing lines that achieve visual harmony, an unrelenting commitment to quality and timeless elegance that is the ultimate expression of style and individuality. Owning a Chris Craft provides a kaleidoscope of experiences that offer just about everything you could ever want any leisure activity or a boat to provide.

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Water taxis -Enjoy a relaxing ride

Water taxis are used for public transportation in cities with abundant water channels. Many cities, including New York City, Boston, Baltimore and London, have scheduled water taxis which operate in a similar manner to ferries or buses. Enjoy a relaxing ride in air-conditioned comfort aboard Water Taxi. Whether you are taking a cruise, your Water Taxi will narrate points of interest along the way.

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Fairline yachts -exhilarating performance

Fairline Yachts is one of the most popular yacht producers of Europe. Fairline's portfolio includes three distinct ranges: The Targa Range, The Phantom Range and The Squadron Range. The Fairline yachts manage to exceed expectations of some of the world's most quality sensitive customers. Stunning lines, seductive interior design and exhilarating performance are a Fairline hallmark.

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Mega yachts -levels of equipment, detailing, and fit and finish

Fairline Boats is one of the worlds most influential, experienced and respected powerboat builders. The yachts range from a 34-foot long express cruiser to a 74-foot long luxury yacht, along with a series of craft designed specifically for long range cruising. On board a Fairline mega yacht the demanding owner will find levels of equipment, detailing, and fit and finish that are simply not available elsewhere. Cruising aboard a Fairline mega yacht is a wonderful treat.

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Ferretti group yacht -innovative technology and sophisticated design

Ferretti Group is one of the world's largest yacht builders. The company produces luxury performance motor yachts. Passion for the sea, innovative technology and sophisticated design comprise the Ferretti navigational style. Ferretti yachts are true "floating villas", intended for those who enjoy experiencing the infinite fascination of the sea, while surrounded by exquisitely designed and intelligently planned living space.

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Ferretti -true ?floating villas?

Ferretti Group is the leading company in the design and construction of luxury motoryachts and sporting boats. Today the international Ferretti Group holding consists of eight divisions - prestigious yacht brands. Ferretti Yachts is a fundamental part of the Holding. Ferretti yachts are true "floating villas", intended for those who enjoy experiencing the infinite fascination of the sea, while surrounded by exquisitely designed and intelligently planned living space.

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Fisherman boats -speed and stability

One of the most known and popular fishing techniques is fishing from boat, named by big-game fishing or offshore sport fishing. It requires a boat of considerable capacity, seaworthiness, speed and stability. Such boat with other necessary equipment costs upwards 20,000 USD. Most people consider that the best fisherman boats are 72' Rybovich boats. These boats have wooden parts, as well as ancestors of all modern yachts.

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Sportfishing yachts -sportfishing is a hobby for rich people

Sportfishing yacht must be a vessel of considerable capacity, seaworthiness and other characteristics. Until the 1950s almost all sportfishing yachts were made of boards of wood (steel was also used for bigger yachts). All sportfishing yachts are very expensive equipment, because the sportfishing is a hobby for rich people. The sportfishing yacht is also a subject of pride and care of the owner.

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Grand banks trawler yachts -a 30+ knot top speed

Grand Banks Yachts Limited was established in 1956 in Hong Kong. Originally located in Jurong, Grand Banks relocated its operations to Loyang in 1999.All Grand Banks trawler yachts are built on hard-chine, deep-draft, semi-displacement hulls with full-length keels. Grand Banks Eastbay fast cruisers Series has a 30+ knot top speed and some other features.

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Grand banks quality

Grand Banks Yachts Limited was established in 1956. This company makes around 100+ boats per year. GB36-001, the first famous boat from Grand Banks, was launched in 1964. All Grand Banks boats are built on hard-chine hulls. Grand Banks has made thousands of changes and refinements to the boat, but one thing that hasn't changed over the years is Grand Banks' quality.

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Hatteras boats-Hatteras legend

Hatteras company produced its first yacht on March 22, 1960, in the High Point, North Carolina. This boat was named the Knit Wits and had a 41-foot twin cabin, a 14-foot beam and two 275-hp Lincoln V-8s. Within two years, Hatteras premiered the 41 Double Cabin, the first motor fiberglass boat. The used Hatteras boat can be bought for price from 315,000 USD up to 1,499,000 USD.

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Charter sailing - choose what suits you best

You face the question of charter sailing. Your choice will depend on the distance, a number of passengers, the level of comfort you prefer, and the purpose of your trip. You may be offered charter sailing, sport charter, sport fishing charter, or fishing charter. Companies that deal with charter sailing will offer you a wild range of services.

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Is it your firts experience with sailboat charters?

Saolboat charters are a great way to make vacations for those who like swimming, scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing, whale watching, or just sunbathing pleasant and unforgettable. You should just choose a distance first and then sailboat charters. You will find safety seamanship, rules navigation, piloting, handling, anchoring, knots, terminology, provisioning, food storage, onboard cooking, special recipes, scuba diving and snorkeling, spear and line fishing are just some of the skills and topics.

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Seattle yacht club - you will enjoy it

Nowadays there is a number of yacht clubs that are very popular among its members and people who are interested in yacht sailing as well as yacht builders. Yacht clubs have their own societies, issue papers and magazines, have web sites, and play not the last role in yacht innovations as they are in close cooperation with yacht builders. Many of clubs' members contribute to the sport of yachting and yacht design. Among the most distinguished clubs New York Yacht Club and Seattle Yacht Club are worth mentioning

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Wellcraft is associated with quality and style

The Wellcraft name is associated with four lines of boat models: coastal, fisherman, sportsman, and offshore center console. These boats range in size from an 18-foot to a 44-foot model. Wellcraft produces center console, dual console and express-type fishing boats. Each model features a foam-filled fiberglass stringer system for structural integrity and long service life, and offers a ten-year structural hull limited warranty.Wellcraft has a rich tradition of building boats that fit the way people fish. The most fishing companies give their preference to Wellcraft boats.

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Wellcraft boats are among the best fishing boats on the Earth

Since 1955, Wellcraft has built fishing boats for serious anglers in search of a craft that meets their every need. They also make boats for families just looking for a fun way to enjoy the water. Wellcraft makes 15 different boats in four different models. Wellcraft produces center console, dual console and express-type fishing boats. Each model features a foam-filled fiberglass stringer system for structural integrity and long service life, and offers a ten-year structural hull limited warranty.

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A short glance on Vilm cruising yachts

I think this information will be interesting for, otherwise you are a great expert of Vilm cruising yachts. I would say that this article is rather for beginners. Every detail of these fine yachts shows the builders' many years of sailing experience. The cockpit is deep and offers unequalled, comfortable seating with very high backrests. The fiberglass dog house offers protection from the elements.

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Sea Ray is the world's largest manufacturer of superior quality boats

Sea Ray is continuing innovations in unique styling, performance, interior design, technical systems, and many other areas, plus many revolutionary breakthroughs in technology and quality manufacturing processes, have placed Sea Ray at the top of the world's pleasure boat builders for over a quarter of a century. No other pleasure boat manufacturer in the world offers such variety of such quality.

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Sea Ray boats are an example of innovation and craftmanship

Sea Ray boats are a reflection of commitment to precision, innovation, and craftsmanship. . The four families of Sea Ray products include Sport Boats, Sport Cruisers, Sport Yachts, and Yachts. Every product undergoes the most extensive testing and validation procedures in the industry, culminating in six weeks of constant testing in the water. When designing boats, Sea Ray stops at nothing less than the standard of excellence.

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New Silverton yachts - join the evolution

Those who can not afford buying new Silverton yachts give their preference to used Silverton yachts from other used yachts. This fact may be easily explained. Innovations, comfort and a good price make consumers buy such yachts. I offer you to look closer at the last innovations that may be found in new Silverton yachts. As a woman I would like to draw your attention to the fabrics that are used to make new Silverton yachts more comfortable.

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A story of Silverton motor yachts

This is the story of Silverton motor yachts and all the facts say that it will continue for many more years. Silverton company has gone further than just building boats and yachts. The fact that owners of Silverton motor yachts and boats have organized their own club speaks for itself. Silverton customers are satisfied with Silverton products and want to share their satisfaction with each other. As a company committed to building boats by utilizing valuable customer input, Silverton company representatives are also an integral part of the club.

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Vilm yachts are pioneers in using fiberglass

Vilm yachts were the first ones where fiberglass was used. All Vilm hulls and decks yachts are laid up with isophtalic-acid resin and gelcoat. This special resin is considerably more expensive than ordinary boat building resins (and therefore rarely used); however, it absorbs very little moisture. This combined with a special method of exclusively hand-laying selected glass roving, matting and bi-axial glass provides a far stronger and extremely durable hull, deck, and superstructure.

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Used boats - how to make the right choice

To buy a boat especially a used boat is a question not only fo rbeginners but also for experienced sailors. In this very imprtant business a lot of aspects should be considered. You should not neglect any detail. Moreover, it is money issue. I think you do not wish to invest your money in old cracked vessel counting its last days. I hope this short rough guide will help avoid mistakes in your choice.

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Investment into super yacht technologies

Investment into super yahct technoligies brings much more profit that it may seem. The most prosperous yacht builders invent and use super yacht technologies. Among such companies Sea Ray and Silverton may be mentioned. It is one of the essential rules of the industry to invest money into technology to produce up-to-date super yachts. Let's look closer at the super yacht technologies that these two companies create and use.

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Hatteras -fishing the year round

From release of the first boat in 1960 Hatteras has made many improvements. So, a series of convex and modified-V hulls that provide the best of both designs was developed. Hatteras also uses in-house designed 6- and 7-bladed propellers. In all boats of the company a fiberglass instead of a tree or plastic is used. You can also join Hatteras fishing the year round.

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Yachts from Hunter - no corrosion and denser than iron

Hunter builds best yachts from 9' to 50'. This company is a part of the Luhrs Marine Group, which also includes some other companies. Standard yachts from Hunter with lead keels, which have no corrosion issues and are denser than iron, they also have some other advantages. Many companies sell new and used yachts by Hunter, including by means of the Internet.

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Hunter yacht dealer -one with very good reputation

There are many yacht dealers. One of them is Massey Yacht Sales & Service. This company works on Florida's west coast since 1977 and has a very good reputation. A H&S Yacht Sales also offers yacht from Hunter that also offers a various yacht models. Other Hunter yacht dealer is Hunter Marine company. You also can buy a yacht by means of the Internet or from the known firms.

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Custom yachts companies

If you are choosing a yacht, you can ask for help the custom yachts companies. The most known of them is Le Comte company, founded in 1954. This company has a very good reputation. Another custom yachts company is Wiggers Custom Yachts Ltd., making partial builds and very drastic upgrades and changes to some very fine yachts. Cabo Rico Custom Yachts, Inc. also is very known in sphere of custom yachts.

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Lecomte company -The most famous custom yachts company

The most famous custom yachts company is Le Comte company, opened in New Rochelle, New York in 1954. The beginning of its activity was sale of semi-custom yachts to American customers. The first Le Comte boats were 33' Malabar Senior sloops and 42' Nordfarer yawls, followed by the finishing of Halmatic-moulded 38' Challenger yawls. In 1994 the Dutch part of the company was closed.

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Luxury charter yachts - charter bareboat, or with obligatory skipper, or fully crewed

Cruising aboard a luxury yacht is a great experience. You can charter any of the luxury charter yachts, offered around the world for a week, ten days or a month to experience the best in luxury vacations. A yacht can be chartered either bareboat or with obligatory skipper (captain) or fully crewed. Crewed yacht charters are perfect for people who want to go sailing and enjoy every minute of the trip.

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Yacht designs -safety, comfort and brightness

Yacht design means a truly perfect and complete balance between a series of parameters and requirements in which quality is foremost, including marine engineering, a rational overall system, impeccable cruising performance, safety, comfort, the space and brightness of the interiors, the standard of materials and appearance, and functional efficiency. In recent years, private yachts have evolved from fairly simple design vessels with basic accommodation to sophisticated and luxurious boats.

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Monohull yacht charter -great for adventure sailing

A sailing vacation aboard a cruising yacht is like no other. There are as many different types of charter yachts available as there are locations in the world to charter them. Charter yachts range from powerboat monohull and multihull to sailing mono and multihull. Monohulls are great for adventure sailing or cruising. Catamarans are great for stable and fast cruising.

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Heavy monohull yachts -require manpower, time and distance for maneuvers

Monohull yachts are typically fitted with a fixed or adjustable keel below the waterline to counterbalance the overturning force of wind on the vessel's sails. There is the big debate: which option to choose - a monohull or a multihull (catamaran). Most people today don't like the constant rolling and movement of monohulls while under way or sitting at their anchorage. Besides, heavy monohull yachts require far more manpower, time and distance for maneuvers.

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Classic motor yachts -modern luxury charter yachts

Motor yachts are the vessel, propelled by an internal combustion engine driving a jet or a propeller. Today the resurgence in interest in classic motor yachts is evidenced by the numbers of yachts being lovingly restored and by the many classic yacht regattas held around the world. Most of yacht charters all over the world offer restored luxury classic motor yachts giving all the amenities and standards of service expected of modern luxury charter yacht. A classic motor yachts charter is a great opportunity to experience the ambiance, grace and style of a classic era of chartering.

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Princess motor yachts,a leading boat builder

Princess Yachts International is now recognized amongst the world leaders in the boat building industry. Over the last 40 years, Princess Yachts International has established itself as the leading boat builder in Europe, consistently producing cutting edge design, classic elegance, and legendary sea keeping qualities throughout its range. The Princess name has become synonymous with all the finest in luxury motor yacht design.

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Trimaran is much safer than monohulls

A trimaran is a multihull boat consisting of a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls, attached to the main hull with lateral struts. Trimarans have a number of advantages over comparable monohulls. The trimaran has a shallower draft, a wider beam, less hull area, and is able to fly more sail area than a monohull. Trimarans are much safer than monohulls as the lack of a heavy keel, combined with the two amas makes for a nearly unsinkable boat.

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Multihull models are able to sail in shallower water

Multihull models include: proas, which have two differently sized hulls; catamarans, which have two similar hulls; and trimarans, which have a larger hull in the center and two smaller ones on either side. Mulltihulls have a number of advantages over comparable monohulls. All the multihull models are substantially faster than monohulls. Multihull boats are able to sail in shallower water, offer much better straight-line performance than a monohull, and maintain stability in stronger winds.

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Palmer Johnson's new technologies and new ideas

Palmer Johnson Inc is one of the most successful and respected builders of luxury yachts. Throughout its long history, Palmer Johnson has established a reputation for high standards of excellence, innovation, and performance. Their success has been based on a willingness to develop new technologies, new markets, and new ideas; to expand whenever the opportunity presents itself, to diversify into new areas of the business, and to look for customers where others have not thought to go.

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Palmer Johnson yachts are high-style motor yachts

Palmer Johnson Yachts was founded in 1918. As the reputation for small, high-quality Palmer Johnson yachts grew, so did the orders for custom wooden yachts. From its start as a builder of wooden fishing boats, Palmer Johnson has grown to be a leader in the United States for custom megayacht construction. Now, Palmer Johnson has several new high-style motor yachts under construction, ranging from 90 feet up to 123 feet, with the latter being the first ever fiberglass Palmer Johnson ever built.

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Pearson innovative thinking

The Pearson Yachts name dates to 1957 when Everett Pearson, often credited with starting the fiberglass production for boat industry, founded the company with his cousin Clinton Pearson. Pearson's accomplishments in the boating industry are nothing short of remarkable. Pearson Yachts built its reputation on innovative thinking and by producing boats of superior performance and remarkable value.

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Largest pocket cruiser meets a lot of requirements

It's all the boat you need! Pocket cruisers can combine the best of the classic lines of the seaworthy sloops of the turn of the century-and the quick-to-build, lightweight, low maintenance of modern materials. They are inexpensive and small enough to be single-handed yet meeting a lot of requirements. Pocket cruisers are often fanatics about their boats and for quite a number of reasons.

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Princess yachts international -staggering performance with luxurious comfort

Princess Yachts International plc started building motor cruisers in Plymouth in 1965, launching the first of the world's most sophisticated motor yachts soon after. he fine craftsmanship of Princess yachts has earned Princess a global prestige. At the heart of the Princess yachts lies something more than a unique combination of staggering performance with luxurious comfort... It is the determination to express the panache and sheer exuberance of living at speed, without compromise.

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Princess boats -the finest in luxury motor yacht design

Princess Yachts International is based out of Plymouth, England in a five-factory setting. Princess started building motor cruisers in 1965, and continues the tradition today by manufacturing two types of yachts: flybridge and V-class sport. The Princess name has become synonymous with all the finest in luxury motor yacht design. A Princess motor yacht is highly regarded around the world as one of the most comfortable and spacious boats in her class to take out on charter.

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Largest private yachts -summer homes

Back in the 1970s, yachting was basically a form of camping, and now it's all about floating palaces. With modern day communications and the facilities that the largest private yachts offer these days, they are used more like summer homes/villas than as yachts. Not surprisingly, although one does not have to be a billionaire to own a yacht, it certainly helps. The prices of the top ten largest private yachts average $64.37 million.

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Private yacht charters -Experience the ultimate extravagance

Why board a crowded cruise ship, when you can charter your own private crewed yacht! Charter yachts are exclusive, luxurious, hotels that float in warm turquoise seas surrounded by crystal clear water and gorgeous scenery that changes daily, your own personal chef and all the exotic toys you ever dreamed of. Experience the ultimate extravagance of your own private yacht charter with your family and close friends!

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Pocket sailing cruisers -sailing evolution

A Pocket cruiser, Microcruiser or Pocket yacht is a small sailboat with a cabin, whose length is at or under 20 feet (6 m), with some examples as short as 10 to 12 feet (3 to 3.7 m) in length. While many cruising sailors today jump with both feet and a hefty money clip into a big boat, chockablock with gadgetry, the traditional sailing evolution begins with small craft and ends with the ultimate cruiser. Small is usually simple. But how big is small? That, of course, is relative.

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