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Superyacht + benefitsQATAR berth & local management for FREE!the newbuild, but immediate use concept

+ Yacht shows 2012the global calendar

YES-yachts goes Nuerburgringracing fun for friends

CEO Interviews Benetti, Princess, Sunseeker from insiders for insiders

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60m WARSHIP CONVERSION BENETTI INTERVIEW THE REVIVAL

m a g a z i n e EXCLUSIVE MUST-HAVES FOR BILLIONAIRES & FRIENDS

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21-2012: yachting & more exclusive funracing, new concepts & destinationsBy 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.

Looking back to 2011 we complete a succesfull year with sales between 36 and 60meter vessels. The conversion design of a 60 meter wooden yacht as well as the presentation of our new 41meter projects with a total of 4 yachts following a sophisticated design line, coming from the base of a very solid heavy duty build warship. Steel hulls of such a high quality you would never find on the market anymore, but exactly that’s the point why you find them in our conversion projects!

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

My new personal assistant Nicole Simunic is a great help me with my paperworks, time scheduling, travel assistance and management to keep me going with no limits.

Following the thesis of expansion rather than recession I am very happy and energetic to start with you full throttle in the next yachting year 2012.

Talking about a brief preview of our current and future projects I would like to mention the full refit and conversion of the 60meter MY

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.

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

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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.

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.

“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!”

YES- Expansion to the middle eastQatar is calling - join us!By Roberto Barile

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

12 berths for rent/waterfront office50ft to 200ft - 15m to 60meteryachts for sale & charter

for more information email to: QATAR@YES-yachts.comsee the the latest update at:http://bit.ly/YES-magazine-QATAR

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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.

The owner turned out into wanting a bigger boat just before the finished construction of this marvelous vessel so the shipyard fullfilling the owners first wish completed this yacht in order to sell it and started designing the even bigger one for the owner.

Talking about a maritime asset of around 15 million EUR the owner decided not even to use the vessel and the 20 engine hours came only from the well approved factory sea-trials.

In order to accelerate the sale of this vessel a lot of options have been discussed and the MY BAIA MARE is currently offered by

several yachtbrokers for the here mentioned sales price of 12.900.000 EUR already reduced by 1 million, but YES-yachts.com wanted to go even beyond! We are offering the vessel for the same price as the others, but buying with YES-yachts within Feb 2012 there will be the above mentioned YES-special on top included in the asking price! This package includes a berth for 1 year, a local office to charter the vessel out for 1 year and the local yacht management for 1 year + making your vessel fully tax deductable (!) This means that by deciding quickly you start with a brand new yacht immediately. The loose furniture needs to be following the new owners taste and for around 80.000 EUR

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.

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 YES-yachts.com

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YES- >>> 1.2 million pricedrop + more than 1 million Euro in added value

Add some off-season 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

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

salon for the upper deck. The yacht has 1 Master Suite on the upper deck, 1 VIP cabin on the main deck and 4 guest

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 waters or bays and brings also more economical advantages to the yacht.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.

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

Photos: Nedship Group

for more information email to: yachtsales@YES-yachts.com

see the full brochure at:http://bit.ly/YES-magazineMYBAIAMARE

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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

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 ShaolinKung 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 YES-yacht. Discover yourself in a protected area that is extremely discreet and top secret.

Olaf Paproth

Time for body and soulyour personal TAIWAN DO © coach aboard

DETAILS & BOOKING

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

Superior Coaching

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The exterior: twin powerwaking up the windsBy Roberto BarileThe 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.

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

horizontal surfaces of the vessel. The unique wide salon windows give

this owners’ yacht a special type of style, timeless pure design.

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.

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.

Hard Price-Drop to EUR 799.000 for 24m sailor Absolute steal !By Marlo PlateYES-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.

At the time she has been fully finished and was sailing for several years. The former owner decided to start a refit which sadly could not be completed. He originally started the refit in 2006 and passed away during the first actions of the refit. “A mysterious end of a great vision - so let’s finish to grind this diamond!” says Roberto Barile, chairman and founder of the globally operating superyacht brokerage company YES- Yachting Exclusive Services with headquarters in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Now she is in a Spanish ship-repair-yard which is highly specialized in first

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 make your sailing dreams come true!The below mentioned price is including highest standard interiors (1st class owner’s quality) with absolutely amazing finishings.

But first Marlo Plate inspected the yacht onsite in the Barcelona area and provided the basic information, photo shots and the full history of this spectaculous sailing yacht.

So YES-yachts.com and the ship- and refit-yard are looking for the potential new owner to realize the full refit vision within highest standards and best on

board equipment. “It's definitely

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 refit-yard.

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!

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

Roberto Barile

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SY ADAM, not finished!78ft - 23,5m799.000 EUR +tax

fully refitted:2.250.000 EUR +taxfor more information email to: SYADAM@YES-yachts.comsee the full brochure at:http://bit.ly/YES-magazineSYADAM

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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

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 are offering to you, your friends and your biz-partners.

YES-yachts.com goes Nuerburgringsupporting the most successful BMW team

RACING DETAILS & BOOKING

for more information email to: racing@YES-yachts.comsee the full brochure at:http://bit.ly/YES-racing

Racing - Fun - Events and more...

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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!”

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

unique weekends - pure racing experience brought to you by YES-yachts.com

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

twin-ticket = 2x 695 EUR + taxgroup-session = 10.500 EUR + tax

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

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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

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.

Sailing is her passion and working for passion is her goal.

New YES-Staff: Klara DoertServing Monaco & Cote d’Azur areaBy Klara Doert

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

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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

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.

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.

Female sales power & passionlocal yachting & global connectionsBy Klara Doert

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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Super HIGHpower LED Underwater lightsenlight 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!

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- !

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

Superyacht engines, what are the alternatives?3 high class providersBy Klara DoertMTU 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-emergency-hotline 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

Underwater lights

for more information email to:

UNDERWATERLIGHTS@YES-yachts.comsee the full catalouge at:http://bit.ly/YES-magazineWATERLIGHTS

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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.

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

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.

(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.

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

Interview with Founder of SunseekerRobert Braithwaite @ London Boat ShowBy Klara Doert

SUNSEEKER est. in the early 1970iesrange from 12 to 47 meters

PRINCESS est. in 1964range from 12 to 40 meters

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Interview withchairman of Azimut /Benetti GroupPaoloVitelli @ Ft. Lauderdale Intern. Boat Show

With 40 models in production, the Group’s four brands – Atlantis,  Azimut,  Azimut  Grand and  Benetti  offer  yacht lovers a variety of ways to experience the sea: on open / sport yachts, flybridges or mega yachts.

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 a n d m o r e p r o t e c t i v e a b o u t t h e i r 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 management the Azimut / Benetti group e.g. takes away all problems for owners to finance and manage a yacht. Special since  lot’s of yachts are for sale owned by banks.  The mission is to look more into small details, fill niches, personalizing boats of customization compared to worldwide brands.  He pointed out that the Azimut / Benetti group is similar

like some  dutch  and  german  shipyards not for sale. His  company is strong in capital as a private owned group and not hold by banks. As a private company they can work more effectively than under pressure of bank takeover like most American competitors. What counts  is besides 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.

Klara with the chairman of Azimut / Benetti Group Paolo Vitelli

The premium Italian yacht builders

more information about Benetti? email to: sales@YES-yachts.com

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

Roberto Barile

Acapulco was a distant mysterious and exotic place…To reach it from the air, you had to sort through the explosion of endless colors of parrots, seagulls, flamingos, and papagayos  to land on Hornos beach, habilitated as provisional airport at the very edge of the surf.Those who arrived by hydroplane with Pan American’s “flying boats”, landed on the  pier, across from the main square.But every traveler, the ones  who arrived by plane as those who made their crossing through the old highway (from Taxco) by land, found themselves suddenly faced with the inexpugnable emerald of its jungle and the enigmatic  sapphire of its waters.The “Costera” was barely a path which on its way to “El Cerro de la Pinzona”, sur prised the travelers with the sudden white

sparkling mirage of the beautiful Casablanca; the hotel borne shortly before, of the romantic spell of one afternoon in which John Harding decided to build it, out of his love for Acapulco and sheer inspiration.Even today, as one crosses its t h r e s h o l d , t h e l o n g g o n e  luxurious limousines and sports cars can be seen at its main lobby, as adventurers, movie stars, lovers, spies, tycoons   and gamblers indulge   themselves challenging any rush or hurry, only to experience the magic of the palace borne from a   tropical caprice.The selvatic mural attributed to Diego Rivera, who’s neighboring “House of Winds”, was only a few steps away, seemed to reflect the adventures into which everyone there appeared to be bound, once they had crossed its main lobby.

Casablanca in Acapulco!Art-Deco-Hotel reopening in the bay of Acapulco offers great opportunitiesBy Uwe Pordzik

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The reminiscent pastWith 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.

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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

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 w a i t i n g a g a i n , o v e r c o m e w i t h anticipation like a debutant in her first long dress ball.To discover or rediscover

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 timesThe CASABLANCA, by the Swiss architect MAX LourA hidden Art Deco jewel right out of a long forgotten dream...

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The presentSteuropax 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.

Some reminiscence by Julio Blaschke

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breathtaking viewunique location to invest

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

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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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.

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.

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

Julio Blaschke (Pecos)

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M/Y MERLIN 63 meter ex-warship minesweeper becomes a superyacht the different steps of conversion In June 2011 I got a call of a very close friend of the industry telling me about a carisimatic gentleman who wants to 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-

Muehlhausen a 63 meter minesweeper ship, built in 1966 and still in full military operation till a few years ago. The target swiped to this vessel and the owner, completely new to yachting, was exitied to start not with one of the

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

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.

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

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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

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.

So during the process of figuring out the operational documents our design team started the work on the exterior overall rebuild design and the interior floor plans.

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

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 a long and hard sea trial making it perfectly with no hassels all the way down to Egypt.At the shipyard the conversion has already begun. First of all after the refit of the overall teakdeck the wooden bulkwalk has been installed. Now the main deck gets a massive extension and 2 additional decks will be realized soon. Already this summer, just about 6 months later the complete conversion will be finished and MY MERLIN will start her new career as a private luxury yacht. We will keep you posted in the next issue of this YES-magazine.

Wood coating on the new bulwark

For sale as is STEP 2 = EUR 1.580.000For sale at STEP 3 = EUR 1.900.000For sale fully finished = EUR 2.800.000

see brochure at:http://bit.ly/YES-magazineMYMERLIN

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

By Roberto Barile

Photos: local shipyard

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2012 global boat show calendarvisit prime yachting events

JANUARY 2012

JAN 06 - JAN 15   London Boat Show  

JAN 11 - JAN 15   Portland Boat Show

JAN 21 - JAN 29   boot Duesseldorf

JAN 27 - FEB 05   Seattle Boat Show 

FEBRUARY 2012

FEB 08 - FEB 12   Vancouver International Boat Show

FEB 10 - FEB 19 CNR EURASIA Boat Show, Istanbul

FEB 16 - FEB 20   Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail

MARCH 2012

MAR 13 - MAR 17   Dubai International Boat Show

MAR 20 - MAR 25   Moscow Boat Show

MAR 22 - MAR 25   Palm Beach Boat Show, FL

MAR 24 - MAR 26   Abu Dhabi Yacht Show

MAR 29 - APR 01   PIMEX, Phuket International Boat Show

APRIL 2012

APR 19 - APR 22   China International Boat Show, Shanghai

APR 19 - APR 22   WorldRoyal Luxury & Yacht Show

APR 19 - APR 22   Newport Beach Boat Show, CA

APR 20 - APR 22   Suncoast Boat Show, FL

APR 27 - APR 29   Singapore Yacht 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

JUNE 2012

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

JULY 2012

JUL 05 - JUL 08   Sail Gdansk, Poland

JUL 05 - JUL 09   Melbourne Boat Show

JUL 20 - JUL 29   Travemuender Woche, Germany

JUL 27 - JUL 29   Sea Festival Klaipeda, Lithuania

 AUGUST 2012

AUG 02 - AUG 06   Sydney International Boat Show

AUG 03 - AUG 05 Sail Swinoujscie, Poland

AUG 09 - AUG 12   HanseSail, Rostock, Germany

AUG 09 - AUG 11   Sail Karlskrona, Sweden

AUG 18 - AUG 19   Sail Sassnitz, Germany

AUG 0? - AUG 0?   Brisbane Boat Show & Fishing Expo

AUG 28 - SEP 02   Bodrum International Yacht Show, Turkey

SEPTEMBER 2012

SEP 11 - SEP 16   Festival International de la Plaisance, Cannes

SEP 19 - SEP 24   Grand Pavois International In-Water Boat Show, La Rochelle

SEP 13 - SEP 16   Newport International Boat Show, RI

SEP 19 - SEP 22   Monaco Yacht Show

OCTOBER 2012

OCT 06 - OCT 14   Genoa International Boat Show

OCT 25 - OCT 29   Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

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

DEC 2013               Antigua Charter Yacht Show

for a private tour on one of these showssend 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 : Roberto Barile editorial assistant Nicole Simunic

local editor, Monaco Klara Doertlocal editor, Barcelona Marlo Platetheme editor Uwe Pordziktheme editor 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 regardsMit freundlichen GruessenCordiali SalutiSaludos cordiales

Roberto Barilechairman (CEO)

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