How about taking some time out of the daily routine and join one of the biggest debates in our home city of Fort Lauderdale? We will be attending to participate in helping the American Superyacht industry grow and realize its potential. We will be investing three days of our time and making our own contribution to the plan.

The American Superyacht Forum will return to sunny Fort Lauderdale again in 2012 between 21^st -23^rd of May, which will take place in the yachting hub of Fort Lauderdale at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Resort. Set amid lush tropical acres beside the Intracoastal Waterway, this spectacular Fort Lauderdale Florida hotel provides the best getaway in the yachting capital of the world.

To bring the 10^th anniversary of the prominent American Superyacht Forum, Superyacht Events will be flying over the waters. The event will start with two full days of conference and evening socials, followed by a full day of sport fishing on Wednesday.

The main focus for the American Superyacht Forum is to have the most influential players in one room for two days of debate. The conference programme will serve as the catalyst for ground-breaking discussion between the audience and speakers.

By bringing together US Owners, Captains, Brokers, Builders, Designers, Managers, Subcontractors and Suppliers it will be a unique opportunity to rebuild the American Superyacht industry.

Be there and take the chance of having the best investment you can make in 2012.

REFERENCE: http://www.superyachtevents.com/asf/asf2012/

Have you heard about the America’s largest manufacturing show? We have and we will be there!

We won’t be exhibiting but we’ll be spending time looking for equipment to help us offer more competitive prices and premium products through technology.

We are talking about The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS).  This show only happens every 2 years in September at McCormick Place, Chicago. There will be more or less 1,100 exhibitors and 82,000 visitors and buyers from all over 116 countries are expected to come and occupy the 1.1 million net square feet of exhibit space on this 2012 show.

We will be meeting exhibitors from the metalworking industry that will exhibit their products and productivity solutions. Over 15,000 new machine tools, controls, computers, software, components, systems and processes will be showcased that can help improve our efficiency and stay ahead of our competitors!

Be there and have a break! Be motivated and have a breakthrough!

REFERENCES:

http://www.imts.com/

http://www.nam.org/Get-Involved/Manufacturing-Events/Events/2012/09/IMTS-2012.aspx

It’s your time to gear up for the fourth annual Marine Industry Cares Spin-A-Thon in Supporting Kids in Distress and Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment center which will be held on April 20, 2012 at Esplanade Park in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

The people behind the Marine Industry Cares Foundation (MICF) is once again hoping to break its previous records and even double the last year’s involvement and fundraising up to $200,000 in 2012.The first Spin-A-Thon and its successor provided abused and neglected children of local community with over $100,000. The spinning-bike relay challenges teams to constantly ride their bikes for 360 minutes. Spinning begins at 1 p.m. After the wheels stop spinning, all the participants are invited to a thank you party to celebrate the positive impact made for these children in need.

The Marine Industry Cares Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 by marine industry leaders in South Florida hoping to make a difference in their local community.

This organization seeks to build a lifelong relationship between marine industry and the local charities in order to help children and families in need.The Marine Industry Cares Foundation was officially launched by Directors Mole Telfer, David Reed, Sabrina Farmer and Peter Hult and organized the Annual Spin-A-Thon which will be held on April 20, 2012 at Esplanade Park in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

The Marine Industry Cares Foundation aims to bring the maritime community and the local community together by raising money and awareness for local charities.

REFERENCE:
http://www.dockwalk.com/essentials/events/Default.aspx
http://www.showmanagement.com/newsletter/276
https://www.facebook.com/MarineIndustryCares/info
http://www.marineindustrycares.org/
http://www.kidinc.org/Events/spinathon.html

http://www.superyachtnews.com/

Thanks to everyone who came to our Triton Networking event last Wednesday. We all had a great time meeting and talking to everyone.

Kemplon Eng'g Management, Admin Staff & Technicians

Thanks to the Triton for organizing these events as they are a great way to network and showcase local businesses.

Pictures courtesy of Triton.

How about heading to 223 S.W. 28th Street of Fort Lauderdale, where you can spend your spare time meeting new people and gaining new information?

Kemplon Engineering Open House and Triton

Networking Eevent!

 Wednesday – March 21^st from 6-8pm

Visit www.kemplon.com for a location map.

Join us for industry networking with complimentary food & drinks.

Like us on facebook to win door prizes!

Everyone is welcome!

The 27th Annual Palm Beach International Boat Show, March 22 – 25, 2012, is one of the top ten boat shows in the country – featuring more than $350 million worth of boats, yachts and accessories from the world’s leading marine manufacturers. It is truly an International Show.

The spectacular yachting event takes place March 22 through March 25 along scenic Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach and will feature hundreds of boats ranging from small inflatables and center consoles to fishing boats and super-yachts over 150 feet.

The Palm Beach International Boat Show is managed and produced by Show Management. Show Management is the world’s leading boat show company.

Boat Show Schedule
Thursday – Mar 22, 12 Noon – 7pm
Friday – Mar 23, 10am – 7pm
Saturday – Mar 24, 10am – 7pm
Sunday – Mar 25, 10am – 6pm

TrawlerPort
New to this year’s show is TrawlerPort, a show-within-a-show. TrawlerPort will offer an impressive display of the long-range cruisers called Trawlers, offered in lengths ranging from 35 to 90 feet and built for long-term cruising of regional and worldwide destinations.

MyBoatShow App
Also new this year is MyBoatShow, the show’s new smartphone app. The free app, available on iPhone, iPad and Android platforms, is designed to help navigate the show’s docks, land areas and tents. Attendees can access show maps and search for exhibitors, manufacturers, product categories and boats by specifications and size. The app also provides the show schedule, seminar information, maps, food and drink locations, restroom locations and emergency services.

Activities for All Ages
In addition to the wide selection of watercraft, marine accessories, refreshments and live musical entertainment, the show offers special events and educational activities for boaters of all ages. The International Game Fish Association School of Sportfishing will present “mini-sessions” throughout the show with some of the area’s best captains and professional anglers, who will share sportfishing’s hottest tips and tricks. Hook The Future’s Kids Fishing Clinics, for little anglers ages four to 16, takes place Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 at noon and 2 p.m.

US Superyacht Association Networking Event
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cocktail Parties
USSA Pavilion Booths  916 – 921

Sunday
9:00 am – 11:00 am
100th Year Celebration of Pioneer Linens
Cupcake & Mimosa Party
USSA Pavilion Booths  916 – 921

Come and join this annual event and be a part of history. See you at West Palm Beach, Florida.

REFERENCE:
http://www.showmanagement.com/palm_beach/event/
http://finance.yahoo.com
http://www.businesswire.co
http://mobile.reuters.com
http://www.catamarans.com/boatshows/2012/palm_beach/index.aspx

US Superyacht Association

DATE: March 01 to 04, 2012

VENUES: Pacifico Yokohama and Yokohama Bayside Marina @ Yokohama City, Tokyo

ABOUT: Good news for people who like the sea and marine activities.  The Japan International Boat Show 2012 will be held at Pacifico Yokohama and Yokohama Bayside Marina from March 1 to 4.

The Japan International Boat Show and formerly known as the Tokyo International Boat Show, will focus on the pleasures of boating and other marine activities. Show visitors will be able to view and explore marine leisure and sports products, accessories, books about marine life, and so on.

There will be numerous displays of powerboats, yachts, sailboats, canoes and other products relating to boating and marine activities.

The Annual Japan International Boat Show is presented by The Japan Boating Industry Association which is the organizer of Japan’s largest marine event. The Japan Boating Industry Association is an association of manufactures and marketers of motorboats, sailboats, marine engines, personal watercraft and other marine related products.

Pacifico Yokohama will focus on the joy of marine activities. There will be exhibitions, hands-on experience space and a stage area. The will be many displays of motor boats, yachts, watercraft, canoes and other marine activity items.

Visitors will be able to marine leisure and sports products, accessories, books about marine life, and so on. For children, classes will teach water safety, boating and other fun marine activities.

At Yokohama Bayside Marina, you’ll see about 40 big boats and yachts, some up to 10 meters in length, moored for display.

Visitors will have the chance to try the cruising experience program on four kinds of boats. About 1,000 people are expected to participate in the program which will be held on March 3 and 4 only.

Entrance fee is 1,000 yen. (Free for anyone under 15).

WEBSITE: http://www.marine-jbia.or.jp/english/boat-show/boat-show2012.html

REFERENCES:

http://www.ifbso.com/index.php/boat-show-details/events/japan-boat-show-2012

http://marinesource.com/boat_shows/Japan-International-Boat-Show.html

http://www.ifbso.com/index.php/boat-show-details/events/japan-boat-show-2012

http://www.furuno.co.jp/en/exhibition/20111206_005.html

http://www.bvents.com/event/291439-japan-international-boat-show

http://www.marine-jbia.or.jp/english/Outline%20and%20General%20infomation%20PDF-1.pdf

http://marinaventures.com

On March 21st we will be hosting a Triton Networking event at our new facility. The Triton themselves have had some big changes so here’s a little bit about the company that brings you the news and now great food and coffee to go with it! The Triton newspaper was first published by four friends in April 2004.

The word Triton is a Greek word and actually known as the Greek sea god and a merman (a man from the waist up and a fish from the waist down) who is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. He was the most powerful among the sea Gods who could calm the ocean and abate storms by blowing his conch horn or seashell. This is something of a metaphor for what the best newspapers can do; that is to deliver news that could encourage and bring out discussion on the issues and trends that yacht captains, staff and crew are facing.The Triton office is located at the heart of Fort Lauderdale, specifically at 1075 S.E. 17th Street. It is right behind Waxy’s and beside Crew Unlimited. It’s the two-story Bahama green building.

Now, if you’re looking for an authentic European-style coffee served by an opera-singing Italian barista, the owners of the Triton reserved a haven for you to dine and savor simple breakfasts and delicious lunches. Newsworthy Café is a marvelous and cozy place. With the newspapers lying around, it’s really the right place to go for some newspaper nostalgia and a working meal.

Triton’s morning delights and lunch treats are created by the folks who write the newsletters for boat captains, staff and crew. Their menus are made in-house and change every day so it would feel like you are in your own home.

The cafe also has smoke-free seating on the deck, a free Wi-Fi zone to those who love to carry their netbooks and smartphones, a business-card exchange board, a community bulletin board, and a lending library. The Triton owners target captains, staff and crew. The newspaper’s new offices are upstairs from the cafe.

The main goal of the Triton is to make their diners feel like they are guests in their home. The tables and dishes are not silver service, but it is yacht quality.

Have a glimpse of the top ten largest yachts in the world courtesy of Boat International.

1. ECLIPSE 162.5m (533’2″) – After five years of intensive design, development and construction, Eclipse left the Blohm + Voss yard in Hamburg on the 9th December 2010, to formally take her place as the largest superyacht in the world. Managed by Blue Ocean Yacht Management, Eclipse features a diesel-electric propulsion system with generators powering rotating Azipod drives, dramatic exterior styling and a stunning interior design by London-based Terence Disdale Design, which has been responsible for all aspects of aesthetic design and layout, including the superstructure design, deck layouts, interior design and construction supervision.

Her accommodation includes an owner’s deck of 56m in length and facilities for up to 92 crew and owner’s personal staff. Her interior boasts hundreds of custom finishes exclusively developed for this project, while her deck areas include a 16m swimming pool, the largest on any yacht, whose base can be raised to transform the area into a dance floor. The yacht can also accommodate three helicopters, one on each of the two helipads and the third in a storage hangar below the fore deck.

Eclipse was voted Motor Yacht of the Year at the World Superyacht Awards in 2011.
* Builder / naval architecture: Blohm + Voss
* Exterior styling / interior design: Terence Disdale

2. DUBAI 162m (531’6″) – Originally commissioned by Prince Jefri of Brunei, the project was suspended in 1998 with just the bare hull and partially complete superstructure. It was eventually sold to the Dubai government, and is now the royal yacht of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.

Dubai accommodates 24 guests and features a swimming pool, a cinema, a disco, a gymnasium, a landing platform for a Blackhawk helicopter and a garage for the yacht’s submarine.

Dubai was featured in volume 23 of The Superyachts book
* Builders: Blohm + Voss / Lürssen (2003) / Platinum Yachts (2006)
* Naval architecture: Blohm + Voss / Lürssen
* Exterior styling: Andrew Winch
* Interior design: Platinum Yachts

3. AL SAID 155m (508’6″) – Shrouded in secrecy, little is known about this huge, beige-painted yacht that was formerly codenamed Sunflower by her builder, Lürssen. Named Al Saïd at her launch, she was delivered to her owner, the Sultan Qaboos bin Sa‘id Al Saïd of Oman, in March 2008.

She has six decks and features a helipad, a cinema and a concert hall that can accommodate a 50-strong orchestra. Her majestic interior, classically panelled in wood, offers huge entertaining and reception spaces and can accommodate 65 guests. She is reported to have a complement of 150 crew. Her home port is Muscat, Oman.
* Builder / naval architecture: Lürssen
* Exterior styling: Espen Øino
* Interior design: Redman Whiteley Dixo

4. PRINCE ABDULAZIZ 147m (482’4″) – Commissioned in 1984, the 5,200-tonne Abdulaziz serves as the Royal Yacht for King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who inherited her from the late King Fahd. She was built in 1984 by the Danish yard Helsingor Vaerft to a design by Maierform at a reported cost of $184m, an enormous sum at the time. Her interior, designed by the late David Hicks, who was renowned for his dramatically colourful work, blended ancient and modern. She was fitted out in Southampton, England.

One notable interior feature is the large lobby on her main deck which is said to be designed to mimic that of the Titanic. Her home port is Jeddah, where she is berthed beside the King’s palace. Latterly renamed Prince Abdulaziz, her accommodation includes a fully equipped hospital, a mosque and a cinema. The yacht is manned by a crew of approximately 65. Rumours that her onboard systems include surface-to-air missiles and an underwater surveillance system are unconfirmed.

Now showing her age, she is likely to be replaced in the near future. The yacht was refitted in 1987, 1996 and 2005.
* Builder: Helsingør Værft
* Naval architecture: Maierform
* Interior design: David Hicks
* Former names: Abdulaziz

5. EL HORRIYA 145.7m (478′) – Originally built for the Ottoman governor of Egypt, Khedive Ismail, this historic yacht was present at the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal in 1869, when she was used to receive visiting dignitaries. She was lengthened by 12.1m in 1872, when her paddle wheels were removed, and by a further 5.2m in 1905. Her last major rebuild was in 1950.

El Horriya was the Egyptian representative at the Bicentennial Fleet Review in New York harbour in 1976, after which she slipped into disrepair while being used as a museum ship. In 1992 a major effort was put into making her seaworthy enough to travel to Italy for the Christopher Columbus Fleet Review. She now serves as the Presidential Yacht but is seldom seen in public. She is usually berthed in Alexandria, where she is cared for by the Egyptian Navy, which lists her as a training ship.
* Builder: Samuda Brothers
* Former names: Mahroussa

6. AL SALAMAH 139.29m (457′) – Built by a consortium of Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel and the Lürssen shipyard in Bremen, Germany, Al Salamah is often referred to as Mipos, the code name used during the construction of this most secret of yachts. Mipos was short for ‘Mission Possible’, a statement proved correct by her delivery in 1999.

She has a length of 139.29m, a massive beam of 23.50m, and is reported to have a top speed of 21.5 knots. Both the interior design and the exterior styling are by the London-based Terence Disdale Design. Al Salamah is owned by Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, son of the late King Fahd, Governor of Riyadh. He is Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister and the nation’s Crown Prince. Al Salamah was refitted by Lürssen in 2007.
* Builders: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft / Lürssen
* Naval architecture: Lürssen
* Exterior styling / interior design: Terence Disdale

7. RISING SUN  138m (452’9″) – This vessel’s Japanese-style name is sufficient clue that she was built for Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle. In 2006 he sold half ownership to media mogul David Geffen who bought the remaining half in 2010.

Reported to have originally cost of more than $290 million, rumour has it that Rising Sun’s length was extended by some 18m during construction (her project name was LE120, rather indicating an original length of 120m) to ensure she was larger than the 126.2m Octopus belonging to Microsoft’s co-founder, Paul Allen.

Rising Sun was built in Germany and launched in the autumn of 2004. She made her first appearance in the Mediterranean in the summer of 2005. Her five decks, which contain 8,000 square metres of living space, include a gym, a cinema, an extensive wine cellar and basketball court, plus accommodations for 16 in the owner’s party. One of her tenders is a catamaran whose main function is to carry the yacht’s 4×4 vehicle ashore.
* Builder: Lürssen
* Naval architecture: Jon Bannenberg
* Interior design: Laura Seccombe

8. SERENE 133.9m (439’4″) – Built for a Russian owner under an extreme blanket of secrecy, Serene, the first yacht from Fincantieri, the large Italian commercial shipyard in Muggiano, Italy, was launched in September 2010 with completion, blue hull paint and sea trials in 2011.

She is the largest yacht ever launched in Italy and features more than 4,000 square meters of interior space among seven decks, plus two helipads and a hangar. She reportedly carries a 100-metre submersible. Her builder’s next project is the 140 metre Victory.
* Builder: Fincantieri
* Naval architecture / exterior styling: Espen Oeino
* Interior design: Reymond Langton

9. AL MIRQAB 133.2m (437′) – Diesel-electric powered yacht Al Mirqab was at one time better known as Project May, a name that cloaked her identity during a build that was carried out in strict secrecy under the supervision of Kusch Yachts in the Peterswerft Shipyard in Wewelsfleth, Germany. She is propelled by five 2,800kW generators that power two electric motors driving conventional shafts and a centrally positioned azimuthing electric pod drive located beneath the hull.

She is reported to have a top speed of 20 knots and a cruising speed of 18 knots. The yacht accommodates 36 guests and is run by 45 crew. The central feature of the accommodation is a grand staircase that floats through four floors, with three of its sides made from hand-cut crystal panels. The centre of the well is occupied by a suspended glass artwork commissioned from the Seattle-based artist Dale Chihuly.

Al Mirqab won the coveted Motor Yacht of the Year award at the World Superyacht Awards in 2009 and Best Interior Design in the motor yacht category for her Andrew Winch-designed interior. She belongs to Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.
* Builder: Kusch Yachts
* Naval architecture: SDC / Kusch Yachts
* Exterior styling: Tim Heywood
* Interior design: Andrew Winch

10. OCTOPUS 126.18m (414′) -  This is the most recently built yacht of Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, who also owns the 92.38m Tatoosh and the 60.6m Méduse.

Octopus features a helicopter pad and garage aft and can also accept a second helicopter on the bows. A novel facility of her design is her internal dock, which, opening from her transom, runs forward through the yacht, allowing a 20m submarine and a tender of similar size to float into their storage positions. Once secured, the water is pumped out, leaving them resting on chocks.

The yacht has a permanent berth in the International Yacht Club Marina in Antibes, where her owner acquired the largest dock by buying the 55.78m superyacht Hanse together with its berth – he kept the berth and immediately sold Hanse, which has now been renamed Insignia.
* Builder / naval architecture: Lürssen
* Exterior styling: Espen Oeino
* Interior design: Jonathan Quinn Barnett / Sam Sorgiovanni

REF: http://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-register/top-100-largest-yachts/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Top+100&utm_campaign=February+2012+BI+Newsletter&pg=1