Isramart : Royal Huisman’s Ethereal gets zero-carbon-footprint status twice

Isramart news:
The carbon footprint of the 58m (190-foot) Ethereal from the Royal Huisman yard has become zero by using carbon offsets supplied by The CarbonNeutral Company. Ethereal’s carbon footprint for 2009 has been offset through the Tieling coal mine methane project in China, which captures coal mine methane and uses it as an energy source to supply gas to homes and local industry.

Its 2010 footprint will be offset through The CarbonNeutral Company’s OneNature portfolio, made up of 100 percent renewable energy projects.

Camper & Nicholsons Palma has sold the 24.7m (80-foot) M/Y Babette II.

The brokerage also added new listings, including the 78.6m (257-foot) M/Y Princess Marianaby brokers Fernando Nicholson and Rick Morales; the 35m (114-foot) M/Y Moon Goddess, also by Nicholson and Morales; the 62m (203-foot) M/Y Icon 62 by broker Jean-Marie Recamier; the 36.6m (120-foot) M/Y Beverley by broker Alex Lees Buckley; and the 27.4m (90-foot) M/Y MM by broker Michael Payne.

CNI’s added to its charter fleet the 78.6m (257-foot) M/Y Princess Mariana in the Med; M/Y Roma, a 62m (203-foot) Viareggio, in the Indian Ocean; and M/Y Moon Goddess, a 35m (114-foot) in the western Med. And due for launch later this year, the 45.6m (150-foot) M/Y Illusion from Benetti will be available for charters in the Med.

Merle Wood & Associates has sold the 142-foot Marinteknik M/Y Griff, and the 70-foot Hatteras M/Y Pisces IV.

The brokerage also added the following yachts to its central listings for sale: the 258-foot Royal Denship M/Y Princess Mariana (joint with Camper & Nicholsons), the 154-foot Heesen M/Y Elandess II (joint with Burgess); the 145-foot Heesen M/Y At Last; and the 123-foot Palmer Johnson M/Y Temptation.

The 145-foot Benetti M/Y Lady Sheila was added to its charter fleet.

For more information, visit www.merlewood.com.

Northrop and Johnson broker Ann Landry was named the 2009 Charter Broker of the Year by the Florida Yacht Broker's Association. Landry has been a charter broker since 1992. Her passion for yachting began during a Caribbean sailing vacation, following which she bought a 44-foot sailing yacht and sailed more than 30,000 miles to the Virgin Islands where she was crew aboard charter yachts.

Landry has worked at Koch, Newton & Partners and Merrill-Stevens Yachts before joining Northrop and Johnson in early 2008. Contact her via e-mail at alandry@njyachts.com.

Broker Wes Sanford sold M/Y Prime Time, an 82-foot Hargrave Monte Fino; and broker Jonathan Chapman sold the 78-foot Burger M/Y Easterly.

The brokerage added several yachts to its central listings for sale: M/Y Monte Carlo, the 132-foot Amels; M/Y Beothuk, a 102-foot Kuipers Doggersbank, a joint listing with Vripack Yacht and Ship; M/Y Bermuda IV, a 96-foot Cheoy Lee; M/Y Desirade, a 95-foot Sangermani; S/Y Adjutor, an 82-foot Custom Performance Sloop by Langan Design and Yachting Developments of New Zealand; and S/Y Fearless, an 82-foot custom Alden Sloop.

In other company news, the brokerage opened its first Asian office in alliance with Bart Kimman of Asia Yachting Services

RJC Yacht Sales has sold M/Y Prime Time, a 82-foot Monte Fino, and M/Y Jenny O, a 61-foot Viking. For more information visit www.rjcyachts.com.

Broker Andrew Cilla of Luke Brown was honored as Broker of the Year by the Florida Yacht Broker's Association. The award recognizes an individual for his/her dedication, professionalism and community service.

Cilla joined Luke Brown and Associates in 1977 and a year later took over the company and assumed the role as president.

FYBA also announced its 2010 Board of Directors: Newly elected Jeff Erdmann, Whit Kirtland, Lon McCloskey, Bob Zarchen and Jonathan Burkard. Returning to complete their two-year term is Georges Bourgoignie, Jason Dunbar, Paul Flannery, Crom Littlejohn, Bruce Schattenburg and Gary Smith.

International Yacht Collection has selected broker Mark Elliott as its Sales and Charter Broker of the Year for 2009.

"This is the first time a broker has come in as the top charter and sales broker in the same year," said Brian Tansey, VP of International Yacht Collection. "We are very excited for Mark. He has worked very hard in what most would consider a difficult year, but his creativity and tenacity really paid off."

One of the deals that Elliott closed with broker Noell Vawter involved the sale of two superyachts totaling more than $100 million.

"2009 has been a tough year across the industry, but I have been blessed with a great team of colleagues and some wonderful clients who have been open to creative deals and some great market opportunities," Elliott said.

For more information please contact IYC at +1 954-522-2323.

HMY has been appointed authorized dealer to represent Grand Banks Yachts on Florida’s east coast. For more information, visit www.hmy.com

Vicem Yachts has hired Gary Smith and Jason Mashke from Sarasota Yacht & Ship in Sarasota, Fla. to represent Vicem on Florida's west coast, Noelle Semmes from American Global Yacht Group to represent the brand in three mid-Atlantic states from its Maryland locations, Russ Forkert from Yacht Works in Sister Bay, Wisc., for the Lake Michigan region, and Barry Bailey of Queensland, Australia, as its Asia-Pacific regional representative.