
Travel
Spain requires a licence to rent even small motorboats from 1 October
Royal Decree 1188/2025 covers boats up to 5 m and 15 hp; EEA licences are accepted

Yachting
A new level of engineering on Horizon catamarans
Horizon Yachts will show a one-of-a-kind version of the PC68A catamaran at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

Incidents
Handheld radio saves sailor towed behind his Beneteau in Denmark
It had stayed in the boat for nine years; at Silverrudder it was in his lifejacket pocket

Megayachts
Benetti sells second B.Yond 57M hybrid yacht for 2028 delivery
Edmiston has announced the sale of the second 57-metre hybrid Benetti B.Yond 57M

Industry
Setag Yachts, a British firm, refits 30 to 35 brokerage boats a year
Founded by a former Princess Yachts managing director; a Spanish base opened in 2025

Incidents
Azimut 85 yacht Gravity wrecked on rocks on Mexico's Pacific coast
Ensenada firefighters and the Mexican Navy took off all three Americans aboard

Industry
IYC changes control two days before the Monaco Yacht Show
Peninsula Yachting, a vehicle of the fund Peninsula Capital, holds the majority

Industry
Saxdor to add 10,000 sq m of production space in Poland
Saxdor is adding a second production facility in Poland and starting assembly in the US.


