Newport Charter Yacht Show: A First-Rate Experience

After more than 35 years of bringing charter brokers together with agents, captains, and crews of luxury yachts available for summer charters in New England, the Newport Charter Yacht Show proved once again that it never fails to make an impressive splash. This year The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation stepped in as the event’s presenting sponsor and along with Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard (the Show’s producer and owner) helped pack a four-day schedule (June 19-22) with plenty of activities both business and social. Tours, meetings, luncheons, and seminars neatly accommodated the business side of things, while colorful parties and crew competitions provided a healthy dose of socializing and merrymaking. At the core of it all were 14 participating charter yachts – ranging in size from the 57’ sailing yacht Vanishing Point, presented by Nicholson Yachts of Newport, to the 191’ motor yacht Unbridled, presented by Northrop & Johnson – and almost 100 brokers there to inspect them.

“Our main goal in participating was to showcase the 112’ M/Y SPIRIT as a serious charter-ready yacht,” said Brendan Roney, principal of the Florida-based BR Marine Group, which provides creative solutions for chartering, buying, selling, and managing yachts, “and to assure charter brokers that their vacationing clients will marvel at the presentations and attitudes of SPIRIT’s Captain Nick Brown and his stellar crew. We already have charters booked, so we most certainly did accomplish this goal.”

Source: Newport Charter Yacht Show official news