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Guest Writer
| 28 July 2016

YACHTS
Covid-19 has changed Hong Kong yacht buyers: Olivier Besson
Asia Yachting founder plans expansion to Singapore, Indonesia, after Covid
Indonesia begins reopening borders for yachts and crew
While the country remains closed to visitors, visa requirements for some groups are being eased
Sunseeker to premiere five new models at virtual events
Sunseeker is to present its five new models over the next few weeks via livestream events
Phuket reopening to vaccinated tourists on July 1
Thai resort island launches early mass inoculation programme in bid to restart economy
Comment: Cruising Japan – how the paperwork logjam is finally lifting
Japan was once off-limits to the cruising community thanks to onerous bureaucracy, but that is changing
Spotlight – Absolute Navetta 64
The new Navetta 64 offers a fantastic master cabin in the bow and a remarkable new beach transom space
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
See our month-by-month calendar of the biggest upcoming yachting events in Asia Pacific and beyond
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Asia Boating Awards 2021


Beneteau Cup Hong Kong 2021
Aberdeen Boat Club, Middle Island




Dubai Int’l Boat Show
Dubai Harbour

BLUE PLANET
What’s killing Hong Kong’s finless porpoises?
Something is causing Hong Kong’s pods of finless porpoises to die in droves
Lürssen to begin testing new methanol power plant
The German superyacht brand will test a methanol-hydrogen power plant for a year, starting this spring
Coldplay sponsors Ocean Cleanup’s new Interceptor in Malaysia
The third-generation Interceptor vessel will be deployed to clean waterways in Malaysia later this year
Oceanco and Pininfarina tease e-hybrid superyacht concept Kairos
A sustainable propulsion system uses batteries as the primary source of energy

DESTINATIONS
Indonesia begins reopening borders for yachts and crew
While the country remains closed to visitors...
learn moreIndonesia begins reopening borders for yachts and crew
While the country remains closed to visitors, visa requirements for some groups are being eased
Phuket reopening to vaccinated tourists on July 1
Thai resort island launches early mass inoculation programme in bid to restart economy
Comment: Cruising Japan – how the paperwork logjam is finally lifting
Japan was once off-limits to the cruising community thanks to onerous bureaucracy, but that is changing
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