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Blogs
Posted to THE BUSINESS OF SUPERYACHTS - BRANSOM BEAN
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bransom bean)
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December 14, 2009
I just discovered that December is actually quite a nice time to be in Monaco. The temperatures are certainly fresher than during the Monaco Yacht Show in September. And those supermodels hanging on the arms of their chubby, balding, middle-aged escorts seem to be somewhere else…
Posted to THE BUSINESS OF SUPERYACHTS - BRANSOM BEAN
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bransom bean)
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December 5, 2009
It’s been an ironic couple of weeks for superyachts and frankly, I don’t quite know what to make of it all. First Warren Buffett bought BNSF www.bnsf.com , then Nordhavn www.nordhavn.com finally sold it’s first 120 foot long, er, “trawler” joining…
Posted to THE BUSINESS OF SUPERYACHTS - BRANSOM BEAN
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bransom bean)
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November 23, 2009
This according to the 14 November TELEGRAPH ( THE London TELEGRAPH that is www.telegraph.co.uk , not to be confused with the Macon, Georgia, USA TELEGRAPH www.macon.com ). The piece suggests that Abramovich is a perhaps a mite peeved that his…
Posted to THE BUSINESS OF SUPERYACHTS - BRANSOM BEAN
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bransom bean)
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November 14, 2009
Not much gets past my Rottweiler Spam Filter. But no matter how many times I classify the sender as “SAFE”, messages from the NRA (National Rifle Association) somehow always have to be rescued. Conversely, once in a while my faithful spam filter…
Posted to THE BUSINESS OF SUPERYACHTS - BRANSOM BEAN
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November 7, 2009
Nestled in the sunset’s shadow cast by Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Nelly’s Ford, (NOT referring not to a certain “un-stimulussed” US auto maker), Virginia, USA is just about as un-nautical place as you can be unless you count Sperry Marine’s…