It’s your chance to attend this exciting new event and if you book before August 31st you can attend for only $1600 (normal price $1850). Held on the 27th and 28th of October 2008 in New York City, we have an exciting two day programme of lively presentation and debate under the title of Designing the Impossible, offering a range of up to the minute topics that will not only be of interest to all delegates, but will also provide the opportunity to positively influence future projects.

The symposium is aimed at owners, potential owners, designers, naval architects, project managers and captains involved in new build projects. Our speakers are not there to promote, just pass on the valuable lessons they have learned through their experience of successfully managing complex and ground breaking new build projects. This symposium is designed to help you save time and money and reduce the risks associated with high cost or high technology custom builds.

Subjects under discussion will include:

• Minimising Risk in Advanced Technology Projects
• The Introduction of High Efficiency into Superyacht Construction
• Achieving Yacht Quality for Large Yacht Projects in Commercial or Self-Established Shipyards
• Building Perfection - Achieving High Reliability from Launch
• The Ultimate Charter Yacht - Building Profit into the Equation
• Minimising the Environmental Impact of Large Yachts
• The Construction of Large Composite Structures
• Building the Perfect World Explorer - Power and Sail
• The future – A briefing on issues that will have significant impact on the superyacht industry.

Owners Tom Perkins, Jan-Eric Österlund and Michael Bradfield will be speaking as well as leading figures from the industry including Ron Holland from Ron Holland Design, Michael Eaglen from High Modulus, Wim Koersvelt from ICON Yachts, and Jay Miner from Delta Marine.

Visit http://www.superyachtdesignsymposium.com/ for further speaker information, programme updates and details on the venue.

Boat International Media is pleased to announce that the fourth World Superyacht Awards 2009 has been confirmed to take place on May 15th 2009 at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy.

The Golden Anchor has also confirmed that they will be Platinum sponsors, third time running for this prestigious event.

Nominations for this year opened on April 20th 2008 and we invite all of our readers to make nominations in each of the award categories. Yachts must be 30 metres and above and have been delivered between 1st January and 31st December 2008.

Entries can only be made by filling in the nominations form on the World Superyacht Awards website: www.worldsuperyachtawards.com. The closing date for nominations is 31st December 2008.

The MJW Yacht Databases are the most comprehensive and accurate databases for the superyacht industry in existence having been developed and painstakingly maintained by Malcolm Wood over the last twenty five years.

The databases cover superyachts 24 metres and above, tracking the current fleet; yachts on order and under construction; as well as those no longer in service. With over 125 fields on over 9,000 yachts, key information includes vessel types, current & former names, classification, dimensions, tonnages, capacities, shipyard and construction information, naval architect and designers, engine and mechanical details, refit and rebuild information, special features and ownership data.

As of June 30th, 2008, The Boat International Media UK headquarters will be expanding and relocating to the following address:

First Floor, 41-47 Hartfield Rd
Wimbledon, SW19 3RQ UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8545 9330
Fax: +44 (0)20 8545 9333
www.boatinternationalmedia.com

Boat International Media is pleased to announce that following the success of our new title Boat International Gulf and our publishing partnership with ITP, we will now be publishing an additional issue in 2008 - a year ahead of schedule!