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Y.CO is employing AI to enhance how customers discover yachts, destinations and on-water experiences online. The company is rolling out Charter AI, an intelligent new feature accessible from the website’s header navigation bar that helps users explore Y.CO’s database of yachts and on-water experiences ‘through natural conversation rather than traditional browsing or keyword search’.

Shipyard group Palumbo Superyachts has signed a commercial agreement with Italian RIB specialist Novamarine for the production of customised tenders for the ISA Yachts, Extra Yachts, Columbus Yachts and Mondomarine brands.

While mass-market dinghy volumes have recalibrated post-pandemic, the UK maintains world-class expertise across luxury motor yachts, high-end tenders, and inland cruising craft says the UK Boat Production Estimates 2021–2024 (authored by Phil Draper and published by British Marine). The report highlights that future opportunities lie increasingly in value, innovation, and specialist capability, rather than volume alone.

Italian boatbuilder Benetti says it plans to introduce artificial intelligence into its production processes as part of a project developed with the Quinn University Consortium.

Saxdor Yachts has appointed two new dealerships, entering the Indian market with Marine Solutions and expanding into Saudi Arabia and Nigeria with Sea Pros Yachts. The new agreements mark a significant move in Saxdor’s strategy to grow its presence in regions with great potential and ‘fast-accelerating’ boating markets.