Bill Springer

Bill Springer

Senior Contributor|Boats & Planes

During my previous life as an editor at several American yachting magazines, I was lucky enough to sail thousands of offshore miles on a wide variety of boats. My job as yachting scribe has brought me on adventures from the Arctic Circle to the equator, and to nearly every

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124 viewsJun 24, 2025

Swan One Design Worlds At The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Sets High Standards For Sailing Competition

Everyone who participated in the recent Nations League Swan One Design World Championships at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo enjoyed a world-class event

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475 viewsJun 18, 2025

Oceanco Launches New 364-Foot-Long Superyacht

Y726 is not the only really big yacht that will be launched in the Netherlands this year.

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1,071 viewsJun 17, 2025

Multimillion-Dollar Prizes Attract Multimillion-Dollar Boats And World-Class Fishermen To Walker’s Cay

The biggest event on the calendar continues to be the annual Walker’s Cay Invitational.

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1,412 viewsJun 16, 2025

Superyacht Influencer Interview: New Heesen Yachts Owner Laurens Last

When I heard the highly successful Dutch packaging entrepreneur—Laurens Last—bought a Dutch superyacht shipyard—Heesen Yachts—I was dying to find out why.

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192 viewsJun 10, 2025

EYOS Expeditions Introduce Innovative Superyacht Circumnavigation Charter Program

EYOS Expeditions just announced an innovate partnership with the recently refitted 187-foot-long Feadship Solace that’s about to embark on a three-year circumnavigation