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Gulf Craft completes walk-on marina
UAE-based luxury yacht builder Gulf Craft has completed construction of a new walk-on marina at its Umm Al Quwain yard.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:00 November 27, 2006
Dubai: UAE-based luxury yacht builder Gulf Craft has completed construction of a new walk-on marina at its Umm Al Quwain yard.
The new facilities will accommodate up to 10 yachts, ranging from 40 feet to more than 100-feet in length. Easy access to the creek and the open sea will enable customers to test-drive Gulf Craft vessels and the company will be able conduct sea-trials on newly-built yachts that are in the pre-delivery stage, Gulf Craft said.
Executive director Erwin Bamps said completion of the marina marks another phase in Gulf Craft's ongoing development plan.
Extensions at the Umm Al Quwain yard will add 80 per cent to the design and construction facilities that already extend to 11,600 square metres of covered workshops on a site area of 43,000 square metres.
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