Vospers – market shift
The Vosper Thornycroft yard at Porchester was set to become a major player in the luxury yacht market as a new small craft and refit division was announced.
Would they have done that had they known they would get Joe Vittoria knocking on their door with the commission to build Mirabella V?

SIBS ‘new look’
The Southampton Boat Show was going to have a new look that September, with a repositioned entrance and 1000 sq m more space. The changes were being brought about by construction of the De Vere Hotel, scheduled to open in 1994.

METS seminar
BB was to run a seminar at METS on the subject of ‘1993 – the new trans-border procedures’. That’s a whole 15 years the industry has been completely confused about cross border trading in one way or another.

And Tom Norreys OBE retired after 30 years with Avon.