November 2008
For Immediate Release:

Australia’s premier manufacturer of long-range luxury motoryachts, Maritimo, is looking to the future by investing heavily in Research and Development over the coming years.

Maritimo Cabriolet 50

Maritimo CEO and legendary boat designer and builder Bill Barry-Cotter said that the company will spend $10million on R&D over the next financial year: “We have a five-year plan which includes that $10million,” said Mr Barry-Cotter. “And by the Sydney Boat Show 2009 we will have eight all-new models on the water. This is not a rebadging exercise, they are brand new models to co-exist with our current range.”

When Bill Barry-Cotter’s Maritimo yard launched its European-styled C60 Sports Cabriolet, it took luxury boating to another level, reports Barry Trantor.

The popularity of boats like the Maritimo C60 tells us something about the Australian character. It also tells us about how the Australian character has changed its attitude about how it wants to go boating.

The theme of this craft, its essential character, is that it offers a massive one-level entertainment area, which embraces cockpit and saloon, the latter providing a bar, galley, lounge and driving station. Everything you want is here, in one large area. Thus, you have an indoor/outdoor ambiance; you are of the open air, but not necessarily in it.

By Capt. Bill Pike

The only other time I can remember getting myself into something that sounded this stark-raving mad was a dozen years ago. I’d just finished wringing out a high-performance screamer, and the photographer who was prepping for a follow-up helicopter shoot suggested I come along, not only “just for the livin’ hell of it,” but also to experience (after the shoot was “in the can,” as they say) a phenomenon the photog called “herding sea gulls.” I went along, of course, and after herding a few gulls—and enduring every conceivable aerial orientation except zipping along upside down—queasily conceded the exercise was roughly equivalent to dodging and feinting around a hot LZ in a UH-1 Huey in Vietnam back in 1969. Way too exciting.

Reprinted from Powerboat-World.com

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‘Expansive floor plan indicates the space aboard the all-new Maritimo 60 Cabriolet Sport Yacht.’

Industry legend Bill Barry-Cotter and his award-winning marque Maritimo have both been renowned for flying bridge designs, with one industry observer noting that Barry-Cotter had ‘written the book on flying bridge concepts.’

However, this year’s Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show will see the company undertake a radical move as it displays the first of a planned three-model range of European-styled cabriolet sport boats.