from Showboats.com magazine, Nov 7 2007

If you are reading this article, chances are you have an interest in waterfront properties—whether to buy, sell or just dream about. Growing in unison with the global megayacht fleet, international marina properties are on the rise. Previewed here are a variety of new marina real estate options ranging from the Sea of Cortez to the Persian Gulf. Adding to their global scope are a host of variables including architectural styles, local color, cuisine and character, as well as amenities and activities. With most properties listed boasting dockage for vessels of at least 115 feet, it’s nice to know the old adage “the world is your oyster” still rings true. A few common themes that run through these developments—world-class spas, in-slip fueling and quayside pedestrian villages—hint that developers are attentive to the preferences of their potential clients. It’s up to you to select Los Cabos for its fabulous sportfishing, the Caribbean for its inherent relaxed atmosphere, New England for its colonial flavor or Dubai for its “bigger is always better” attitude. Settle back on your aft deck, close your eyes and breathe in the sea air as you consider where next to call home.

Port Louis Marina
Grenada, West Indies
As founder of some of the world’s finest luxury vacation destinations, including the worldwide St. James’s clubs, the Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in Scotland, Cherokee Plantation in South Carolina and Carnegie Abbey in Rhode Island, Peter de Savary’s name is synonymous with top-level resort clubs. His latest endeavor, Port Louis Marina, is situated on the southern Caribbean island of Grenada and promises everything and more for the yachting lifestyle. De Savary will oversee the $555 million project that will embody in its many facets the warmth, charm and spirit of an authentic, unspoiled paradise. Lying just outside the hurricane belt, with an average daily temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit, Port Louis is not a tough sell to those familiar with the caliber of de Savary’s other properties. In addition to reviving a classic, five-star landmark hotel on the property, The Islander (formerly The Santa Maria), the development will encompass several contemporary boutique hotels within the marina village, as well as a spa, luxury homes and condominiums, a yacht club, a social club and a comprehensive marina. When completed in the next three to four years, the new marina will have close to 300 slips for berthing vessels of varying drafts and lengths up to 300 feet. De Savary, who enjoys being ahead of the game, proposes that this West Indian retreat will be tantamount to Saint-Tropez in the fifties, Martha’s Vineyard in the sixties, Costa Smeralda in the seventies and Barbados in the eighties.