Founded in 2005, Island Global Yachting focuses on acquiring, managing, and servicing luxury-yacht marinas and the surrounding upland real estate properties.
Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, IGY Marinas also has offices in New York, NY and St. Thomas, USVI. Island Global Yachting Marinas operate under the signature Yacht Haven Grande Collection and the IGY series brands, as well as several private labels.
Catch a whopper dolphin (mahi-mahi) over 55-pounds and win $25,000 cash! This is the top prize in the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s (VIGFC) 21st Annual Dolphin Derby, sponsored by Budget Car and Truck Rental and set for April 24, 2016. “Fifty-five-pound dolphin have been caught here in waters surrounding the U.S. Virgin Islands, just…
Boys and girls enrolled in the Marine Vocational Program (MVP)’s learn to swim classes at the St. Thomas Swimming Association’s (STSA) pool in Red Hook had a big surprise waiting for them on the last Saturday in February. The Sunday prior, a group of over 30 people completed much-needed tasks such as painting the pool…
There’s more fun when there’s more than one. This is the foundation on which Stu Jones, president of the Florida Powerboat Club (FPC), Inc, has built his Pompano Beach, Florida-based organization. Today, more than 500 active and 5000 alumni members cruise together across South Florida waters and beyond in a number of annual events. There’s…
A new initiative is linking sea and shore-side communities. ‘Inspire Giving through You’ is a community-based initiative launched in November by IGY Marinas, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-headquartered international marina network spanning two hemispheres. The first projects get underway this month in eight locations in the Caribbean and Latin America. “We’ve been an active contributor in the…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Marlin madness will reach a fever pitch in the Virgin Islands August 23 to 30 for the 43rd USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) and 3rd annual MarlinFest. These simultaneous events draw the best sports fishermen in the world, plus hundreds of blue marlin fans, ready for tight lines and…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Making the most of every bite proved the key to success for the team aboard Wave Paver. Port Canaveral, Florida-based Jr. Davis, angler and owner of the 61’ Garlington, and his team released seven blue marlin in three days of fishing to earn Top Boat in the 52nd July Open…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Wave Paver jumped into the lead at the 52nd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), with the release of four blue marlin in two days of competition. The Port Canaveral, Florida-based team aboard the 61’ Garlington released a trio of blues today,…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (July 26, 2015). The catch that drew the most excitement at the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Kid’s Fishing Tournament wasn’t a fish at all. It was a spiny lobster. Twelve-year-old Keshawn Hodge and 11-year-old Jules Horne hooked the first of what totaled five crustaceans caught along the docks at…
Getting away for the weekend just got sweeter in the Bahamas. Resorts World Bimini, a 750-acre beachfront resort and casino complex located in Alice Town on North Bimini Island, will open the second phase of its new luxury hotel later this year. This means that in the distance of less than 50 miles from either…
Panama is known for offering some of the world’s best sport-fishing. In fact, the International Game Fishing Association has officially recognized over 50 World Records for Sailfish, Black, Blue and Striped Marlin caught in the coastal waters of this Central American country. Now, with a well-developed infrastructure in place, such as a World-Class Marina, it’s…
The Holy Grail for athletes is an Olympic medal, for actors and actresses it’s an Oscar and for journalists it’s a Pulitzer Prize. For marina operators, it is a Gold Anchor awarded by the Surry, UK-based The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) that is the highly coveted symbol of a quality property. Over 150 marinas in…
BLUE HAVEN MARINA TURKS & CAICOS AWARDED COVETED 5 GOLD ANCHORS BY THE YACHT HARBOUR ASSOCIATION Blue Haven Marina in Turks & Caicos, part of the Blue Haven Resort, has been awarded 5 Gold Anchors, a prestigious and highly acclaimed accolade, by The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA). The Gold Anchor Award Scheme is a voluntary assessment…
Why go it alone, when a membership can get you so much more. That’s the beauty of Island Global Yachting’s (IGY) Anchor Club. Club membership enables yacht captains or owners to earn points when they stay at one of the 2000-plus berths in 12 of IGY’s destination marinas in the Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean. These…
Eight-year-old Tamika Peets dangled her fishing rod’s squid-baited hook in the waters off the docks at St. Thomas’ IGY American Yacht Harbor Marina. Peets could hear the screams of her fellow anglers competing in the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Kid’s Fishing Tournament as they caught fish, yet the nibbles she received just weren’t turning…
Teamwork earned the anglers and crew aboard Magic V the Top Boat prize in the 19th Annual Caicos Classic IGFA Billfish Release Tournament. The event was hosted out of Blue Haven Marina and Resort, an Island Global Yachting (IGY) destination, in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), July 3rd-7th 2014. “It’s really important to work…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The bite picked up and so did the excitement at the IGY American Yacht Harbor docks during the second day of fishing in the 51st July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT). The eight boat fleet nearly doubled its catch rate from yesterday to five or eight total marlin releases in two…
Eight-year-old Tamika Peets dangled the squid-baited hook of her fishing rod in the waters off the docks at St. Thomas’ IGY American Yacht Harbor Marina. Peets could hear the screams of her fellow anglers competing in today’s Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Kid’s Fishing Tournament as they caught fish, yet the nibbles she received just…
Until not too long ago, the Colombian coast was avoided by cruisers because of its bad reputation. The country was a dangerous place for locals as well as for visitors, whether they arrived by land, air or sea. This has changed tremendously over the last decade. Colombian ports are growing in popularity, while the ‘no-go…
There are two seasons at the American Yacht Harbor Marina (AYH), a 126-slip Island Global Yachting (IGY)-operated facility in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Busy and busier. That’s just the way Gary Hodge, manager extraordinaire at the marina’s fuel dock for over 20 years, likes it. Different from many destinations where seasonality creates downtime, Hodge…
Summer is one of the best times to visit Bimini by yacht. It’s easier to cross the Gulf Stream to this westernmost island chain in the Bahamas during this time of year. I’s only a 1 ½ hour cruise from Miami or 2 hours tops from Ft. Lauderdale under power. It’s a great place to…
