The 2023 Southeast Asia Yachting Conference took place on April 26, at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove Singapore, with over 150 attendees, 10 speakers, and 12 panelists from across Asia and as far as Europe and Australia. 

Malaysia was next, with Alvin Teh Wei Loong, Association of Marine Industry Malaysia (AMIM) and Sazli Kamal Basha, Cruise Marine Tourism Association of Malaysia and Sail Malaysia Rally covering the marine facilities and cruising grounds of Peninsular Malaysia as well as Malaysia Borneo. According to Teh and Basha, 90% of yachts in Malaysia are in transit and cruising sailing yachts are the bread and butter of the industry. They estimate the yacht population is around 1000 yachts, with the major events being Sail Malaysia Passage (Apr to Aug), Sail Malaysia Passage to Langkawi (Nov to Dec), the Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta (Nov) and the Royal International Langkawi Regatta (Jan). There is strong network of ship repair and maintenance facilities, due to its proximity to the gas and oil industry, and Labuan Shipyard and Engineering recently undertook refit and maintenance work for the 40m M/Y Lady Azul, and the 51m M/Y Promise.

Download the presentation here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EmPV7IiKFJzuYVYmoxlx6E4ZuKHyPgMt?usp=sharing