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Morris Yachts Officially Becomes a Marina with Addition of 180 Ft of Dock Space

Northeast Harbor, Maine, the gateway to Acadia National Park, and arguably one of the most desirable cruising destinations in the world, has just become more accessible with the addition of 180ft of dock space to the Morris Yachts Northeast Marina and Service Yard.

“Slip rentals are virtually non-existent in Northeast Harbor so to be able to offer slip rentals is a great service,” said Cuyler Morris.

Located within easy walking distance to shops, restaurants, transportation and endless outdoor activities in Acadia National Park, these slips are convenient and well serviced. Slips come equipped with water and 50amp or 30amp shore power.

Call Kirk Ritter at 207-276-5300 to reserve your slip.

Sail Magazine Reveals 2011 Best Boats Winners, Beneteau Captures 3 Awards

Hunter 27: 'Best Boat' Green award winner.

Sail Magazine has announced its Best Boats winners for 2011 and Beneteau lead the way with three awards, including two for the Discovery 50 which won for Cruising Multihull and Accommodations. See below for the complete honor roll of winners and links to their websites.

Flagship
Multihull: Gunboat 66
Monhull: Southerly 57 RS

Innovation
Beneteau Sense 50

Cruising Boat Under 50 Feet
Presto 30

Cruising Multihull
Discovery 50

Performance Boat Over 30 Feet
Beneteau First 30

Performance Boat Under 30 Feet
Xtreme 25

Daysailer
C.W. Hood 32

Dinghy
Topper Taz

Deck and Cockpit
J/111

Accommodations
Discovery 50

Green Award
Hunter 27

Most Innovative Rig
Radical Bay 800

River Dunes, NC, Designated a 'Clean Marina' by the State of North Carolina

River Dunes Marina: One of just 19 "Clean Marinas" in NC.

River Dunes, Oriental, NC, has recently been designated a Clean Marina by the State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. River Dunes becomes one of only 19 marinas in North Carolina to qualify for the title.

To earn the two-year certification, marina owners must prepare spill prevention plans and conduct regular safety and emergency planning.

The voluntary program allows certified marinas to fly the Clean Marina flag and use the logo in their advertising to signal to boaters their commitment to the cleanliness of area waterways. Send me more info about River Dunes.

Windmill Harbour Joins WaterViewHome, Offers Private Harbor, Golf Privileges

Windmill Harbour, HHI, SC: Private harbor, golf privileges.

Windmill Harbour, a 172-acre private residential community sited along the Intracoastal Waterway on Hilton Head Island, SC, joins the WaterViewHome Network today. Request more info.

Home of the prestigious South Carolina Yacht Club, it is master-planned for 500 residences, many with stunning views of the Intracoastal and surrounding saltwater marshes.

A sample home.

Membership in the South Carolina Yacht Club is optional. Joining the club means earning privileges at several local golf clubs, along with docking privileges for members and out-of-town guests. The club also hosts regular brunches, happy hours and special holiday events. Request more info.

The Club's Sports Center has seven tennis courts, a fitness center, full-service locker rooms with sauna, swimming pool and hot tub. Health-conscious members make frequent use of the 24-hour fitness center, outfitted with treadmills, an elliptical machine, and upright and recumbent bikes.

The yacht basin: one of three locked harbors on the East Coast.

Ocean-going and Outgoing: The focal point of Windmill Harbour is a 15.5-acre yacht basin—one of only three private locked harbors on the East Coast. The 260-slip marina at South Carolina Yacht Club is insulated from tidal changes and provides an ideal gateway to deep Atlantic waters.

Real Estate: Windmill Harbour, SC

• 80 percent of homes have a waterview
• Lots, priced from $225,000 to $800,000
• Villas/Condominiums, priced from $289,000 to $700,000
• Patio Homes, priced from $424,000 to $700,000
• Estate/Full Size Homes, priced $500,000 to $2.3 million
• SCYC boat slips, priced from $60,000 to $250,000
• Click here for more information about Windmill Harbour!

Wild Wing Plantation Offers Miles of Shoreline, Lakefront Views, 27 Golf Holes

Wild Wing Plantation is close to the ocean.

We are pleased to announce the addition of Wild Wing Plantation, a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina resort community to WaterViewHome. Featuring nearly 14 miles of shoreline, plus award-winning golf and multiple clubhouses, the community is designed for both the golfer and water sport enthusiast. Extensively renovated and improved since its change of ownership in 2005, Wild Wing Plantation retains its down-home friendly atmosphere to go with its outstanding amenities.

Wild Wing is a 950-acre custom-home community with 180 acres of freshwater lakes and nearly 14 miles of shoreline. Residents enjoy their 4,000-square-foot Owner’s Clubhouse, tennis courts, boat storage, a golf clubhouse and 27 holes of award-winning golf.

Wild Wing golf combines the brawny Avocet course with the beginner-friendly Hummingbird nine-holer. Co-designed by U.S. Open champ Larry Nelson, Avocet is a true championship layout. Hummingbird, by Willard Byrd, integrates natural beauty with challenging golf.

The multi-million dollar Owner’s Activity Center is an inspiring setting that unites the community. The Owner’s Clubhouse overlooks the lake and a myriad of activities. It’s an inspiring setting to pursue any recreation or just to relax.

The center is where members go to enjoy fitness equipment, three pools, a waterslide, sundecks and a spacious clubhouse. There is also a hot tub and a well-tended sandy beach. Sparkling lakes are ready and waiting for boaters and fishermen to enjoy.

Real Estate: Wild Wing Plantation, SC

* Choose your own builder
* No time limit to build
* Custom Home Program
* Builder portfolios readily available for easy review
* Dedicated space for owner-builder meetings
* Lot prices range from $90,000 to $230,000
* The Coves lots are a short walk from Amenity Center
* Click here for more information about Wild Wing Plantation!

Dancing Bear Ranch, TX Offers Medinah Lake Activities, Custom Estate Homes

Dancing Bear Ranch, TX offers access to Medinah Lake.

We are pleased to welcome Dancing Beach Ranch, a private gated community located 20 minutes from San Antonio, TX.

Dancing Bear Ranch is a private gated community on 2,565 rolling acres, featuring Texas Hill Country estates and custom homes with private access on Medinah Lake. A short ride away is San Antonio—one of America’s most affordable and fastest-growing cities.

The community's infrastructure is already completed, including a private water system, paved roads and underground utilities. In addition to these necessities, many luxury amenities are also open and ready for use, including resort-style zero-edge pool and hot tub, Fitness Center, 25-acre Lakeside Park, private boat ramp, fishing dock and much more.

Lakeside Sports: Covering 5,246 acres, Medinah Lake is a clear Texas Hill Country reservoir which was created 1913 to provide irrigation water for surrounding ranches and farms. Today, Medinah Lake is better known for boating, water sports and scuba diving.

Real Estate: Dancing Bear Ranch, TX

• Estate homesites from one to five acres

• Scaled for custom-designed residences with open floor plans and natural landscaping

• Lots with dramatic elevation changes and panoramic lake views
  

• Prices from the $60,000s
  
  
•  Medinah Lake Preferred Home Builders
  
  
• Click here for more information about Dancing Bear Ranch!

Palmetto Bluff: Low-Density Living, Golf, Spa, Boating, Homesites from $300,000s

Palmetto Bluff is surrounded by rivers and creeks.

We are pleased to announce the addition of Palmetto Bluff, an award-winning resort community on the broad and scenic May River just inland from Hilton Head, SC. Sited on a vast, historic hunting preserve, Palmetto Bluff has won awards for its timeless, walkable luxury resort village. Golf by Jack Nicklaus, boating on the river and the pleasures of Savannah and Hilton Head make this a community well worth visiting.

A vast, 20,000-acre retreat between Hilton Head Island and Savannah, Georgia, Palmetto Bluff is surrounded by three historic rivers and master-planned for ultra-low-density living. In just a few years the property has become a distinguished residential town and a coveted visitor destination.

Miles of uninterrupted waterways, scenic rivers and creeks surround Palmetto Bluff, ideal for boating and sport fishing. The Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course at the community’s May River Golf Club is artfully laid out on oak-studded natural terrain.

Palmetto Bluff’s activity centers—the Village, the neighborhoods, the Inn, the golf club, the canoe and kayak club—will all be linked through a series of historic roads, pathways and waterways. This intricate trail system will allow residents to reach their destinations by bicycle, foot, boat, horseback, golf cart or automobile.

Resort Village Meets Sports Campus: The Sports Campus, located in the Village, includes such amenities as tennis courts (some lighted), croquet, bocce and other lawn sports.

The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, right in the heart of the Village, is operated by internationally renowned Auberge Resorts, considered among the finest operators of small hotels in the world.

The Spa at Palmetto Bluff offers expert massage therapy, aromatherapy, facial and body treatments–all at the high standards provided by the finest European spas.

Real Estate: Palmetto Bluff, SC
*  240 homesites, 1-8 acres, along the Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course
      o Views of golf, May River, maritime forest, salt marshes and inland lakes
* Estate sized homesites with fairway, marsh and river views
      o Prices range from the mid-$300,000s to 3.9 million
* 10 Family Compounds overlooking the upper reaches of the May River
* Village homesites range from the mid-$300,000s
* Village homes from $1 million
* Click here for more information about Palmetto Bluff!

Kingsmill on the James, VA: 2,900 Acres of Golf, Green Space, and Riverfront Views

Kingsmill on the James, VA is set on 2,900 acres.

We are pleased to announce the addition of Kingsmill on the James, VA, to the WaterViewHome Network. A well-loved resort community in Virginia’s destination town of Williamsburg, Kingsmill on the James has become a favorite up and down the Eastern Seaboard for golf, marina, woodland beauty, historic atmosphere and broad range of amenities to please both adults and children.

Located near historic Williamsburg, Virginia, on the banks of the scenic James River, Kingsmill on the James is 2,900 acres of green rolling hills and stately woods offering a variety of exclusive neighborhoods against a beautiful backdrop.

Within this lush setting, Busch Properties, Inc. (an Anheuser-Busch subsidiary) founded a community that preserves green space (40 percent of the property will remain untouched) and archaeologically significant areas, while providing extraordinary residential homesites.

Along with the natural setting and mild climate, residents of Kingsmill on the James have easy access to three championship golf courses, tennis, a sports club with indoor and outdoor pools, racquetball courts, exercise room, plus a luxurious, full-service spa and four restaurants.

Take Me to the River: Pete Dye designed the River Course to challenge the accuracy and power of LPGA Tour professionals, yet still be enjoyable for the average golfer. This 6,853-yard, par-71 boasts pure Virginia topography. It’s a shotmaker's test with great character throughout.

Real Estate: Kingsmill on the James, VA

* Heavily wooded homesites
* Custom-built and custom-designed homes
* All utilities underground
* Choice of waterfront locations
* Resort Condominiums, resale only, from $170,000 to $500,000
* Resale homes from $300,000 to $6 million
* Patio Homes adjacent to the golf course, resale only, from $400,000 to $550,000
* New homes from $600,000
* Luxury Riverfront Townhomes, from $775,000 to $1.5 million
* River Bluffs Luxury Condominiums, from $775,000 to $1.5 million
* Click here for more information about Kingsmill on the James!

Piper's Landing: Privacy, Golf, Access to Waterways in "Sailfish Capital of the World"

Piper's Landing, FL offers 49 boat slips.

We’re pleased to announce the addition of Piper’s Landing to the growing portfolio of fine communities on the WaterViewHome Network. A hidden jewel along the St. Lucie Waterway, Piper’s Landing attracts devotees of yachting, tennis and golf. The 600-acre enclave boasts a particularly active social calendar. 

Piper's Landing is an enclave of 300 homes on 600 tropical acres just north of Palm Beach. Known for ample, landscaped space between homes and ample tee times as well, it offers quick access from a protected yacht basin to both the Indian River and the Atlantic.

The community’s redesigned, 6,832-yard championship golf course was laid out by Joe Lee, then transformed and modernized in 2007 by the award-winning architect Gene Bates. With a membership level of 16.7 members per hole, there’s never a wait for a tee time.

49 Reasons for Yacht Owners to Buy In: Piper’s Landing has recently completed its new private marina, outfitted with 49 separate boat slips that can accommodate pleasure vessels up to 75 feet in length.

It’s an ideal embarkation for sportsmen headed to the St. Lucie Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean as well as the St. Lucie Locks leading to Lake Okeechobee and the state canal system. That’s the beauty of Florida's scenic, coast-to-coast St. Lucie Waterway.

The nearby port town of Stuart is known as the “Sailfish Capital of the World” and the area offers excellent fishing for bass, tarpon and many others.

Real Estate: Piper’s Landing

* Six separate home styles
* Waterfront Homes with private moorings
      o Priced from $1 million to over $2 million
* Custom Homes with views of fairways, lakes or woodland
      o Priced from $700,000 to over $1 million
* Golf Homes with screened lanai, pool, course or lake views
      o Priced from $515,000
* Golf Villas with fairway or water views
      o Priced from $330,000 to $495,000
* Golf Cottages on oversized wooded lots
      o Priced from $250,000
* Lakeside Condominiums with front and rear porches
      o Priced from $249,900
    * Click here for more information about Piper’s Landing!

The Preserve at Grand Lake, OK: Enjoy Natural Beauty With Modern Amenities

The Preserve at Grand Lake, OK: nature and convenience.

We are pleased to announce the addition of The Preserve at Grand Lake to the WaterViewHome Network. Peaceful seclusion and an array of water sports meet along the handsome stretch of Oklahoma waterfront that makes up The Preserve at Grand Lake. This community's waterfront site, owned by one family for generations, was never farmed or timbered, allowing the original landscape to retain all its graceful beauty.

The Preserve is the newest upscale waterfront community on the shores of Grand Lake in the Green Country of northeast Oklahoma. The property was designed with the preservation of natural beauty and natural wildlife habitat as its top priority.

Preserve at Grand Lake residents enjoy an ideal location in what is called Courthouse Hollow. By water, it is within minutes of all there is to see and do on the main lake, including restaurants, bars and marinas with fuel service.

Grand Lake's ecosystem is unique in the Midwest, home to eagles, fox, snowy egrets, wood ducks, fox and white pelicans. The Preserve is a leader among Grand Lake communities in its hand-clearing, preservationist approach to the lakefront environment.

New Marina: Highest-quality materials and the craftsmanship went into The Preserve's new marina. The result is a facility with low maintenance requirements and a light environmental impact, still offering easy access from each and every homesite.

Real Estate: The Preserve at Grand Lake, OK

* 55 lots total
     o Reduced pricing on house lots
     o Excellent financing available
* Buy now, build later with your own builder
* Amenities and infrastructure are 100 percent complete
* Grand Lake homesites with boat slips from $29,900
* Click here for more information about The Preserve at Grand Lake!