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Sint Maarten’s Yacht Club Port de Plaisance Ripe for Revitalization
Hoppenstein team contracts with Marina Management Services
St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, September 12, 2007
Veteran New York-based real estate developers Reuben and Charles Hoppenstein,
who have acquired control of Sint Maarten’s Yacht Club Port de Plaisance
[YCPDP], are pleased to announce that they have contracted with Marina
Management Services, Inc. [MMS] of Boca Raton, FL, to assist in the
redevelopment of YCPDP, a property long regarded as Simpson Bay Lagoon’s
most venerable marina.
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Recognized today as one of the world’s most versatile, and beautiful,
mixed-use marinas, the 90-plus slip Yacht Club Port de Plaisance caters to
vessels 40 to 220 ft. LOA — from sail and motor-powered recreational
cruisers, to year-round charteryachts that benefit from a strategic base in
the Lesser Antilles, and an array of ‘private-label’ luxury yachts
that capitalize on this dual-nation island’s enviable duty-free status
and the marina’s proximity to an international airport with direct links
to Europe.
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Yacht Club Port de Plaisance
Aerial by HeliPhotoCarib
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Although YCPDP is capable of accommodating megayachts in nearly half of its
alongside and Mediterranean-style berths, ‘superyacht’ status is not
required for all marina visitors — yacht owners, guests, crew, even kids
— to benefit from full guest privileges at the adjacent Princess Port de
Plaisance Hotel, including access to Sint Maarten’s most impressive casino,
beauty spa/salon, myriad restaurants, swimming pools, tennis courts,
and more.
A marine industry consultant noted for his international clientele, MMS president
Dennis P. Kissman currently oversees operations at St. Thomas’ Crown Bay
Marina, and has carved a successful niche for this U.S. Virgin Islands-based
megayacht marina that is consistently cited by yachting professionals as the
‘top service facility’ in the Caribbean.
“My son Charles, Kissman and I share a singular vision of how our respective
marine industry experience can contribute to the continued success of YCPDP, a
property that already forms the core of Dutch St. Maarten’s most comprehensive
marine, residential, and commercial center,” says Reuben.
Industry insiders may recall that the Hoppensteins played an integral role in
luring affluent luxury yacht owners — and the first authentic
‘megayachts’ — to Sint Maarten/St. Martin as a winter rendezvous
site, back when the business of megayachts was still a cottage industry in most
of the Caribbean.
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