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MYS 2026: Casa de Campo Marina on 25 Years in the Caribbean
At the Monaco Yacht Show, Shari Liu sits down with Marina Casa de Campo to mark 25 years since it first opened its berths on the Dominican Republic's southeastern coast. From how the profile of a typical visiting yacht has changed to what's driving renewed investment across the wider resort, the conversation looks at how the marina has grown from a modest two-stage development into a destination in its own right — and what that milestone could mean for the Dominican Republic's next chapter as a Caribbean yachting hub.
Marina Casa de Campo marks 25 years this year, and for the team behind it, the milestone traces back to a modest beginning — a marina built in two initial stages that has since grown into a defining part of the Dominican Republic's superyacht ambitions. That growth reaches a new milestone of its own this December, when Casa de Campo hosts 1970, the inaugural Dominican Republic Superyacht Rendezvous.
"It's been great... step by step, it's been very successful."
That step-by-step growth has reshaped who the marina welcomes today. Twenty-five years ago, a marina on the Dominican Republic's southeastern coast was a far less obvious stop on a Caribbean itinerary than it is now. The yachts, owners and captains arriving today look considerably different from those who found their way there in the early years — larger vessels, more international crews, and expectations shaped by marinas across the wider Caribbean and Mediterranean that Marina Casa de Campo now has to match.
What hasn't changed is the pitch. Ask what makes Marina Casa de Campo stand out, and the answer goes well beyond dock space and draft.
"Marina Casa de Campo is not just a marina... it's destiny... we have everything."
That "everything" starts with golf. The recent rebuild of the Pete Dye-designed Teeth of the Dog course, one of the most celebrated courses in the Caribbean, has become a particular point of pride for the resort — and a genuine draw in its own right for owners and guests looking for more than a stretch of coastline.
"The rebuild of Teeth of the Dog was spectacular... the conditions now are superb."
That growth is also being backed by a shifting relationship with government, after years of the marina pushing for greater recognition and support at a national level.
"Finally the government is hearing us... we have more strength."
Looking ahead, the ambition is clear — not a reinvention of what's made the marina successful, but an expansion of it, with more capacity to match a growing reputation. 1970 offers an early chance to put that ambition directly in front of the audience the marina is hoping to win over.
"I believe that the marina is going to be more known for everybody in the yachting industry... They're supposed to expand the marina for more slips."
Twenty-five years in, Marina Casa de Campo's next chapter looks set to follow the same formula that built the first: steady, deliberate growth, backed by conditions — both natural and political — finally catching up with the ambition.
"It's been great... step by step, it's been very successful."
"It's been great... step by step, it's been very successful."
José Gonzalvo