Yachting News
Three boats in the Volvo Ocean Race received point penalties for Leg 7 sailing rule infringements from the independent ISAF-appointed jury sitting in Lisbon on Wednesday.
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Cruising company Burma Boating has launched its luxury expedition yacht MY Drenec. Starting in October, Drenec will be cruising Myanmar's Mergui Archipelago and explore one of Asia's last untouched destinations.
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Xabi Fernández was tonight confirmed as MAPFRE’s skipper for Leg 8 from Lisbon to Lorient when the Spanish team revealed their crew for the 647-nautical mile stage which starts on Sunday.
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The Federation has seen nearly 60% growth in superyachts cruising its waters over the last three years. St Kitts and Nevis has noted 134 yachts of more than 100 feet in the Federation’s waters, proving that this third point of the...
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IAG Yachts is proud to be announcing that the company is launching the 140 foot custom fiberglass motor yacht known as “King Baby” in June, 2015. There will be a launch celebration at the shipyard in Zhuhai, China, at the end of ...
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IBI and METSTRADE have announced the panel of seven industry luminaries who will judge the inaugural IBI-METS Boat Builder Awards for Business Achievement, due to take place at a gala dinner during METS, in the National Maritime M...
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In a rare occurrence last week, DYT Yacht Transport’s two semi-submersible ships pulled into Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) simultaneously to load $350 million worth of yachts bound for the Mediterranean Sea.
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Team Vestas Wind shore crew chief, Neil Cox, breathed a huge sigh of relief as his boat was successfully returned to the water this weekend for its first sail since grounding on a reef in the Indian Ocean back in November.
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The most challenging aspect of shipping is when things out of anyone’s control change unexpectedly. An example of this is the recent shipping of containers for the Maxi 72s and Wally Yachts to Menorca for a regatta.
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McMurdo,has announced several key search and rescue (SAR) initiatives through its partnership with the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) to be launched at next week’s World Maritime Rescue Congress in Bremerhaven, Ge...
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Four new certificates of competency for seafarers working on commercial motor yachts will be introduced in Australia from early 2016.
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The stunning new Truly Classic 127 Atalante has left her construction hall at Claasen Shipyards in the Netherlands and the mast and rigging process is now getting underway.
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The 70th edition of the Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race yielded winners in ten classes – four IRC (including one for Double-hand), four PHRF, J/44 and Multihull – and a place in the record books for Jim and Kristy Hinze Clark...
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Architettura d’Interni is proud to announce that Abeking & Rasmussen built MY Amore Mio 2, refitted by FM-Architettura d'Interni, won the prestigious Neptune trophy for yacht refitting category at the World Superyacht Awards 2015 ...
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Team Brunel’s Bouwe Bekking was embroiled in the battle for the Leg 7 lead in the Volvo Ocean Race on Thursday, nine years to the day when he was at the centre of one of the most dramatic episodes the race has ever seen.
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Having just returned from a 3 week visit of 3 yachting events in 3 different countries, we are very happy to inform you that all 3 events were a success and a pleasure to attend.
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At this year’s World Superyacht Awards (9 May 2015) UK-based businesses celebrated as their innovations contributed to six yachts picking up eight coveted Neptune trophies.
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Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad and Team Alvimedica skipper Charlie Enright have been invited to address a United Nations (UN) convention later this year focusing on the growing problem of rubbish in the oceans.
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Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP), winners of the in-port race a day earlier, were again the class act as they led the six-boat Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Newport at the start of Leg 7 after a hugely successful stopover.
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Preparations for the Superyacht Rendezvous in Montenegro are now firmly underway. With a glittering social programme planned and the beautiful Porto Montenegro set to play host, this year’s rendezvous promises to be unforgettable.
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Ocean Training Online launches the first ever blended learning courses - that you can learn at home or at sea.
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New Zealander Adam Minoprio, the youngest sailor to become match-racing world champion, has been called up by Team Brunel for the last three legs of the Volvo Ocean Race
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Last Saturday evening saw Amsterdam play host to the World Superyacht Awards. Yards, designers and owners from around the globe gathered to hear which superyachts would win the coveted Neptune trophies.
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MUSTO is searching for the UK's fastest dinghy sailor through the launch of its new adrenaline inducing Speed Challenge, which is catapulting racing into the digital age.
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Ocean Signal Ltd, an innovative supplier of marine communication and safety equipment, has announced it has been acquired by Drew Marine Ltd. The business will operate as a unit of ACR Electronics, Inc. (ACR), a global leader in s...
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Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) edged overall Volvo Ocean Race leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) by just three minutes and 25 seconds to win Leg 6 to Newport after an enthralling duel over the past 24 hou...
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M/Y IRIMARI, the first of the Sunrise 63 series, was launched on the 30th April after 30 months of construction.
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Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) felt the familiar presence of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) to their stern on Wednesday as the thrilling Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race headed for a potential ‘photo finish’ in ...
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Appointed by the prestigious CRN shipyard in Ancona to design a new yacht on an existing platform for the Explorer category, the studio founded by architects Gianni and Paola Zuccon presents Teseo, a 50 metre semicustom Expedition...
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Appointed by the prestigious CRN shipyard in Ancona to design a new yacht on an existing platform for the Explorer category, the studio founded by architects Gianni and Paola Zuccon presents Teseo, a 50 metre semicustom Expedition...
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