Yachting News
Tourists sailing to Russia aboard yachts could soon be allowed to stay in the country without a visa for up to three days.
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If you are thinking of sailing in Greek waters any time soon, there is information here that you will want to know. Britain's Cruising Association, a British organisation for cruising sailors, has announced the latest and most com...
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It was meant to showcase his modesty – but King Juan Carlos's renunciation of his yacht, Fortuna, is going to cost.
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There is something dangerous lurking in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. Nearly 70 years after the victorious Allies dumped thousands of tonnes of Nazi chemical weapons and chemical agents into the Baltic Sea, experts have wa...
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The Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) announced record attendance of 20,500 professionals at the three-day business-to-business event in Amsterdam last week.
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A 250-berth marina will be a key feature of a new One&Only Resort located at Kumbor on the northern shore of the Bay of Boka Kotorska in Montenegro.
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Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering four Americans, including a former TV producer of The Love Boat.
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The recruitment campaign for Team Dongfeng is off to a flying start. Less than three weeks after the announcement of the new Chinese entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, Team Director Bruno Dubois is delighted with the number an...
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METS 2013 opened in style with the announcement of this year’s DAME Awards Winners presented by Chairman of the Jury, Bill Dixon. The Overall Winner was Sleipner Motor for its vector fin stabilizers, which was also the Category Wi...
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Overall and Category Winners to be announced at a breakfast briefing today at METS in Amsterdam.
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A little over 5 weeks remain before the Boxing Day start of the annual 628-nm ocean classic running from Sydney to Hobart, often referred to as a ‘nautical rite of passage’, and sponsored by Rolex since 2002.
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Warsash Superyacht Academy (WSA) has announced a new partnership agreement with Elite Crew International.
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New Spanish tax laws exempting charter yachts from the 12% matriculation tax look set to reinvigorate the Spanish yachting sector.
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"Google Barge ... A floating data centre? A wild party boat? A barge housing the last remaining dinosaur? Sadly, none of the above."
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The MCA announces that OOW will have to do EDH, Chief Mate to do ECDIS and Master Yachts to do Celestial Navigation.
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In the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, a violent storm has been battering the fleet today as it heads through the Indian Ocean from South Africa into the notorious ‘Roaring Forties’ in the Southern Ocean.
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The ending of shipbuilding at Portsmouth brings to a close hundreds of years of naval history.
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A superyacht, valued at about £5 million, has sunk after fire broke out while it was moored at an Isle of Wight marina.
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A fleet of 12 yachts competing in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race headed out of Table Bay today to start a 4,700 mile Southern Ocean sleigh ride to Albany, Western Australia.
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One of the scourges for those who wish to go to sea is seasickness. Even the most experienced of sailors can be overwhelmed at times.
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With the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show underway, organizers and professionals discuss efforts to attract a younger and broader demographic of buyers.
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Stanley Paris knows there’s danger in his quest to become both the oldest and the fastest person to sail solo, nonstop, around the world.
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One message of the film 'All is Lost' is that the aging sailor struggles for survival despite doing everything right.
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A Moldovan dancer who was on the bridge of the Costa Concordia with Captain Francesco Schettino has admitted she was his lover at his trial.
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Cruise ships keep getting bigger, and more popular. But the expansion in ship size is worrying safety experts, lawmakers, and regulators.
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A gleaming 80-foot long Oracle Team USA racing yacht is being recycled and may end up as a bunch of stand-up paddle boards.
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A contemporary artist has become the first person to sail a hollowed-out pumpkin across the Solent. Dmitri Galitzine set sail from Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire, in the boat made out of a 500kg pumpkin, and arrived an hour and ...
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The paradox couldn’t be more stark. For a country with a coastline of over 7,500 km and well over 150 000 dollar-millionaires, India has hardly a marina to park its luxury yachts and boats.
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Sevenstar Yacht Transport is proud to announce it has grown its business by adding the activities of Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT).
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Newcastle yachtsman Ivan Macfadyen recounts his voyage from Melbourne to San Francisco.10 years on, the silence made this voyage different from all those before it.
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