Yachting News

Costa Rica Alert After Toxic Chemicals Spill

Posted: 4th May 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

Costa Rica's government has issued an emergency alert after a ship carrying 200 tons of ammonium nitrate capsized off the coast of Puntarenas. Read More

£500m Drugs Bust in North Sea

Posted: 30th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

In the biggest drug bust ever in the UK, cocaine worth more than £500m was seized by HMS Somserset and Border Force cutter Valiant on 23rd April. Read More

Cheeki Rafiki Tragedy: 'Structural Weakness' Blamed in Report

Posted: 29th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

The loss of four UK sailors in the Atlantic was "a tragic accident", the head of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said, and the vessel may have been weakened by previous groundings and subsequent repairs. Read More

No Room for Complacency

Posted: 28th Apr 2015

Written by: Volvo Ocean Race

Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA), fully recovered from the trauma of breaking their mast on the last leg, narrowly led the chase to Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on Monday. Read More

EU Triples Funding for Search & Rescue Operations

Posted: 24th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

In an effort to deal with the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, European leaders have agreed to triple funding for sea-and-rescue operations and several leaders have promised more ships and resources. Read More

EU Leaders Meet to Discuss Migrant Crisis

Posted: 23rd Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

As Italy presses the EU to help stem the deadly tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, European leaders will meet to discuss the possibility of military operations against migrant traffickers. Read More

Migrant Boat Captain Arrested

Posted: 21st Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

The United Nations has confirmed that 800 people died when their boat sank off the coast of Libya. Italian officials have declared that the Captain of the boat, is being charged with reckless multiple homicide. Read More

Les Voiles de St. Barth All Wrapped Up

Posted: 20th Apr 2015

Written by: Media Pro Newport

Saturday's single race for each of the 10 classes sailing at Les Voiles de St. Barth determined overall winners and marked the fourth and final day of the regatta. Read More

Russian Submarine Blamed for Dragging Irish Trawler

Posted: 17th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

Mystery still surrounds the trawler 'Karen' which was seemingly dragged backwards by a submarine off County Down in Northern Ireland. Read More

400 Migrants Feared Drowned off Libya

Posted: 15th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardONline

Survivors told the aid group Save the Children that this latest tragedy happened after the boat, carrying about 550 migrants in total, overturned a day after leaving Libya. Read More

Feadship Launches 44-metre Moon Sand

Posted: 14th Apr 2015

Written by: Feadship

Feadship has launched the 44.20-metre (145’0”) Moon Sand at De Vries Scheepsbouw in Makkum. Read More

Team 'Headnorth' Arrives at the North Pole for Charity

Posted: 13th Apr 2015

Written by: Y.CO

Team Headnorth has made it to the North Pole after six long days of trekking in -358C. The team reached the Geographic North Pole after fighting their way through ice fields and battling with whiteouts and wind storms. Read More

Will Lewis Pugh's Antarctica Swims Help Thaw the Russians?

Posted: 10th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

In an attempt to alleviate Russian resistance to protecting the Southern Ocean, Lewis Pugh of the United Kingdom completed five epic swims off the coast of Antarctica. Read More

Gatwick Oil Find Could Amount to 100 Billion Barrels

Posted: 9th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

UK Oil and Gas Investments has said oil reserves discovered near Gatwick Airport could be significant and possibly the biggest onshore oil discovery in England since the 1980's. Read More

Prada Boss Pulls Luna Rossa out of Next America's Cup

Posted: 8th Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

Patrizio Bertelli is pulling Italy and the Luna Rossa sailing team out of the 2017 America's Cup following a decision by participants on Tuesday to change the rules once again. Read More

Rise in Illegal Fishing Threatens to Revive Somali Piracy

Posted: 7th Apr 2015

Written by: g-Captain

Records clearly indicate there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of ‘Reported’ piracy attacks in the Southern Red Sea, Bab-El-Mandeb, Gulf of Yemen and the Horn of Africa. In fact as recently reported the highjacking of t... Read More

Superyachts Enthusiastic at Prospect of Long-Term Berthing in Gibraltar

Posted: 6th Apr 2015

Written by: Purple Cake Factory

Marina Bay at Ocean Village has a month-long wait while Gibraltar’s Development & Planning Commission makes a decision on its proposed superyacht berths and short-stay & rental apartments. Read More

Sailor Missing 66 days is Rescued off North Carolina

Posted: 3rd Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

Louis Jordan 37, a South Carolina sailor missing for 66 days was rescued on Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean, having apparently survived on raw fish and rain water. Read More

54 Perish in Sea of Okhotsk Tragedy

Posted: 2nd Apr 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

At least 54 people have died and 15 are missing after a Russian freezer trawler carrying an international crew of 132 sank in far-eastern Russia. The fate of the remaining 15 from the Dalny Vostok trawler is currently unknown. Read More

Dongfeng Quits Leg 5 of Volvo Ocean Race

Posted: 1st Apr 2015

Written by: Volvo Ocean Race

Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) announced late on Tuesday that they plan to retire from Leg 5 after breaking their mast in the Southern Ocean. Read More

New York Offers Huge Tax Break for Yacht Owners

Posted: 31st Mar 2015

Written by: Onboardonline

In Andrew Cuomo's recent budget for New York State, a new agreement will offer high end yacht buyers an important tax break. The first $230,000 of all vessel sales will still be fully taxed, but no sales tax will be collected on a... Read More

Dongfeng Race Team Breaks Mast

Posted: 30th Mar 2015

Written by: Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race can confirm that Dongfeng Race Team broke its mast early on Monday (GMT, March 30) but fortunately nobody has been injured and there is no immediate danger to the crew. Read More

Duo will Row for Record in North Atlantic for Charity

Posted: 27th Mar 2015

Written by: Ocean Signal Limited

Alone in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean in a 24ft-rowing boat, hundreds of miles from land, with the threat of icebergs, commercial vessels, whales, storm force winds and huge waves, the reassurance of possessing a reliabl... Read More

New Navetta 37 Flagship for Ferretti Group

Posted: 26th Mar 2015

Written by: Studio Efferre

Navetta 37 is the new flagship for the Ferretti Custom Line semi-displacement brand. The 37-meter's innovative external and internal design has been designed by the studio Zuccon International Project. Read More

Wild Night in the Southern Ocean

Posted: 25th Mar 2015

Written by: Volvo Ocean Race

Four of the six Volvo Ocean Race boats suffered big hits as the Southern Ocean gave the fleet its roughest ride of the race in 12 dramatic hours. Read More

Court in Dubai Hears of Sex Parties on Yacht

Posted: 24th Mar 2015

Written by: Onboardonline

A group of 28 men and women were arrested on board a yacht after throwing sex and alcohol parties on the 10th October last year. The court was told that the group included police officers and army personnel. Read More

Auckland Digs Deep for Vanuatu

Posted: 23rd Mar 2015

Written by: Guy Waddilove

In response to the devastation caused by cyclone Pam in Vanuatu on March 13 2015, a group of superyacht crew in Auckland have banded together to help the impacted communities of the islands. Read More

Dodging the Giant Iceberg

Posted: 20th Mar 2015

Written by: Volvo Ocean Race

A massive one kilometre-wide iceberg has forced the Volvo Ocean Race to change the positioning of their ice gates to keep the fleet clear of trouble in the Southern Ocean on Leg 5. Read More

Yachts Mobilise to Help Vanuatu Relief Effort

Posted: 19th Mar 2015

Written by: YachtAid Global

With huge devastation across the islands of Vanuatu after category five Tropical Cyclone Pam made landfall on the island chain, YachtAid Global has worked to implement a relief plan drawing aid from across the Pacific. Read More

Lewis Hamilton Gets Behind the Wheel of Luxury Yacht

Posted: 18th Mar 2015

Written by: OnboardOnline

Following his emphatic victory in the opening grand prix in Sydney on Sunday, Lewis Hamilton visited the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House with his hands firmly on the wheel. Read More

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