Yachting News
Following the devastation caused by Cylcone Pam in Vanuatu, at least 24 people so far have been declared dead, including a one week old baby and four foreigners.
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Nearly 20 years after it sank following a collision with a barge in Singapore one year before Cousteau’s death, squabbles between the commander’s family and a Brittany boatyard threaten to scupper the ship for good.
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The former McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is joining Ben Ainslie Racing as chief executive officer. The 56-year-old spent a quarter of a century with McLaren, where he rose to become chief executive of the group.
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Thousands of internet users are scouring satellite images in a search effort to find crew from the missing yacht SV Moorings. The search is focussing on an area 2200 nautical miles west of Perth.
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It’s a sad fact that everyone knows someone whose life has been touched by cancer but not many of us go to the lengths that eight ex-pats have done to kick this disease into touch.
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Florence Arthaud, considered one of the world's greatest sailors, has been killed in a helicopter collision in Argentina. Other victims of the crash included Olympic gold medalist swimmer Camille Muffat and Olympic boxer Alexis Va...
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Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s 10th anniversary Sydney Harbour Regatta came to a close on Sunday evening with winners announced after what competitors described as “a perfect day’s sailing.”
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On the last Sunday in February, New Zealand’s Waiheke Island reverberated to the sound of Sealegs amphibious vessels racing around Onetangi beach.
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Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War II Japanese battleship, the Musashi, more than 70 years after it was sunk by US forces, his representatives said Wednesday.
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In the week of the Dubai Yacht Show, exhibitors can afford to be bullish about the future of water sports and yachting in the Gulf.
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The first time I went to Dubai, back in the late eighties there were a few tower blocks and a busy creek. The highway from Abu Dhabi was single lane with accidents and car wrecks every mile or so. People didn’t go there for holida...
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It’s now well over a year since all charter yachts operating Spain, irrespective of size, could claim exemption from the infamous matriculation tax, and several months since non-EU-flagged superyachts were allowed to charter withi...
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MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández/ESP) emerged victorious despite a pair of major setbacks in Leg 4 following one of the tightest-fought finishes in Volvo Ocean Race history on Saturday night.
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US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the Year Awards ceremony returned to the iconic New York Yacht Club in Manhattan to celebrate the sailing accomplishments of Terry Hutchinson and Stephanie Roble.
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Victory in the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race was so close that Dongfeng Race Team skipper Charles Caudrelier (FRA) could almost taste it on Thursday, but with just over 500 nautical miles (nm) to go, he was taking nothing for...
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The ShowBoats Design Awards honour the creative talents behind the most innovative, elegant and inspiring new yacht designs from the boards of the world’s leading yacht design studios.The Showboats Design Awards was held in Kitzbu...
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Oil & Gas UK has declared that the financial situation within the industry is so dire that large areas of the North Sea could be 'sterilised', with oil companies unable to finance exploitation of unused fields.
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An incredible photograph from Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) apparently showing three crew members suspended in mid-air as the Volvo Ocean Race Leg 4 leaders sped through the Pacific Ocean, has sparked a fierce social media debat...
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In mid-2013, the Company's Power Solutions department was awarded a highly valued commission for the complete turnkey installation of a power plant and primary distribution network in a new beer brewery near Addis Ababa in Ethiopi...
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China’s Dongfeng Race Team, skippered by Charles Caudrelier, were in no mood to celebrate Chinese New Year on Wednesday after being relegated to the back of the fleet for the first time since the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 started.
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The 536ft mega-yacht has been pictured in the dry dock at the Blohm Voss shipyard in Hamburg where it was originally built in 2010/2011.
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The Italian Navy and Coastguard have carried out massive rescue operations over the last few days. Over 2,000 migrants were recovered and brought to Europe and the volume of human trafficking was so great that one single Italian N...
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Feadship launched the 46.40-metre (152’3”) motoryacht Kiss on Saturday 14 February in a ceremony that made the most of the Valentine’s Day spirit.
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Almost 200 pilot whales have stranded themselves on New Zealand's South Island, and according to the conservation department, two dozen or so have already died. Rescuers are racing against time to refloat them.
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Former captain, Francesco Schettino, was found guilty by an Italian court on Wednesday of charges related to the January 2012 Costa Concordia disaster and was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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They don’t call it life at the extreme for nothing. And the first 48 hours of Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race have certainly lived up to that billing, pushing these sailors to their limits - and beyond.
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Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) have dominated the Volvo Ocean Race ever since they entered their home waters in Sanya last month, and Sunday marked no change despite four swaps in their crew line-up for Leg 4 to Auckl...
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Miss World, Rolene Strauss, is used to being the focus of the photographer’s lens but on Thursday she turned the camera on herself to capture the most amazing ‘selfie’ (see below) up the 100ft (30.3 metres) mast of a Volvo Ocean R...
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One week after a cargo ship carrying hazardous materials ran aground in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador has activated a state of emergency.
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Dongfeng Race Team skipper Charles Caudrelier (FRA) has been trying to explain the ‘French factor’ that has helped put his crew top of the Volvo Ocean Race leaderboard after three legs – and it seems to come down to pure passion.
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