Yachting News
SpaceX has called off today's planned flight due to a technical issue, and has rescheduled the experiment to bring part of its Falcon rocket down to a floating sea platform, to Friday 9th January.
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This new year Wild Group International welcome Edouard Vignal to the team.
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Camper & Nicholsons International takes a look back at the past year and reflects on its brokerage activity.
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What better way to start off more fun 2015 than to visit next week’s opening of the Phuket International Boat Show at Royal Phuket Marina on the 8th January.
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A selection of action pictures taken from the start of the Barcelona World Race when 8 yachts sailed from Barcelona on a non-stop race around the world.
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Ingar Skiaker, CEO of Höegh Autoliners made the following statement in the press conference yesterday.
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Team Vestas Wind has announced bold plans to rebuild their badly damaged boat and return to the Volvo Ocean Race by June.
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Tennis ace Rafael Nadal paid a New Year’s Day visit to the Abu Dhabi Destination Village to give Spanish boat MAPFRE a unique send-off as they made final preparations for the Leg 3 voyage to Sanya, China.
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A Californian man, James Grupinski is suing the owner of the yacht Senses and contractors, for personal injuries sustained while painting and restoring the vessel. He claims the ventilation was inadequate and the conditions were t...
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This is a summary of recent piracy activities in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Red Sea.
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Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, has snapped up the best harbour viewing spot to enjoy Sydney's famous New Year's Eve firework display. His 126m long super yacht Octopus is moored at Point Piper and will have a bird's eye view of...
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The Phuket Yacht Show is attracting exhibitors from all around the globe, who see the great opportunity for the charter and brokerage market in South East Asia.
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So much for getting slower with age! The 60-year-old wooden sloop Southern Myth today completed her 15th, and her fastest, Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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Roger Hickman’s Farr 43 Wild Rose has been confirmed as the overall corrected time winner of the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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Following a busy year and successful show season, with presence at the Monaco Yacht Show and METS, MarQuip is not slowing down and is harnessing their technology on two significant 100m+ projects currently underway.
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An Australian search team has spotted objects in the sea that may relate to the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. This follows a statement made by Bambang Soelistyo, chief of Indonesia's search effort, who said the passenger plane "...
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Camper & Nicholsons International CEO Michael Payne and President of the Board of Directors Gualtiero Giori are delighted to announce the 100% acquisition of Camper & Nicholsons Designs Ltd.
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JFA Yachts & Peugeot Design Lab are presenting a 115’ power catamaran which measures 35m long and 14.5m wide.
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The 'Norman Atlantic' Greek ferry has caught fire on route to Ancona in Italy, just 40 nautical miles north-west of Corfu. A major rescue operation is underway in extremely difficult weather conditions.
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The brand new super maxi Comanche lived up to all the hype today when she lead the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet out of the Harbour in one of the most spectacular, high speed starts in the race’s history.
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In its early days, ocean racing was a very blokey thing - hard sailing and hard drinking - back to the wife and kids on a Sunday night after a weekend offshore - so it is an interesting fact that this year more young women than yo...
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Team Vestas Wind’s stranded Volvo Ocean 65 boat has been retrieved from a remote reef in the Indian Ocean and on Monday was heading on a round-trip via Mauritius and Malaysia back to Europe.
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As part of its business growth strategy, Dominion Marine has decided to close the Dominion Consultants office in Antibes and relocate to a permanent base in the Principality of Monaco, where Dominion Marine SARL launched a new VAT...
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There’s no doubt the returned soldiers aboard Spirit of Mateship and Southern Excellence II are the kind of blokes you want around if things went horribly wrong – and for that matter, you want them for the good stuff too – because...
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Entrepreneur, professional racecar driver and DELTA Powerboats Americas’ Director Chapman Ducote has acquired the vessel formerly known as Legacy, the three-story Lazzara Yachts-built floating barge. Duote has renamed the barge Do...
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Following recent announcements of potential job cuts, luxury yacht builder Sunseeker International has confirmed the redundancy of 240 employees in an effort to restructure the company and increase efficiency . The company builds ...
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With the recent launching of Rambler 88, George David is eying the next Les Voiles de St. Barth, scheduled for its sixth edition April 13-18, 2015, as an early and critical step in getting his new yacht racing.
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Nathan Francisty of M/Y Lady Sheridan tragically lost his life on Saturday whilst swimming in a tidal pool at the tip of Megan's Bay.
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Northrop & Johnson is delighted to announce our new European flagship office in Antibes, opening January 1, 2015. Located on the iconic Port Vauban, Northrop & Johnson’s Antibes office is perfectly situated in one of yachting’s ma...
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Feadship was founded in 1949 as First Export Association of Dutch Shipbuilders to explore new markets outside of Europe and became a world famous brand of superior quality yachts. Its fleet now consists of more than 300 yachts.
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