Yachting News

RW Yacht Design Unveils New 54m Motoryacht

Posted: 3rd Apr 2014

Written by: RW Yacht Design

Yacht designer Robert Witzier has unveiled a new 54-metre motor yacht design, with curved flowing lines with a sharp axe bow. Read More

Marine Hydraulic Solutions Expands Team

Posted: 3rd Apr 2014

Written by: Marine Hydraulic Solutions

Marine Hydraulic Solutions (MHS) launched last month in Palma de Mallorca and within just a few weeks found it necessary to recruit further engineers to meet demand. Read More

Boat Paint App by Interlux

Posted: 3rd Apr 2014

Written by: Home Port Marine Marketing

The Interlux® Boat Paint Guide has gone digital with the launch of a free app for Apple® IOS and Android smartphones and tablets, designed to make it easy to access Interlux product information and select the correct Interlux pai... Read More

Clipper Sailor Rescued from Freezing Pacific

Posted: 2nd Apr 2014

Written by: Alistair Jamieson, NBC News

A British sailor survived one and a half hours in the stormy Pacific Ocean after falling overboard during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, organizers said Tuesday. Read More

DNV Approves "Pay as You Sail" Charts Option

Posted: 27th Mar 2014

Written by: MarineLink.com

Nautisk has confirmed DNV approval for its Neptune Pay As You Sail (PAYS) Solution. PAYS enables users to access global ENCs while only paying for those that are used. Read More

Capsized by a Breaking Wave

Posted: 26th Mar 2014

Written by: Elaine Bunting, Yachting World

Shared around as ‘yacht rolled by a huge wave' the shocking thing about the video here is that it actually shows a yacht knocked flat by a relatively small wave - but a breaking one. Read More

New 60m Hybrid Trimaran Design from BCY

Posted: 25th Mar 2014

Written by: The World of Yachts and Boats

Blue Coast Power have introduced the new Trimaran 60m. The design team have been working for the last 12 months to develop this innovative concept with ultra efficient hull lines. Read More

Extreme Sailing Series: Mixed Success for Ben Ainslie's Team

Posted: 21st Mar 2014

Written by: The Independant

Quadruple Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie saw five different winners carry off the prizes in the opening seven races of the Extreme Sailing Series regatta in Oman, but he was not one of them. Read More

Inmarsat Says Its Data Could Help Find Malaysian Airliner

Posted: 21st Mar 2014

Written by: Fox Nation

In a television interview, Chris McLaughlin said that Inmarsat was "absolutely certain" that its technology was "seeing the readings from this aircraft", referring to the Boeing 777. Read More

Mega-Yachts Cleared to Sail Into the Heart of Venice

Posted: 20th Mar 2014

Written by: The Art Newspaper

A ban on large cruise ships passing through the city has been lifted, despite reports of negative impacts. This reverses a decision announced last year. Read More

Symphony: Classical Music Meets Yacht Design

Posted: 19th Mar 2014

Written by: OnboardOnline

French yacht designer Raphaël Laloux recently took out the 2014 Young Designer of the Year Award at the recent Showboats Design Awards for his yacht concept ‘Symphony’. Read More

YachtOwnership.com Launches Website

Posted: 19th Mar 2014

Written by: PRWeb

The “How to Own a Yacht” website exhibits a variety of ways to purchase a boat, including: charter ownership, private ownership and pre-owned yacht ownership. Read More

Missing Sailor Not on Board Boat

Posted: 18th Mar 2014

Written by: Stuff.co.nz

Police and the navy frigate HMNZS Wellington reached Blair's missing vessel more than 200 kilometres off the Taranaki Coast last night, but found no-one on board. Read More

Paris Off to Attempt to Circumnavigate the World Again

Posted: 17th Mar 2014

Written by: Sailing World

Stanley Paris, long time Florida-based New Zealander, has announced he will make another attempt at sailing solo, non-stop and unassisted around the globe, departing from Florida in November 2014. Read More

Cadets Go Overboard to Raise Cash for Cancer Charity

Posted: 14th Mar 2014

Written by: Southhampton Solent University

A group of officer cadets from Warsash Maritime Academy (WMA), which is part of Southampton Solent University, are preparing to brave
the elements and spend 24 hours in a liferaft to raise funds for sailing respite charity, Sail ...
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Hilary Lister Takes on Indian Ocean

Posted: 13th Mar 2014

Written by: Yachting World

Quadriplegic sailor Hilary Lister sets off today from Mumbai to sail 800miles to Oman. Read More

Motor Yacht Equinox: 45m Fast Catamaran Design

Posted: 13th Mar 2014

Written by: Andrew Trujillo Design & Adam Younger Designs

Andrew Trujillo and Adam Younger have collaborated in designing a 45 metre catamaran motoryacht, capitalising on the fast performance and spacious layout of the twin hull design. Read More

Delicioso and Fine Wine Works Form Collaboration

Posted: 13th Mar 2014

Written by: Helen Richards

Delicioso, based in Palma de Mallorca and headed by ex marketing guru, Helen Richards, was launched in 2009 to fill a gap in the yacht provisioning market. Read More

Rolls-Royce Imagines a Future of Unmanned Ships

Posted: 11th Mar 2014

Written by: BBC News

Unmanned cargo ships could become a reality on our oceans within the decade, according to manufacturer Rolls-Royce. Read More

As The Hudson River Freezes, Classic Ice Yachts Emerge

Posted: 10th Mar 2014

Written by: Forbes

The Hudson River freezes over every few years and when it does, the owners of classic ice yachts haul their boats out of storage and set them up on the frozen plate. Read More

Yachting: Belcher to Helm Australia's America's Cup Challenger

Posted: 7th Mar 2014

Written by: Global Post

Olympic champion Mathew Belcher was Thursday named as skipper of Australia's America's Cup entrant. Read More

Awlgrip® Awlwood Featured at Miami Boat Show 2014

Posted: 7th Mar 2014

Written by: www.HomePortMarine.com

UNION, NEW JERSEY, USA – Awlgrip® will feature the new Awlwood MA Exterior Clear System at the 2014 Miami International Boat Show, February 13-17 in the Miami Beach Convention Center (booth M69). Read More

China's Civilian Fleet a Potent Force in Asia's Disputed Seas

Posted: 6th Mar 2014

Written by: Reuters

(Reuters) - From harassing Filipino fishing boats and monitoring oil exploration off Vietnam to playing cat-and-mouse with the Japanese coastguard, China's expanding fleet of civilian patrol vessels have become the enforcers in di... Read More

Aquatic AV 8” Waterproof Speaker With High Frequency Horn

Posted: 6th Mar 2014

Written by: www.HomePortMarine.com

The Aquatic AV 8” speaker with a 1” high frequency horn, features a silver sport-style grill, is fully waterproof, UV and salt/fog resistant and is supplied with stainless steel mounting hardware – perfect for use in a wet environ... Read More

Sails, Dodgers and Biminis to be Solar Power Producers

Posted: 5th Mar 2014

Written by: UK Sailmakers/ Sail-World Cruising

It had to happen. With the advances of solar technology, soon you will be able to have solar energy producers - photovoltaic cells - built into sails. Read More

Dubai International Boat Show Opens

Posted: 4th Mar 2014

Written by: Gulf News

The 22nd edition of the Dubai International Boat Show opens today, and will be 20% bigger than last year on the back of high confidence in the region. Read More

Tributes Flow for Australian Yachting Legend Lou Abrahams, Dead at 86

Posted: 3rd Mar 2014

Written by: WA Today

He lived his life with candour in the wind. Lou Abrahams, who completed 44 Sydney to Hobart yacht races and won the gruelling bluewater classic twice, has died aged 86. Read More

British Entrepreneur Buys North Sails

Posted: 28th Feb 2014

Written by: Sailing Anarchy

According to a Sailing Anarchy exclusive, the deal to purchase North Sails was signed today [Feb 27th], with a press release supposedly going out soon. Read More

Wounded soldiers given 42ft yacht

Posted: 27th Feb 2014

Written by: Dick Durham for Yachting Monthly.

Rustler Yachts of Falmouth have donated a 42 foot Rustler hull to the Armed Forces charity ‘Turn to Starboard'. , Read More

OceanPhone Mobile: A Calling App for Maritime Crew

Posted: 26th Feb 2014

Written by: MTN Communications

MTN announces the general availability of the first calling app for maritime crew, the MTN “OceanPhone Mobile”. Read More

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