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Solar & Electric Boat Challenge in Monaco
From Monaco Yacht Club (YCM) Thursday 13th to Saturday 15th July 2017 Principality of Monaco shines on Solar! 21 teams from seven nationalities took part in the 4th Monaco Solar & Electric Boat Challenge, organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco in partnership with UIM (International Powerboating Federation) from Thursday 13th to Saturday 15th July […]
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Cheeki Rafiki boss found guilty, but could face retrial
Douglas Innes, who managed the vessel Cheeki Rafiki has been found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of the yacht which capsized in the Atlantic with the loss of four lives in May 2014. In the trial which has lasted longer than a month at Winchester Crown Court his company Stormforce Coaching was also […]
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Dragon Edinburgh Cup Day 3
13 July 2017 – Cowes, UK – The penultimate day of the Dragon Edinburgh Cup 2017 sponsored by Oliver Morgan Architects and Stoneham Construction Ltd in Cowes, produced one truly extraordinary race which shook the leader board up and leaves four boats in close contention going into the final race. Hosted by the Island Sailing […]
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Power of the wind exhibition – Barcelona
The Puig Classic Regatta starts in Barcelona today, and to celebrate 10 years of racing Puig the sponsor company has unveiled an exhibition of photos – taking from the best of the series over a decade called ‘With the power of the wind’ . The exposition is at the Maritime Museum in Barcelona until the […]
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Artists attend 12-M regatta
From Robbe and Berking, Germany July 2017: Artworks of the “North German Realists” (www.norddeutscherealisten.de ) are highly sought after. Since 1989 this group of artists have met once a year at much-noticed common plein air painting symposia in different locations. While New Zealand and the USA were duelling for the 2017 America’s Cup in Bermuda, […]
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Lionheart Crew Wins America’s Cup J Class Regatta
With a dramatic, high stakes final race which was laden with tension until the final run to the finish on a tight and compact race course off Bermuda’s Saint Georges, Lionheart clinched first at this first America’s Cup J Class Regatta. Carrying a one point lead and with the regatta title in their grasp, they […]
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America’s Cup J Class Regatta First Race cancelled
America’s Cup J Class Regatta Race 1 Falls Victim to Light Airs Historic Seven J Class Exhibition Race is America’s Cup Prelude Next Best Place To Be. Kiwi Seven Time Cup Campaigner Tony Rae Reflects From J Class Association: Despite a huge spectator fleet mustered off NE Bermuda’s north shore ready and waiting attentively to […]
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Tally Ho has a new owner
The famous Albert Strange yacht Tally Ho, which won the Fastnet in 1927, but which has languished ashore for many years at last has a new owner. Leo Goolden – boatbuilder and yachtsman, bought the beleaguered yacht for a dollar at the end of May and put her on a truck yesterday. Leo restored his Nordic […]
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NZ to face USA in 35th America’s Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Sweden’s Artemis Racing 5-2 at Bermuda yesterday to win the right to challenge Team Oracle USA in the 35th America’s Cup. In some spectacular racing, including 31-year-old Artemis Racing skipper Nathan Outteridge falling into the water while crossing the boat in the third race on Saturday, leading to Artemis eventually […]
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Tres Hombres towed to safety by RNLI
The engineless trading Tall Ship Tres Hombres had to be towed into North Shields on the Tyne on Sunday June 4 after the engine on her launch broke down. There was no immediate danger to life or the 128 tonne 32 m brigantine herself but with strong winds forecast the skipper called the coastguard for […]
