One of the oldest boatyards in the world, Van Dam Nordia and Simonis Voogd team up to create a new line of high performance cruising yachts. The first yacht in this exciting line will be a 95’ high performance cruiser in aluminium and carbon. The design will be shown at boot Düsseldorf from 22 January till 30 January.
Virgin Gorda is to welcome an impressive fleet of superyachts for the inaugural 2011 Caribbean Superyacht Regatta & Rendezvous. Up to twenty motor and sailing yachts will […]
The new sailing yacht Container, owned by Udo Schütz from Germany, will debut in the world’s leading monohull class, the TP52 Series on the Audi MedCup in 2011. She will compete with an experienced, professional crew led by Markus Wieser, a European Champion and World Championship runner-up in the Dragon Class. Wieser is also experienced match racer and has frequently sailed in the afterguard aboard TP52s.
Seaview Progress, part of PYI Inc, will launch the new Max-Prop ECOWIND propeller at Boot Dusseldorf. The Max-Prop ECOWIND is a four bladed propeller designed to combine maximum efficiency and perfect balance without vibrations under power, while automatically feathering to a low drag position when sailing.
Dubois Naval Architects are very pleased to announce that they have an incredible 5 sailing yachts that are finalists in the 2011 World Superyacht Awards, presented by Boat International Media. The Dubois designed yachts named as finalists include Sailing yacht Kokomo, S/Y Zefira, yacht Twizzle in the Best Sailing Yacht 40m+ Category and in the Best Sailing Yacht 30m – 44.9m category, Lady B, Yacht Imagine.
Nautor’s Swan, builder of luxury sailing yachts, is not only known for the design and manufacture of its products but for its established community of Swan owners and the organisation, through ClubSwan, of an extensive range of the most prestigious sailing events across the globe. The ClubSwan Caribbean Rendezvous, 14th – 19th March 2011, indulges the competitive while offering families a wealth of options for vacation fun in the idyllic setting of the British Virgin Islands
Sunsail is delighted to announce a partnership with The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust for the summer 2011 sailing season. Sunsail will provide the Trust with up to three of their brand new Sunsail F40’s for their yacht trips, which take young people in recovery from Cancer and Leukaemia sailing.
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has issued the Notice of Race and Entry Form for the 17th edition of the biennial San Fernando Race, which will depart from Hong Kong on 20 April bound for the destination of San Fernando in the northern Philippines, 480nm away.
The 64th Annual BIG Seattle Boat Show 2011 continues for 10 days over two full weekends. From kayaks to mega yachts and everything in between, this show has it all.
The Internationally acclaimed Grammy-award winning Wyclef Jean is slated to headline the 2011 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta! This free performance will close the 31st St. Maarten Heineken Regatta on Sunday March 6th, 2011 on Kim Sha beach.
Entry for one of the world’s most popular yacht races opened at midnight on Sunday 9 January and by midday Monday, nearly 100 entries had signed up, with an unprecedented number doing so in the early hours of the morning. The trend continued over the next couple of days when the halfway mark of 150 boats was reached for the race which has a maximum entry of 300 boats. Within a week, 250 boats had entered!
100 superyacht nominations have been whittled down to an outstanding list of 62 World Superyacht Awards 2011 Finalists who are in contention to receive a coveted Neptune Trophy. An independent jury comprised of 14 superyacht owners will meet in March at Porto Montenegro, located at Tivat in the picturesque Bay of Kotor, to decide which yachts will receive a prized Neptune Award in 2011.