ISS announces the finalists for the 2010 International Design Awards. The winning yachts will be announced at ISS’s annual International Design Awards Gala 2010 on 28th October from 7:00 pm at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale.
Perini Navi built 56 metre hull n.50 super yacht Melek has been delivered to her Owner, as announced by the company today.
H2X is kindly inviting all the visitors of the 2010 Cannes International Boat Show to visit their team at the RIV 025 booth.
Sailing yacht Twizzle the new 57.5m flybridge ketch recently launched by Royal Huisman has introduced a policy of carbon offsetting her fuel. The Owner of superyacht Twizzle has also chosen to offset the embodied carbon footprint from the energy and principal materials used in her construction.
Sailing yacht BELLA PITA, a 75′ Bill Tripp design performance yacht has won the Shipyard Cup in Maine during the 8th running of the event.
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team appoints Farr Yacht Design to design the Volvo Open 70 yacht for the Volvo Ocean Race. The second announcement is that Jason Carrington has been hired as the team’s Technical Manager.
Artemis Ocean Racing is in ‘the clubhouse’ and look to be in a very strong position to win the overall handicap prize for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Their biggest threat for the moment is Piet Vroon’s Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens.
New England Boatworks Inc. has been contracted to build PUMA’s new Volvo 70 for the upcoming VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2011-2012. Design for this latest generation round the world race yacht will be provided by Valencia based Naval Architecture firm Juan Yacht Design.
Les Voiles de Saint Tropez 2010 will play host to nearly 300 traditional and modern competitors, which equates to over 3,500 crew members gathering together in the bay of Saint Tropez for a week of racing and festivities. The event will see 15 countries represented, 15 registered Wally sailing yachts, and 15 traditional hundred year old sailing yachts on the Var region’s race zone.
The Audi IRC Australian Championship, which has grown in popularity, with numbers increasing to a record 144 boats for this fourth edition, has wrapped up for another year. The Championship comprised of: Audi Victoria Week in January, Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta in March, Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race at the end of July and culminating with Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August.