Riva Yachts unveils their sporty 26 metre Riva 86′ Domino MotorYacht.
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s eighty-five nautical mile Bird Island Race starts off Point Piper on Sydney Harbour at 7.00pm on Friday 24 September. Some of the best known grand prix racers in the country such as sailing yacht Loki, S/Y Ragamuffin and Andrew Wenham’s Southern Excellence, a Volvo 60, expected to be the frontrunners.
Christophe Bullens and his boat Five Oceans of Smiles is the first participant to complete the qualifier of at least 2500 nm for the VELUX5 OCEANS. The VELUX5 OCEANS will start on October 17th.
Volvo Ocean Race has opened its new Race Control, a high-tech hub inspired by the NASA control centre, which will be the nerve-centre of the Volvo Ocean Race next year. It is the most advanced race control room ever built for a yacht race and is located in Alicante, Spain.
The new AC72 catamaran class is the first-ever wingsail catamaran class for the America’s Cup and the fastest-ever class in the iconic 159-year-old competition. The new AC72 catamaran class replaces the ACC monohull class, which was created in 1988 and first raced in 1992 Cup.
In one month, the international line up of ocean racers will set sail from France on an epic 30,000-mile adventure alone – the VELUX 5 OCEANS solo round the world yacht race. This starting gun of the 2010/11 VELUX 5 OCEANS will be heard ringing out across La Rochelle at 4 PM on October 17.
As the full fleet of ten 52 Series teams took to the waters off Cagliari today for the final informal practice day, leading in to the Region of Sardinia Trophy Regatta, winds on the Gulf of Cagliari reached up to 23 knots.
Azimut Yachts in centre of attention at the Cannes International Boat Show 2010 with it’s Azimut 72 S motoryacht – awarded World Yacht Trophy for Best Layout.
Azimut 64 motor yacht is one of the latest models to come out of the Azimut shipyard. The Azimut-Benetti Group has presented this stylish flybridge yacht for the first time at the 2010 Cannes International Boat Show.
Riviera, Australia’s most awarded pleasure boat builder will exhibit their exciting motor yacht range, including the Riviera 43 Flybridge Motor yacht, the Riviera 5000 and 5800 sport yachts, at the Mandurah Boat Show from October 8-10.
Artemis Ocean Racing II has broken the IMOCA 60′ course record having crossed the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race finish line Monday at 00h32′ 27” after 6 days 10 hours 32 minutes and 27 seconds at sea.