On Day 12 of the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race crews keep fighting despite frustrating lack of winds and three teams out of the ten competing teams start Ocean Sprint battle to obtain a vital additional point.
One of the top marine TV production specialists in Asia, Go Yachting, has been given the possibility to film the 8th edition of the Top of the Gulf Regatta for a second year.
ORACLE Racing will kick off its 2013 training program at Marsden Point in Northland, New Zealand. This location has been selected thanks to being situated quite close to Core Builders Composites in Warkworth, the company which constructs plenty of the key components for ORACLE Racing’s two AC72 wingsail catamaran yachts.
The Cyprus superyacht marina, Karpaz Gate Marina, will welcome the participants of the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally, coming on June 5th and leaving on June 6th. Becoming an official port of entry to the region, this stunning marina will provide even more facilities to its guests in comparison to 2011.
The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda presented its rich 2012 yacht regatta agenda during a press conference held yesterday in Milan, Italy. 2012 Regattas include the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta, the Audi Vela & Golf Trophy, the Coppa Europa Smeralda 888, the Invitational Smeralda 888, the Trofeo Challenge Alessandro Boeris Clemen, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship as well as the Rolex Swan Cup & Rolex Swan 45 World Championship.
Day 11 of the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race saw weather conditions decide about the course of the ten yachts competing in the world´s longest race as the wind became still more and more unstable and the temperatures were rising.
Frustrating 24 hours for the ten teams taking part in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race, with the fleet nearly coming to a standstill in paralysing winds.
Saturday 30th June 2011 saw a new entry to the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race: the 49.5m charter yacht Eleonora, launched in March 2000 by the Dutch Van der Graaf shipyard. This amazing vessel will be sailed by famous Ben Ainslie, that will co-helm with the vessel´s owner, helped by the vessel´s captain Mike McMillan.
The Swan 60 yacht Bronenosec, from the Yacht Club of Saint Petersburg has made her debut at her first international yacht regatta of 2012 at Mapfre Palma Vela, achieving 7th place in the Overall maxi Combined Class.
Mapfre PalmaVela 2012´s overall winner has become the Audi Azzurra Sailing Team on their TP52 yacht, making her debut in this opening regatta of the 2012 season. The Azzurra team has been followed respectively by Quantum Racing, Ran and Gladiator teams.