One of the premier yacht clubs in the world, the prominent Royal Southern Yacht Club has recently apppointed David Mead as its new Commodore. A second generation Club member, Andrew Sinclair, has been also honoured with America’s Cup GBR Youth Challenge selection.
Today, November 29, saw the ORACLE TEAM USA announce two teams that will train for Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. The event will run in San Francisco Bay from September 1 to 4, 2013.
Southern Wind Shipyard has recently launched the sistership to superyacht Kiboko Dos, the beautiful SW 94 performance cruise WINDFALL superyacht of 28 metres, which we might see at a number of upcoming regattas in the Mediterranean as well as the MYS 2013.
Organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the International Maxi Association (IMA), this year’s Transatlantic Superyacht & Maxi Regatta kicked off yesterday, with participation of such spectacular vessels as the 35m Farr 115 charter yacht Sojana.
The new blog community has been recently launched by the prestigious luxury yacht manufacturer, Southern Wind, from South Africa. The community will also christen sailing blog of the beautiful SW 100 RS superyacht Cape Arrow that will participate in this year’s Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta.
This year’s Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) will officially kick off this Sunday. The total number of 19 Swan vessels will participate in this popular race, including the Swan 80 superyacht Berenice Bis.
November 12 saw a joint departure of 12 Oyster yachts from Gran Canaria in order to take part in the Oyster World Rally that will kick off in Antigua on January 6. The record number of 39 Oyster yachts will participate in this 2700 mile transatlantic race.
The Superyacht Intelligence Agency has demonstrated in its report, carried out earlier this year, that superyachts have a positive and important economic impact on the countries they visit. An example of this statement are luxury sailing yachts that will compete in the 2013 NZ Millennium Cup. They will bring significant economic benefits to New Zealand.
November 13 saw the presentation of the format for the Rolex Capri Sailing Week/Volcano Race 2013. It will take place from May 18 to 24, with participation of such beautiful vessels as superyacht Nilaya.
Dates were set for the next year’s first America’s Cup World Series event in Naples, Italy for April 16 to 21. Once again, the city will host up to 11 top sailing teams.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has confirmed that they will continue its sponsorship of the Round the Island Race for a further two years, through to 2014. The 2013 edition of this popular race will kick off on June 1.