Azzurra ride the Mistral to win Race 5 – Quantum Racing lead into final day. When the Mistral whistled in to break the deadlock at the top of the Audi TP52 World Championship off Costa Smeralda early on the fourth day of racing it was the local team on Azzurra which won, but fourth place... ... read full story
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Classic Sailing yachts at Dennis Conner’s North Cove for New York Classic Week
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Columbus Day Weekend means it time for New York Classic Week which inlcudes three great days of racing for classic sailing yachts from the 8th – 10th of October. Some beautiful classic sailing yachts were docked at Dennis Conner’s North Cove in New York During the event. Sailing yacht Bernice, pictured above, won the Concurs... ... read full story
Classic sailing yacht Endeavour launched after 18 month refit
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Yachting Developments proudly re-launched the iconic J Boat Endeavour superyacht on Saturday the 8th of October 2011. The classic sailing yacht Endeavour was launched after the completion of an extensive 18 month refit at Yachting Developments yard based in Hobsonville, Auckland. Sailing yacht Endeavour touched the water at 8am, onboard systems were commissioned and checked,... ... read full story
Bavaria Yachts presents new Cruiser yachts range at the 42nd US Sailboat Show
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Bavaria Yachts shows a new superyacht Cruiser range at the 42nd US Sailboat Show in Annapolis. ... read full story
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Sailing yacht Avel wins Rolex Trophy in St Tropez
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It seems the summer may never end in St Tropez this year. For more than one week straight, unseasonably hot weather has dominated the region, caused by a high pressure system that seemingly stalled over the northern Mediterranean. It was a week of hot sunny days and little breeze, unusual in its duration. Again today,... ... read full story
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Racing concludes
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Another sultry day on the French Riviera as racing concluded for the week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2011. For the 300 or more boats at this year’s edition, no amount of wind dances or prayers could conjure up enough breeze for a final day of racing. While both Tradition and Modern sailing yachts managed... ... read full story
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Rolex Trophy starts to unfold
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is notable for the diverse fleet of boats and superyachts that turn up each September on the Cote d’Azur for a week of racing. Nearly half the fleet of 300 modern and classic boats is sailing in the Tradition/Classic classes. The Tradition fleet is made up of 130 boats spread across... ... read full story
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Challenge Day
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Midweek in St Tropez is traditionally a layday for the modern fleet, and sort of a busman’s holiday for the classic fleet. Challenge Day has one ‘featured’ race of the day, and a host of other informal challenges were struck for match races between competitors, solely for bragging rights. This year, the Club 55 Cup... ... read full story
Front Street Shipyard unveils the Front Street 118 and Front Street 130 yacht designs by Sparkman & Stephens
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Front Street Shipyard in collaboration with yacht design studio Sparkman & Stephens unveil the FS 118 sloop and the FS 130 yacht. ... read full story
Major Growth planned for yachting sector in St Lucia, West Indies
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The St. Lucia Tourist Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation have announced that all new revised policies have been approved by its government to help stimulate growth and development in St. Lucia’s yachting sector. Several proposals presented by Yachting Director Cuthbert Didier have been sanctioned and will facilitate clearing in and out of the country,... ... read full story