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
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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
Les Voiles de Saint Tropez: Over 100 classic sailing yachts on stage in Saint-Tropez
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There could not be a more impressive fleet of classic boats then the more than 100 sailing yachts racing this week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. It’s an armada that showcases designers from the golden ages of yachting history: among them, Herreshoff, Fife, Sparkman & Stephens, Rhodes, Mylne, and Alden. The summer-like conditions that prevailed... ... read full story
49m Sailing Yacht KAMAXITHA (ex The Spirit of Tradition) by Royal Huisman on Sea trials
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The 49 metre sailing yacht Kamaxitha (project The Spirit of Tradition) was launched on the 13th of September by Royal Huisman and is currently undergoing sea trials as pictured by Ruud burgers Maritieme Fotografie. Built by the highly respected Dutch custom yacht builder Royal Huisman, yacht Kamaxitha features exterior lines created by Gerard Dykstra and... ... read full story
Ron Holland Designs Sailing Yacht Christopher and S/Y Panthalassa ISS finalists
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Two Ron Holland Designs, superyacht Christopher and sailing yacht Panthalassa are among the finalists of the “Best Sail – 40m+” category of the International Superyacht Society Awards 2011 (ISS). The winners of the International Superyacht Society Awards 2011 will be announced at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show in October. Yacht Christopher Sailing yacht Christopher is... ... read full story
Port Tarraco Meets Demand for 30 – 160m Superyacht Berths in the Mediterranean
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The deep water marina Port Tarraco, located on the doorstep of the beautiful and historic city of Tarragona, on Spain’s ‘Golden Coast’ has restructured its berths to enable it to accommodate a greater number of large superyachts, megayachts and gigayachts. Port Tarraco’s new design provides a total of 64 berths for superyachts between 30 and... ... read full story
Formula Marine to supply rigging for 43m Sailing yacht Ketch by Mengi Yay
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One of Europe’s leading mast builders, Formula Marine, has announced a contract win to supply a full rigging package for a 43 metre Ketch, being built at the Mengi Yay shipyard in Turkey. The 43m Sailing yacht Ketch by Mengi Yay will feature a sailing system that includes aluminium masts with Park Avenue custom made... ... read full story
Oyster Yachts’ Palma Regatta 2011
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At the 2011 Oyster’s Palma Regatta, the 27th event in the Oyster Regatta series there was a record fleet of 30 Oyster Yachts. The yachts gathered on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Mallorca for Oyster’s Palma regatta, were proudly flying the flags of Brazil, Germany, Holland, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.... ... read full story
Nautor’s Swan Mediterranean Service Centre in La Marina di Scarlino
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Nautor’s Swan, a leading builder of luxury sailing yachts, will launch a new Mediterranean Service Centre based out of Marina di Scarlino beginning 30 September 2011. Skilled personnel will be available to take on refits, modifications, upgrades and insurance works on Swan sailing yachts. The addition of the Nautor’s Swan Mediterranean Service Centre at La... ... read full story