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Super Sailing yacht Twizzle to carbon offset her fuel and construction

September 03, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Sailing yacht Twizzle the new 57.5m flybridge ketch recently launched by Royal Huisman has introduced a policy of carbon offsetting her fuel. The Owner of superyacht Twizzle has also chosen to offset the embodied carbon footprint from the energy and principal materials used in her construction. ... read full story

Shipyard Cup Maine: Sailing yacht Bella Pita wins

September 02, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Sailing yacht BELLA PITA, a 75' Bill Tripp design performance yacht has won the Shipyard Cup in Maine during the 8th running of the event. ... read full story

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team oppoints Farr Yacht Design

August 31, 2010

Written by Eva Belanyiova

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team appoints Farr Yacht Design to design the Volvo Open 70 yacht for the Volvo Ocean Race. The second announcement is that Jason Carrington has been hired as the team's Technical Manager. ... read full story

Sevenstar Round Great Britain & Ireland: Sailing yacht Artemis in strong position for overall handicap prize

August 31, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Artemis Ocean Racing is in ‘the clubhouse’ and look to be in a very strong position to win the overall handicap prize for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Their biggest threat for the moment is Piet Vroon’s Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens. ... read full story

Volvo Ocean Race: Puma Ocean Racing to build Volvo 70 sailing yacht in Newport, RI, USA.

August 30, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

New England Boatworks Inc. has been contracted to build PUMA’s new Volvo 70 for the upcoming VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2011-2012. Design for this latest generation round the world race yacht will be provided by Valencia based Naval Architecture firm Juan Yacht Design. ... read full story

Les Voiles de Saint Tropez: Record number of Wally sailing yachts to attend.

August 30, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Les Voiles de Saint Tropez 2010 will play host to nearly 300 traditional and modern competitors, which equates to over 3,500 crew members gathering together in the bay of Saint Tropez for a week of racing and festivities. The event will see 15 countries represented, 15 registered Wally sailing yachts, and 15 traditional hundred year old sailing yachts on the Var region’s race zone. ... read full story

Audi IRC Australian Championship over for another year

August 30, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

The Audi IRC Australian Championship, which has grown in popularity, with numbers increasing to a record 144 boats for this fourth edition, has wrapped up for another year. The Championship comprised of: Audi Victoria Week in January, Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta in March, Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race at the end of July and culminating with Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August. ... read full story

Sevenstar round Britain and Ireland race: Record breaking Victory for Groupama 70

August 30, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

At 1126 hours BST on Sunday, the sailing yacht Groupama 70 took victory in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland off the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. By sailing the 1,802 miles in 5 days 21 hours and 26 minutes at an average speed of 12.74 knots, the French crew broke the previous record. Sailing yacht Telefonica Azul took 2nd place. ... read full story

Emirates Team New Zealand win the Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy

August 30, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Emirates Team New Zealand, the 2009 Audi MedCup champions retained the overall Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy for the second year in a row on the same waters where they clinched the overall TP52 Series championships title last year. ... read full story

RMK BN80 Yacht Progress at the Monaco Yacht Show

August 27, 2010

Written by Eva Belanyiova

Other than exhibiting their wonderful super yacht Nazenin V, RMK Marine have announced that they will also show the progress on their Ron Holland designed 45 metre motor yacht RMK BN80. Their future plans are to exhibit this stunning new yacht at the 2011 MYS. RMK Marine’s super yacht BN80 has her interior volume and... ... read full story

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