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
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Sailing yacht Avel wins Rolex Trophy in St Tropez
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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
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
Les Voiles de Saint Tropez celebrates 30 years
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The sailing calendar for classic yachts in the Mediterranean includes stops in idyllic ports including Antibes, Monaco, and Cannes. But it is the finale in St Tropez that is the not-to-be-missed conclusion for classic and modern yachts alike. This year Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – which began life as La Nioulargue – marks the 30th... ... read full story
World’s Largest Sailing Catamaran Hemisphere engineered by BMT Nigel Gee
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BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, is pleased to announce its association with sailing yacht Hemisphere, the 44m VPLP design catamaran recently launched from Pendennis Shipyard, making her world debut at the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show. Luxury catamaran HEMISPHERE is the largest sailing catamaran in the world measuring 44m (145ft). Her huge... ... read full story
181ft Charter Yacht Harbour Island – Newcastle Marines largest superyacht features Palladium Technologies
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Newcastle Marine launched Superyacht HARBOUR ISLAND last month and she will make her world debut next month at the 2011 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. The new superyacht is now Newcastle’s largest build to-date at 181’ LOA and a 34’ beam. After her debut motor yacht HARBOUR ISLAND is expected to be available to the... ... read full story
Devonport Yachts Ltd and Pendennis at the Monaco yacht Show 2011
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For the duration of the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show which runs from the 21st – 24th September 2011, Devonport Yachts Ltd (DYL) will have representatives on the Pendennis stand QT 18. Details of the Devonport Concept Yacht OneTen will be available and the team will be happy to talk further about current projects. Pendennis’ most... ... read full story
Sailing yacht Raja Laut available for charter in Indonesia and the South Pacific
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For the “winter season” holidays the RAJA LAUT Schooner will be available for charter in the idyllic islands of Indonesia and the South Pacific – more specifically, Raja Ampat near West Papua, the “Spice Islands” of Indonesia, and the South Pacific archipelago of Palau. If there was a benchmark for pure, undiluted, eco-paradise cruising this... ... read full story