by Natalie | Jan 25, 2021 | Daily News, Features
The Japanese Government has denied reports that this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Manabu Sakai told a press conference there was “absolutely no truth” in the report...
by Natalie | Jan 22, 2021 | Daily News, Features
Day 75 – With just five days or 1700 miles to go until the first skippers finish the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe, the outcome still hangs in the balance. If they are able to sail clear first from a high pressure ridge and connect with a small secondary low...
by Natalie | Jan 22, 2021 | Daily News, Features, Regattas News
Day 13 – The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, led by co-skippers Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier, have been forced to abandon their attempt to win the Jules Verne Trophy. Sailing in the Indian Ocean since yesterday afternoon after their passage of the longitude of Cape...
by Natalie | Jan 22, 2021 | Daily News, Features
The America’s Cup is full of big moments. Announcing a challenge, raising the money, building a team, building a boat, executing a campaign strategy, and organizing the logistics for an assembly of more than 100 staff and moving them to the other side of the world, a...
by Natalie | Jan 22, 2021 | Daily News, Features, Mallorca Yachting Industry News, Uncategorised
STP installs solar panels for self-supply of electricity. With this advance, the Shipyard makes a great contribution toenvironmental care. This facility will generate more than 100,000 kwh in one year, avoiding the discharge of 30 tons of CO2 per year into the...
by Natalie | Jan 21, 2021 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
Nautor’s Swan has introduced its first motorboat. The 40ft Swan Shadow will reach a top speed of 63mph and, with its own cabin, could serve as either a limousine tender for a superyacht or a standalone boat. Company president Leonardo Ferragamo says he’d been thinking...
