by Natalie | Oct 21, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Tursiops is an NGO that seeks to contribute to the conservation and protection of cetaceans, as well as to promote the dissemination of research carried out on them, focusing especially on the western Mediterranean. This NGO has passed through the Pitiusas continuing...
by Natalie | Oct 21, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Kojiro Shiraish In the latest of a series of preview articles in the lead-up to the solo, non-stop Vendée Globe start on November 8, Ed Gorman talks to Kojiro Shiraishi about his dream of being the first Asian skipper to complete the Vendée Globe. I asked Kojiro...
by Natalie | Oct 20, 2020 | Daily News, Features
For the ten Olympic sailing events for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the US Team has confirmed their representatives in all but the Women’s Two Person Dinghy (470). With three teams nearly even, and COVID-19 cancelling the final qualifier in March 2020 and hampering any...
by Natalie | Oct 20, 2020 | Daily News, Features
With the multihull dogfight between MOD70s Maserati and Mana finally concluded last night at just after 2030 CEST, the 41st Rolex Middle Sea Race finds the multihull chapter nearing its end today while the monohull story gets interesting. The overview sees three...
by Natalie | Oct 20, 2020 | Daily News, Features
The commercialization of the America’s Cup has not been easy on host cities as they assess the value of the event versus the investment to host. And in fairness to New Zealand, anticipating a pandemic likely wasn’t in their calculations, but it might not have mattered...
by Natalie | Oct 19, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Ineos Team UK has named the boat it’ll race in the America’s Cup Britannia. Helmed by Sir Ben Ainslie with fellow Olympic Gold medallist Giles Scott as tactician, the boat christening is the culmination of 46,000 construction hours and >90,000 design hours. The...
