by Natalie | May 22, 2018 | Daily News, Features
(May 21, 2018; Day 2) – Dongfeng Race Team has had a successful first night at sea on Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race, but their duel with arch-rivals and overall race leader MAPFRE got interested today when they split to the north just before 1300 UTC while MAPFRE...
by Natalie | May 22, 2018 | Crew Life-1, Daily News, Features, News4Stews
NEW 1-Week Yacht Interior Course In Partnership With Exclusive Butler School We are very excited to announce a new partnership between Viking Maritime Skills Academy and The Exclusive Butler School. In a new direction to offer an outstanding and above the norm style...
by Natalie | May 21, 2018 | Daily News
Starting on May 20, Leg 9 takes the Volvo Ocean Race fleet from Newport, USA to Cardiff, Wales. A quick start is predicted with winds near 20 knots in the forecast for the final double-point scoring leg of the 2017-18 edition. Team Brunel and Vestas 11th Hour Racing...
by Natalie | May 21, 2018 | Daily News
Newport, RI (May 19, 2018) – Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel sailed a perfect race on this afternoon, winning the start, edging into a lead and extending away for a convincing victory in the Gurney’s Resorts In-Port Race Newport. “We knew the start was going to be...
by Natalie | May 18, 2018 | Daily News, Features
The Maritime Skills Academy, in Dover, UK, has become one of the two first marine training centres to be recognised by the Merchant Navy Training Board’s (MNTB) new centre recognition scheme. The MNTB scheme recognises quality training centres in the UK and abroad...
by Natalie | May 17, 2018 | Daily News, Features
Marel Electronics, FarSounder’s dealer in Greece, recently commissioned a FarSounder-500 on a refit project of a 120m superyacht. Marel was contracted to supply, connect, integrate, and commission the system. Chalkis Shipyard in Greece mounted the sonar directly on...
