Superyacht sales enjoy hot sales streak

More than £1bn has been spent on superyachts in 2021 as wealthy people seek to escape covid lockdowns and travel restrictions. The surge will make this year the biggest yet in terms of second-hand sales. According to Stewart Campbell, Boat International, the trend...

Olympic Virtual Series gets underway

The first ever Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports will mobilize virtual sport and gaming enthusiasts all around the world in order to reach new Olympic audiences. Taking place from May 13 through to June 23, World Sailing have...

Women’s sailing festival gets underway

The Northern Hemisphere edition of Steering the Course, World Sailing’s global women’s sailing festival, will run from May 21 to 30. Countries, classes and sailing clubs across the world will be holding special events throughout the next 10 days, aimed at introducing...

New Caribbean show for yacht charters

The International Yacht Brokers Association (IYBA) in partnership with IGY Marinas, is planning to stage a Caribbean Charter Yacht Show at Yacht Haven Grande – St. Thomas, USVI, from 9-12 December 2021. For some years now the superyacht industry has been debating the...

SailGP Season 2 leader shuffles line-up

Following Great Britain SailGP Team’s winning start to Season 2 in Bermuda, the team is making planned changes for the next two SailGP events in Taranto, Italy (June 5-6) and Plymouth, UK (July 17-18). Due to long standing personal commitments, the team’s Skipper Ben...

America’s Cup: Where do we go now?

The moment Team New Zealand crossed the finish line to win the 36th America’s Cup, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron accepted the challenge presented by Royal Yacht Squadron Limited. What comes next? Jack Griffin of CupExperience News refreshes our memory of what has...