2019 DAME Award winners revealed

Winners were named in all categories and 17 received Special Mentions U SAFE was crowned Overall Winner of this year’s DAME Birgit Schnaase, chair of the DAME Awards jury, presented the 2019 DAME Awards today at the start of this year’s METSTRADE Show in Amsterdam....

METSTRADE – Day 1

IBI is reporting live from this year’s METSTRADE Show in Amsterdam. METSTRADE is the world’s largest trade exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international leisure marine industry. It is organised by RAI Amsterdam in association with ICOMIA...

Clipper Race: Now it gets real

Cape Town, South Africa (November 17, 2019) – The highly-anticipated 4,750 nautical mile southern stage of Clipper 2019-20 Race started today for the eleven strong fleet of identical 70-ft racing yachts, with their 4750nm course taking around 25 days to reach the...

America’s Cup: Avoiding the flatline

I was at a dinner party recently when asked for an America’s Cup update. I stumbled through a response, feeling like the information failed to tantalize, but truth is there is not much tangible information to share. With the launch of four AC75s, we have learned they...