Keel damage for Hugo Boss in Transat Jacque Vabre

Day 8 – Alex Thomson and Neal McDonald are working on the safest place to navigate their damaged IMOCA 60 monohull, Hugo Boss, after announcing their withdrawal from the 14th edition the Transat Jacque Vabre, the 4,350-mile biennial double-handed race from Le Havre,...

Clipper Race: Throws of the low

Day 8 – On Day 8 of Race 3 of the 2019-20 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, The Spinlock South Atlantic Showdown, the fleet is in the throws of a South Atlantic low as it races towards Cape Town. Seumas Kellock, Visit Sanya, China Skipper exclaimed: “Some more quick...

Ocean Cleanup tackles plastic garbage in rivers

Days after reporting a breakthrough in trapping plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean using the ocean’s current, Rotterdam-based Ocean Cleanup has unveiled a solar-powered trap that similarly capturers plastic garbage in rivers. The Rotterdam-based non-profit was...