Battle Royale Begins For Caribbean 600

by | Feb 19, 2019 | Daily News, Features

 The 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 kicked off in spectacular conditions off the south coast of Antigua for the 76 starting yachts from 20 different countries. With the breeze a little up on forecast at about 18-22 knots of wind, the bright sunshine, full-on gusting...

Fairline Yachts Appoints Commercial Director

by | Feb 18, 2019 | Daily News, Features

Dennis de Roos will manage the UK builder’s design, sales and marketing teams The UK’s Fairline Yachts has named Dennis de Roos as the group’s new commercial director. As well as managing the Fairline Yachts design, sales and marketing teams, de Roos will be...

America’s Cup, SailGP, and France

by | Feb 18, 2019 | Daily News, Features

Franck Cammas is legendary in France with a career bursting full of world records and historic offshore multihull victories. He proved able in monohulls too by winning the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race, though his quest to bring the America’s Cup home to France has fallen...

Fast Pace Predicted For Caribbean 600

by | Feb 18, 2019 | Daily News, Features

The 11th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 gets underway today with five starts scheduled from 1100-1140 local time with the multihulls in the final start. The build-up to the non-stop race around 11 Caribbean islands has already been high drama with dismastings and...

Australia Wins SailGP Sydney

by | Feb 15, 2019 | Daily News, Features

The first ever SailGP was witnessed by more than 20,000 people who took to the water on the spectacular Sydney Harbour, providing the perfect amphitheater for the season kick off. Two days of racing saw six national teams do battle in the world’s most technologically...