by Natalie | Dec 17, 2018 | Daily News, Features
Dr Stanley Paris, who had been trying since 2014 to solo circumnavigate the world, has failed in his fourth and final attempt. The 81 year old set out on November 29 on his Finot-Conq 53 Kiwi Spirit II from St. Augustine, FL, but a list of issues while to the east of...
by Natalie | Dec 14, 2018 | Daily News, Features
There was a celebration in Paris as the IMOCA world joined forces with The Ocean Race (formerly Volvo Ocean Race) in looking ahead to the start of the next edition in October 2021. On December 11, the IMOCA General Assembly passed a newly written version of the Class...
by Natalie | Dec 13, 2018 | Daily News, Features
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is pleased to confirm that the identity of the 5th accepted challenger for the 36th America’s Cup is the Long Beach Yacht Club, another historic and internationally respected yacht club. It will be represented by ‘Stars &...
by Natalie | Dec 12, 2018 | Daily News, Features
Factory workers teamed up with HR to sell the benefits of working for the French builder Beneteau has devoted a special stand at the Paris Boat Show this week to help recruit new workers. In a drive to hire 500 additional staff, the company is launching a...
by Natalie | Dec 11, 2018 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
Global manufacturing partnership means Zodiac Nautic becomes the exclusive supplier of semi rigid boats to Dream Boat Club Dream Yacht Charter (DYC) founder and chairman Loic Bonnet and Zodiac Nautic president Dominque Herbert-Suffrin jointly announced yesterday, at...
by Natalie | Dec 11, 2018 | Daily News, Features
The 2019 D-Marin ORC World Championship expects to attract around 150 sailboats and 1,000 sailors from all over the world when the competition is held on June 3-8 in Sibenik, Croatia. The 6-day regatta will be divided in one long and one short offshore navigational...