It was a day of close racing and surprise finishes at the Louis Vuitton Cup where the bottom ranked China Team earned its first win of the competition over the leader, BMW ORACLE Racing, when the American team lost its headsail on the first upwind leg.
The first time I took a private yacht charter, it was aboard a 60-foot sailing catamaran. After a week of being pampered in complete comfort, I thought, ‘If I were to buy a yacht, this is exactly the kind I’d get.’ Not too long afterward, I found myself chartering a sleek, 125-foot motor yacht. Its
Five people on a fishing boat disabled by fire 33 miles off Salcombe on the Devon coast have been rescued. Brixham Coastguard coordinated the rescue of crew members on board the Salcombe crabber Emma Jane.
The government is to call for a Europe-wide system for tracking fish to help cut down on illegal fishing. Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw and Overseas Development Minister Gareth Thomas say it will make it harder for illegal catches to enter the EU.
By signing the whole series of delivery & acceptance documents on Wednesday, 25th April, 2007, Mr. Marinko Brgić – President of the Board of Directors of ULJANIK Shipyard and Mr. Rami Ungar – the Shipowner, confirmed the delivery of the car carrier “Opal Leader” built by ULJANIK Shipyard for the com
The Jury for the Louis Vuitton Cup has denied a request from Areva Challenge for redress. The French team claimed it had properly completed its penalty turn and finished ahead of Team Shosholoza in Flight 11. At the time, the Race Committee scored Areva Challenge as not finishing.
Despite an unpromising start to the day, Valencia continues to confound the forecasters providing 8-10 knots and sunshine on the north course for the remaining races of Flight 10.
A county oversight has allowed three years of assessments to go uncollected until now. Boaters in the Dana Point Marina are about to get soaked. Thanks to a bureaucratic oversight, the county essentially forgot to collect taxes on boat slips and dry storage in the marina for the last three years. No
The federal government, which has declared it is “extremely sensitive” to the pollution risks posted by the fast-growing cruise ship industry, will bring into force next month regulations that could lead to jail sentences and fines of up to $1 million for violators.
China Team will not be competing today against +39 Challenge. Pierre Mas and his team have announced that after detecting structural problems in the area between the keel and the deck, the team need to revise the true extent of the damage.
A HEARING into the Bourbon Dolphin tragedy, in which eight people died, opened in Ålesund, Norway on Wednesday. Varying versions of events leading up to the ship overturning were heard from survivors and the firm which chartered the Bourbon Dolphin, at the one-day inquiry.
Malaysia could well be on its way to becoming a regional player in the naval shipbuilding industry if all goes well and a contract is signed between UK-based BAE Systems and the Royal Malaysian Navy for the supply of two frigates.
Keppel Shipyard Limited, the shiprepair unit of Keppel Corporation Limited through its wholly owned subsidiary, Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has launched a Safety Leadership Programme today.
The European Commission’s competition authorities have cleared the joint venture being formed by Wärtsilä, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The joint venture will manufacture large low-speed marine engines in China. CSIC’s ownership in the the joi
