Following a four year programme of racing across Europe, on Monday the first day of racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup was scheduled. For the first time, the challengers were sailing for their lives, with elimination looming after two Round Robins. But the weather didn’t fully cooperate. For the more t
The Superyacht Cup in Palma is attracting some of the finest sailing yachts in the world. All the leading yacht designers and top shipyards will be represented in the fleet of up to 60 yachts and Wally will have 5 of their individually unique performance cruising yachts taking part. The latest entri
A SERIES of sea calamities – including a triple fatality – involving the company chosen to dredge Port Phillip Bay threaten to jeopardise the $580 million scheme. Boskalis, the company hired to dredge the bay if channel deepening goes ahead, is under scrutiny over three major accidents, including tw
The oil rig support ship which capsized off Shetland, killing eight of the crew, has sunk. The Bourbon Dolphin overturned in the Atlantic on Thursday and coastguards said it sank at 2115 BST on Sunday.
Ben Ainslie may be a double Olympic champion but he is caught between a rock and a hard place. The British sailing star is desperate to help his Team New Zealand syndicate win back the prestigious America’s Cup from holders Alinghi in Valencia, Spain.
“It’s a rich man’s toy,” says acting captain Charles Bushell as he leans against the mahogany interior of the world’s largest private sailing yacht. The Athena, which has been docked at Princes Wharf for the last two weeks, is due to leave Auckland this weekend for Papua New Guinea. The luxurious ya
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured a US$305 million contract to construct a 440-men North Sea accommodation semisubmersible (semi) for Floatel International (Floatel). The contract is subject to certain conditions be
The original passenger lists from the Titanic are being made available online for the first time, 95 years after the ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage. The lists could previously be seen only at the National Archives in Kew, south-west London.
A doctor had to be airlifted onto a cruise ship off the south coast after a passenger fell seriously ill. The cruise liner Braemar was 12 miles south of Shoreham, West Sussex, on its way to Dover, Kent, when a man on board started suffering chest pains.
A survivor of the Norwegian vessel which capsized off the coast of Shetland has spoken about the accident which killed eight of his colleagues. Fighting back tears, Egil Hafsas said it took less than five minutes for the Bourbon Dolphin tug to topple.
The Montauk Yacht Club Resort and Marina on Star Island was sold for $34 million to Island Global Yachting, a Florida company that operates more than a dozen other marinas worldwide. “We are thrilled to bring the legendary Montauk Yacht Club into the I.G.Y. collection world-class marinas,” Andrew Fa
A 15-year-old boy and his father are feared to be among five crewmen missing after an anchor handling tug capsized in the Atlantic, killing three people. The coastguard said it would be a “miracle” if the five were found alive.
Moves are being made to tow the Norwegian oil supply ship which capsized off Shetland to shore. Seven of the crew survived the accident but three sailors have been confirmed dead. Five other missing crew members are also presumed dead.
A 5,200-tonne, 141m (463 ft) long, Type 42 Royal Navy destroyer is to spend the weekend on the River Mersey. The nearest that HMS Manchester can dock to her affiliated city to show off her multi-million pound improvements is Liverpool’s Huskisson Dock.
