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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Rolex Trophy starts to unfold

October 04, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is notable for the diverse fleet of boats and superyachts that turn up each September on the Cote d’Azur for a week of racing. Nearly half the fleet of 300 modern and classic boats is sailing in the Tradition/Classic classes. The Tradition fleet is made up of 130 boats spread across... ... read full story

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Challenge Day

October 04, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Midweek in St Tropez is traditionally a layday for the modern fleet, and sort of a busman’s holiday for the classic fleet. Challenge Day has one ‘featured’ race of the day, and a host of other informal challenges were struck for match races between competitors, solely for bragging rights.  This year, the Club 55 Cup... ... read full story

Riva shipyard awarded the Barchino d’Oro for 50 years at Genoa Boat Show

October 03, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Riva Shipyard, a brand of the Italian superyacht builder the Ferretti Group, is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Barchino d’Oro, an award given to the exhibitors who reach 50 years of presence at the Genoa International Boat Show. The prize-giving took place on Saturday, 1st October 2011 during the opening party... ... read full story

Motor Yacht VELOCE by Odyssey Yacht Design

October 03, 2011

Written by Eva Belanyiova

Australian yacht designer studio Odyssey Yacht Design has released its latest motor yacht VELOCE during the recently held Monaco Yacht Show. ... read full story

Front Street Shipyard unveils the Front Street 118 and Front Street 130 yacht designs by Sparkman & Stephens

September 29, 2011

Written by Eva Belanyiova

Front Street Shipyard in collaboration with yacht design studio Sparkman & Stephens unveil the FS 118 sloop and the FS 130 yacht. ... read full story

Major Growth planned for yachting sector in St Lucia, West Indies

September 29, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

The St. Lucia Tourist Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation have announced that all new revised policies have been approved by its government to help stimulate growth and development in St. Lucia’s yachting sector. Several proposals presented by Yachting Director Cuthbert Didier have been sanctioned and will facilitate clearing in and out of the country,... ... read full story

75m Motor yacht Arctic Whale by Kingship Marine

September 29, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

China’s Kingship Marine has just signed a new build superyacht project called Artic Whale. The 75m motor yacht Arctic Whale features exterior and interior design by French designer Eva Cadio. The expedition yacht Arctic Whale was designed with long range world cruising in mind, to be built with an ice-class hull and will be fully... ... read full story

Motor yacht Carpe Diem at Dennis Conner’s North Cove

September 29, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Motor yacht Carpe Diem at Dennis Conner's North Cove

The graceful mega yachts of summer are migration south to the Caribbean for the charter season and along the way, superyacht Carpe Diem II has stopped by North Cove.  She was built by Trinity Yachts in 2002 and measures 45m (149′ 7″) in length.  She will only be in the Big Apple for a day... ... read full story

Les Voiles de Saint Tropez: Over 100 classic sailing yachts on stage in Saint-Tropez

September 29, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Start of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2011 - Photo Credit Carlo Borlenghi ©

There could not be a more impressive fleet of classic boats then the more than 100 sailing yachts racing this week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. It’s an armada that showcases designers from the golden ages of yachting history: among them, Herreshoff, Fife, Sparkman & Stephens, Rhodes, Mylne, and Alden. The summer-like conditions that prevailed... ... read full story

Environmentally friendly Columbus 177′ motor yacht Prima awarded RINA Green Star Plus

September 28, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

The Columbus 177 superyacht Prima has been awarded the RINA Green Star Plus, recognizing her environmentally friendly commitment. The notation class is based on an environmental performance index which covers all aspects of the vessel’s impact on the environment, most importantly carbon emissions. The RINA Green Star Plus award for motor yacht Prima, alreay a... ... read full story

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