Alex Thomson’s dreams of winning the 2020 Vendée Globe are over, after Hugo Boss suffered rudder damage on Friday evening (27 November)The enormously popular skipper has announced that he is retiring from the Vendée Globe, and is currently heading to …
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Intellectual Property in Yachting: Nauta Design’s ‘The Island’ This week we heard exciting news from the design masterminds behind the world’s largest superyacht, Azzam, and her elegant exterior. Nauta Design has now fully patented its innovative ‘island’ for expanding superyacht …
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Centralised Innovation: Videoworks’ Key Core Solution This week we heard a series of exciting developments from Videoworks, the prolific Italian AV and IT systems provider at the very forefront of superyacht innovation. In light of the pandemic, Videoworks has been …
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Gulf Craft Launches World’s Largest Composite Yacht UAE-based shipbuilder Gulf Craft has announced the launch of the world’s largest composite superyacht. Since announcing the project at the Monaco Yacht Show in 2016, the yachting industry has highly anticipated the launch …
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Just a few minutes of sailing in dense fog takes most sailors well out of their comfort zones: it’s disorientating and, quite frankly, scary for many. Here are some tips on how to prepare for, and deal with, a ‘pea …
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Two 100ft foiling trimarans crossed the start line off Brest, western France this morning, in a tantalising head-to-head battle for the Jules Verne Trophy, the round-the-world, non-stop fully crewed recordPhoto: Eloi Stichelbaut / PolaRYSE / GitanaThe time to beat is …
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