French skipper Francis Joyon added yet another world sailing record to his collection this morningIDEC Sport sailed under the QE2 bridge at 0737 GMT to set a new Hong Kong to London record of 31 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes …
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First AMELS Yacht of the Year Launched: 62.5m AMELS 206 Yesterday saw exciting movement on the waters around AMELS Vlissingen-based shipyard, as the first AMELS 206 from the Limited Editions range was launched. The yacht will be one of an …
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Shoreside Support: Acquisitions in the Med & Looking Ahead The demands of the modern day yacht owner are wild, wonderful, and immensely unpredictable in their variety. With requests ranging from provisioning superyachts in wildly remote destinations, to delivering specific wine …
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Ester is a revolutionary Swedish racing yacht that was built in 1901, sank in the 1930s, and raised in 2015. In 2019 she completed a four-year rebuild to race againThe phrase ‘ahead of its time’ is over-used, but in the …
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Single-handed sailor Miles Hordern meets a storm in the Pacific and recounts the visceral shock of being swept overboardMiles Hordern sailed his 28ft Twister across the Southern Ocean from New Zealand to ChileBack in the early 1990s, a young man …
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Quantum of Solace Makes Show Debut at Miami With the Miami Yacht Show underway today, we turn our attention to one of the standout superyachts on display. Turquoise Yachts’ 72.6m Quantum of Solace is a modern icon and will inevitably …
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