Month: January 2019
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Boat News Races & Regatta
Festival of Sails Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race
The Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race line honours contest finished in spectacularly close fashion, four grand prix boats closing in…
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Golden Globe Race
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede endured another tough night with 45knots winds and 6-7m seas but his Rustler 36 Matmut is…
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10th edition of Les Voiles de St. Barth
With less than three months to go until the start of the 10th Les Voiles de St. Barth Richard Mille,…
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12 Metre World Championship
Brazil’s Torben Grael and Denmark’s Jesper Bank, who have eight Olympic sailing medals between them, will face off in the…
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Equipment & Accessories
Beneteau First Yacht 53
In late 2018, BENETEAU completed the renewal of the First range, with the launch of four small sport boats. Next…
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Super Maxi Transpac champ Rio 100
Australia has the world’s best 100ft Super Maxis, so if you’ve dreamed of racing amongst the big guns, here’s your…
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Volvo Ocean Race
Efforts to increase understanding of ocean health recognised by prestigious Ocean Tribute Awards. The seven boats collected new scientific data…
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Equipment & Accessories
![A top view image of System 001 taken during a daily inspection [2018-10-31 14.56 UTC-10] - photo © The Ocean Cleanup](https://i0.wp.com/yachtboatnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-Ocean-Cleanup.jpg?resize=390%2C220&ssl=1)
The Ocean Cleanup
It has been four weeks since we deployed System 001 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). In this time,…
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Boat News Races & Regatta
The 2019 Festival of Sails
The Festival of Sails, with the support of Barwon Water, has joined an international campaign to provide “clean regattas” in…
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New Zealand Millennium Cup
At the top of the North Island of New Zealand lies what is referred to as one of the world’s…
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