Italian shipyard Rossinavi has presented with a private ceremony in their facility of Viareggio EIV, a tailor-made superyacht commissioned by a private American owner which signals a major development for the yard. Previously known as Project Vector 50, EIV is ...
Read More »America’s Cup & J Class
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has confirmed that the J-class regattas will be merged with the superyacht events in the upcoming 36th America’s Cup. Earlier the J class managers had announced that the 120-135ft sailing leviathans, which participated in ...
Read More »Vijonara Superyacht
The 128′ Hoek sloop Vijonara was delivered in spring 2018, following her 18-month build programme in Falmouth. Andre Hoek, her Dutch designer, said “This is the second hull in our ‘Truly Classic 128’ series, and this project in particular has been a ...
Read More »The growing allure of Langkawi for superyacht owners
Langkawi is the largest island in an archipelago of 100 islands in the Andaman Sea and this South East Asia destination is attracting the attention of superyacht owners. Located off the mainland coast of Malaysia, the number of visiting superyachts ...
Read More »Big guns in Millennium Cup
Some of the most well-known names in superyacht racing will head south for the 2021 New Zealand Millennium Cup. Frequent competitors in global superyacht regattas like J Class Velsheda, Win Win, Pumula, Kawil, and Wavelength will join regular NZ Millennium ...
Read More »J Class Caribbean regattas
When they muster in March in the Caribbean to race at the Antigua Superyacht Challenge and at the ever-popular Saint Barth’s Bucket, four J Class yachts will form the strongest class fleet since 2017’s J Class World Championship in Newport, ...
Read More »Superyacht Cup Palma
Competition is on the cards as Superyacht Cup Palma welcomes exciting new Performance Class entries WallyCento Magic Carpet3 and performance cruiser Ghost finalising plans to join the fleet Vitters Service and A+T Instruments join SYC as Silver Partners Thursday Race ...
Read More »Philippe Briand SY200 superyacht concept
Philippe Briand has unveiled the latest sailing yacht concept to come from his London-based design studio: the 60-metre (200-foot) SY200. With a traditional sailing rig, the 490-gross-tonne sloop has been created to outperform the other sailing yachts under 499 gross ...
Read More »Wild Oats XI in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
After five weeks of frenetic repair work, sometime around-the-clock, the supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI has been declared ready to race in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race on Boxing Day. The declaration came from the skipper, Mark Richards, after the 30-metre ...
Read More »Superyacht Cup Palma 2019
The 23rd edition of Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta got started Thursday with the bay off Mallorca’s capital again delivering sparkling racing conditions for The Superyacht Cup Palma. Nilaya got proceedings under way, the 34m dark hulled black sail carbon sloop ...
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