The Countess of Wessex will launch the first of the Royal Navy’s new ‘D’ Class destroyers early next year.
Today is very hot but clear skies and a light breeze. Kemp Sails gave me a gennaker, which is like a spinnaker but flown when the wind is coming from the front and side of the boat rather than from the back.
Brasil 1 have announced that round the world race veteran Marcel van Triest will be the new navigator for the next three legs of the Volvo Ocean Race, the Southern Ocean legs replacing Adrienne Cahalan.
Following successful trials and the technical acceptance of the Damen ASD Tug 3110 for Amberholdings, Latvia, the name giving ceremony took place on the 12th of December 2005 in Gdynia.
The Norwegian shipping company Solvang ASA together with a group of investors have placed an new order with Meyer Werft in Papenburg for construction and delivery of two LEG/LPG tankers.
The Laser Radial World Championship in Fortaleza, Brazil, drew to a close on Friday, with British sailors securing three positions within the top 25 after a challenging week on the water.
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (MNA) –
Egypt put its installations along the Suez Canal on high alert over the weekend after receiving warnings of a possible terrorist attack by al-Qaida on ships in the strategic waterway.
Significant shifts in the employment level at Electric Boat are not unusual, and are influenced by the number of new submarines under construction.
A record number of yachties is expected on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf this weekend for the 2005 Sir Peter Blake Memorial Regatta.
We arrived in St Lucia at about 1020 local time this morning, with around 100L of fuel remaining after we gassed up, which took over an hour of time to deal with on island time. Owner and crew are doing well, rum punches from the local chamber of commerce were well received.
port’s last line of defense against a terrorist bomb. When the siren wailed, police stopped the truck inside a terminal at Newport News, and U.S. customs agents moved in for a closer look. The search was almost routine.
The state-of-the-art Dubai Cruise Terminal recently played a host to German cruise ship Detuschland which arrived in Dubai for a two-day programme with more than 757 passengers and 260 crew members on board
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