The mega-yacht that pulled up to the Kona Kai’s Shelter Island dock early last week has a Cinderella story. The sleek 226-foot Attessa, owned by Montana billionaire Dennis Washington, debuted in 1998 as the 204-foot Feadship Aviva.
Ericsson Racing Team has mined a rich seam of experience as their crew makeup for the 2008-09 begins to take shape. The team has named the first seven crew members to join skipper John Kostecki. They are multiple Volvo Ocean Race and America’s Cup specialists, Tony Mutter, Dave Endean, Brad Jackson,
Luna Rossa Challenge has jumped out to a 3-1 series lead over BMW ORACLE Racing at the Louis Vuitton Cup. In these Semi Finals, the first team to win five races advances to the Final, and following today’s victory, the Italian team is one step closer to its goal.
Regatta Yachts, Inc (a Swiss corporation, which is located in the USA) has been united with Mayger Consulting Company (Odessa, Ukraine) in order to create a consortium of yacht and ship builders, contractors and suppliers that will work together at the construction of new vessels of steel, aluminium
A lifeboat crew has rescued two men from the sea after their fishing boat began to sink off the coast of Lincolnshire. They were airlifted to hospital for check-ups, but were not seriously hurt.
Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million.
YANTAI, Shandong, May 18 (Xinhua) — Chinese authorities on Friday dispatched eight more divers to find a ship from the Republic of Korea (ROK) which sank off the coast of the eastern city of Yantai on Saturday.
Only one number really matters to the four semi finalists at the Louis Vuitton Cup – the number 5. That’s how many wins a team needs to advance to the Final. Today, both pairings sit on a 2-1 scoreline, meaning there are at least three race days left. Judging by the close racing to this […]
Indian defence minister, AK Antony, has publicly confirmed that the Indian Navy is slated to induct a third aircraft carrier by 2017. The ship would be in addition to the INS Vikramaditya (ex-Admiral Gorshkov) and the so far unnamed indigenous Air Defence Ship (ADS) currently under construction at t
Greece is going to claim up to 1 billion euros in damages from the company that owns the Sea Diamond cruise ship which sank off Santorini in April, the government revealed yesterday. Merchant Marine Minister Michalis Kefaloyiannis said that the Greek state will file a civil lawsuit against the Cypru
A visit to Thailand by Bill Gates has inspired the construction of a man-made island off the resort of Phuket, so the world’s richest man and other billionaires can moor their huge yachts.
Desafío Español 2007 will look to make it two in a row today as they take on Emirates Team New Zealand in the second pairing to get started today. The home team beat the Kiwis for the first time in 10 tries on Wednesday – a convincing start-to-finish victory that drew the Spaniards up to […]
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement to acquire the marine business of Railko Ltd. in the UK, a company specializing in synthetic stern tube bearing technology. The net sales of the company’s marine business is about MEUR 6 million and the number of employees is 25.
BEIJING: China yesterday admitted that a Chinese container ship which collided with a South Korean vessel waited nine hours to report the incident, and said it was extremely unlikely 16 missing sailors would be found alive.
