A Staffordshire teenager who single-handedly circumnavigated Britain in her 21ft boat has been named as the Young Sailor of the Year. Katie Miller, 18, from Shenstone near Lichfield, spent three months sailing and motoring around the mainland covering a distance of 2,400 miles.
Sailing legend Magnus Olsson may have sailed round the world five times, but many of his best memories come from the winning EF Language team. (Watch video) As well as being a crewmember aboard the yacht that crushed the opposition, Olsson was a coordinator of the entire campaign.
Auckland boat-building company Sensation Yachts is to launch a $60 million super yacht on Monday, a flagship for the company’s overseas plans. The 50m M/Y Sensation will depart Auckland Harbour later this month bound for Dubai where she will be a focal exhibit of the Dubai International Boat Show.
Vietnam’s prime minister has given the go-ahead for joint oil exploration in the Gulf of Tonkin between state-owned Vietnam Petroleum Corp (PetroVietnam) and China’s CNOOC, state media reported.
RAS Laffan Port is undergoing significant construction work to meet Qatar’s growing LNG export capacity needs, RasGas has said. With six new LNG trains being built to boost exports to 77mn tonnes per annum (MTPA) by 2011, the Ras Laffan Port is being reconstructed to handle the increased volumes of
De Vrouwe Christina was built by the De Vries Shipyards of Aalsmeer, Holland and partner of the Feadship group. Farley named the boat after his wife, Christina. The inside of de Vrouwe Christina had the same design as the described Nazi botter De Groote Beer, and all art works on the outside as well
The Royal Navy may suffer heavy cuts and lose as many as eight warships as a result of an internal review of all spending by the Armed Forces. Each of the services is drawing up proposals for cutting back on expenditure to present to ministers for this year’s comprehensive spending review, to be car
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. built 3.11 million deadweight-tons (DWT) of ships last year, making it the world’s eighth-largest shipyard. It was the first time a Chinese shipbuilder has surpassed the 3 million DWT output mark and joined the world’s top 10 shipbuilding league table by output.
The 41st World Tempest Championships took place in Martinique between 25 October and 2 November, 2006. Six nationalities were represented: French being the majority, with 22 boats in total of which 13 were Martiniquais and 9 from other metropolitan provinces. Europe was also well represented, with t
One of the architects of London’s successful Olympic bid is to try to win the America’s Cup, the oldest sporting trophy in the world, and bring it back to British shores for the first time since 1851. Sir Keith Mills, founder of the Air Miles and Nectar loyalty card businesses, is to sink up to [&he
The Victorian yacht Flirt has won the IRC division of the 2007 Boag’s Sailing South Race Week and the prestigious Charles Davies Memorial Trophy despite local Tasmanian yachts ending the dominance of local boats on the last day of competition.
Defence Minister A K Antony dedicated INS Shardul, a landing Warship to the nation at the jetty of Karwar Naval Base, INS Kadamba, here on Thursday. Additional ships would be provided to the naval base soon, Antony said. The Centre aims to upgrade and modernize INS Kadamba, the biggest naval base in
A 72-year-old fisherman had his right leg amputated and suffered a heart attack after his aluminium dinghy collided with a ferry, throwing him and his son into busy waters in the shadow of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The two men had been fishing off Luna Park – a spot considered dangerous for small c
Cargotec’s MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling solutions has received orders for five bulk cargo loaders and unloaders. One of the systems will be manufactured in China and four in Europe. The bulk cargo systems will be delivered to customers during 2007–2008. The value of the re
