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Oceano
Javier Sansó heads to the Canary Islands with mainsail down; Sam Davies and Louis Burton abandons; Cléac’h hunts down Gabard: England 2 France 0Javier Sansó reports that he has been sailing for 32 hours without his mainsail. He was approaching the Canary Islands yesterday afternoon, where he will shelter in calmer conditions while he climbs up his 100ft mast to recover the Continue Reading
Economia
One of the biggest names in sports apparel is entering the sailing clothing market. ADIDAS has presented it’s first collection at METS in Amsterdam. ADIDAS sailing clothing will be produced and distributed by licensee terrathree GmbH, based in Luneburg Germany, but the Adidas DNA will run through the product development and marketing of the clothing products. The entry of Continue Reading
Altura
The format for the Rolex Capri Sailing Week/Volcano Race 2013 was presented this morning at the Circolo Ufficiali delle Forze Armate d’Italia in Rome, Italy. Exclusively open to Maxi yachts, the event will mark the beginning of next year’s Rolex Mediterranean sailing season and takes place from 18-24 May. The contest will take place in both Gaeta, a seaport on the Italian Continue Reading
AC/LVC
Two days after the race village in Les Sables d’Olonne which had attracted around one million people over three weeks closed, Bruno Retailleau has inaugurated the Vendée Globe Race HQ in Paris today, Tuesday. It will be open to the public every day for the next three months and can be found on the Tour Montparnasse esplanade. On this special occasion, the president of the Continue Reading
Altura
Presentata oggi a Roma l’edizione 2013 della Rolex Capri Sailing Week/Volcano Race (18-24 maggio). Novità e tradizione per l’evento – riservato ai maxi yacht – che inaugurerà la stagione 2013 delle grandi regate Rolex in Mediterraneo. E’ stata presentata questa mattina a Roma – presso il Circolo Ufficiali delle Forze Armate d’Italia –  la nuova formula della Continue Reading
Oceano
François Gabart has increased his lead in the Vendée Globe solo round the world race to over 23 miles as the young French skipper continues to sail an astute descent of the Atlantic, first to pass the latitude of the Gibraltar Straits last night. While Gabart on Macif has not only sailed quickly he has banked a useful gain by keeping to a more southerly course before Continue Reading
Cantieri
Ferretti Yachts, icona del Made in Italy nella nautica  mondiale e brand storico del Gruppo Ferretti, ha ottenuto un nuovo importante riconoscimento internazionale, nel corso dell’inaugurazione dello Xiamen International Boat Show, importante salone nautico cinese giunto quest’anno alla quinta edizione. Ad aggiudicarsi il prestigioso Chinese Yachting Industry Award è stato Continue Reading