Maserati Endures Hard Landing While On The Hard

"A violent storm hit the area of our construction site this morning, near Marina di Carrara, causing huge damage. The wind lifted #MaseratiMulti70 taking it out of the invasion and threw it to the ground from meters away. We are still checking the extent of the damage suffered, tomorrow with a crane we will put the boat back on the saddles and we will start ultrasound analyses to find the points that have suffered injuries."


"These violent weather events,...

Aspire returns to 5.5 Metre circuit to dominate opening day of Swiss Open




The 5.5 Metre class is famous for going to nice venues, but no one was really prepared for how nice the first day of the 2022 Swiss Open turned out. Aspire (POL 17, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Przemysław Gacek, Edward Wright) took three race wins to lead overnight with Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli) winning the third race to sit in second on equal points...

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Victory is Sweet

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NEWPORT, RI (August 14, 2022) – On the third and final day of the 2022 Safe Harbor Race Weekend, Newport’s famous southwesterly sea breeze finally came calling, and it kicked in early enough for plenty of good racing to be had by 62 teams in 11 classes. Some of yesterday’s class leaders held their positions, if even...

15 August 2022

Today, at 10 AM UTC+2 Norbert has waved goodbye to all fans, partners, friends, family and the whole Innovation Yachts team to fulfill his lifetime mission to set the world record of sailing around the world nonstop, single-handed, without assistance through all five oceans including the most dangerous oceans on the planet: the Arctic Ocean and Southern Ocean.





Norbert took off from the Vend?e Globe pontoon, Les Sables...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 15, 2022) – After three days of spectacular heavy-air racing, the last stop on the West Marine US Open Sailing Series concluded in San Francisco.

The regatta included two race circles featuring the iQFoil and Formula Kite fleets organized by the St. Francis Yacht Club and the ILCA and 470 events run by the San Francisco Yacht Club. Formula Kites and iQFOiL sailed Friday through Sunday, while the San Francisco Yacht Club course raced Saturday...

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It’s amazing how $24 million (around R390 million) can be blown out of the water.

Italian car industry boss Paolo Scudieri had just received his brand new 43,7-metre Aria SF superyacht from the shipyard when things took a turn south.

The yacht was about to enjoy her maiden season in the Mediterranean when she went up in flames off the coast of Formentera, Spain, in the Balearic...

The struggle of the 505 Worlds is over, we had wind….

Yesterday was a lay day and the plan was to catch up some races, but again there was no wind so the locals pulled out their boats and we cruised the harbour to Cobh and Cork.





Today, inshore, there was no wind but once we got outside the harbour, the fleet was greeted with a 12-14kn from the N/E. We had wind and we were going sailing. It was a gradient breeze and expected to wane a little as...

Scientists Link Oakland Estuary, Lake Merritt Murky Water to Algal Bloom

Aug 8, 2022

SF Baykeeper Cautions Against Contact with the Brown Waters



OAKLAND—Over the past weeks, many residents and visitors to Lake Merritt, the Oakland Estuary, San Leandro Bay, and surrounding areas of San Francisco Bay have been contacting Baykeeper’s pollution hotline to report discolored water.



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Short, action-packed races on the final day of Cowes Week 2022
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The last day of Cowes Week featured short, action-packed races in a solid north-westerly gradient wind, culminating in a spectacularly busy finish line at the Royal Yacht Squadron. A risk of the wind dying in advance of an afternoon sea breeze prompted a change to the race schedule, with three committee boats used, in addition to the Royal Yacht Squadron line, to compress...

Pacific Cup Skipper Safely Evacuated on Return Voyage
August 8, 2022



Pacific Cup race organizers are happy to report that Andy Schwenk (57, Point Richmond, CA) has been brought safely to land by a combination of Coast Guard, Air Force, commercial shipping, and assistance from a fellow yacht. A rapidly-spreading infection required the action.

Andy’s Spindrift V, an Express 37, had completed the 2022 Pacific Cup, finishing first in her class on July 18....