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While seven teams compete in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, there’ll be hundreds of thousands more competing in the ultimate virtual sailing challenge: the Volvo Ocean Race Game The 2014-15 edition saw over 200,000 online skippers test their skills, charting a virtual course against the real-world fleet as it raced …

Our first PSA release, rock stars taking on the issues of plastic pollution, planning of MPA-expeditions and the development of our Dos Manos Partners Programme – It´s an intense summer for AO to say the least! It may have been hot and humid, but Asociación Ondine has been busier than …

In June, Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko’s 148 metre Sailing Yacht A was spotted cruising the waters off Ibiza. Although it may bask in the prestige of being the largest private sailing yacht in the world, the Philippe Starck-designed head turner shares the same tribulation as every other megayacht above 100 …

MALVASIA is a Ferretti Navetta 26m motor yacht based in Sotogrande , spending her summers sailing around the Balearic Islands, the Italian coast and France. The interior of Malvasía resembles a yacht of much greater length since she has 3 double berth cabins plus two twin cabins (each with a …

Working as a sole Chef/Stewardess on a sailing yacht has been an exciting but great challenge. It has tested me in so many ways, both physically and mentally. Several times, I have provisioned for the 3500 nautical mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean; I have bartered for limited food supplies …

The Cannes Yachting Festival takes place this year from September 12th to the 17th in the elegant surroundings of the two Marinas in Cannes, Le Vieux Port and Port Pierre Canto.     The show has steadily become one of the most important shows in the world, with many boatbuilders …

Marina Spotlight – Limassol Marina Until 2013, the only place you could park your superyacht in Cyprus was an uninspiring ill-suited commercial port. A veritable Greek tragedy. And then, as if by magic, a group of developers, construction companies and investors got together and pooled years of knowledge and experience …

Sarah Buttery has worked in the Superyacht business as a stewardess for the past seven years, and last winter decided to do some independent travelling, wanting an antidote to the Superyacht working life, during her “off” season. Here Sarah tells us about her background in yachting and her trip. Born …

Technology Update – Roger Horner of e3 Systems  Spain plays host to the international maritime community for 11 days  The Islander’s Nautifest was a huge success with an excellent party sponsored by e3 on Friday evening. The party then moved on to Barcelona for the MYBA Show, hosted by One Ocean …

On Wednesday 2 December 2015 British boat builder Fairline collapsed and was placed into administration putting hundreds of livelihoods at risk. On Monday 25 January 2016 it was announced that UK-based Russian businessmen Alexander Volov and Igor Glyanenko had paid around 4.5 million pounds to acquire the assets of ‘Fairline …