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A journey that aims to change the mindset of people around the world. Torqeedo is honoured to support Team Malizia by providing electric port and harbour support vessels on both sides of the pond. Plymouth, U.K. (August 14, 2019) – More than 3,000 miles, not a single drop of gasoline: …

Welcome back to the Mental Health First Aid Introduction. Today, you’ll learn…. The signs, symptoms, risk factors and effective interventions for depression & suicide. The importance of early intervention for depression & suicide. What is depression? The word depression is used in many different ways. People may feel sad or …

Many of our readers will know Andy Leeman, former owner of Yacht Center Palma as well as being a serial explorer of rivers worldwide ! This year’s expedition was the toughest yet, a 3 month trip heading south through the whole of South America. Here we have Andy’s log of …

With a strong Mistral wind blowing on the Mediterranean to the north of Mallorca, the third day of the 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE was the most challenging yet. Racing in gusty offshore NE’ly winds of 12-25 knots, the winning watchwords were keeping it safe and simple in many of …

More personalised charter vacation options is the promise from new Mallorca yacht charter broker Magenta Yachts. The company are offering bespoke wine tastings as their clients tour the Balearics in fully-skippered luxury. Charter manager Gaby Lehenbauer and husband Captain Lehenbauer want to deliver an even more customer-centric approach to yacht …

Nobiskrug, the German shipyard specialised in superyacht construction, participated in the sixth edition of the Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge, which took place from 2 to 6 July. The shipyard was invited to develop a boat and compete for the first time as part of its partnership with the …

The only class to sail under the IRC system will see three of the big boats on the international Grand Prix circuit racing against each other for the first time this season: American teams Bella Mente and Proteus, and the Italians, Cannonball. They are an impressive sight to behold; with close to 22 metres …

The 23rd edition of Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta got started Thursday with the bay off Mallorca’s capital again delivering sparkling racing conditions for The Superyacht Cup Palma. Nilaya got proceedings underway, the 34m dark hulled black sail carbon sloop powering up and crossing the line as the first to start the …

Gary Burrell passed away last week at 81 Gary Burrell co-founded Garmin with Dr Min Kao in 1989 Gary Burrell, co-founder of Garmin Ltd, passed away last week at the age of 81. Burrell retired in 2002 and continued to serve as Garmin’s co-chairman until 2004, when he was named …

What did you do before yachting, and how did your yachting career first begin? Before yachting I worked in Human Resources Management. I first heard about the yacht industry from a friend who owned a catamaran and I helped him with an expedition trip that hosted a team of National Geographic …