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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 …

The Fundación MAPFRE head offices were host to the official presentation of the 38th edition of the regatta, to be held from 27th July to 3rd August.  The Copa del Rey MAPFRE, one of the truly essential events on the Mediterranean regatta calendar, since 1982, has seen more than one …

Royal Huisman is pleased to reveal first construction photos of this radical, fast displacement motoryacht’s aluminium hull. Project Phi was first announced in last summer and, with design engineering well advanced, construction of the aluminium hull began at Royal Huisman’s Vollenhove shipyard in mid-February 2019. Among a long list of …

While perhaps not the name list to utilize when expecting a child, the National Hurricane Center has released the list of names for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season names list begins with a rather familiar name. The season’s first named storm will be Andrea, which …

The Real Club Náutico de Palma’s regatta, to be held from 8th to 12th May 2019, has already registered nine different participating countries. The sixteenth edition of Sail Racing PalmaVela, organised by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, has kicked off with the publication of the Notice of Race and …

I’m already looking forward to the arrival of spring, the season of hope and imagination. For cooks the new season brings about a need to change. Our imagination is fired by a lighter touch with delicate herbs, young tender leaves, fresh peas, broad beans and sweet, succulent strawberries all coming …

Abby is from what society loves to call a ‘blended family’.  Born in 1991, in Redditch just south of Birmingham, her parents split when she was an 18-month-old toddler and stepdad entered the frame by the age of three.  He brought with him a twin brother and sister, and two …

Is anybody paying attention out there? A few alarming, and tragic, events recently make that question all too relevant. The most recent, and glaring, accident involved the collision of the 332-foot megayacht Attessa IV, one of the largest private yachts in the world, with a 65-foot wooden charter boat named …