Yachties Keep Out of Pirate Hi-Risk Area Warns EUNAVFOR
If there was ever a good reason to heed naval forces’ warnings about the continuing threat from Somali piracy, then an attack on a super tanker is surely one of them. A fully laden super tanker was attacked by eight armed pirates recently, 230 miles off the Somali coast, with the attack only being thwarted by the armed security team on board. Because of their vulnerability, it is highly recommended that all sailing yachts, under their own passage, should remain out of the High Risk Area (Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Western Indian Ocean).
Yacht Racing World Match Title for Team GAC Pindar
GAC Pindar skipper Ian Williams has clinched his fourth International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Match Racing title. Racing Tour. The team arrived in Malaysia only two and a half points behind the Tour leader Bjorn Hansen with all to play for. and come back with a vengeance. Williams made history in 2007 as the first British sailor to win the ISAF world title and won another two times in 2008 and 2011. His record four titles now equal that of the match racing legend, Australian skipper Peter Gilmour who announced his retirement only days ago.
Rickmers Genoa Completes Series
The phasing-in period of Rickmers-Linie's new fleet of nine Superflex Heavy MPC vessels and a series of naming ceremonies have concluded with the christening ceremony of Rickmers Genoa, which took place in her namesake port of Genoa, Italy on Wednesday evening, May 12, 2004. around the world. Port of Genoa. Palazzo del Principe. years. very special location for this event. Rickmers-Linie's Round-The-World Pearl String fleet. voyage, she was phased into the Pearl String Service in Antwerp on 24 April. a maximum lifting capacity of up to 640 tons. advanced vessels of her type on the market.
