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Azimut Benetti, an Italian yacht manufacturer, says that tariffs will not affect larger yachts

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 19, 2025

The majority of luxury yachts manufactured by Italy's Azimut-Benetti won't be directly affected by U.S. tariffs on imports, said its owner and chairwoman, but the wider impact of trade tensions may become problematic. Giovanna Vitell told the Financial Times Business of Luxury forum in Barcelona…

New York SailGP fixes the issue of sailing-wingsail

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 12, 2025

SailGP announced on Monday that all repairs and upgrades of the 12 wingails on the F50 Catamarans would be completed before the New York Sail Grand Prix. SailGP cancelled the Rio event in last month because of a defect in its wingsail, which…

New York SailGP fixes the issue with wingsails

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 12, 2025

SailGP announced on Monday that all repairs and upgrades of the 12 wingails on the F50 Catamarans would be completed before the New York Sail Grand Prix. SailGP cancelled the Rio event in last month because of a defect in its wingsail, which…

Team racing is back with bold new format and new boats

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 2, 2025

Next month, after a decade of sporting inactivity, the team racing world championship will roar to life when 12 crews are determined to rewrite sport's hierarchy. Organisers announced on Friday that the 2025 Team Racing World Championship, which…

Olympics-Long Beach Olympics? LA Games will bring attention to vibrant coastal city

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 5, 2025

Long Beach will be the host city for 11 events at the Los Angeles Olympics of 2028. Long Beach is a vibrant coastal town in southeast Los Angeles County, with a rich sporting and cultural heritage. Los Angeles Mayor Rex Richardson says the city…

Berntsson leads the charge in Congressional Cup semifinals.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 3, 2025

The 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup is a tight race between four teams for the two semi-final spots. Only two flights remain in the double-round-robin stage. Four skippers are separated by just one point in a high stakes race that…

Monnin finishes second in the Congressional Cup

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 2, 2025

Eric Monnin, from Switzerland, delivered a masterclass of match racing on Thursday at the 60th Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup. He won all three races and surged into second place. As the second round of qualifying begins, the Swiss…

Poole takes to the field for 60th anniversary of Congressional Cup

Posted to Maritime Reporter on May 1, 2025

Chris Poole, the defending champion of the 60th Anniversary Congressional Cup has made a bold statement of intent by steering his Riptide racing team to six victories in a row on Wednesday's first day of competition. Long Beach's sea breeze…

Pip Hare, Canada Ocean Racing's new foiling weapon, joins the charge

Posted to Maritime Reporter on April 30, 2025

Canada Ocean Racing announced on April 30 that it has signed British offshore sailing superstar Pip Hare to compete in The Ocean Race Europe 2020. The team is preparing to reveal a new foiling IMOCA boat ahead of the competition. The seven-team race starts in Kiel…

Three people killed in boating accident at Alabama Pro Fishing Tournament

Posted to Maritime Reporter on April 17, 2025

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said that three people were killed and three injured in a collision between two fishing boats at a Major League Fishing competition on Lewis Smith Lake, Alabama, on Wednesday. A man died after his vessel was struck by a boat. He was declared dead on the spot.

SailGP cancels May Rio due to wingsail defects

Posted to Maritime Reporter on April 10, 2025

The racing circuit announced on Thursday that SailGP had cancelled the event in Rio next month after discovering a defect with select wingsails of the F50 fleet. This will allow time for repairs before the event in New York in June. Testing…

Carnival raises annual profit forecast on strong cruise demand

Posted to Maritime Reporter on March 21, 2025

Carnival Corp, the cruise operator, raised its profit forecast for 2018 on Friday. The company benefited from increased ticket prices, strong advance bookings, and strong customer spending on board. Although cruise ticket prices are on the rise…

New Zealand leads SailGP Los Angeles on the first day

Posted to Maritime Reporter on March 15, 2025

Peter Burling, the skipper of New Zealand's SailGP team, took two victories out of four races in the sunny and breezy conditions of Los Angeles Harbour on Saturday. New Zealand, which won the first race in Dubai, took the top spot on the final day with 31 points.

First SailGP win for Sailing-Fletcher signals British intent

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 11, 2025

Dylan Fletcher was determined to earn points and climb the leaderboard after his first victory as Britain's SailGP Skipper in Sydney at last weekend. He also wanted to show he could 'fly solo'. Ben Ainslie who was the British America's Cup champion but lost to New Zealand last year in Barcelona…

Fletcher's first SailGP victory signals America's Cup intent for Britain

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 10, 2025

Dylan Fletcher was determined to earn points and climb the leaderboard after his first victory as Britain's SailGP skipper at the weekend's event in Sydney. He also wanted to show he could 'fly solo'. Ben Ainslie who was the British America's…

SailGP Sydney: Britain wins thrilling final in Sydney

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 9, 2025

Dylan Fletcher’s Britain defeated Giles Scott’s Canada in an exciting final on Sydney Harbour on Sunday to win the third round of SailGP and extend their lead in the series standings. Australia with Tom Slingsby as the skipper had won three…

SailGP Day One in Sydney: Australia's smooth start dominates

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 8, 2025

Australia won two out of four races on Saturday, the first day of SailGP's third round. Skipper Tom Slingsby was a master of starting and gave the Australian team the victory. Three-time champions Australia, who won the series' second round in Auckland…

SailGP crews in New Zealand will be tested by faster foils as they chase a victory

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 13, 2025

SailGP crews are tackling the new "T-foils", which have a higher speed, for the first in Auckland this weekend. This follows a successful outing of training on Monday. The L-shaped foils that have been in use since the league's start in 2019…

Master Lock Comanche is the leader of the Sydney to Hobart Race.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 25, 2024

Master Lock Comanche, LawConnect and other favourites took an early lead on Thursday in the 79th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The supermaxis were leading the 104 yachts out into the South Pacific. LawConnect, who won line honours in an exciting finish last year by only 51 seconds…

Textron pauses production, weighs its options for the off-road vehicle business

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 18, 2024

Textron, the Cessna jet manufacturer, said that it is looking at strategic alternatives to its Powersports line of products due to persistently low demand. Under the Arctic Cat brand, the Powersports division, part of Textron Specialized Vehicles' Industrial segment…

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