The Dutch courts, against the will of the Dutch social care system are offering Laura Decker a conditional green light for her round the world sail/cruise. This hardly comes as a surprise, most could probably see such is her determination that if she didn’t get what she wanted it she would have needed to have [...]
It would seem that Oracle not content with winning their court victory are going to continue their off water skirmish against Team Alinghy. The most recent question is over the ‘constructed in country’. Oracle are refering in particular to Alinghys current sails which were made in Nevada. The question is valid as globalisation has brought [...]
The Americas Cup is probably on of the longest running technological fights between man and machine. Pre-dating the first motor car race as announced by Chicago Times-Herald in 1895 the first Cup challenge was in 1851. The Cup has always featured the most cutting edge and expensive boats backed by some of the richest people [...]
Most boat shows tend to find themselves early in the new year. This is no coincidence, it ties in nicely with bonus season and anyone selling boats will be looking for well healed individuals to come down and spend some of their allegedly hard earned cash. The London boat show has always been a favourite [...]
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