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Electrically powered catamaran
Francois Gabart’s MerConcept to manage electric foiling tender project
2021 is beginning with a highly symbolic project becoming reality for MerConcept. François Gabart’s business Business #Business has just signed a contract to build its first pleasure craft. This is the first step in the diversification process they have opted for, with the aim of transferring technology from ocean racing to the (...) -
RS Electric Boats
Pulse58 : A new innovative electric RIB with a range of 35 nautical miles
RS Electric Boats, the brand-new sister company to RS Sailing, this week launches the Pulse58 - its exciting new innovative electric RIB. Unveiled at Boot Dusseldorf, the Pulse58 is the product of 2 years of development and is ground-breaking as the first ever production RIB with a fully integral electric (...) -
Race for Water Odyssey
Race for Water : The vessel has left Lorient for Bermuda
The vessel, Race for Water, left Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. on Sunday, April 9 on a five-year Odyssey with mission to promote solutions to preserve the ocean. On a day of sunny weather and festivities, more that 8,000 people came out to support the vessel’s Ambassador and its crew. Race for (...) -
Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup
Dutch pulled off a double win in the Open Class (8m or less) and in the A class (6m)
The departure from Quai Louis II of the giant 30m PlanetSolar catamaran with 512m2 of photovoltaic panels signalled the end of the Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup, the first race for boats powered by the sun on the open sea in the Mediterranean. -
Solar powered boats
Monaco will organize the Solar1 Monte-Carlo Cup in July
Solar powered boats from all over the world are set to battle it out over two days in the first truly ‘green’ solar boat world championship. Developed by universities all over the world and driven by young students, this race is destined to be a future facing sport; it promises to deliver a fantastic display of skill and endurance (...) -
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir Bin Hendi clinch a tenth World title
Defending World Champions Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir Bin Hendi produced a Championship winning drive to clinch a tenth World title for Dubai’s Victory Team, winning a dramatic and incident filled race 2 of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with two separate incidents involving Victory 2010 and a collision between Skydive Dubai and Negotiator, (...) -
Videos
The Ady Gil destroyed by a japanese whailer
The Sea Shepherd trimaran, the Ady Gil, has been rammed by a Japanese whaling ship, the Shonan Maru No. 2, operated by The Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) today. The Ady Gil sustained heavy damage. All of the six Ady Gil crew members were rescued by the Sea Shepherd’s new vessel, the Bob Barker. One crew member sustained broken ribs (...) -
Sea life
A motor trimaran for whale defense campaign
You remember the Earthrace, the motor trimaran which has rounded the world. She has been renamed Ady Gil andofferd to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Here are the video of the trimaran and the offical news. -
Round the world record
Earthrace smashes round-the-world speed record
Earthrace, the world’s fastest eco-boat, has smashed the world speed Speed #speedsailing record Record #sailingrecord for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe, completing the journey in 60 days, 23 hours 49 mins, and knocking almost 14 days off the previous record Record #sailingrecord . The boat crossed the finish line in (...) -
UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship
Curtis & Eker clinch the world title
Victory 77’s Mohammed Al Marri and Jean Marc Sanchez produced a faultless performance to win the Dubai Grand Prix in convincing style and lift the Middle East Class 1 title as Steve Curtis and Bard Eker survived a major mechanical problem in Spirit of Norway to limp home in eighth place to secure the 3 points needed to clinch the 2005 (...)