Simeon Tienpont’s team AkzoNobel has completed the podium for Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race with a third place finish into Itajaí, Brazil. It’s the third consecutive leg with a podium finish for team AkzoNobel and the result leaves the team in fourth p…
Just six months after the devastation caused by Irma and Maria, two category 5 hurricanes that swept through Caribbean last year, life in some areas, including on the US Virgin Island of St Thomas, St Croix and St John, is beginning to return to some s…
What turns a chartplotter into a multifunction display (MFD)? Performance, technology and connectivity. FLIR is pleased to announce LightHouse version 3.4, the latest free update to Raymarine’s LightHouse 3 OS software system. Laden with upgrades and e…
It was easily the most difficult stage of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, and the sailors will almost certainly rank it as one of the hardest in the history of the race. But Bouwe Bekking used his veteran nous to fight through all the challenges and lead…
The new Charge Mate Pro 90 is an electronic relay that allows a second battery to receive up to 90A of charge current from a single alternator. Suitable for all battery types, it is ideal for recharging Lithium Ion cells and has built-in safety feature…
Britain’s sailors notched up five race wins on a tough opening day of the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma, Spain, to go into day two with crews in the top five in six classes. Fickle, light winds provided testing conditions as a bumper contingent of mor…
At 87 years old, Robin Tattersall is the only skipper in this year’s edition of the BVI Spring Regatta to have taken a bullet for each of the races he and his crew have sailed. Racing in CSA Bareboat 3 with his crew on Sunsail 41, Gatos del Sol/Makin’…
