Blue Ocean Yachting

‘Our very own Drizzle’: New Feadship launched at De Vries

25 January 2012. Feadship has launched the 67.27m (220’8”) Drizzle at the Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw yard in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. She has been created for clients who were inspired by the 2005 Feadship Twizzle, of which they were the second owners and had renamed Drizzle. Although taken by the World Superyacht Award winning vessel, they decided to create their very own Drizzle, entirely custom-built to their specific preferences. The result is an exceptional yacht almost 12 metres ...

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FOUR WAY OCEAN CHESS GAME - Volvo Ocean Race

January 25, 2012 - 1300 UTC Leg 3 Stage 2 Day 4 . A fascinating tactical contest is being played out at the front of the fleet as they close on the north west tip of Sumatra on the fourth day of the second stage of Leg 3 to Sanya in China.

At 0700 UTC today leg leaders PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG remained the closest to the first course turning point -- the island of Pulau We which marks the entrance to the restricted waters of the Malacca Strait.

Credit: Yann Riou/Groupama Sailing Team/Vol...

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Heavy Lifting in Light Air- Rolex Miami OCR

January 23, 2012 Miami, FL, USA. It started out a perfect day on Biscayne Bay, with sunshine and 12 knots of breeze, but those conditions gave way to struggling light winds by late afternoon, when several of the ten Olympic and three Paralympic classes at the Rolex Miami OCR regatta were trying to finish opening day races.  The six-day event is the second of seven ISAF Sailing World Cup regattas and the only one of those to be sailed in North America.  In its 23rd edition, it is hostin...

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