Greetings yachties, Got a busy 48 hours real life yacht racing, so here are just a few images to wet your self over while I’m out yachting. more later

Greetings Yachties, My little yachtyakka is getting big. There are currently 7000 images and many, many more links to yachting all over the world. Below is an index of the feature stories so far. Sailors Abby Sunderland Abby Sunderland: The Adventure Begins Brainaid Brad Butterworth Disabled Sailors Geoff Holt Hilary Lister Jessica Watson Jessica Watson: [...]

Yachting news from around the world and around the corner Photos: ©Guido Trombetta more here Isola d’Elba, 21/06/2009 Storm with whirlwind strikes Isola d’elba. Hundreds of boats sinken or scattered over the beaches. One skipper is still missing in the sea Photos: ©Guido Trombetta/SEASEE.COM I was in Isola d’Elba for the wedding of my sister [...]

Winners Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race 500 more photos here ERICSSON 4 LEG NINE DAY 2 QFB: received 15.06.09 0537 GMT The sun was up around 02.30 GMT and we had managed to slip to the front of the pack – then at 0300 we started a small gybing duel with Puma, both sailing [...]

Greetings yachties, A collection of TP 52 from Emirates Team New Zealand. Enjoy Kiwis’ Marseille Magic. Strength of character, the ability to recover solid results from deep positions this regatta, as much scoring consistent top placings, is a key component of Emirates Team New Zealand victory in the Marseille Trophy with a race to spare.  [...]

Alastair Callender, of Callender Designs, has developed a radical 58m, rigid-wing superyacht concept, which will be powered from wind, solar and Hybrid Marine Power (HMP) technology from Solar Sailor Holdings Ltd. Initially aimed at an owner of an eco-friendly stance, with a non-sailing background, Soliloquy shall push the boundaries of yacht design convention as we [...]

Emirates Team New Zealand masters in the big breeze. Emirates Team New Zealand proved the most consistent, top scorers of the day across the three windward-leeward races when they posted a 2,1,2 from the three races which were contested with a windward mark set off the Ile Maire on the eastern entrance to Marseille, while [...]

These boats answer a new demand in leisure sailing, a whole new fleet of small boats has been built over the last 15 years. Perfect for playing Swallows and Amazons, easy to rig, to transport and to put to water these boats allow families to discover less frequented waters. They are replicas of European and [...]

Greetings Yachties, As you can see there are a number of images missing. We had a little default issue over the weekend which changed the look of the Home page and dumped alot of images & logos. Thankfully Mothership have updated the code and all systems will be up and running asap. The reason is [...]

“We got a nice puff and extended down the run. At the bottom of the run, a strong gust came through…. about 35 knots. We had just gotten around the bottom mark and were going up wind as BMW Oracle and Artemis were coming downwind straight at us, pretty much out of control. I thought [...]