News Archive

First-timers' yachting lifestyle magazine app wins Award By Lee Mylchreest, 10:36 AM Wed 8 May 2013
You don't have to be an organisation as large as National Geographic or Time to make big waves in the App world. A yachting lifestyle magazine app which was co-founded two first-timers in App creation has won a Webby Award. ...[more]

Cruising Club of America Annual Awards Dinner held at New York YC By Kirsten Ferguson, 5:28 AM Wed 6 Mar 2013
On Friday, March 1, 2013, the Cruising Club of America (CCA) celebrated its phenomenal sailors of 2012 at the Annual Awards Dinner at New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. ...[more]

Two sailing superyachts in Yacht & Aviation Awards 2013 short-list By Nancy Knudsen, 11:12 AM Sun 3 Mar 2013
Two sailing vessels have been nominated and short-listed for the International Yacht & Aviation Awards for 2013. They are the 33m sloop, Simba, and the 44m catamaran, Hemisphere. All the others on the short list are powerboats. ...[more]

West Marine's 'Green Products of 2013' announced - both practical By West Marine/Sail-World Cruising, 10:03 AM Mon 18 Feb 2013
They are both practical, both as green as a magic dragon and both worthy of the attention of a cruising sailor. Two products were selected as West Marine's 2013 'Green Product of the Year' Winners: Attwood's Fuel Demand Valve and West Marine CFA bottom paint share the top honor and the $10,000 prize. ...[more]

Cruising Together: CCA awards couple for decade-long sailing By Kirsten Ferguson, United States , 9:01 AM Fri 15 Feb 2013
The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has selected Stephen and Karyn James (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) to receive its 2012 Far Horizon Award for a commendable ten years and 38,000 miles of cruising. The award is given to a member of CCA 'for a particularly meritorious cruise or series of cruises that exemplify the objectives of the Club.' ...[more]

Rod Stephens Trophy Awarded - he saved the sailor AND the sailing boat By Cruising Club of America/Sail-World, 10:55 AM Wed 13 Feb 2013
The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has selected Captain Thomas B. Crawford to receive its 2012 Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstanding Seamanship for the rescue of Derk Wolmuth and his sailboat, Bela Bartok, during the 2012 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race. The trophy is given 'for an act of seamanship which significantly contributes to the safety of a yacht or one or more individuals at sea.' ...[more]

Hatch Fan wins sailing innovation award By Sail-World Cruising, 6:22 PM Fri 1 Feb 2013
A product which was made a new Product of the Week by Sail-World Cruising back in October has just won a 2013 Pittman Innovation Award. It is the Caframo Taku Hatch Fan. While wind scoops work wonderfully in a breeze in an anchorage, and some of the better ones even work to the wind in a marina, if there's no wind and you don't go to air-conditioning, this hatch fan could be your answer. ...[more]

UK sailors: Nominations open for 2013 RYA Volunteer Awards By Susie NationGrainger/Sail-World, 6:14 AM Fri 25 Jan 2013
Attention British sailors: Britain's Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has officially commenced the search for 2013’s most inspirational volunteers in Britain by opening nominations for the 2013 RYA Volunteer Awards. The awards which have been running for over thirty years recognise the outstanding contributions made to our sport by volunteers throughout the UK. ...[more]

Hero 10-year-old's quick action avoids marina boat fire By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 12:48 PM Wed 23 Jan 2013
An electrical fire on a boat is a scary thing and in a marina it can result in multiple boat losses. So it's no wonder 10-year-old Ellie Brosius is being hailed as a hero.While her parents were several boats away down the dock, Ellie, acting on her own initiative, averted an electrical fire by her quick action. She's such a hero she has been awarded a special medal from the local fire department ...[more]

Ocean Cruising Club announces 2012 Awards By Daria Blackwell/OCC/Sail-World, www.coastalboating.net , 10:58 AM Mon 21 Jan 2013
The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC), the world’s only truly global ocean cruising association, has announced the recipients of the OCC Annual Awards. Each year the OCC recognizes the achievements of ordinary individuals doing extraordinary things on the world’s oceans and brings those achievements to the attention of the sailing community at large. ...[more]

Yachting New Zealand gives annual Cruising Award - Not so Australia By Nancy Knudsen, , 3:13 PM Fri 30 Nov 2012
Yachting New Zealand has something that Yachting Australia seems to be allergic to - a Cruising Award. At the 2012 Yachting Excellence Awards, year Kerry Farrand received the Yachting New Zealand Cruising Award for his circumnavigation of the globe. ...[more]

Furuno wins its 205th Award for marine electronics By Furuno/Sail-World Cruising, , 4:17 PM Mon 8 Oct 2012
Furuno must be one of the most ubiquitous names in sailing. Great quality marine electronics. But even then it's amazing to learn that they have just won their 205th award from the USA's National Marine Electronics Association(NMEA), having just won four new ones at the latest Convention in Orlando. The NMEA has been making awards since 1971, and Furuno has been there. ...[more]

Product of the Week: AIS Virtual Beacon By Des Ryan, 10:06 AM Mon 25 Jun 2012
The new and innovative Virtual AIS Beacon is our product of the week. While not a product for direct use by the leisure sailor, it addresses the need to make hazards at sea visible when costly physical infrastructure is not appropriate or is impossible to deploy. It has won this year's 2012 IHS Safety Award in the Equipment category. ...[more]

Another 90-year-old sailor and skipper discovered By Nancy Knudsen, 9:29 AM Fri 22 Jun 2012
Last week we wrote of a Tasmanian sailor, Anne von Gizycki, still skippering her own boat at the age of 90. Thanks to reader Denis Farley, we have found another nonagenarian sailor. Santo Pezzutti turned 90 in this month and is the current Sanderling fleet champion at the Monmouth Boat Club, located in Red Bank, New Jersey on the Navesink River, in the USA. ...[more]

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club creams the Honours By Des Ryan, , 1:03 PM Fri 1 Jun 2012
At the eighth Asia Boating Awards, organized by Asia-Pacific Boating and China Boating magazines, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club won 'Best Asian Yacht Club of the Year' and 'Best Asian Regatta of the Year' gongs. ...[more]

Yacht Feature: Antares III Best Sailing Yacht Award By Lee Mylchreest, 2:18 PM Fri 18 May 2012
Our Yacht of the Week is Antares III, the 30m yacht built by New Zealand-based Yachting Developments, a composite pilothouse sloop, was adjudged the ‘Best Sailing Yacht 30-40m’ in the The World Superyacht Awards 2012. ...[more]

Cruising Club of America recognises great sailing achievements By Kirsten Ferguson/Sail-World Cruising, 3:50 PM Wed 7 Mar 2012
There are no more auspicious winners than those who set out on adventurous expeditions without competing or known reward. Such is the life of the cruising sailor, yet every year the Cruising Club of America celebrates the achievements of some who have excelled in extraordinary ways. Last week the Cruising Club of America (CCA) celebrated its outstanding sailors of 2011 ...[more]

Bravery Award for volunteer who rescued seven By RNLI/Sail-World Cruising, 12:01 PM Wed 22 Feb 2012
A British volunteer is to be awarded a Silver Medal for Gallantry, one of the highest honours of the Royal National Lifesaving Institution (RNLI) for his bravery in rescuing the crew of a yacht, the sail-training owner of which has since had its accreditation removed by the Royal Yachting Association. ...[more]

European Yacht of the Year, Performance Cruiser: Pogo 12.5 By Sail-World Cruising, , 10:54 AM Mon 20 Feb 2012
The Pogo 12.5 was voted as the European Yacht of the Year in the 'Performance Cruiser' category. It is manufactured by French company Pogo Structures. It is no ordinary cruising sailing boat, having a carbon mast, a pivoting keel if you want it, no backstay and a roached main. ...[more]

Royal Yachting Association Club of the Year 2012 finalists announced By RYA, 1:59 PM Wed 1 Feb 2012
On Saturday 03 March the overall winner of Britain's prestigious RYA Club of the Year Award 2012 will be announced at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2012. ...[more]

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