GroupM beats Starcom and Madison in yacht racing
The international movie channel from UTV Entertainment Television recently conducted a yacht racing competition for media agencies. This was UTV World Movies’ way of creating a meeting point with its clients to interact about the channel’s brand proposition.
 
Sameer Ganapathy, business head of UTV World Movies, says, “We wanted to create an entertaining platform for our fraternity members and clients to get together at one place. This yacht sailing competition not only engaged our clients in a spirit of competitiveness, but also served as …

Over the last weekend…2 major events were undertaken under the burgee of the respected clubs and associations in Mumbai.

Both Match-Racing Nationals as well as Godrej Cup were exciting thanks to the strong winds and up-tight waters…which favored only the strong and smart sailors from the lots.
MATCH-RACING
The finals of the match-racing event were a quick affair with the best teams of the past winning again.

The venue of INWTC was ideal with the the wind and water conditions in that bay providing a unique platform for competition.
Results of the race are as …

The French are coming to town…and they are more than going to kiss our shores…and paint the town red (and white!)…
For people who are unaware, the CIM Shipyard has now an experience of 20 years in yachts building.

From the start, the main goal of the Yard has been to combine and develop know-how and excellence in yacht building.As today the CIM Shipyard has built more than 50 yachts with an average of more than 20 meters long.CIM is now represented on every ocean.The principles that led the yard managers along …

No boat show is complete without its list of loyal exhibitors…and the Mumbai International Boat Show ‘09 is bound to take the success of last year’s show to the next level, with even more companies participating than last year.

1. AB Yachts
2. Aicon
3. Azimut Yachts
4. Bayliner
5. Boat Craft
6. Chinkara Motors
7. Clear Blue Hawaii
8. Club Privada
9. Cobalt Boats
10. Custom Line
11. Diab Core Materials Pvt. Ltd.
12. Dometic – Marine Air AC,
13. Cruisair System,
14. Dometic Sealand & Condaria Products
15. Fairline
16. Federation des Industries Nautiques
17. Ferretti Yachts
18. FIN – Alliaura Marine
19. FIN – CNB
20. FIN – CSO Yachts
21. FIN – Nautitech
22. FIN – Van Peteghem Lauriot Prevost
23. FIN – Wauquiez
24. Formula
25. George Maijo Industries Ltd.
26. Grady White Boats
27. HOLT – Sail boat …

Today evening was the witness to the opening ceremony for the Mumbai International Match Race ‘09.
Amongst special guests were Chief Guest Colonel Bakshi from the Indian Navy, and Mahi Gill from the forthcoming movie ‘Dev D’ of UTV India Productions.

Speeches from Mahesh Ramachandran, Farrokh Tarapore and Aashim Mongia elaborated the importance of such events – that make India visible on the world sailing map.

Col Bakshi’s speech emphasized on the spirit of Mumbai being evident in the fact that water-related events such as these see the light of the day with …

Due to ever-changing wind-conditions, the qualifiers spanned over 3 days.
Ultimately, the following teams occupied the top 4 slots :-
1) Mahesh Ramachandran’s Team
2) Farrokh Tarapore’s Team
3) Nitin Mongia’s Team
4) Aashim Mongia’s Team

Thanks to his commitment and experience of over many years in match-racing, Mahesh has continually been able to bring home winning positions in tournaments of past few years.
Speeches from the Bahrain and Russia skippers were a delight – thanking the MRAI for the event. And promising that this was not the last time they would be sailing in Mumbai waters!
SOLAR …

The London International Boat Show has opened, celebrating 55 years of bringing the best of boating to UK’s capital.
With top end boat agents including Fairline and Sunseeker dominating the show with multi-million pound size and grandeur, the event is as important for the many smaller business selling boating equipment, clothing, technology, fittings and brokerage services.

For the east of England it is a key date in the business calendar. The region is Britain’s second largest producer of boats and a significant employer, so the success of the boat show could predict …

With the flurry of boat shows all across Asia in this season, the Goa International Boat Show ‘09 deserves a special place on the boating calendar.
Goa – the Pearl of the Arabian Sea, and one of the world’s largest tourism hot-spots, is home to the ever-expanding Goa International Boat Show.
Held in the heart of Old Goa – Panjim, the Goa International Boat Show exhibits a wide range of products, services and brands that are present in India and also internationally. These cater to all sorts of clientele – privates, corporates …

The Boat India Awards 08 show which took place in Kochi immediately after the boat show has recently announced the winners of the many categories which included best boating media, best yachting video, marina of the year etc etc.
Held between the 14th -16th Dec 08 at the Le Meridien Hotel, Cochin the IBA 08 (part of the boat india 08) was witness to the high fliers of the yachting industry of India. Mr Gulu Lalvani, the well known Royal Phuket Marina developer was also present at the event and was …

Kochi seems to be the hub of all activities and events related to international sailing in India at the moment.
With the Volvo Ocean Race 08 being a grand-er success than expected – with international boats, crews, sponsors and more being in Kochi at this point, Boat India ‘08 is also bound to be hugely popular.

SCHEDULE
Date – 15th Dec 2008
1. Conference at Hotel Taj Residency
09:00-09:15 Inauguration of Conference
09:15-09:30 Inauguration of Exhibition
09:30-10.00 Exhibition Visit
2. Marina & Leisure Infrastructure
Conference – Session 1 (Waterfront Hall) – Chaired By: Capt. T.J. Mathew
1) 10:00-10:20 : Paper1 – Marinas …

The India Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race has seen ten days of celebrations and activities, showcasing the artistic wealth of Kerala and India through a wide range of classical, folk and ritual art forms. India’s musical geniuses namely Fazal Qureshi, Mattanur Shankaran Kutty, Hariharan and Louis Banks mesmerized visitors with their grand musical ensemble at the Cochin Race Village last week.

Visitors who were at the race village yesterday were treated to an instrumental music programme by Ramesh Thampuran’s band Whirlwind and Thunder at 6 pm.  More than twenty-two …