Each year the majority of boats sold around the world are pre-owned boats. It is assumed that the sales dollars of used boats are 4 times more than those of new boat sales. The boat owner that buys a new boat, on average would love to keep their boat for approx 3-4 years before selling it. Usually there are always a lot of good used boats in the market, only if we have knowledge to seek them out and to evaluate them.

While selecting a pre-owned boat, one should always be …

Have you ever imagined that when you are in the lap of luxury what is the least that you need to know or do? Apart from being best dressed in that designer suit you also need to keep a check on your attitude and gesture which we classify as etiquettes. With that million dollar smile and style which make you classy, you would definitely eliminate the crass factor.
Yachting is more than 300 years old and traditions in yachting have been developed both of necessity and under the influence of ceremonies. …

The State government is set to build a Marina for mooring luxury yachts and sailing boats in the vicinity around Chennai, according to Additional Chief Secretary and Chairperson and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, Susan Mathew. Speaking to Express on the sidelines of Consultative Meeting on Vision 2025 Industrial Development in Tamil Nadu on Monday, Mathew said the Marina will pave way for the growth of ship and yacht building industry.

“During the chief minister’s review meeting in July, it was directed to go in for such a project …

PUMA Ocean Racing’s Volvo 70 “il mostro” is up for sale as the team build a new boat for the 2011-12 edition of the race

PUMA’s il mostro finished 2nd in the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race. Since this amazing feat, the boat has steadily been updated while being used as a training platform for PUMA Ocean Racing during the summer of 2010. During that summer il mostro placed 2nd in the Newport-Bermuda Race under ORR. il mostro also has a IRC rating but has never raced offshore …

Dutch 14-year-old Laura Dekker will leave Portimão, Portugal, tomorrow to begin her attempt to become the world’s youngest solo circumnavigator.
Her manager Peter Klarenbeek said the teenager was at sea today doing final equipment tests before leaving tomorrow on a journey that could take up to two years.
Dekker arrived in Portugal on her red-hulled, 11.5-metre ketch Guppy last Saturday with her father after a ten-day voyage from her native Netherlands.
She left Den Osse in the southwest Netherlands days after winning a 10-month court battle with child welfare authorities who had been …

A regatta (yacht race) can be a single boat race or a series of boat races. Regattas are highly organized events and typically very structured. It typically includes social activities in addition to the race and is usually named for the town or place where the race occurs.

Key Sailing Regulations

A yacht using sails as motive power on port tack gives way to one on starboard tack.
The more maneuverable vessel gives way to the less maneuverable …

Gildas and Julian, the 2-man crew on board the CIM Shipyard Ocean Voyager 62 FAST, were in for a thrill of their lifetime when they were delivering the 62′ performance catamaran to Mumbai from Muscat.

Both sailors took up sailing as a passion when they were as young as 5 years old…and they have had a lot of experience sailing the high seas and oceans – both independently and together as a team.
The trip from Muscat to Mumbai, which was bound to take almost 8 days in ‘normal’ conditions was a …

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship.

Until the 20th century, ships’ masts were wooden. Originally, they were formed from single piece of timber, typically the trunks of fir trees. From the 16th century, ships were often built of a size requiring masts taller and thicker than could be made from single tree trunks. On these larger ships, to achieve …