The British speed sailing craft VESTAS SAILROCKET piloted by Australian Paul Larsen has become the world’s fastest sailing ‘boat’ by attaining an average speed over the 500 meter record course of 47.4 knots*. On the following run whilst on target for the Outright world record it literally took off and performed the full ‘Donald Campbell’ in equally spectacular form flying over 30’ in the air upside down.

On the third of December in winds averaging only 22 knots, the super efficient, purpose built craft attained peak speeds of 51.76 knots during …

A Hobie Cat is a small catamaran (or two-hulled) sailboat manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company of Oceanside, California, USA. Begun as a manufacturer of surf boards in the late 1950s, Hobie (named after Hobie Alter, the company’s founder) began manufacturing catamaran sailboats in the late 1960s and has become the largest manufacturer of small catamarans in the world.
Today, Hobie’s line of products ranges from surf boards to catamaran sailboats to kayaks, though the Hobie Cat Company is most famous around the world for its catamarans. Hobie also designed a …

A 60 foot Luxury yacht, warm people, chilled beer, avionics of Jonathon Livingston Seagull, Black Panther with a Machine Gun… a little bit of trouble… and a whole lot of fun!Thank you Mr. Mahesh Walke, for sharing your one-of-a-kind adventure with us.

Thy sea route to Diu“Dawn on a cold Mumbai morning and we were on an adventure. We were sailing on lazybones a 60 foot luxury yacht, to the mystical island of Diu Once a Portuguese colony.The Yacht owners Bob and Ray were Australians. Bob was a retired Australian army …

The ‘Optimist‘ is quite simply the dinghy in which the young people of the world learn to sail. Sailed in over 110 countries by over 150,000 young people, it is the only dinghy approved by the International Sailing Federation exclusively for sailors less than 16 years of age.The “Opti” as the young sailors fondly call her is the greatest little boat in the world.Sailing is a lifetime sport where those in the age group of 8 to 80 are practicing the same skills. One of the tasks of the Optimist …

The official website ‘www.volvoracecochin.com‘ was launched by Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) Chairman Cherian Philip in the presence of N Ramachandran, Chairman, Cochin Port Trust and Dr. V Venu, Secretary, Tourism, Government of Kerala.
It is for the first time in the 35-year history of the Race, regarded as the ultimate in ocean racing competition, that an Indian port has been chosen for the stopover..
Kochi will witness a ten-day visual extravaganza of the most exciting water sport action that India has ever witnessed between December 3 and 13 this year. Apart …

U.S.born stuntman turned Captain Robert McDonald of the Sea Heart Foundation has built a ship made out of recycled ice cream sticks. Yes thats right, ICE CREAM STICKS!!..
He calls the ship Mjollnir. That’s Norse for Hammer of Thor. It’s as long as an 18-wheeler, with a Viking dragon snarling from the prow, and Robert McDonald wants to sail it from the Netherlands to the Florida Keys. Viking ships have crossed the Atlantic before. But the Mjollnir is made of Popsicle sticks. Fifteen million Popsicle sticks, some of them used and …

His first words were in response to the question, “Are you a sailor?” Popeye smartly replied, “Ja think I’m a cowboy?”. Popeye the sailorman, with his muscles and his spinach, has since then, become a cultural icon.
It was an eventful Sunday evening when Team Giira got talking to a couple of sailors from around the world at the Vasco da Gama Rally party. We chatted up with the hearty lot about all the many adventures they’ve had to what it takes to be a true sailor!
“Sometimes God calms the storm, …

The sea has no roads…
With only the Sun or the Moon above your head…and clear blue waters till as far as your eyes can see…how do you navigate your prized yacht?…without getting lost or getting into a ship as huge as the horizon at night?…unless you know how to use the stars to guide you back home…WHAT DO YOU DO?

Radio Detection and Ranging – commonly known as RADAR – is the way to take you there !

NAVIGATION
Navigation is the science of getting ships, aircraft, or spacecraft from place to place; …