Photos and videosApr 27, 2018 Ice sailing. Sliding at 35 knots on Lake GenevaWinter is not the most suitable season to sail the sea and many yachtsmen prefer waiting for fine weather to set sail. However, some of them don’t give up sailing emotions even in cold weather. So, a dash of creativity, a little ...
Photos and videosMar 23, 2018 The world’s strangest ship? It’s called RP Flip and is a unique research ship, created by the US Navy, which can sink under water and stand vertically.RP Flip: the ship which sinks under water to study waves A ship standing vertically in the middle of the ocean? Don’t panic, it’s not one of the most dramatic sea accidents in boating history, but a lab ship created and ...
Photos and videosDec 06, 2017 It’s foiling mania and the flying Optimist becomes reality.You can’t escape it: it’s foiling mania and, now, even the Optimist – the world’s most popular sailing dinghy – can fly. The secret lies in the use of graphene, a nanotechnology material consisting of a ...
Photos and videosDec 04, 2017 How to prepare for heavy weather sailingWeather reports indicated a 18-knot south-east wind, rain and some storms would be approaching us along the Tuscany Coast in the next hours. Our destination was the Gulf of La Spezia; in short, a safe port on one side and an unexpected ...
Photos and videosNov 28, 2017 Guidi brings Art to the METS Trade in AmsterdamCountdown for Guidi Srl, an undisputed brand in the sector of marine equipment, which is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary (1968-2018). The preparations for the upcoming accomplishment already started at the Marine Equipment Trade ...
Photos and videosNov 17, 2017 How “wet” the Volvo Ocean 65 yachts areSpectacular aerial shots of the Volvo Ocean 65 sailing yachts captured during 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2, running from Lisbon to Cape Town, South Africa. This is a 7,000 nm north-to-south Atlantic run, passing through the various ...
Photos and videosNov 10, 2017 A sea tornado hits a beach: here’s what happensStriking images captured by several people on their smartphones show a sea tornado hitting a beach full of bathers, maybe too busy looking at it to get away in time. It happened on a Brazilian beach but similar phenomena are ...
Photos and videosOct 30, 2017 Rescued after 5 months adrift at seaLast October 25th, the U.S. Navy rescued two sailors, both from Honolulu, after five months adrift at sea. Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba had set sail this spring from Hawaii to Tahiti, where they were expected to arrive after a ...
Photos and videosOct 23, 2017 Video: spectacular salvage of the Modern ExpressOn 26th January 2016, the Modern Express, a 164-meter-long ferry sailing in the Atlantic, lost stability during a storm and would have caused a terrible environmental disaster along the north-western French coast if a team of dedicate ...
Photos and videosSep 05, 2017 DRUNK PIRATE ON BOARD. “RUDE” AWAKENING FOR LIFEGUARDS ON FORMENTERA ISLANDOnce it was necessary that people should have a numerous cold-blooded crew and a lot of experience to climb on board others’ boats. Today, times have changed and it can happen that a drunk man occupies your dinghy and even attacks ...
Photos and videosSep 03, 2017 ITALIAN BOAT ATTACKED IN CROATIA. THE INCREDIBLE VIDEO POSTED BY HIS OWNER.It’s not a recent piece of news but we want to tell you about it so that attitudes and events like these don’t happen again. It’s late July when Enrico and his family – his wife and daughter – land with ...
Photos and videosAug 22, 2017 SAILBOAT STOPS BIKE RACE IN NORWAYRight at the 5km to go marker, four riders have established a good gap when, rounding a corner, they see something unthinkable. The road leading to the bridge is closed. Slowly, the drawbridge raises and a placid sailing boat passes by ...
Photos and videosAug 14, 2017 OUT-OF-CONTROL TENDER CRASHES INTO TWO YACHTS AND A JETTYIt should have happened last August 11th in Safak, Turkey. An out-of-control tender crashed into a jetty spreading panic among bathers. The pilot had fallen overboard during a manoeuver, probably because he didn’t wear the safety ...
Photos and videosJul 19, 2017 GENOA BOAT SHOW: RECORD NUMBERS AND NEW EXHIBITION AREASThere are things that no one can change. Because they resist everything, including the misguided attempts of some delirious politicians who, neglectful of their birth of place and the existence of 8,309 km of coastline in their country ...
Photos and videosJul 17, 2017 THE PERFECT STORM. HOW SEA PROFESSIONALS FACE IT. VIDEO.Everybody has his own limits. They are personal and, above all, indisputable since one’s decisions are directly connected with the capacity to face the sea and, consequently, with safety. Some sailors immediately get scared when ...
Photos and videosJul 07, 2017 Luca Design’s nautical wrapping, we have tried itLuca Design was one of the precursors of wrapping. The approaching to sailing has only arrived in 2010, with the improvement of industry technology in the sector. From that moment on, it is almost a personal challenge to tradition, to ...
