To date, the Vendée Globe is the greatest sailing race round the world, solo, non-stop and without assistance. The event followed in the wake of the Golden Globe which had initiated the first circumnavigation of this type via the three capes (Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn) in 1968. Only one out of the nine pioneers who had set off in 1968 succeeded in returning to Falmouth, the major port of British Cornwall. On 6th April 1969, after 313 days at sea, British sailor Robin Knox-Johnston finally reached his goal. Twenty years later, after having won the BOC Challenge twice(solo round the world with stopovers), navigator Philippe Jeantot introduced the idea of a new race around the world, but..non-stop! The Vendée Globe
When a 42-metre motor yacht was damaged by a lightning strike, the owner was left not only without his yacht for over six months, but with a bill for at least €500,000 for repair costs. This incident is just one of nearly 250 lightning strike cases that the insurance firm Pantaenius deals with on an annual basis – the majority of which are catamarans, as they are more frequently struck than monohulls due to having a larger surface area in the water.
Photo: Tom van Oossanen / SuperYacht Times
After an accident like this, superyacht repairs are always complex and time-consuming, especially when the ship can no longer reach the shipyard on its own keel due to
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Publicado: jueves, 23 abril, 2020
Asociaciones de Puertos Deportivos y Turísticos,César Bordehore,FEAPDT,Gabriel Martínez,universidad de alicante
Los 14 puertos que conforman la Agrupación de Puertos Deportivos
La marina para megayates del Puerto de Málaga ya tiene el permiso para empezar las obras. El consejo de administración de la entidad, celebrado de forma semipresencial esta mañana, ha aprobado definitivamente la concesión a los ganadores del concurso en diciembre del año pasado, una unión temporal de empresas formada por Cabo Marina y Puerto Picasso Málaga. O lo que es igual: la multinacional estadounidense IGY Marinas, junto a Ocean Capital Partners y el empresario malagueño Domingo de Torres.
El Economista
El mercado náutico sigue cayendo como consecuencia de la crisis sanitaria del Covid-19, el mes de abril arroja datos alarmantes con una caída de las matriculaciones del -77% (-37,3% en el acumulado del año). Todas las esloras y subsectores de barcos de recreo se ven afectadas de forma acusada y el alquiler de embarcaciones como opción de turismo en auge hasta febrero cae hasta un -79% en el mes de abril y un
