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Marquis Yachts, LLC (Marquis Yachts) with manufacturing and offices located in Wisconsin (wholly-owned subsidiary of J&D Acquisitions, LLC) has formed an exclusive partnership in China with one of China’s largest and most important state-owned companies, the Poly Technologies Inc. (Poly) for the sales and distribution rights for Marquis Yachts throughout China.
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Inside Sailing is a new series that will bring the latest sailing news from all around the world. It takes the audience on a tour around the globe for some of the world’s greatest sailing locations, while it educates them on the secrets of the sport. The viewers will learn what it takes to be a champion in many disciplines from windsurfing to yachting!
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From March 17-18, the Newport Bermuda Race Safety at Sea Seminar will introduce a new approach to safety education that fits the needs of sailors in the 2012 New Port Bermuda Race as well as delivery crews and cruisers. The seminar will be sponsored by the Cruising Club of America and will take place at the Newport Hyatt Regency Hotel.
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Around the world, as internet connectivity leaps ahead with the popularity of Smart phones and tablet technology, as well as soon to be commonplace web-enabled TV, online advertising is outstripping all print media.
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Quantum Key West Race Week - Sebago is celebrating the start of 2012 as the official footwear sponsor for the event. One of the most prominent regattas in the world, the US based event annually attracts the world’s top racers.
The Quantum Sailing Team are continuing their record success from last year into the first event of the new race season, coming first or second in all 10 races
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Community Sailing Awards for this past year were announced at US Sailing’s 2012 National Sailing Symposium at the Hilton Long Beach (California) last weekend. The impressive list of worthy award winners are:
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Online Auction, Lots closing from: 3 Feb 2012 11:00 PM AWST - By order of Alinghi Team
Over 150 lots comprising - meteorological equipment, boat electronic equipment, sailing equipment, Audio/Visual equipment, tooling and metal working machinery and professional kitchen and catering equipment to be sold in an online auction.
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Garmin the global leader in satellite navigation, has now commenced shipping of the two new black-box digital sonar solutions – the GSD™ 24 and GSD 26. Combining great value with enhanced performance, the GSD 24 has been redesigned from the ground up to provide dramatically improved target separation and bottom tracking for the recreational fisherman.
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Those who have entered or are contemplating the Bermuda Ocean Race (BOR) should be aware that organizers are hosting a navigation seminar 'Navigation Know-How: Combining Sense with Technology' at the Eastport Volunteer Fire Department located at 914 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis on Saturday, February 11 from 9am-12pm.
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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race operator, Clipper Ventures Plc, has today revealed details of its first official footwear partner at the London Boat Show. The Rockport Company® has entered into a global, two-year partnership running until 2014. Rockport will provide hundreds of pairs of its Hydromotion 2 performance sailing shoes to all skippers, team members, and Clipper Race staff
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It’s certainly symbolic of the shift in power, and testament to the foresight and might of China, that the Ferrari of the yachting world, Ferretti Group (under which there are eight brands: Ferretti, Pershing, Riva, Itama, Bertram, Mochi Craft, CRN and Custom Line) is now under the control of the state-owned parent of China’s biggest bulldozer-maker.
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Weichai Group (SHIGWeichai Group) has announced that it has reached agreements with the major creditors of the world’s largest luxury yacht maker, the Italian company Ferretti Group ('Ferretti'), to acquire a controlling interest in Ferretti by participating in Ferretti's debt restructuring.
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Sail-World.com is the largest sailing news network in the world. Around the world each day on www.Sail-World.com, we publish up to fifty stories; but, because the site uses geo-location, (meaning that it knows where you are), we only deliver U.S. interest stories to U.S. based audiences and UK interest stories to UK readers for example and as such, most of us only see about 20 new stories each day
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Bavaria Yachts announces plans to open factory-direct locations in Newport, RI, The Great Lakes (Chicago), and The San Francisco Bay Area by year-end. In 2011, Bavaria Yachts USA launched a new groundbreaking direct business model, starting with its flagship location in the heart of Annapolis, Maryland.
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The 41’ steel hulled MV Intrepid was fishing approximately 7.5kms from Sydney’s famous North Head when the skipper noticed smoke billowing from the vessel’s engine compartment. Realising the boat was now listing severely and they were in serious trouble, the decision was made to active their GME MT400 Emergency Beacon and abandon ship,.
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Reports in an English newspaper reveal that Ben Ainslie will announce in a few hours, a team to be backed by the America's Defender's Patron, software billionaire, Larry Ellison. The team will be unsponsored with Ellison as its Patron. The team will be entered under the burgee of a British yacht club. The team plan to compete in the America's Cup World Series from September 2012
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The US-registered maxi, Rambler 100, with a crew of 21, had just passed the Fastnet Rock at around 6.30pm on August 15th when disaster struck. In relatively calm but foggy conditions, Rambler’s keel snapped, causing it to capsize within 15 seconds, throwing the entire crew overboard. Did you know that tragedy, was however prevented in the 2011 race by an Australian made GME PLB?
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The largest boat show in Canada, the Toronto International Boat Show's premier night is set for Friday 13th January from 4pm-9pm. You are welcomed to come experience the show in a truly unique and magical way!
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Geoff Cropley, trimmer of Betchoice.com Lahana, bets on their post facelift super maxi at the Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia, on 23 December 2011
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The Southern California Yachting Association’s (SCYA) 23rd Annual Women’s Sailing Convention will take place on Saturday, February 4th at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Corona del Mar, California with the Boat Owner’s Association of the United States (BoatUS) as its primary sponsor.
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Did you know that all of sailing navigation starts with the boat log? And that this vital document can be used in a court of law? Captain John shows you how to make sure your boat log includes these entries for safety's sake!
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Kiwi Yachting Consultants announces a major extension to their product range by acquiring Auto Anchor from RMSD Ltd.
Auto Anchor manufactures electronic windlass controls and rode counters that make anchoring safe and easy. The Auto Anchor system has been nominated for the prestigious 'DAME' award for its intelligent monitoring system of chain and rope released from the windlass.
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The Cruising Club of America – Newport Bermuda Race Safety at Sea Seminar will offer an expanded curriculum from 17-18 March 2012 at Newport, Rhode Island’s Hyatt Regency Hotel. The registration is now open and all sailors, skippers, and crews are invited to attend.
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This Sunday Tom Slingsby, Triple Laser World Champion and 2010 World Sailor of the Year is aiming to take his fourth Laser World Championship at Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, as part of his journey to the London 2012 Olympics.
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There is no place for having power boats pulling wake in the middle of an Olympic sailing course, any more than there is for having cameraman on the field in a game of football, or driving in cars ahead of the athletes in the Olympic stadium.
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The World Yacht Racing Forum’s fourth edition came to a close this evening after two days of presentations, constructive debates, and networking sessions. There were over 200 delegates and fifty speakers from around the globe in attendance with different presentations, shared ideas, and business cards
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Sailors Mary Kovats, Jacob Karlin, and Dave Stix of Chicago, Illinois, will be awarded a Hanson Rescue Medal by US Sailing for their bravery during the rescue of three distressed sailors from the cold, story waters or Lake Michigan on May 7, 2011. US Sailing has awarded these sailors with a Hanson Rescue Medal for the seamanship and regard for safety they exhibited.
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At 72 years old Neil Pryde is one of the stalwarts of the Phuket Kings Cup and indeed of Asian sailing. Pryde, a New Zealand born sailor has been in Asia for almost 50 years and he loves the sailing conditions Asia has to offer.
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2012 schedule for the Melges 29erXX. The revolutionary 29er and 29erXX were introduced initially in 1998 by Julian Bethwaite and are pure and simple designs that offer fun, high-speed and competitive rides that are crafted by Melges USA.
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The 25th annual Phuket King's Cup regatta, which will run from December 3rd to 10th in Phuket, Thailand has attracted one of the most diverse international fleets in the world. Thailand is a perfectly located sailing paradise and in the year the event celebrates its quarter century, it has attracted skippers from 15 countries in the keelboat class of the regatta alone.
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The very first of a new 12-strong fleet of Clipper 70s has now been released from its mould as the construction of an expanded fleet for the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race makes progress on schedule ahead of its completion in the coming year. This is the first of an order for twelve identical new Castro-designed yachts, with an option on four more.
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Sailing and boating clubs and events need to address the need for copyright protection of images taken by event photographers. This is not a new problem, but as the media world consumes more and more images, the problem of unattributed or incorrectly attributed images being supplied by clubs and events to media is growing.
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The Transpacific Yacht Race crew aboard 44-foot sloop Second Chance, will be awarded the Hanson Rescue Medal by US Sailing. This comes after the nine person crew rescued a kayaker as they approached the finish line of the 2011 edition of the race in Diamond Head, Hawaii on the 19th July.
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