MoonenMoonen was delighted to recently welcome journalists from around the world to our yard as part of the HISWA Holland Yachting Group press tour. It’s been a rainy spring here in Holland but the weather was perfect on the day of this visit, which allowed us to offer the journalists a good mix of business and pleasure. Continue reading →

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Posted on June 17, 2013 by admin

Privilege Marine-Alessandro Di BenedettoAlessandro Di Benedetto Mentor of Feeling – Privilège Marine Nice collaborations are breathing a new life to Feeling !
On one hand, Alessandro Di Benedetto, mentor of Privilège Marine shipyard, brings an experimented perception on a technical and ergonomic point of view on the two main models of the Feeling Original Line, the Feeling 32 and Feeling 39. Alessandro is not only a famous sailor at the Vendée Globe but also a great adventurer, multiple world record-holder like a transatlantic and transpacific with Hobie Cat and a solo round-the-world race non-stop and without assistance through the three Capes on Mini 6,50… Franco-Italian living in Vendée (West Coast of France), it was natural for Privilège Marine to collaborate with Alessandro ; he is The Man of the situation in order to improve the Feeling design and to develop the safety and energy aspects for long range programs. He is already very present at the shipyard, studying carefully a Feeling 39 recently delivered. Continue reading →

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Posted on June 14, 2013 by admin

San Francisco Bay crew member selected to sail from China into home port

Clipper Ventures

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has announced it will partner with South Beach Yacht Club (SBYC) to make it the official host of the race fleet when it calls into San Francisco next April as part of its 40,000 miles, 11 month, route around the world, starting from London on 1 September 2013 and returning there in July 2014. Continue reading →

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Posted on June 14, 2013 by admin

Regates Royales

From September 21st to 29th the town of Cannes will once again roll out the red carpet, for the 35th edition of the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai. Throughout the week classic and vintage yachts, metric classes, Dragons, Requins and Broad One Design boats will gracefully unfurl their sails in the in the stunning backdrop of the Bay of Cannes. Legends live on From September 21st, the town of Cannes will welcome with open arms an array of Gaff rigs, schooners, cutters, sloops, yawls, J Class, one-designs and 12 Metre Class… Continue reading →

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Posted on June 13, 2013 by admin

Oman Air-MusandamSidney Gavignet and the international crew of Oman Air-Musandam broke the finish line off Lisbon at 12:41:38 hrs local time (11:41:38hrs TU) to win the first leg of the inaugural Route des Princes multihull race around Europe from Valencia to Morlaix, France via stopovers in Lisbon, Dun Laoghaire Dublin and Plymouth. Continue reading →

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Posted on June 13, 2013 by admin

Trimaran

Lisbon will be in full scale festival mode when the Route des Princes is in town over the next few days with tens of thousands of locals and visitors taking to the streets for the Popular Saints Festival and in particular the Feast of Saint Anthony. Continue reading →

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Posted on June 12, 2013 by admin

RIVA & CRNCRN and Riva, two luxury yachting brands of the Ferretti Group, will be shown as part of a selection of works from Berlin-based artist Christian Jankowski at exhibition Heavyweight History at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw. Curated by Ewa Gorzadek, ‘The Finest Art on Water’ will be part of the artist’s presentation of pieces created during 1992 – 2012. Jankowski aims to engage directly with the idea of sales and exchange and the value of luxury goods. Continue reading →

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Posted on June 11, 2013 by admin