02/2006 – 12th Hendaye Boat Show – The 12th edition of the Hendaye Boat show will be held from April 21st to 23rd at Bidassoa. With more than 10 000 visitors, this is the biggest floating boat show of the Aquitaine Region. The godfather of this show will be Pascal BIDEGORRY, winner of the last […]
Continue Reading ...02/2006 – Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show creates Australian first The highly-successful Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show will offer the largest on water leisure and light commercial display ever staged in Australia at this year's May 2006 event. Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show general manager Barry Jenkins announced expanded marina and hardstand displays would create […]
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The Yachting season is over. As every year, the end of the “Voiles de Saint-Tropez” marks the start of the classic yachts’ well-earned winter rest. The final regattas of the season were fought out at the traditional “Voiles de Saint-Tropez” event, which ended on Saturday October 8th 2005 with a splendid grand finale. Spectators watched […]
Continue Reading ...9th NICE COTE D’AZUR BOAT SHOW 2005 ! For its 9th edition, from the 18th to March 21st, 2005, “NICE COTE D’AZUR BOAT SHOW” (ex “Nautical Boat Show of Nice”) takes a new dimension. Reflection of the good health of the nautical sector (nearly 10% of growth in 2004 according to the FIN – Nautical […]
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35 crossings of the Golfe de Gascogne, 19 transatlantic and a half turn of the world, from the Pacific Ocean to the Red Sea, while passing through the Indian Ocean, Richard Mérigeaux finished second of the 2003 mini transat on “Bon Pied Bon Oeil”. Sailor of exception, he is accustomed of the podiums for the […]
Continue Reading ...In a nutshell: to simplify, to modernise, to responsibilise 09/2004 – It is at the Grand Pavois boat show in La Rochelle, that the Secretary of State to transport and sea, François Goulard, presented the final version of the reform on the regulation of the yachting in France. The old system – Facing the complexity […]
Continue Reading ...11/2005 – International Paris Boat Show 2005 From december 3rd to 12th 2005, the nautical world meets at Paris Porte de Versailles. For its 45th birthday, the International Paris Boat Show welcomes 1400 exhibitors and 1200 boats amongst which 300 new boats. The program is complete. Some unmissable, like the "Tradition" space and the fishing […]
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When Shamrock V was launched in 1930 she was the first yacht to be built under the J Class rules created one year before. Inspired by the works of Nathanael Herreschoff, the J Class ensured that all sailing yachts competing in the Americas Cup had identical characteristics. It also marked the replacement of the gaff […]
Continue Reading ...First contact – Immense car parks, thousands of cars… gentle breeze blows.On the way, warehouses, manufacturers and ship chandlers face a university and an aquarium, one of the most visited in Europe. Ten knots of wind and familiar slappings are made hear… Little by little, crowd is done denser; it seems to converge towards a […]
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Record holder of a round the world trip, the wrong way, on his monohull Adrien”, second in the “Route du Rhum”, race winner of the 60 foot world championship, Jean-luc Van Den Heede is an experienced and accomplished seaman who keeps his two feet on the ground. The meeting The broad shouldered gray bearded man […]
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