Tag: ocean

Ocean Independence sells British warship for the adjustment of the mega yacht

Randall G. Lucchesi

Yacht broker at Ocean Independence has teamed up with design Studio Claydon Reeves to create the project of the yacht on the basis of a warship. Project 98-metre trimaran Triton, built by order of the governments of UK and USA to demonstrate the capabilities of this type of the body, can be converted to a support vessel or superyacht with a length of 103 meters. “He’s ready to be used in the form in which it exists now, but we Read more

Volvo Ocean Race is no more!

Randall G. Lucchesi

But to worry about the famous round the world race should not be – it will continue to exist. Just now she has a new name, like the former, but one word shorter. Now it’s Ocean Race. This was announced in the French capital at the annual yacht boat show Salon nautique international de Paris. Presentations round the world race-2021 (about it below) there, in Paris, was preceded by an important event – the General Assembly of the class IMOCA Read more

Digital detox for the salvation of the ocean: Dan Lenard to cross the Atlantic without fuel and GPS

Randall G. Lucchesi

Co-founder of the Agency design yachts Nuvolari Lenard Dan Lenard (Lenard Dan) is preparing to sail alone to cross the Atlantic, according to Boat International. Non-profit project fully funded by the Leonard. The designer hopes that his journey will help to draw attention to the problem of damage caused to the environment of modern yachting. “Sailing is the only mode of transportation that truly meets the sustainable development agenda. But the last 100 years we started to combine the movement Read more

Clear Ocean Pact declares war on disposable plastics on superyachts

Randall G. Lucchesi

To combat the increasing volume of plastic waste entering the oceans, has earned non-profit organization Clear Ocean Pact. By 2050 the oceans will be more plastic than fish, as 10,000 members of the crews of the superyachts are drinking approximately 3.2 million plastic water bottles. The remaining packaging is 100 tons of waste! Clear Ocean Pact has prepared a plan, called 5P. Simply put, these are the five fundamental areas of work of the organization. The first P – Picture, Read more

Snakes over the Indian ocean

Randall G. Lucchesi

In mid-November, the waters of the Indian ocean from Mauritius to reunion will paint bright kites of the relay, organized with the support of the company “SODIS” and the 50th anniversary of the independence of Mauritius is a picturesque island nation of East Africa. In the course of the ambitious project, the kitesurfers will be rotated every 20 to 40 km, and all athletes will be 175 km, they will need about 10 hours. At the start of the race Read more

A 13-metre “Mismatch”: boat with outboard motors from Ocean Alexander

Randall G. Lucchesi

Taiwanese manufacturer of superyachts from 20 to 47 meters Ocean Alexander suddenly decided to explore the emerging niche of small motor yachts with outboard motors. Without thinking, the project of 13.7-meter (45-foot) crumbs and called: 45 Divergence, that is, the “discrepancy,” “discrepancy,” “discrepancy”. Her debut is scheduled for an exhibition in Miami in February 2019. “Segment 12-15 meter boats are really popular. We were thinking about this project three years ago, but then the time for him was wrong,” explains Read more

Amahte on fuel from ocean garbage

Randall G. Lucchesi

At the boat show in Southampton (England) introduced a draft equahty, which can be collected daily in the ocean at five tonnes of plastic, and then recycle this waste into fuel. The figure, however, is approximate and depends on what area of the World ocean will work ecoact and from the volume header. All these parameters are still at the stage of the calculation. It is known that the 70-metre catamaran, named Ocean Saviour, equip the two hands on both Read more

Lisa Clark – 9 years in ocean journey

Randall G. Lucchesi

We all live with fantasies of one day leave the gray days and go on a great adventure. Some of us continue to dream, others act. Moreover, the recipe of “how to do it” is always different. Someone who carefully plans every step, and someone just listens to the wind and waves. In 2006 at the age of 26 years, Lisa Clark – bartender by profession, surfer and sailor by vocation – on your catamaran “Swell” came out of the Read more

Dongfeng Race Team won the Volvo Ocean race 2017-18

Randall G. Lucchesi

Dongfeng Race Team won the Volvo Ocean race 2017-18   Team Dongfeng Race Team won the Volvo Ocean race 2017-18 on a short route finish line in race history. Skipper Charles Caudrelier led his team to victory in the final stage of the race, 970-mile sprint from Gothenburg, Sweden to the Hague. At the 11th stage of the race kicked off three teams: MAPFRE, Team Brunel and Dongfeng Race Team. Each of these three teams was a leader at different Read more

Few facts about Point Nemo (Volvo Ocean Race)

Randall G. Lucchesi

25 Mar 2015 fleet round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, heading to Brazil, crossed the Point Nemo (Point Nemo) is a unique, mystical, the most remote from the sushi place in the oceans. Point Nemo (Point Nemo), or the pole of inaccessibility. Only here you really can feel alone and cut off from human civilization. On the planet Earth will not find another such place, where all four cardinal directions to the nearest land will be the same and so far. Exactly Read more