News and Notes

After a journey of over 3,300 nautical mails Class 40 Vaquita has taken line honors at the ARC 2012, having sailed from Gran Canaria in just […]

If you are – or intend to be – on your way to Australia by sailboat, be prepared for authorities searching for drugs. It appears that […]

Ocean yachtsman Marc Guillemot, skipper of the French racing yacht Safran, was fined £9,381 and made to pay costs of £4,125 for travelling the wrong way […]

Hero or hijacker? The question has swirled around night watchman Todd Tholke, who filed a $200,000 salvage claim after finding the French America’s Cup World Series […]

November 24, 2012 was the day that VESTAS Sailrocket 2 took speed sailing into a whole new era. Having already broken the existing outright world speed […]

It was announced at noon today, November 25th, at the skippers briefing in Las Palmas that the start of the ARC will be delayed for the […]

On Thursday, November 15 at 19:45 (French time), Davies  reported her dismasting to the race office and her team. At the time of the incident, Davies […]

We are very fortunate that the Tartan and C&C Yachts factory fared well through Hurricane Sandy, but we are aware that many of our Tartan and […]

Two people trapped on a stricken yacht 1260km (780 miles) northwest of New Zealand have been rescued by a cargo ship this morning. Auckland woman Tania […]

“Layers upon layers of problems” are preventing any progress in the salvage of boats in an area of New Jersey that was struck hard by Hurricane […]