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The fog burned off and the sun came out just in time for the start of Leg 9, which sees the fleet return to Europe

Bouwe Bekking's Team Brunel continue to hold the hot hand, taking a win in Newport.

Cannonball has showed superior upwind pace this week, but Ferrari was reserved regarding whether his boat is the new Maxi 72 benchmark: “Momo was not here and we still have to beat her.”

The World Cup Series chooses Genoa for 2019 and 2020 with the Genoa Boat Show’s Pavilions as GHQ

12 TP52s – nine of them being brand new boats – line up on the start line for the first regatta of the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES

The state of Rhode Island and Volvo Cars made announcements to commit to a plastic free future at landmark summit and sign up to the UN CleanSeas campaign

Good winds forecast for Saturday's Gurney's Resorts In Port Race Newport, where he sailors in the Volvo Ocean Race will shift gears to inshore racing

The Maxis and Mylius classes were dispatched on coastal races. In the event, the wind piped up to 18 knots, the strongest so far this week.

The four valve heads and DOHC valve train is integrated with Mercury’s proprietary V-8 cylinder block, packed with high performance hardware

Guests are enjoying the action in the Volvo Ocean Race, as they experience the competition of RIBs powered by Volvo Penta’s V6-280 gasoline engine

Charleston Race Week, it has become one of the most ideal venues for one-design sportboat racing events

The Ocean Summit at the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Newport,will showcase innovative solutions to the plastic crisis affecting the world’s oceans

The fleets of the GC32 Racing Tour and the Extreme Sailing Series will be locking horns in the initial races of the first ever GC32 World Championship

Andrea Giora will work with Fulvio Dodich in the Sales area, intercepting the target interested in Superyachts, Supply Vessels and Explorers

The worlds firtst racing yacht built out of 100% recyclable volcanic fibre prototype Open60AAL was launched successfully on 16th May in Les Sables d'Olonne

Volvo Penta’s Easy Connect app is now compatible with the company’s D1 and D2 engines as well as more smart devices, to extend its availability to more boaters.

Day one of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week was a  maxi-only affair on the Bay of Naples. Racing took place in near ideal conditions.

When the multiple award-winning SHERPA was launched in 2016, it immediately revolutionised the market, evolving the concept of “pocket megayacht” onto a larger scale

Azzurra topped the table with 21pts, four points up on Quantum Racing, which has Dean Barker steering, while World Champions Platoon

Inshore racing at Rolex Capri Sailing Week starts tomorrow for the Maxi and Mylius yachts on the magnificent Bay of Naples