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Guy Chester crossed the finish line at Gold Coast Seaway aboard the trimaran Oceans Tribute at 19:15 on Friday evening to claim line honours in the Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge 2026, completing the passage in 6 days, 7 hours and 34 minutes and 36 seconds. Chester, with many years of experience as an offshore solo […]
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At 20:00 NZST tonight, if the projection holds, Guy Chester will dock his Crowther Design 93 trimaran Oceans Tribute at Southport. The finish marker is in place. It will be dark by then on the Gold Coast — Queensland’s winter nights arrive early — and the tide will have turned outbound, putting current against him […]
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One of the more striking superyachts to emerge from Italy this year has touched the water. CRN, part of the Ferretti Group, launched its latest full-custom steel and aluminium displacement motor yacht in Ancona on June 4, with the 70-metre Project Thunderball completing her first launch in front of the owner and their family. The […]
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In early 2013, boating journalist Steve Raea returned to Mexico’s west coast to rejoin a yacht he had purchased the previous year and prepare for another Pacific crossing. More than a decade later, his account provides a fascinating snapshot of offshore cruising before Starlink, before widespread weather-routing apps, and at a time when self-reliance remained […]
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During the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, the founder’s great-grandfather developed an improved method for fixing dyes to cotton cloth – a process later sold to a company that would become the chemicals giant ICI. It is perhaps no surprise that this legacy of practical innovation continues today. With a naturally methodical and analytical approach, […]
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