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Start-up eD-TEC Commences Sea Trials on its eD-QDrive

eD-TEC, developers of the revolutionary, all-electric eD-QDrive system and its powerful Technology Stack, has installed the new system on the Silent Speed 28 hydrofoil supported catamaran RIB for the first time. The sea trials represent an important milestone in realising the company's...

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U-Boat Worx Launches All-New Super Sub

U-Boat Worx, best known for its personal submarines and deep diving superyacht Nautilus, has created the fastest private submersible ever conceived. The Super Sub can carry three passengers, including the pilot, and can dive to a staggering depth of 300 metres.  This...

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SailGP Comes to Abu Dhabi for the First Time

Abu Dhabi will play host to SailGP, the high-octane global racing league, for the first time in January 2024.  Tickets are now on sale to witness the sport of sailing's best athletes representing national teams from around the globe on the waters...

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Sea-Fire's New Kit Helps to Extinguish Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

Rechargeable lithium-ion battery-powered devices are a part of everyday life, especially on a boat. But owners are all too aware that if their batteries fail, the extremely hot and volatile fire triggered by lithium-ion batteries can't be extinguished with a common handheld...

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SailGP Restructures to Focus on Asia-Pacific Growth

  SailGP says it saw 'significant growth' in the Asia Pacific region during its Season 3, including a 110 per cent increase in New Zealand's dedicated broadcast audience, with a sold-out event in the first ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in...

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Sebastian Vettel and Erik Heil Announce Germany SailGP Team

Two of Germany’s leading sports stars – four-time F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel and double Olympic sailing bronze medallist Erik Heil – came together on Wednesday, alongside team owner Thomas Riedel, to announce the Germany SailGP Team. Germany is the latest nation...

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BMW Reveals All-Electric Boat During the Cannes Film Festival

During the recent Cannes Film Festival, German auto giant BMW and start-up German boat builder Tyde showcased a new on-water concept, the Icon. This startling new vessel is all-electric and relies on giant battery packs used by the BMW i3 and hydrofoiling...

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Tag Heuer to Sponsor FlyingNikka Racing Yacht

Designed for long-distance racing on the Mediterranean Sea, the futuristic, 19-meter-long craft is shaking up the boating world as one of the globe's currently fastest vessels. This collaboration will combine both brands’ respective quests for excellence, precision, and innovation, as well as...

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Candela Releases New All-electric, Hydrofoiling Centre Console Model

Swedish tech firm Candela has released its latest hydrofoiling electric boat design, the 8.9m centre-console C-8 CC. Candela says that this new model will provide an all-electric, green solution to the world’s most popular boating segment. The company said that approximately 50,000...

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The flying superyacht

Measuring 243-feet, the yacht concept's dimensions would make it the world's largest hydrofoil and one capable of virtually flying above the water, whipped along by a trip of hydrogen-powered motors rated at 5,000hp each, and lifted partially out of the water by...

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Rolex enters 10-season partnership with SailGP

Luxury watch brand Rolex and SailGP have announced a ten-season partnership, extending Rolex’s role as the global presenting partner and as the exclusive official timepiece of the championship through to the end of Season 13. Rolex joined as a presenting partner from...

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SailGP's Inaugural Singapore Edition Gets Underway

A fleet of nine hydrofoiling catamarans took to the water this morning, racing for two podiums at Parkland Green in Singapore’s East Coast Park during the SailGP weekend (January 14-15 2023). The races are taking place between 2 pm and 3.30 pm...

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SailGP announces New Zealand title partner

With under 100 days to go until the inaugural New Zealand Sail Grand Prix, SailGP has announced a multi-year, national partnership with Kiwi building supply company ITM. The partnership will see the building supply company become the Title Partner of the ITM...

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SailGP pauses Japan team 'indefinitely' after commercial concerns

Organisers of the SailGP hydrofoiling league have excluded the Japan team ‘indefinitely’, after the Nathan Outteridge-led team failed to make the starting line in the first two races of the season. It's understood the team is struggling due to a shortage of...

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Asia-Pacific Boating Jul/Aug 2022 issue out now

CLICK HERE AND SAVE 10% OFF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TODAY Every July and August, we focus our bi-monthly print magazine on the incredible sailing scene found across the Asia-Pacific. There's a sailing revival in the air this year, as sailors return to regattas...

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SailGP announces debut event in Asia

SailGP has added Singapore to its Season 3 calendar, making it the first Asian location to host a leg of the SailGP series. Ten teams are competing in Season 3 – including new franchises Canada and Switzerland, and returning nations Australia, Denmark,...

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'Half-bike, half-plane': Cycling at sea with the Hydrofoiler XE-1

Leave it to the Kiwis. From New Zealand’s Manta5 comes a bicycle, the Hydrofoiler XE-1, which uses hydrofoil technology to let the user 'fly’ over the water on leg power alone. Manta5 debuted its hydrofoiling bicycles outside its native New Zealand in...

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Fly, birdy! The Birdyfish foil dinghy is built for flying

For those about to foil, we salute you! At least, that may have been the thought among more gentlemanly sailors when watching the young guns flying about on foiling Moth dinghies. But the popularity and the potential of foiling are too great...

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Dutch masters: Naval architects on the future of yacht design

When it comes to designing and building oversized superyachts, the Netherlands is the location that the world looks to, for all aspects of design. But naval architecture is arguably the country’s most esteemed specialism. Here, Asia-Pacific Boating was fortunate to ask two prominent Dutch...

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Production begins on AC40 yachts at McConaghy Boats

McConaghy Boats in Zhuhai has started production on the new AC40 class yachts, which will be used in training and in qualifying events leading up to the 37th America's Cup (AC37). America’s Cup teams are to use their AC40’s for testing, development,...