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Race participants in Baltimore Inner Harbor, 2006. The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, [1] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [1] and in 2019 it was ...
IMOCA 60. The IMOCA ("Open 60"), is a 60ft (18.288 m) development class monohull sailing yacht governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). [1] The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe and this has been intimately linked to design development within ...
REV Ocean. 2 helipads, ACH145 Airbus Corporate helicopter. [9] REV Ocean is a privately funded research and expedition vessel (REV) under construction by VARD shipyards. Some sources describe her as a yacht, but unlike a yacht, her main purpose is not recreation or sports. She is 182.9 metres (600 ft) in length and her gross tonnage is 17,440.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a civil claim seeking $103 million from the two Singaporean companies that owned and operated the container ship that in March ...
Completed. 2014. General characteristics. Length. 140 metres. Ocean Victory is a Fincantieri super yacht, designed by Espen Øino (Oeino) and Alberto Pinto. [1] At 140m long she was at the time of her construction one of the top 10 largest yachts in the world. She is reported to have seven decks, a helipad, six pools, and can accommodate a 14m ...
I took two cruises in July, and they couldn’t have been more different. After spending 10 days on Seabourn Pursuit, the cruise line’s 264-guest expedition vessel, I returned home for a few ...
33 + 25 scientists. RV Atlantis II is a research vessel formerly operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The ship was built in 1962. She was used as the support vessel for the Alvin submersible for many years, and retired from Woods Hole service in 1996. After a period of inactivity in New Orleans, she was transferred to the travel ...
A yacht can cost as little as a thousand bucks, but it likely won’t be in very good, or even working, condition — and it certainly won’t be new. A more reasonable range for yachts is between ...