British skipper Pip Hare says she plans to "maximise every opportunity" to achieve a top 10 finish in the 2024 Vendée Globe ...

The newly constructed keel pit at Lusben's Livorno shipyard is operational. This facility, designed for sailing yachts up to ...

The new keel pit, used for precision work on yachts with moving appendages including lifting and canting keels, has received its first boat, S/Y Rosehearty. A sailing yacht built in 2006 by Perini ...

Bollinger Shipyards yesterday held a ceremony at its Bollinger Marine Fabricators shipyard in Amelia, La., to lay the keel for the future R/S SpaceShip. SpaceShip is being built for ULA (United Launch ...

Tom Jarriel was born in Georgia, but he grew up in Shreveport. He was a proud graduate of Byrd High School where he played baseball and tennis. After graduating in 1952, he attended the University ...

The 100ft canting keel maxi has taken line honour victories in the years from 2010 – 2012, becoming only the second yacht in the history of the Rolex Middle Sea Race to take it three times in a row.

According to the company, the milestone was celebrated with a keel-laying ceremony at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, that took place on Oct. 7, 2024. The soon-to-be-named ship is ...

The ClubSwan 80 has twin rudders, canting keel, rotating canard and a retractable bowsprit. Nautor says: ‘The ClubSwan 80 is a further milestone in the development of the overall Nautor Swan range and ...

It is one thing to have canting keel and water ballasted boats racing against fixed keel designs, but ‘Maxi week’ at 2022 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is taking it to the next level (of madness?) ...

On most boats this is provided by the keel and its lead bulb. Historically IMOCA 60s have taken this to the maximum, gaining extra righting moment through ultra-beamy hull shapes and canting keels.