'Will Jessica survive?'
Brisbane Times
The old salt also recently spent three days wedged in the bottom of a 14-metre Beneteau yacht being smashed by a fierce storm in the Southern Ocean. He said where Jessica was going would be even rougher and the 16-year-old sailor would need...
Long Beach Boat Show Celebrates 41st Year
Newsblaze.com
... Gemini 105MC Catamaran; Hovey Yachts, showcasing a new 55' Fleming Pilot House; Art Brooks Sea Company, displaying a Johnson 75'; and Bayport Yachts will feature Carver/Marquis; while a selection of Catalina Yachts, Beneteau and ...
Fleet of boats planned for Delta Doo Dah rally
San Francisco Gate
Jim Tull, aboard his Beneteau sloop Bella Luna, explained the magic. "This is a family thing. The delta is such an easy place to take your family without going offshore, with a thousand miles of waterways. There will be swimming, windsurfin...
Sailing in Marin: Families find room to cruise in Sacramento Delta
Marin Independent Journal
As soon as school is out for the summer, Jim and Meredith Tull of Tiburon grab 13-year-old twins Emily and Jane and pack up the family sailboat, a Beneteau Oceanis 321 known as Bella Luna. They fill the ice chest, tie the dinghies and rafts...
Entry now open for 23rd Phuket King's Cup Regatta
PR Inside
Entered boats of note to date include Rip Jaw, a new Beneteau 42s7 from Singapore and a fleet of ten charter boats from Thailand's leading charter operator Sunsail. Classes for the 2009 Regatta include, Racing; Premier; Sport Boats; IRC; Mo...
Madoff Yacht Maker Shielded as French Rules Draw Ire (Update2)
Bloomberg
Beneteau In December, Beneteau SA, the only listed French yacht maker not in bankruptcy protection, announced plans to expand its small motor-boat division. While the company reported a first-half loss of 20 million euros, it has the cash t...
Stormy Seas for Europe's Luxury Yacht Makers
BusinessWeek
France's Beneteau (CHBE.PA), the world's biggest sailboat maker, said on Apr. 9 that it would eliminate 600 jobs, or about 10% of its workforce. From 1997 to 2007, Beneteau's annual sales grew from $235 million to more than $1.4 billion—onl...
Charles Dunstone's TP 52, Rio, Takes Overall Honors, Crescendo, Dragon ...
Caribbean Racing
And on the final race of the week, Calvin Reed and John Linton's winning effort aboard their Beneteau 40.7, Elandra, enable them to leap over Rick Wesslund's J/122, El Ocaso, to finish second in class. El Ocaso, with a disappointing seventh...
Sailing: Seven from Pinellas make U.S. Sailing team
St. Petersburg Times
... Mauro Harto, J-34 Mojo, Non-Spinnaker 1 division; Doug Fuller, Catalina 22 Capri, Non-Spinnaker 2 division; Ken Carriero, Catalina 36 Zingaro, Cruising 1 division; Bruce Bingham, Cape Dory 28 Nikk, Cruising 2 division; and Hall Palmer, ...
Boat show will feature economy and ecology bent
San Diego Union-Tribune
On display at the show will be the new Beneteau 34, which was recently named Cruising World magazine's Boat of the Year as the best value. A fully equipped Beneteau 34 goes for $160,000. Of course, there is a traditional “green” aspect to a...
Best Bets
South Coast Today
... Point house; a getaway at a house near Sugarloaf, Maine; a Yamaha "Vino" scooter; five Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Silver Dollars featuring the profile of Eunice Kennedy Shriver; an afternoon sail for four people in a 37-...
International Yacht Club Challenge at the BVI Spring Regatta
Caribbean Racing
Our Beneteau 39, the boat of choice to race, has performed well in past regattas. The event will also promote good camaraderie among the yacht clubs throughout the world as they will be competing in like boats in gorgeous Caribbean conditio...
Fight over fire cuts
Monroe Evening News
In fact, at the meeting Councilperson Beneteau stated that if parents needed to take their children to the library they could go out to Raisinville Road. In regards to the Splash Park and Memorial Park and Cemetary these were projects prese...
Chesterton native Goldman one of the few women skippers in Mackinac
NWITimes.com
Goldman's Rhumb Runner, which has mostly female crew members, set a Beneteau 40.7 record as it won the Waukegan to Chicago Race in 2 hours, 55 minutes and 2 seconds. Beneteau 40.7 is the boat type and length -- 40 feet, 7 inches. How Goldma...
