All articles by David Glenn – Page 2

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    Comment | Spars and bars: Playing party politics

    2008-06-01T10:29:00Z

    Regatta events are a joy to visit and compete in — but now self-interest is a growing threat to the racing business

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    Refit Project | Pendennis & Va Bene: Masters of makeover

    2008-03-01T12:27:00Z

    Secondhand superyachts can be given a new lease of life with a multi-million-pound refit — and the Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth has made this growing sector of the industry its core business. David Glenn looks at how 16-year-old motoryacht Va Bene has undergone an eight-month makeover to be ready for ...

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    Spars and bars | New world order?

    2008-03-01T11:28:00Z

    “Abu Dhabi is the world’s wealthiest city... Almost anything is possible in this tiny but extraordinary country”

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    Yard Strategy | Perini Navi: Changing gear

    2007-09-01T09:41:00Z

    Italian yard Perini Navi, renowned for its heavy-displacement, high-volume sailing superyachts, is diversifying into the high-performance arena with a series of Philippe Briand-designed all-aluminium sloops. The first of these to launch will be a an ultra stylish 38m (125ft), as David Glenn reports.

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    Installation news 11: Ethereal's onboard-power system: Power struggle

    2007-04-01T13:56:00Z

    Bill Joy’s 58m (190ft) ketch Ethereal, currently under construction at Royal Huisman Shipyard (RHS) in Holland, will have a bank of lithium batteries powerful enough to replace the work of the main engine and run the yacht as a quiet ship for up to eight hours. This is just the ...

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    Extended test | Adele in the Southern Ocean: Penguin suited

    2007-04-01T13:37:00Z

    What criteria should be applied when designing a yacht for cruising in conditions varying from the heat and humidity of the tropics to the floating ice of the high latitudes? David Glenn went on a four-week cruise in the South Atlantic aboard the 55m (180ft) Vitters-built retro-ketch Adèle to find ...

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    Project breakdown | Swan 131 Aristarchos: Centre of attention

    2006-09-01T15:10:00Z

    Another milestone in the history of iconic yacht builder Nautor’s Swan was reached recently when it launched the Swan 131 Aristarchos, the largest yacht to emerge from its Boatbuilding Technology Centre in Finland. SB reports from Jakobstad, where the company is benefiting from substantial re-organisation.

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    Project breakdown | Lulworth: Beauty reborn

    2006-09-01T15:07:00Z

    A determination to re-build the 1920 cutter Lulworth as close to the original as possible using many of her original fittings, puts this project in a class of its own.