Asia Yacht Press

01/05/2025

“The yacht economy is not only about having a breakwater - in the cases of Barcelona and Monte Carlo, they have established an industry chain with supporting facilities including maintenance and gadgets.”

28/04/2025

Nicholas Halliday Makes History with ILCA 7 Victory at 2025 French Olympic Week – Hyères. Hong Kong’s First Sailing Grand Slam (SGS) Winner!

Hong Kong’s Nicholas Halliday has made sailing history, clinching first place in the ILCA7 fleet at the French Olympic Week – Hyères (SOF), and becoming Hong Kong’s first ever Sailing Grand Slam (SGS) event winner. Halliday dominated the event, securing a commanding 23-point lead by Friday 25 April and enjoying a stress-free first-ever Medal Race appearance at a World Cup level regatta.

Nick finished fourth in the Medal Race itself, with New Zealand’s ThomasSaunders just ahead to take silver, while the Netherlands’ Duko Bos faded to eighth and settled for bronze.

The podium was:
1st Nicholas Halliday (HKG) – 48 points
2nd – Thomas Saunders (NZL) – 71 points
3rd – Duko Bos (NED) – 79 points
Earlier in the season, Halliday placed 20th in the first round of the Sailing Grand Slam series, but this week in Hyères, he led from the front and showcased remarkable consistency and maturity in a very competitive fleet.

He said, "The medal race was was super stress-free, really! I’d already won, so I just had to come in here and have good fun, and it's my first Medal Race in a World Series. Going into one of these races stress-free is pretty incredible. It was pretty windy today; it was good hiking. These conditions are really fun, especially on the downwind legs — you’re just constantly surfing and it's loads of fun.

The upwinds are hard work, but I enjoyed it. It’s a really, really high-level fleet. There are so many good guys here, and it's just incredible to race against the top sailors. It was a really big range of conditions this week, mostly offshore winds, and it just clicked for me. I had a good feeling for the shifts and pressure on the water.

I felt pretty calm every day, stayed patient, and kept an open mind the whole week. Now, I head back home to Hong Kong. Most of the good guys here will be going to China for the World Championships in Qingdao starting May 10 — and that’s much closer to home.

A special thank you to Coach Harris and Coach Vagelis for their tremendous guidance and support throughout this campaign."

Halliday’s breakthrough performance marks a major milestone for the sailing of Hong Kong, China, and paves the way for an exciting next chapter at the ILCA 7 Worlds in Qingdao.Full race results – French Olympic Week - Hyères (ILCA 7):https://sof.regatta.ffvoile.fr/.../races/race-resultsall...

15/04/2025

We've seen some pretty grubby exhaust from harbour ferries over the years. Maybe this will help.

The first electric ferry in Hong Kong will increase its service to three days a week between North Point and Hung Hom or Kowloon City.

15/04/2025

According to the hugely experienced crew that operated Chase Zero, filming the America's Cup in Barcelona from a foil borne hydrogen fuel cell cat was a 'gam...

08/04/2025

BPI Subic Regatta: for a full album of sunshine, go to: www.guynowell.com/-/galleries Low res downloads are free!

08/04/2025

BPI Private Wealth Signature Yacht Race Series 2024-25.

It's all over, including the shouting, and the fat lady has sung. BPI Subic Regatta wrapped up the 2024-25 Series, and Belatrix walked away with the honours in style. Here's the story:

The last event of the BPI Private Wealth Signature Yacht Race Series 2024-25 which started with the Corregidor Cup in November 2024

28/01/2025

The shock news of Sir Ben Ainslie being 'fired' by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the Money Man behind the British AC team, will reverberate for a long time. It raises some very deep and interesting questions. As usual, Sail-World's Richard Gladwell is all over it.

A split between the skipper and backer of the 2024 British America's Cup team has significant implications for the Cup as two Knights of the Realm line up with legal lances ready for a bloody joust.