Introducing the Gunboat 72: Performance, Luxury, and Innovation Combined
Experience the cutting-edge Gunboat 72, a perfect blend of performance and luxury. Witness its grand unveiling at Cannes Yachting Festival!
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Thrills & Spills on First Day of Racing in 43rd St. Thomas International Regatta
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The signature race to Charlotte Amalie harbor on today’s first day of the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) turned into a sprint for some and a splash for others with winds gusting to nearly 30 knots. Most of the 67 boat fleet, divided into eight classes ranging from 16-foot beach…
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Round the Rocks Race Provides Great Tune-Up for St. Thomas International Regatta
A fleet of nearly a dozen yachts sets sail in the first-ever Round the Rocks Race on Thursday, March 24. This 21-mile counter clockwise circumnavigation of the beautiful island of St. John will give racers a good chance to tune-up crews and shake-down yachts, while experiencing great racing conditions that span both the Atlantic Ocean…
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New Classes, New Race Set for St. Thomas International Regatta
Gunboats and VX One boats are set to sail in first-ever classes at the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR), set for March 25 to 27, 2016 and hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club. What’s more, organizers will also welcome entries into the ORC (Offshore Racing Club) handicap class, plus invite all sailors to tune-up…
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2014 Heineken Regatta
The 2014 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, the Caribbean’s largest annual yacht-racing affair, was this year also one of the most competitive editions in the event’s long, 34-year history. In roughly half of the fleet’s 20 separate classes, nothing was decided until the last race on the regatta’s final day, which was conducted in uncharacteristically light,…
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Measured Multihull Rating System Comes to the Caribbean
Sint Maarten has been the centre for multihull racing in the Caribbean going back many years. It began with the big Spronk catamarans that ran day trips to St. Barths and Anguilla racing each other to get to the prime anchoring spots first and it continued with the infamous Caribbean Offshore Regatta. In more recent…
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Editor’s Desk: Sailing Yachts and Mooring Balls
In December 2011, I had my first up-close-and-personal look at a Gunboat catamaran. Phaedo, sixty-six feet of bright orange catamaran – who finished third across the finish line in last year’s Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) – had just pulled into her slip at St. Lucia’s Rodney Bay Marina. It was her third trip across…
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Safety, Quality and Family Connect Gunboats and Wanchese
Two years ago my husband Clint waited in line 45 minutes to get on a boat he had been on several times before. The carbon fiber Gunboat sailing catamaran, with its unique central helm station, amazing 360-degree visibility, and minimalist furnishings has an almost cult-like following. Last October we bypassed the long lines and scheduled…
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Gunboat Now Manufacturing in Wanchese NC
How many time have you heard, ‘If we can just get manufacturing jobs back in the U.S.A., we can get this economy turned around’? In North Carolina, Governor Bev Purdue is committed to getting people back to work and creating a strong business climate where manufacturing can thrive in a global market. When Gunboat began…
