Day: 20 July 2018

Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene returned to her South African roots on Tuesday, July 17, when she took part in ceremonies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, who was born on July 18, 1918, and died on December 5, 2013.

Appearing alongside such luminaries as the former US President Barack Obama in front of an estimated 10,000 people in the huge stadium in Johannesburg, the Princess praised the diversity of South Africa and wished the country well for the future.

On Wednesday, HSH Princess Charlene met Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, an organisation set up in 1999 that works to better the conditions of some of the poorest people in southern Africa.

The Monaco Yacht Club’s Malizia – has won the prestigious Bermuda Hamburg Race, the final leg of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta, www.sailingscuttlebutt.com reported.

It was the last chapter of an epic 3,500nm 10-day transatlantic rivalry between Jens Kellinghusen’s Varuna VI, and Boris Herrmann’s Malizia, with the two boats sailing almost bow-to-bow for much of the time. In the end, Malizia was the fastest boat on the water and first after elapsed time, but Varuna succeeded over Malizia in IRC Zero after corrected time.

About 200 nautical miles away from the ultimate destination, Malizia was finally able to gain distance from Varuna and reached the German finish line at around 03:54 followed by Varuna at about 04:48 on July 18.

“We were side to side with Varuna since Land’s End. Fighting with all we have…,” said Herrmann.

It was a high-end battle of two state-of-the-art racing yachts and two German skippers from the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV): Jens Kellinghusen’s sleek, all-black Canting Keel Ker 56 Varuna VI versus Boris Herrmann’s futuristic, semi-foiling IMOCA 60 Malizia of Monaco Yacht Club.

For Malizia, every offshore race serves as a preparation for the successful completion of the 2020-2021 Vendeé Globe and potentially a future Volvo Ocean Race campaign, which will be raced on the same IMOCA 60 type. Being one of the top offshore racers in the world, Herrmann took the chance to deliver his yacht solo from Europe to Bermuda for the race start, and thereby qualified for the Route du Rhum.

Herrmann said he was also looking forward to being in Hamburg: “We are sailing to our hometown in Germany, which is an exclusive regatta destination for this ship, as I am usually somewhere abroad. I am therefore delighted to spend the next three weeks around Hamburg and be able to show Malizia to local friends and family.”

The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta (AAR) is part of the grand celebrations for the 150th anniversary for the Norddeutsher Regatta Verein (NRV) in Hamburg, Germany. Starting July 8, the 3500nm Bermuda to Hamburg Race is the final offshore race of the regatta series for the AAR, following on from the 2900nm RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada. The AAR is the first ever offshore series crossing the Atlantic Ocean in both directions.

For the past 28 years, the Principality of Monaco has hosted the world’s most impressive international superyacht meeting in its emblematic Port Hercules. In September the Monaco Yacht Show will again welcome superyacht owners, future purchasers and charter clients who will be able to indulge themselves in the 120 superyachts on display.

Among the 2018 collection of luxury yachts, 40 are brand-new designs that will be unveiled by leading shipyards to showcase their work, as is the case every year.

While the final decision to exhibit a yacht always remains with the owners, their agents and representatives work closely with the organizers of the show to allow it to offer the finest showcase of superyachts available. “The Monaco Yacht Show has a worldwide reputation for the exceptional quality of the collection of superyachts on display each year that average close to 50m overall.

About sixty of the yachts exhibited are less than two years old,” explains Gaëlle Tallarida, General Manager of the Show, before stressing that “We work in coordination with participating yacht brokers and shipyards in the interest, first and foremost, of the individual visitor, whether owner or future owner and to help new clients discover the world of luxury offered only by the superyacht industry. The MYS has a duty to offer these visitors the best possible experience, with the supreme quality of the yachts on display as one of the leading criteria.”

Set in September in the iconic Port Hercules, the MYS represents the pinnacle of the superyacht lifestyle against the glamorous backdrop of Monaco since 1991. Every year, the world’s most respected shipyards display 120 extraordinary one-off superyachts and megayachts, of which 40 new launches are annually unveiled in a worldwide debut.

For four days, yacht owners, future superyacht purchasers or charterers, decision-makers in the yachting and luxury industries attend the Monaco Yacht Show to participate in one of the most influential business networks on Earth.

On docks, the MYS curates the showcase of a selection of 580 leading companies in the industry: from the most reputable superyacht builders and nautical suppliers, top yacht designers, luxury manufactures and the best brokerage houses to the most sought-after tenders and water toys, prestige cars, helicopter and private jet manufacturers.

The Monaco Yacht Show is an event by Informa and gratefully benefits from the recognition and the support of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco.

The manga maker and jury member of the third MAGIC International Manga Contest during the Monaco Anime Game International Conference, Kazuki Takahashi, author of the international success YU-GI-OH, has confirmed his participation in the event on March 9, 2019.

The hit series of Kazuki Takahashi, started its pre-publication in 1996. The cards appearing in the manga were marketed and enjoyed a great success, which still continues. In 2016, the author himself directed the entire production of the feature film.

The winner will have his work published online on Shônen Jump. Moreover, he or she will also have the chance to spend a month in Japan, where he will meet with mangaka, a Shueisha publisher (tantô), and get the opportunity to extend the partnership with the publisher for one extra year.

Shibuya Productions is a Monaco-based company specialising in animation movies and video games, with blockbusters like Astroboy Reboot, Shenmue III and Cobra: Return of Joe Gillian. website: www.shibuya-productions.com

On Thursday, July 19, 2018, Mr. Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Infrastructure, Environment and Urban Planning, visited the ship ‘Song of the Whale,’ one of the main means by which the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative is carried out.

The event was organised by the Permanent Secretariat of ACCOBAMS, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the International Fund for the Protection of Animals (IFAW), during the stopover of the ship in Monaco, headquarters of ACCOBAMS.

First results have shown the distribution of ocean mammals -whales and dolphins – which were then presented at a conference held at the Yacht Club. Participants were also able to read the scientific protocol of the regional census, listen to the recordings of the sounds emitted by the cetaceans during the study and listen to the testimony of scientific observers present on the boat.

The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative is an innovative and unprecedented project aimed at improving conservation measures in the Mediterranean in order to safeguard its biodiversity.

The Permanent Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the adjacent Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) is currently carrying out the first survey of cetaceans and megafauna, using eight aircraft, five boats, including the Song of the Whale, and a hundred scientific observers from all over the Mediterranean basin.