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Lucky 7 on Bucket List for St Barths 2015

Sailing yacht, “Seahawk” racing in the St Barths Bucket 2014, was just the warm up. Reporting from his Master Yacht Engineering teaching assignment at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, Ron reports that he is looking forward to participating once again... Read More

Noel Lister 1927 – 2015

The new Year brings the sad news of Noel Lister, English Yachtsman, has passed on to his next ‘big cruise’ in the sky. I was lucky to receive the design commission for this important big sailing yacht, and sail with... Read More

Latest Perini Navi 60 metre Sailing Trials

  ‘Perseus^3’ the Latest Perini Navi/Ron Holland design collaboration is preparing to leave Italy for her first trans Atlantic voyage. Cutter rigged, ‘Perseus^3’ has the second tallest mast presently afloat. This innovative fast cruising yacht has a carbon-fibre bowsprit, to optimise her down wind sailing... Read More

Aboard a Big Tugboat

I accepted an invitation to ‘look at Tugboats’, from Frans Tjallingii, President of Saam Smit Towage, Vancouver. BC. Smit have over 20 Tugboats on the BC Coast and have 3 under construction in Vancouver.  ... Read More