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BOXPARK™ opens the worlds first pop-up mall in Shoreditch, London
A gloriously sunny and warm October morning greeted the 80 golfers who turned out for the 15th North Sails Golf Day on Friday at Cams Hall in Fareham.
Mike Golding’s Open 60 gets the Grapefruit Graphics treatment before being launched
Gold for Ainslie, silver for Percy and Simpson As the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta concludes
Aberdeen Asset Management has today announced its sponsorship of an Extreme 40 catamaran to compete in the Extreme Sailing Series at the inaugural Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
The Real Club Nautico de Valencia (RCNV) and Green Comm Racing announced the details of their Challenge for the 34th America’s Cup
TEAM SANYA, the Chinese entry in the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority today unveiled the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team’s state-of-the-art Volvo Open 70 racing yacht in Portofino, Northern Italy.
Thrills and spills at record entry race as weather dominates
Medal race day and the tension could be felt throughout the boat park as the elite of each Olympic discipline prepared to be tested
The 2nd edition of the Nespresso Cup with eight Wally yachts representing a diverse range of these unmistakable sleek and stylish yachts gathered in the beautiful harbour of Portofino
World Champions and ocean racing record holders, squaring up against Olympians and America’s Cup hotshots, in the impressive roll call for the Extreme Sailing Series™ 2011.
The Plastic Proliferation Problem – join the fight
Paul Campbell-James and his crew on The Wave, Muscat win the final event in Almeria of the 2010 Extreme Sailing Series™.
Vendee veteran to carry eco message in the Route du Rhum
Oman Air Majan breaks Sodebo and PlayStation records non-stop round Britain
Giles Scott claims Team GBR’s only gold
Jaguar announced today a partnership with TEAMORIGIN –‘TEAMORIGIN racing with Jaguar’.
Edinburgh-based investment company and Offshore Challenges Group Ltd roll out their plans
HRH the Princess Royal opens new RYA facility and shows support for top youth sailing talent
Victory For Oman Sail at home as Masirah secures 1st and The Wave, Muscat secures 2nd overall in the first Extreme Sailing Series Asia
In February Volvo Car UK were pleased to announce their partnership with Snowbombing – “the world’s biggest show on snow” which took place in the winter sports resort of Mayrhofen, Austria, 5th-10th April 2010.
Oman Sail’s Masirah claims the first regatta of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia
Next steps for TEAMORIGIN after Louis Vuitton Triophy Nice Regatta
Pete Cumming’s Oman Sail ‘Masirah’ claims overall victory in the 2009 iShares Cup
Mike Golding’s Open 60 is back in Ocean Village sporting a great new livery after nearly six months in refit since her return to the UK.
A proud day for Oman as the Arabian 100 trimaran touches water for the very first time in Salalah Port.
Blade Dynamics launch Bladeskyn® as an alternative to painting wind turbine blades
2009 – 2010 Exercise Transglobe, a major expedition that is open to members of all three Armed Forces personnel (regular and reserve).
England cricketer’s Andrew Strauss (Captain), Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood joined Olympic gold medal winning boxer James DeGale in the ring today for a training session.
Bacardi Limited’s “Champions drink responsibly” campaign with social responsibility Ambassador Michael Schumacher featured on Top Gear.
JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race 2009 line honours for Massirah & Omani sailor , Khamis Al Anbouri
Britain’s leading solo offshore sailor, Mike Golding OBE, will join the six-round series on board his Extreme 40 Ecover.
Oman Sail has entered two state of the art Extreme 40 catamarans into the 2009 iShares Cup which with world class crews on each boat competing with their Omani team members
Brian Thompson and his Bahrain Team Pindar crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne this morning at 08:31:55 GMT to secure fifth place
TEAMORIGIN end regatta on a high note despite narrow loss in quarter finals
Designed by Lot-Ek, twenty-four shipping containers are retro fitted and transformed into PUMA CITY, a transportable retail and event building that is travelling around the world.
Puma Ocean Racing’s sister ship to Il Mostro will be seen this weekend at Potters Fields on the bank of the Thames by Tower Bridge.
Virgin Global Row’ is an expedition mounted by Olly Hicks, the solo oarsman, to circumnavigate Antarctica.
The Bahrain Team Pindar Open 60 was officially named today in the presence of a number of leading Bahrain dignitaries.
This morning Alex Thomson’s Open 60 Hugo Boss left the build shed, where over the last 13 days she has been the subject of an intense repair operation.
Quantum Racing put a fantastic end to a spectacular season. After being crowned champions of the Audi MedCup last month, the American boat won the world championship title.
Start day of the 2008-9 Volvo Ocean Race came, as the forecast promised, with overcast skies and a continuation of the blustery northeasterly winds that have buffeted Alicante for the last few days
With the breeze up around 25 knots it looked as though racing for the day was going to be very exciting indeed.
TEAMORIGIN, the British America’s Cup Challenger founded by Sir Keith Mills, has today taken second place on the podium at the 2008 iShares Cup.
The final event of the five-round European iShares Cup Extreme 40 Sailing Series proved to be the only event where the result was not decided in the final race, but even in Amsterdam it wasn’t settled until the 16th race out of 18.
After winning the Audi MedCup Circuit 2008 title with a day to spare, Quantum Racing added victory in the Trophy of Portugal to cap their triumphant five months long season over which they won three of the six Audi MedCup Circuit regattas.
Ian Walker’s team reveals their finalised crew list for the Volvo Ocean Race
The TEAMORIGIN Extreme 40 team took line honours being the first boat round the race course taking 3 hours, 23 minutes and 50 seconds to complete the course.
Today saw the latest cutting edge IMOCA Open 60 hit the water ahead of the Vendée Globe 2008. Artemis Ocean Racing II
At 3am this morning Ross got the call we had all been waiting for – Alex and Capey were on the home strait and the finish line in sight. Despite the early morning, cold and rain, the whole team, together with Gail and Noah Cape, Alex’s girlfriend Kate and his dad Pete, Ann and his brother Dave, rendezvous-ed down at the dock and joined the waiting ribs.
Estrella Damm, Spain’s most important brewer, has announced today that it will sponsor the first Spanish entry in the Barcelona World Race 2007, and they have chosen the Catalan Guillermo Altadill, one of the most respected and experienced professional sailors in the world, to skipper Estrella Damm’s boat over three months across the planet’s most hostile and challenging oceans.
Global sportslifestyle company Puma introduced its skipper, training boat and the Puma Racing Team at an official unveiling ceremony in Boston Harbour today attended by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Puma CEO Jochen Zeitz, Volvo Ocean Race CEO Glenn Bourke, Save the Harbor President Patricia A. Foley, and Secretary Daniel O’Connell of Massachusetts.
Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team’s ITA 99, the new boat of the team led by Vincenzo Onorato, was christened and launched at 12.40 in Valencia.
Immediately afterwards the structure tests started on the boat built for the decisive races in the 32nd America’s Cup. “This project has not only cost an enormous amount of man hours, but also a lot of blood sweat and tears. I know you have all fought very hard to get this awesome piece of equipment together,” says Magnus Holmberg, skipper and helmsman.
It was full speed ahead this week as the Mean Machine team began its intense testing and training programme.
On the 18th May Dee Caffari entered the record books by becoming the first woman to sail single-handed non-stop around the world against the prevailing winds and currents.
AREVA has decided to sponsor K-CHALLENGE in the 32nd America’s Cup which will be held in Valencia, Spain during the summer of 2007. The boat and its team are now known as the AREVA Challenge.
grapefruitgraphics Graphics have just finished completing the Stand graphics for Holt.
The graphics were digitally printed and mounted on to thin board that were installed to curved panels on the stand walls.
In Honour of the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race, Volvo has released three Volvo Ocean Race Special Edition vehicles.
We received a call on Monday morning, five days before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race, asking if we could fly down to Spain to graphic up a VO70. Not ever turning down a challenge we leapt at it and proceeded to finalize a design and produce the graphics in time to arrive in Spain on Wednesday.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Artemis, one of the UK’s leading investment companies, embarked on a major sailing sponsorship earlier this year with Brian Thompson and his Open 60 ‘Artemis’. The Artemis Ocean Racing Team officially launched the rebranded yacht formerly known as ‘Pindar’on the 1st September in Leith, Scotland.
ABN AMRO One hit the water today. This is the third Volvo Open 70 that grapefruitgraphics Graphics have been used in the branding of the hull.
The Ericsson Racing Team’s Volvo Ocean 70 yacht, was last night baptised by her godmother, HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, at a spectacular christening ceremony in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Ericsson Racing Team has launched its Volvo Open 70 yacht at the Green Marine yard in Lymington. The yacht is now based at Vigo in Spain and is in the middle of extensive preparations for the Volvo Ocean Race.
Four men have set off on a record attempt to row non-stop around the British coastline. Led by Lt William de Laszlo, 25, of south London, the oarsmen left from London’s Tower Bridge on Tuesday afternoon on their 2,000-mile trip.
At this year’s sixth Laureus World Sports Awards held on the 15th and 16th May saw two days of exciting sporting events that culminated to the glamorous Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony.
Volvo Car UK’s sponsorship of Team Volvo for Life, has won a major award at the Sport Industry Awards for ‘Best sponsorship of a sport team or individual’. Team Volvo for Life is an inspirational team of individuals who represent the very best of British sailing talent; team members include Double Olympic Gold Medal winners, Ben Ainslie and Shirley Robertson.
With the Volvo Ocean Race start fast approaching, grapefruitgraphics Graphics are active working with a number of teams to get their sponsors noticed.
The second season of the Mediterranean circuit’s Breitling Medcup series saw 22 Transpac 52’s competing (including 13 purpose-built brand new ones), double the number of entrants that competed in the previous season.
STOP PRESS: First Nick Moloney lost his keel on SKANDIA in the Vendee Globe, Now it’s happened again. ECOVER has lost their’s too!
Ellen sets new Round the World Record!
One of the Worlds major golfing tournaments – The Volvo Masters Amateur, provides a platform for amateur golfers to put their passion & dedication to the test in a World-recognised and respected sporting event.
At the end of September, the grapefruitgraphics Graphics Team put their support behind the London 2012 Candidate City bid to host the Olympic Games.
grapefruitgraphics Graphics were pleased to be involved in the branding for the recent ISAF Youth World Championships.
Congratulations to Ben Ainslie, Shirley Robertson, Sarah Webb & Sarah Ayton who have all won Olympic Gold Medals in the past week in Athens.
Tennis star & top model Anna Kournikova was in Plymouth recently to help her fellow Omega Watches ambassader, Ellen MacArthur start the Transatlantic Race, The Transat.
Mike Golding sailing the Open 60 yacht ‘Ecover’ has won The Transat race from Plymouth to Boston in a record breaking time of 12 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes & 8 seconds.
With ‘The Transat’ transatlantic race fast approaching, Nick Moloney launched his re-branded Open 60 recently on the River Thames in London.
grapefruitgraphics Graphics are pleased to be associated with Norwich Union sponsored UK Grand Prix athletics.
Top IMS yacht gets the grapefruitgraphics treatment
nder instruction from Fast Track Events, grapefruitgraphics Graphics are pleased to be associated with the ‘Team Volvo for Life’ sailing scheme.
Branding of sponsored Audi fleet
The World’s largest single masted yacht ever built was launched recently at the Vosper Thornycroft shipyard in Southampton.
Australia’s biggest ever ocean racing yacht!
grapefruitgraphics Graphics were pleased to be a sub sponsor at this year’s HOLT TIDE RIDE.
The J Cup Regatta held this year in the Channel Islands & open to all of the classes built by the American company J Boats.
Nick Moloney & Sam Davis are this year taking part in the Transat Jacques Vabre Race, a punishing double handed race from France to Brazil.
Emma Richards has renewed her association with printing giant Pindar.
Enigma of London is the new Reichel-Pugh maxi yacht owned by Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone.
Competing at Cowes Week 2003, numerous boats across the classes were branded especially for the event by grapefruitgraphics Graphics, including many Europrix 45′s with some carrying promotional decals for next years Europrix Race.
This summer we were pleased to design & apply graphics for many of the teams competing in the prestigious Admirals Cup