The Dream Symphony, the largest yacht to be ever built is currently being constructed near Marmaris in Turkey. As modern technology takes a new swing, the sailing boat still strikes a chord with conventionalists by molding herself purely out of wood. The four masted schooner has already been tagged as one of most amazing yachts of this century even though she has still to take to the seas. Continue reading
The superyacht Catamaran Hemisphere is up for auction at ‘Christie’s Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth’. The auction not only gives you chance to go on an ideal yacht holiday but to support and become a part of solid ideals as well! Continue reading
Wider Yachts will be introducing its first megayacht project, Wider 150, just about a year after it stepped into the yachting world with its first boat, the Wider 42.
The most exciting news is, Wider Yachts will design the yacht’s interior according to the owner’s preferences and choice in addition to four guest staterooms and an upper-deck master suite! Continue reading
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Alloy Yachts has launched the all new ‘Loretta Anne’. The name given is the same for another boat ‘Loretta Anne IV’ that was built in the year 2009. Loretta Anne is seven meters larger than ‘Loretta Anne IV’. She has built under hull AY43. Continue reading
UAE is ready to participate in an offshore sailing race across the Gulf which begins in Manama, Bahrain on February 12, 2012 and finishes in Muscat on February 27, 2012. Nine teams from six countries are energetically prepping themselves to cover a distance of more than 1,400 kilometers in sixteen days. Continue reading
The famed Russian sailboat Pallada is set to sail cruise around the globe. The tour will start off from Vladivostok in Russia from 3rd February. Pallada is owned by Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University. The Trans-Pacific International Tour will span over three months. Continue reading
An Italian firefighter helicopter lifts up a passenger from the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP / Gregorio Borgia)
The Costa Concordia cruise ship listing dangerously on its one side will continue to uglify the Giglio coast for coming part of the year. Continue reading
Laura Dekker, age 16, completed a year long voyage around the globe, on a sailboat named Guppy. She is the youngest person to have circled the globe alone on a sailboat.
There were many stops on her voyage. It ended at St Marten, Philipsburg, where she was greeted amidst a lot of cheer and applause. Her family had already greeted her at sea earlier.
Laura had to battle against high seas and heavy winds on her final leg of the Voyage from Cape Town. She described the whole experience as a dream that she lived through. Although she is the youngest sailor to circle the globe alone, the Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Sailing Council do not acknowledge the record, as they do not want to encourage young sailors to attempt dangerous feats.
The stops through her voyage include exotic names such as Bora Bora, Fiji, South Africa, Australia, Canary Islands, Tonga, Galapagos Islands and Panama. On her journey around the globe, the teenager covered more than 27,000 nautical miles.
The Vestas Sailrocket 2, a hybrid boat/plane built by a team of naval architects, engineers and yachtsmen and women is planning to have its name etched in golden letters, by attempting to break the record for fastest sailing vessel on water. Continue reading
Japan’s factory ship Nisshin Maru and two more vessels set off to the whaling grounds to begin its controversial annual whale hunt in the Southern Ocean, without farewell ceremony.
Fleet’s departure this year was delayed by few weeks than usual. As a result, the hunt might get shortened. Continue reading