Sanctioned billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, who had cleverly saved his warship like $300 million superyacht, from getting seized by hiding it in Dubai for more than two years has finally taken his yacht out in the open and is now sailing off to a mystery destination.
Allegra Gucci’s first palpable memory was aboard her family’s sailboat, the 214-foot Creole. As she recalls growing up, the world’s largest wooden sailing yacht formed a playful cocoon for water fights, running along hundreds of feet of teak decks, swallow dives into the ocean, and, at peak performance, adrenaline rushes as the boat thundered at full sail in the Mediterranean.
The two seniors at Christ Church Academy in Jacksonville, Florida, decided to hit the beach with a group of friends in St. John's County on a senior skip day two weeks ago when the day of fun almost turned deadly. The pair jumped in the water at Vilano Beach, but made the mistake of trying to swim farther than they were able.
Fifteen-foot waves crashed over the deck of Cole Brauer’s 40-foot racing yacht, First Light, in the turbulent Indian Ocean as she tried to maintain her balance in the cramped cockpit in the stern.
You’re riding with a partner. He swears he knows the surrounding area and roads for miles and miles. He insists you take a turn-off that will be not only faster, but a more scenic ride. So you follow his...
I Just Want to Die!
As we sailed out of the harbor and made a course for the tip of Palos Verdes Peninsula I was excited. We were on our way! Nothing could stop us now. Palos Verdes Point was only about...
In 2026, Konpira Consulting will organize the inaugural Around Japan Rally (AJR). It will be a five-month, eight-stop event that allows participants to go around Japan’s four main islands, experiencing first-hand all the reasons that make Japan one of...
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