Wednesday, January 22, 2025

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Billionaire Takes Sanctioned Super Yacht Into International Waters

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.

‘A Floating Piece of History’: How the Gucci Family Restored This 214-Foot Sailing Yacht

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.

Florida teens washed out to sea have prayers answered by boat named ‘Amen’

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.

Sailor Cole Brauer Is Making History as the First U.S. Female to Race Solo Across the Globe: ‘It’s a...

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.

Bob Bitchin

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Doris & Steve Colgate – A Lifetime of Sailing

Introduction by Beth Oliver “Sailing changed my life,” is the most often heard statement in the Offshore Sailing School display each year at the US...

Feeling Nautical? Aumaris Jewelry Will Float Your Boat

Hector at Aumaris makes some of the best nautical jewelry there is! Yeah, okay, so I am a little prejudiced, as I actually helped develop...

Hawaii Hit or Miss

I spent the first few years living aboard based out of The Portofino Marina in Redondo Beach, California. And, about every other year, I...

Dismasted – After 35 Years!

So here I am after over 4 decades sailing, and I just had my first dismasting.  What fun! Last night, (Sunday, February 4th 2024) Northern...

Cruising The Coast of Maine

It all started with a phone call from our friends Tom & Sharon Brownell who were in Belfast, Maine, asking if we wanted to...

Cruising The Abacos In The Bahamas 

In 1999 Jody & I had our very first Flotilla Sail event. Little did we know that we would be starting a “Thing.”  Flotilla...

The Adventure Begins…

We were about 50 miles out of Palmyra Island, on the 900+ mile voyage to Hawaii.  There was Jody & I, and two young...

Bad Craziness in Europe  

“This is your captain speaking. We will be touching down at Frankfurt-Main in two minutes. Please extinguish all cigarettes and put your seat in...

Get Out There!

  I don't know why it is, but there are a lotta folks out there who say they want to take off on a major...

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