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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.

John Simpson

John grew up in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, UK. He considers himself fortunate that he began sailing early with his parents on their Lowestoft smack. His teenage years were spent racing and cruising dinghies, along with bigger boats offshore. Later in life he raced and coached sailing, along with single-handed long-distance sailing adventures in small boats. Now, retired, John feels that he would like to get a little more saltwater in his veins.

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A Scottish Winter Weekend Jaunt

There’s nothing quite like a quick sail, especially when it’s not too busy. It might rejuvenate any of your winter blues. My wife Janet and...
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Boaters

Scotland – Staying Afloat In the Winter

Even at my great age now, I still go kayaking on Loch Fyne. Dinghy sailing my Laser isn’t really an option now at 76....
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Adventure

Using the Christmas Winds

A Simpson sea shanty after first single-handed crossing (With my profuse apologies to all those old seadogs that can write poetry). 28 days was no...
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Superstitious Sailors Or Just Natural Phenomena?

Given many of the odd experiences I’ve had at sea it’s easy to understand why so many of the early sailors were extremely superstitious....
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