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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.
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Marquesas Adventure

After 18 days and 2,700 miles we...

The Sailing Life

This is a collection of insights into...

Marquesas Adventure

After 18 days and 2,700 miles we make it to the Marquesas. We arrive in Nuku Hiva at dawn. I took John along with me to translate, as he said he spoke some French, and we went in to do our clearance. By the time we anchored in the bay and made our way to shore to do the paperwork it was 10:30 and the gendarmerie had already closed. We had to wait until 2:30, so John and I go over to Maurice’s (a small local store) and grab...

The Sailing Life

This is a collection of insights into the world of cruising, as seen by the founder and publisher of Cruising Outpost, Latitudes & Attitudes...

The Day Sailing...

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....

AROUND JAPAN RALLY...

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...

Using the Christmas...

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...

There Are Rules

Why is it they always give the worst winds the cutest names? We discovered this phenomenon as we were heading south to the Panama...

Mistakes Were Made...

Tuesday, October 8th, 6:35 p.m. A few hours before the outer bands of Hurricane Milton are due to arrive, I hop off my sailboat onto...

Let There Be...

About a year before our arrival this island had been hit hard by a hurricane. The highest point of land on the atoll is...

Cruising The Virgin...

There is something about the Virgin Islands that make every sailor feel as if he’s been set free. The fact that the sailing is always...

How A Tattooed...

People always wondered how did a 300#, 6'4" tattooed outlaw biker become a world cruiser. It's not your normal story, but it's all true!! Introduction...