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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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Using the Christmas Winds

A Simpson sea shanty after first single-handed...

There Are Rules

Why is it they always give the...

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 disgrace when bound for Antigua, with my little toy, Roll away, Let those twins draw, And those lines might find a bite, Roll away, They’ll be a Mermaid swimming, round my tiny boat, Roll away, With multiple tubes of cold Red Stripe, And the Antiguan Air Force waiting for me (see N.B. after article) Run will be away. Personally, I love old seadogs terms for different conditions under sail on ocean passages. The Variables winds North or...

Superstitious Sailors Or...

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....

Grand Bay –...

What happens when a 300 pound tattooed ex-biker turned sea captain runs into trouble while sailing in Mexico? Ya really wanna know? Grand Bay...

Pago-Pago To Christmas...

It was the eleventh day of an eight-day crossing. We’d left Pago-Pago on a beautiful sunny day, with 15 knots of wind and almost glassy...

Street Vibrations –...

One of the best times to ride the High Sierra Mountains is June, and I suppose it was no accident that Street Vibrations in...

Cruising Croatia! ...

The cast of suspects started to gather in the ancient Croation town of Trogir.  Located in the central area of Croatia, Trogir is a town...

The Day That...

I was standing on the deck of the Stone Witch, a 70-foot square-rigged topsail schooner out of San Francisco. We were headed south to...

All Cruisers Are...

It was an impromptu beach party in Antiqua. Eighteen cruisers from around the world had gathered to greet the New Year at a beach bistro. There...

The Salty Dog...

The Salty Dawg Sailing Association has announced registration is open for all the 2024 Salty Dawg rallies. Each rally offers sailors the opportunity to...

Once around The...

So this should be fun! Ya see, what I am going to try and do here is re-live an "Around the USA Harley Tour"...