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.
Why is it they always give the worst winds the cutest names? We discovered this phenomenon as we were heading south to the Panama Canal on our way to Europe back in 1994.
Having crossed the Sea of Tehuantepec numerous times, I was well aware of the dreaded Tehuantepecker - a funny name with a deadly twist. The Tehuantepecker comes out of nowhere, with winds gusting upwards of 100 mph! Not something to be trifled with. So, being a careful skipper, I dutifully monitored Herb on Southbound II’s weather watch,...
