Boating & Yachting
Falcon 115’s
The Falcon 115’s is the step forward for the Falcon range, the true essence of all the successes we have presented to the market so far. It displays all the careful craftsmanship of our first wooden vessels together with our love for the fine finishing and detail refined in years of design, together with the [...]
Palmer Johnson Luxury
With two 170-foot versions of Palmer Johnson’s Sportyacht series ready to debut for the summer 2010 season, news comes of a 210-foot addition to the fleet. Two semi-displacement aluminum hulls will be built simultaneously in the company’s Wisconsin and Southampton, England, yards, with an eye toward completing the already-sold first hull in spring 2011. [...]
Azimut’s Leonardo 100
Azimut’s Leonardo 100 is an entirely new style of yacht. Italy’s largest yacht builder has incorporated the best of the flybridge and sport yacht exteriors and infused a pied-à-terre philosophy into the interior. Azimut used a sizable measure of innovation and a big heap of courage in the Leonardo’s design.
Like a Leonardo da Vinci [...]
Mellow submarine rents for $25,000 a week
Sir Richard Branson, one of the world’s richest men, has a new toy. And for $25,000, you can borrow it for a week. The billionaire owner of Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Records has unveiled the Necker Nymph, a winged submarine that will be available at his private Caribbean island and available for weekly rentals.
The [...]
Heffo’s Guide to Explorer Boats
They may not be big on looks but explorer yachts can realize even the most intrepid traveler’s desire for far-flung and exotic corners of the globe.
Explorers offer all the comforts of traditional superyachts but with souped-up specifications — an ice-strengthened hull to cope with polar ice or ocean-going capability.
Which means these tough boats can cruise [...]
The Road To Mandalay Orient Express Luxury Cruise
Cruising gently along the Irrawaddy River in Burma (Myanmar), The Road To Mandalay cruise embraces the unique sights, scents and sounds of this little-known land in style and luxury.
Perhaps the most pleasurable way to see Myanmar, feel its pulse, live its legends and understand its history, is to cruise the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) River. While enjoying [...]
A Fuel Cell Super Yacht
Sylvain Viau of SVDesign has provided SuperYachtTimes.com with details of a brand new concept superyacht, far removed from today’s standard. OrganiK was developed using three basic principles; strong visual identity, heritage of vessels from the golden age, and an accommodation and layout designed for life at sea, instead of a life in port.
OrganiK features [...]
Travel the World in Style
Expedition yachts, by definition, have always been about utility rather than style. They are designed to travel in rough seas, cross long distances, and shelter their owners for weeks at a time. In the last five years, there has been an explosion in mini-expedition yachts and trawlers smaller than 80 feet, as more boaters want [...]
St Louis the home of Utopia
St. Louis-based private equity firm Frontier Group is spearheading a more than $1 billion venture to build a residential ocean liner, and St. Louis stands to benefit.
Frontier Group, co-founded by Sanford “Sandy” McDonnell, former chairman and CEO of McDonnell Douglas Corp., is putting up most of the money to launch Utopia Residences Co., which has [...]
80ft of Sex Appeal Mamimo II
If there were a royal line in the American yachting industry, Magnum Marine would surely have a legitimate claim to the throne. Three decades ago the South Florida company created a line of sleek, powerful boats that typified the Miami Beach scene of the 1980s. Today, Magnum enjoys a high profile in the same luxury-performance [...]
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