Yachts International

I try to avoid politics in this column, and I’m not about to change that now. But indulge me a moment to reflect on a president and his love for the water. Those of you who watched the funeral service for President George H.W. Bush at National Cathed

Art Basel marked its 17th anniversary in December, with a show that attracted 83,000 attendees. Miami’s streets were flooded with installations, performance art and pop-up exhibits. Superyacht builders have become increasingly interested in participa

There are certain yachts you never forget, and one of my most memorable is a sternwheel steamboat that came out of Jack Hargrave’s design studio in the early 1980s. There’s just something that stirs the soul when a sternwheeler passes by, its buckets

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and what the beholder is supposedly looking for is facial symmetry. So says science, or at least the kind of science that tabloid news editors like to quote. A glance at the latest crop of yachts from the Europea

Mark Duncan had some time on his hands. He’d spent a decade leading the marketing department at Yachting Partners International, and it would be months before he assumed the role of business development director at Fraser, this past October. He used

Mangusta is best known for what the Italians call Maxi Open yachts: arrow-slim and ferociously fast fiberglass cruisers. At the top of the pile is the 40-knot Mangusta 165, generally regarded as the quickest 50-meter boat on the water. But times are

Like her slightly smaller sistership Suerte, the origins of the 236-foot (72-meter) Solo date back 10 years to when construction began at the Tankoa shipyard in Genoa, Italy. Francesco Paszkowski designed both yachts based on the same technical platf

In early summer 2018, Nordhavn delivered a highly customized expedition-style yacht based on the company’s 96-foot hull. Christened Serenity and painted in eye-catching Stars and Stripes blue, she is a handsome addition to the Nordhavn lineup and the

Eyebrows were raised when Arcadia Yachts presented its first 85-footer (26-meter) in 2010. To traditionalists, the styling of the all-glass superstructure and solar panels resembled a floating greenhouse; for the more forward-thinking, the yacht was

The first course of pressed salad of Antiguan papaya, avocado with pomegranate, and smoked chicken requires a wine that is tropical, yet on the lighter side. Ponzi Pinot Gris from the Willamette Valley in Oregon, 2016, is the perfect match. Pinot gri

Discover this exciting opportunity to invest in Adventure and Luxury! Enjoy the fabulous yachting lifestyle available onboard this stylishly designed Lagoon Seventy 7 catamaran we call the TradeWinds 20/20. This state-of-the-art yacht will start its

It appears that the 6.6 percent secret is out. Yes, the south of Italy—from about Naples down through the Amalfi Coast and over to Sicily—has long been worth visiting on a yacht charter. Naples and Pompeii are cultural and archaeological marvels. Cap

Tim MacDonald, chef aboard the 180-foot (55-meter) Amels Elixir, grew up in gritty downtown Melbourne, Australia, where his father was a city engineer. “I never understood what he did exactly, but something to do with putting humps and roundabouts in