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kwooton@aimmedia.com Back when Jimmy Carter was president, I joined a sailing club on Boston Harbor to soak up some of the riches I was accumulating as a bartender. After taking some advanced sailing and navigation classes, the day finally came for m

It’s not every day that Valentina Zannier, chief of interior design at Nuvolari Lenard, refers to a hanging glass sculpture as “an example of insane engineering.” And yet, the description befits Falling Feathers, created by Precosia Lighting in the C

how long does it take to build a superyacht? There’s no hard and fast answer. Ordinarily, a 278-foot (85-meter) custom yacht of close to 2,300 gross tons would be in the shipyard for as long as four years. But Victorious took much longer than that. I

LOA 193ft. (58.8m) BEAM 26ft. 6in. (8.08m) DRAFT 12ft. 6in. (3.8m) CONSTRUCTION steel/aluminum SPEED (max./cruise) 15/12 knots RANGE 4,000nm GROSS TONNAGE 499 NAVAL ARCHITECTURE Camper & Nicholsons EXTERIOR STYLING George Nicholson INTERIOR DESIGN Mu

Winding down along Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast through bays and inlets, along rocky shores and around countless islands offers a feast for the eyes and the palate. Croatia has more than 1,000 miles of coastline and 1,200-plus islands, the largest archi

Cooking is Robin Besnard’s passion, and he’s sure of at least one reason why. “Naturally, I am passionate. After all, I am French,” says the 38-year-old head chef aboard the 197-foot (60-meter) Benetti Formosa. Besnard says his cooking is entwined wi

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (required by Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685, Title 39, United States Code). 1. Yachts International. 2. (ISSN: 000-591). 3. Filing date: 10/1/22. 4. Issue frequency: Quarterly. 5. Number of iss