Ben Lyons, CEO of EYOS: “Delays are fairly frequent when it comes to Antarctica charters, because around 90 percent of flights that clients take into and out of Antarctica are dependent on the weather. Once a season, there's at least a one-day or may

At some point or another during his 36 years at Nautical Structures, Rick Thomas supplied cranes, gangways and davits to 27 US shipyards that built yachts large enough to be professionally crewed. Of those 27, only five are actively delivering new bu

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Florida-based designer Carla Guilhem developed a passion for interior design while growing up in Brazil with her family, who owned a furniture business. She studied architecture and interior design and lived in Italy and Spain before settling in the

Marella Agnelli is today best known as one of Truman Capote's “Swans” — the coterie of New York socialites ruled by the formidable Vogue fashion editor Babe Paley that the author befriended and immortalized in a scandalous Esquire piece known as La C

Cruising from the Arctic to Australia in 2024, this certified Ice Class and IMO Polar Code 253ft Damen SeaXplorer is equipped with a skilled crew and specialist underwater gear. Alongside a certified dive center with a decompression chamber and instr

I wandered the Miami Beach Convention Center halls during the recent Miami Boat Show, where I heard a “What-are-you-doing-here-with-the-little-boats?” greeting more than once. Well, I told these nosy people that owners of larger yachts — especially i

Blueminance Nationality Indonesian Education Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology The two-fold task for our Young Designer of the Year 2024 competition, in association with Feadship, was intended to exercise the entrants’ imaginations as well as

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Yacht: Nauta Air 110 Length: 110ft Year: 2025 Location: Ancona, Italy You're building your first big motor yacht. What prompted that decision? We have been following Cantiere delle Marche's success in the explorer market for some years. While sailing

Everyone has their own idea about which car deserves to be dubbed the greatest of all time - but if there was ever such a thing as a global survey of gearheads, there's a strong chance that the air-cooled Porsche 911 would climb pretty high up the li

Piaget is sometimes regarded as a jeweler first and a watchmaker second. In reality, it's the other way around. The Swiss firm was founded in 1874 as a manufacturer of movements (watch mechanisms) before becoming a dial name in its own right, and thi

After being in private hands for years, this spectacular 2002 Liirssen was sold to new owners with a love for refit projects with the goal of renewing her. She debuted her new look at the 2024 Monaco Yacht Show and, as part of the Fraser fleet, has n

As Forrest Gump's momma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.” This has certainly been my experience as a charteryacht owner. I was very pleased, when taking over as a new owner, that we had some repeat client

From €3,000,000 per week 367ft / Freire Shipyerd, 2023 / 36 guests, 44 crew / the Mediterraneen As one of the largest boats to enter the charter market in 2024 at 367ft, Renaissance will cater to up to 36 guests from morning to late night in the Med

Flanked by mountains and lined with pastel-painted cafés and bars, the waterfront at Marina Grande has plenty of rustic Italian charm. It is also reported to be the world's most expensive marina, its berths booked months in advance by summer visitors

I got involved in boating in high school when I built my first boat with friends. A good friend of my father's started Interplastic Corporation. He spotted us five gallons of his experimental epoxy and we built the boat with plans we found in Popular

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Allied to Hydra Tec's meticulously designed hull shape, Stellamar features a twin rudder design from CMC. Each rudder can be independently controlled by proprietary software to give various handling and stability benefits. The system can detect and c