Solar sailing Super green yachts from sydney

Ultralight Yachts with "solar wing sails" for cruising speed Your "sailing wing" produces electricity for the hybrid power train. The sail gets you on the move, while small electric motors do the correction ....

$150,000 to Spend, Start with 'Seven Sins' in the Caribbeans

I woke up this morning wondering what $150,000 could buy besides clothing and accessories.There was no better place to start than with the well informed How to spend it magazine.Since I cannot help but dream of a...

Abandoned whale calf put down amid angry protests

A baby whale that had been beached near Sydney, Australia had to be put down today, after authorities had spent many days trying to come up with a way to rescue it. The calf had attracted hundreds of spectators...

In the fog over climate change

"Every sailor knows that the relationship between weather and the world’s oceans is complex. Oceans modify weather which modifies oceans. But sailors are often fixated on what weather does to the surface of the...

A $4,000 Coffee Table Book

If you can lay your hands on a copy. The book will be available in June and is called 'Superyacht', A week on the water served by a full crew would be nice though. Maybe the best cure for my nasty cold?

Florence strengthens into a hurricane

"HAMILTON, Bermuda - Florence strengthened into a hurricane early Sunday as it approached Bermuda, where residents installed storm shutters and hauled their yachts onto beaches."

The largest personal sailboat in the world

Yacht News"It took three years and 200 workmen to build the largest personal sailboat in the world – the Italian Perini Navi Group’s Maltese Falcon. Built after three years, at the Yıldız Boatyard in Tuzla, Turkey, the Maltese Falcon is finally bidding farewell to the...

FBI investigates prostitution link in Cunningham case

Allegation of defense contractor bribing politician with prostitutes.

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