-Story of a 132-day sailing expedition on board a comfortable Hylas 63 yacht – Island route from Florida to Valencia via Greenland, Iceland and the Faroes – Just a few custom features added to ready the boat for the Far North – Cruising legendary Prince Christian Sound with its dozens …
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Varadero Valencia analyzes its figures in an exceptional and intense year of refits
Coming to 15 years of intense work in the boat repair and maintenance sector, Varadero Valencia recapitulates and takes stock of a complicated year, but at the same time full of challenges, work and the desire to improve. Since it began its activity to the present, both the team of …
Read More »Sanlorenzo Asia and Steve Leung Design Group
Sanlorenzo, known for its disruption of the rigid canons of nautical construction in a contamination with the world of design, opening the imagination to new languages with unprecedented results, looks to the East. The Italian shipyard that has taken on the character of a “boutique” in the yachting industry, building …
Read More »APS Indonesia first in new procedures to welcome yachts
Bali, Indonesia… The first to establish and accomplish needed procedures in welcoming yachts, Asia Pacific Superyachts Indonesia met with the local government (Bupati) beforehand to seek permission for a visit from the 80m luxury superyacht M/Y AMEVI. Permission was granted for M.Y. AMEVI, reports Thomas Taatjes of Asia Pacific Superyachts (APS): …
Read More »Split to become the new Barcelona?
A new strategic regeneration plan has been drawn up for Split, often called ‘the pearl of the Eastern Adriatic’. As Croatia’s second-largest city, with almost 180,000 inhabitants and 300,000 in the wider area, tourism is the main engine of the local economy. Split serves as a hub for travel to …
Read More »St Kitts a safe destination
The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis is being marketed as a safe destination in order to tempt yachts to visit as a first step toward rebuilding its struggling tourism industry. “We need to understand that rebuilding the tourism market is going to take integrity of the brand and it …
Read More »Five entities in Menorca unite to fight against plastics
Plastic Free Menorca! The Plastic Free Menorca Alliance is a joint agreement signed by the Menorca Preservation Fund, the Menorcan Institute for Socio-Environmental Studies-Observatory of Menorca, GOB Menorca, the Association Leader Isla de Menorca and Per La Mar Viva. The project has been launched this September with a starting budget of 24,500 …
Read More »Maldives Welcomes Yachts during Covid-19
One of the best and most fascinating travel destinations in the world, The Maldives is fast emerging as a world favorite for a cruising journey. The small chain of Islands that make up the Maldives, known as ‘The pearls of the Indian Ocean’, are a luxury treasure consisting of 26 …
Read More »My M.Y. Latitude Voyage through the ‘Forgotten Islands’
The small town of Kupang in West Timor is not on everyone’s travel list. However, I found myself with other guests jetting from Singapore via Jakarta to this city, one of the most Eastern in the Indonesian archipelago. Here lay the modern lines of the52m luxury yacht M/y Latitude, anchored …
Read More »Astonishing small boat voyages: The first single handed circumnavigation of the globe
“On the 24th June 1897, the Spray, well fitted in every way, sailed for the long voyage ahead, down the Indian Ocean”. With these words Slocum describes his departure from Australia. With the trade winds still blowing Slocum launches himself into the Indian Ocean. Slocum plans his voyage so not …
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