Megayachts

World's 100 Largest Yachts 2006 (State-Owned) #5: Al Mirqab

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#5: AL MIRQAB—311'7"She went by the name of Trick One while under construction, to keep curious yacht followers from figuring out that the emir of Qatar was her owner. He has since taken her to...

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Insider Knowledge

By Kim Kavin | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

Alex Braden has a philosophy about refits: When a yacht owner invests money to improve a boat, he should be able to see where virtually every penny goes. "Eighty percent of what you're doing must...

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Beautiful Lady, Gray Day

By Alan Harper | Posted June 2006 | Add a Comment

The Thames Estuary in winter is not necessarily a place you'd choose for a cruise. For many yachtsmen, even in summer it's a necessary evil: the strangely blank, slightly foreboding link between the...

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Sovereign of the Seas - Part II

By Ian van der Watt | Posted June 2006 | Add a Comment

Even with many cruises under her hull, this Feadship finds circling South America extraordinary.Editor's Note: We recently introduced you to the South American circumnavigation that the Feadship...

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Dutch Treat

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The Shadows of Giants

By Jeffrey Moser | Posted January 2006 | Add a Comment

If Stan Antrim gets his way, converted offshore supply vessels will be the next big thing in megayachts.Paladin Shadow put on no airs. That's why she stood out among the tridecked, teak-soled, and...

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A Star is Reborn

By Kim Kavin | Posted January 2006 | Add a Comment

Ronno Schouten can still remember the day he stepped aboard the 203-foot Feadship Lady Aviva. It was late 2002, and the badly burned yacht had been rescued from her Red Sea cruising grounds and...

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American Legend

By Elizabeth Ginns... | Posted October 2005 | Add a Comment

The tough-as-nails, big-screen image of John Wayne belied the private family time he enjoyed aboard his beloved yacht Wild Goose.On May 26, 1907, pharmacist Clyde Morrison and his wife, Mary Brown,...

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America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2005

By | Posted October 2005 | Add a Comment

“Only the

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The World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2005

By | Posted August 2005 | Add a Comment

It was

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A Moment in Time

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2005 | Add a Comment

"She hasn’t changed a bit."While typically this is one of the utmost compliments that can be paid, in the case of Paloma, the sentiment wasn’t exactly positive.An arduous 12-month refit transforms a...

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