Noisy, dirty, decaying, dishevelled, busy, crowded, unorganised, chaotic and pungent. These are just some of the crueller adjectives used to describe Kolkata the capital of West Bengal in India. They may well all be true as far as descriptive language goes, but having been there, we rather liked it. If we were to describe the metropolis, we might… Continue reading Kolkata: Our Short Stay Guide
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Floating Beach Club Opens in Phuket
Opening at a favourite superyacht destination on the picturesque shores of Phuket is the private YONA Floating Beach Club Phuket. It is a truly one-of-a-kind floating Beach Club and decadent oasis in the heart of the Asia Pacific paradise. The Club is built on a multi-level boat designed to accommodate up to 500 guests in… Continue reading Floating Beach Club Opens in Phuket
MayaBay to Open in Porto Montenegro
This July, Mayabay, one of Monaco’s most prominent names in hospitality is opening in Porto Montenegro. Offering a unique fusion of Thai and Japanese cuisine, this French Riviera-born fine dining concept currently has just one other international outpost. That’s in Dubai, so it makes this new opening something of a culinary coup! Directly overlooking the marina… Continue reading MayaBay to Open in Porto Montenegro
Superyacht Carrier Transforms into Superyacht
Once a semi submersible, cargo carrying, merchant ship, the superyacht carrier, Super Servant 3 has herself now been converted into a superyacht. Built over 40 years ago and launched in 1982 by Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan the semi-submersible vessel has been transformed in to a 146 metre expedition yacht at a shipyard in Turkey. The Karmarine Shipyard… Continue reading Superyacht Carrier Transforms into Superyacht
Heritage Adventurer New Name New Adventures
The New Zealand-based expedition cruise company Heritage Expeditions has released details of its 2022-23 expedition season, including two new voyages, aboard polar exploration vessel Heritage Adventurer. The latest addition to the New Zealand family-owned and operated company’s fleet, Heritage Adventurer has had an interesting past as a polar exploring cruise ship having served as; Hanseatic, Resolute and Society… Continue reading Heritage Adventurer New Name New Adventures
World’s Largest Sailing Ship
A brand new cruise company is about to market sailings on board the world’s largest sailing ship Beginning in the Spring of 2021, the newly created Tradewind Voyages will offer sailings aboard Golden Horizon, a 272 passenger five-masted barque. The vessel originally commissioned by Star Clipper Lines as Flying Clipper is to a design inspired by the France II,… Continue reading World’s Largest Sailing Ship
Britain’s Olympic sailors seek pedal power
Britain’s Olympic sailors will be pedal-powered in Japan thanks to a new partnership with the British e-bike company Gocycle. The Britain’s Olympic sailors team have joined forces with Gocycle to provide a fleet of the latest folding e-bikes to help athletes and support staff get to and from their team base in Hayama to the… Continue reading Britain’s Olympic sailors seek pedal power
Blow it up and sail away
When her father refused to lend her his sailboat, a First 30, Marion Excoffon an industrial designer, decided to design and build her own! Her sheer determination and strong desire to make the pleasure of sailing yachts accessible to everyone has given birth to a range of new generation inflatable sailing dinghies that can be… Continue reading Blow it up and sail away
SeaDream Yacht Club to Build New Ship
For over fifteen years, the SeaDream Yacht Club have been operating two yacht-like ships, on 7 to 15-day voyages. SeaDream I and SeaDream II each of 108 metres were built in 1984. They were formerly named Sea Goddess I & II, and later Seabourn Goddess I & II. With their shallow draught they visit small harbours and ports in the Mediterranean… Continue reading SeaDream Yacht Club to Build New Ship
Meira the yacht that has taken 15 years to complete
They say behind the construction of every yacht there is a story and in the building of Meira it is one of great perseverance. Ocean Independence the brokers now selling this brand new 50m Turkish new build were not even around as a company when I first boarded the hull of what is now a… Continue reading Meira the yacht that has taken 15 years to complete