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If you are working from home and finding it hard to remain focused, relax. In these times, we all could use some healthy distractions. Just as good music helps lift the spirit, so, too, does listening to a fantastic story. These four audiobooks about yachts and the water will help make home confinement a littleContinue Reading
For the past several weeks, construction equipment that previously was removing debris has instead been digging foundations. The well-known Bitter End Yacht Club in the British Virgin Islands is finally able to reconstruct its infrastructure. In addition, it anticipates reopening in October. Calling the reconstruction BEYC 2.0, the resort and marina team has been activeContinue Reading
I’ve been following Jonathan Rothberg, the owner of Gene Machine, on Twitter for more than a year. Of the 1,500 tweets that has sent, one from March 7 of this year stopped me dead in my tracks. Pinned to the top of his feed, it reads, in part, “Thinking about a low cost, easy toContinue Reading
Regardless of who you are or what you do, we share an uncomfortable reality: COVID-19 is disrupting our lives. In fact, COVID-19 challenges yachting every day, with more ports closing down, and companies reducing customer interaction for everyone’s benefit. If you’re like me, the notion of spending the next several weeks in increasing isolation doesn’tContinue Reading
With dozens of deliveries to date in the Westport 112 series, Westport Yachts clearly is filling a desire. The raised-pilothouse megayacht series premiered way back in 1998, believe it or not. Wisely, the yard keeps up with the times through design updates. Primarily coming from client requests, those updates, in combination with buyers’ own personalContinue Reading
Currently in the Caribbean, Pink Shadow is making history with every day that passes. She has already recorded some historic firsts, too, for both Damen and the yachting industry at large. For starters, this Damen Yacht Support vessel is the inaugural launch and delivery in the YS 4508 series. With an LOA of 149’6” (45.6Continue Reading