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What do today’s younger yacht buyers want? That is the proverbial million-dollar question. Super-sophisticated styling and interiors aren’t the answers, at least in Benetti’s opinion. The Benetti Oasis 40M has a more relaxed air, to be more conducive to swimming, sunning, and other soul-soothing pursuits. We’re now getting an in-depth look at the concepts forContinue Reading
This week the Trump administration clamped down on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba. While most news reports have focused on cruise-ship passengers, the policy restricts recreational yacht travel to Cuba, too. Even with the seemingly chilling effect, though, yacht owners and guests can still visit under certain circumstances. Abiding is key, since the new enforcementContinue Reading
PHOTO: Jeff Brown In the United States, the Tariff Act of 1930 impacts foreign-flagged yachts for sale to U.S. residents while in U.S. waters. It requires duty to be paid up front, in keeping with all products imported into the country for sale. A Florida Congressman is sponsoring a bill to change this. It’s hisContinue Reading
PHOTOS: Tom van Oossanen Heli-skiing in remote regions and additional adventurous passions from the decks of La Datcha are about a year from becoming reality. The rugged expedition vessel, the first SeaXplorer 77, launched this week from Damen Shipyards. This 253-footer (77-meter) is a more tailored version of the SeaXplorer 75, one of a fewContinue Reading
Set your DVR for June 14 if you are a Netflix subscriber. For a little over an hour and a half, you’ll get to see a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife try to solve a murder aboard a megayacht. The film is Murder Mystery. The cop is played by Adam Sandler, theContinue Reading
The Dynamiq Global 330 may look like an explorer, but she’s still different. “Instead of slow, steel-hulled explorers with the typical commercial styling, we drew on our forward-thinking approach to create a fast and modern series of vessels,” explains Sergei Dobroserdov, Dynamiq’s founder and CEO. “We specifically designed the Global series to be below theContinue Reading