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You can really feel his energy when you talk to Tim Ciasulli. The founder of Planet Honda holds four offshore-powerboat-racing world speed records, one time hitting upwards of 180 mph. Ciasulli is as passionate about Italy and of course yachts as he is speed. In fact, he took delivery of his new dream, Rebeca, inContinue Reading
UPDATE, MAY 31, 2021: Earlier this year, a Marshall Islands court sided with Tatiana Akhmedova in a Luna lawsuit. Her legal team filed proceedings there, since the yacht falls under the Marshall Islands Flag Registry. While that court indicated she should be declared the yacht’s owner, it reversed its decision just days ago. Specifically, the courtContinue Reading
UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020: The Italian courts have referred the lawsuit back to the British courts. The owner of My Song and Peters & May received the word following a hearing on September 10. Read on for our original article. The owner of My Song, which suffered irreparable damage last year after falling offContinue 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 he 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, easyContinue Reading
A long-running refit project intending to transform essentially every corner of an existing motoryacht has resulted in lawsuits. The refit of Anodyne was expected for completion in 2017. However, it remains unfinished, currently sitting in a South Florida shipyard. Allegations of unpaid labor, bribery, and more surround the initial lawsuit and a countersuit. The refitContinue Reading
UPDATE, FEBRUARY 4, 2020: The judge who found Jaime Botin guilty has doubled the jail time. Now, Botin faces three years. Fines are higher, too, €91.7 million compared to the initial €52.4 million. These stem from the severity of the crime and the literal and figurative value of the art. Read on for our originalContinue Reading