World’s Largest and Most Expensive Cruise Ship
Posted on August 11, 2008 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
It’s destined to be the world’s largest cruise ship – when launched next year, Royal Caribbean’s US$1.24 billion Project Genesis will be 1,180 feet long, and carry 5400 passengers (6,400 at a pinch).
It’s the most expensive ship in history, and it’s longer, wider and taller than the largest ocean liner ever built, (Cunard’s QM II), […]
Dubai - World’s Most Expensive Yacht
Posted on July 23, 2008 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
The Jacht was originally a lightweight Dutch naval vessel used to pursue pirates in shallow waters. When King Charles II chose to sail in one on his return to England in what would later be known as the English Restoration, the Jacht became a symbol of important and, eventually, wealth and luxury.
Today, that tradition is […]
Gigayacht by Frank Mulder
Posted on June 18, 2008 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
The Frank Mulder Gigayacht is claimed by many to be the most expensive item ever sold on eBay for an eye-popping, purchase price of $168,000,000.
The Gigayacht was designed by Naval architect Frank Mulder of Mulder Design.
Now, a Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich owns this beauty. The ultra-luxury yacht boasts of luxurious master suite on deck that […]
Sabdes 50m Super Yacht
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
After the Zeydon Z60 yacht, we’ve never discussed another luxury yacht. Although this time it’s a bit smaller than the previous 230 foot megayacht, we need to understand that great things do come in smaller packages as well.
This time the Sabdes 50m Superyacht will catch people’s eyes. It’s a conceptual super yacht. Sabdes is not […]
Trimaran Yacht, Pure Luxury
Posted on February 26, 2008 - Filed Under Boating | 1 Comment
Craig Loomes is making a point. Three points to be exact. In his latest Buck-the-Trend, D A M N the Torpedoes hull design, he’s combined one part superyacht, one part submarine and one part angry hornet trumped-up on amphetamines into a stabilized monohull with wreckless disregard for waves. And just who is this Loomatic? Craig […]
Read More..>>Luxury Cruising Across Asian Seas
Posted on January 18, 2008 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
What’s the next big travel trend? Looks like it may be cruising the Asian seas. As Asian economies continue to grow, tourism is also on the rise. People who have tired of cruise ship vacations to Caribbean and Mexico, now have their sites on the such destinations as the southern Thailand’s idyllic oceans, emerald limestone […]
Swan Around in a $14.7m Yacht
Posted on January 16, 2008 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
The luxurious, Julie Marie Swan yacht made a fitting debut in Monaco this year, gracing the Mediterranean Sea. To guarantee a smooth cruising yacht, Julie Marie has been decked out with all the latest in technology and interior design. The Swan 100S Julie Marie is the seventh yacht in the Swan 100 range to be […]
Interview with Luca Bassani - Yacht Pioneer & Wally Founder
Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
Luxury yachts have always been gleaming white and mainly bear the same, elegant design features. Wally has re-written the rules altogether.
The Monaco-based boat maker’s yachts, power yachts and smaller boats all carry design characteristics utterly undreamt of until they came about. Their dark, mysterious looks are undoubtedly head-turning, their power frightening. The minimalist lines don’t […]
WallyIsland, the Floating Estate
Posted on October 20, 2007 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
View the latest idea from the innovative, yachtmakers Wally. The company has created the “WallyIsland”, a massive 325-foot yacht with a giant main platform that hosts a garden oasis, a large lounge, a heliport, a tennis court or anything else your imagination desires. The WallyIsland is designed to be configured in a variety of different […]
Read More..>>High-tech Luxury Yachts - The Top Twelve
Posted on October 20, 2007 - Filed Under Boating | Leave a Comment
Magnificent, majestic, royal, breathtaking, and graceful are the words that describe the real meaning of luxury yachts. For the superyacht owners, the world is one big playground and they have the playthings to prove it. Full article
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