Rolex Video: Turtle!

Shortly after rounding the Fastnet Rock the keel on George David's super maxi Rambler100 snapped off and the boat quickly capsized.

Boat Business Breathing Room?

This weekend the NYT's Sunday Paper's Media page showed the breakdown of TV & Radio ratings, online traffic and Newspaper and Magazine ad sales for the month of July. Most shocking was seeing Power & Motoryacht and Yachting in the top 10 magazines in terms of ad sales - with P&MY holding the top spot. For sure, the wealthy are healthy - recent action notwithstanding, the markets have rebounded well...

What do these people do during a Hurricane?

The Wall Street Journal Reports: "World’s Largest Yacht Too Big to Park". Antibes is the largest yachting harbor in Europe. But apparently, there is only one berth big enough for Eclipse. But it was already taken by Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal and his 265-foot yacht Kingdom 5KR. (5KR was featured in the James Bond film “Never Say Never Again.”) http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/08/24/worlds-largest-yacht-too-big-to-park/ Just go out to sea and ride it out...

Hurricane Irene Marches North

It has been a few years since a Hurricane has hit the coast of the US. And it has been many years since a storm hit New England before hitting southern coasts first. Hurricane Irene looks like she might break the cycle. The Barton & Gray Crews are taking necessary precautions - some yachts will sit on the hard, some will get buttoned up on some storm moorings in protected...

Late to the Party

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