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I traveled to Trieste in the northeast corner of Italy assured I could find lively winter sea conditions for a significant trial run of the Prestige 750. But life plays [...]

The experimental French trimaran Hydroptere has a foot print the size of a basketball court and a 100-foot-high carbon-fiber mast that can fly 6000 square feet of sail--made variously of [...]

THE WORLD'S MOST popular typeface, Times New Roman, was once praised for looking as if it were designed by no-one at all. Now, the question of who designed it has [...]

For Ward Setzer, working for Jack Hargrave was like a summer at Parris Island, the Marine Corps boot camp. Setzer, one of the country's best-known yacht designers, had graduated from [...]

Designer Anouska Hempel has transformed a traditional Turkish fishing boat into a beautiful family boat. At Majorca's Puerto Portals, the yacht stands out among a fleet of vessels characterized by conventional features. The hull has been painted black, the mahogany has been stained dark and the deck has been bleached with stripes.

Just a couple of years ago most sailors would have been hard pressed to place Juan Kouyoumdjian. In August 2004 a correspondent to the Scuttlebutt online column wrote: 'It seems [...]

The years must have slipped away for Ron as he helmed Manzanita in the Quarter Ton Cup series in the Solent recently. Thirty three years ago, just a little west [...]

A new entry in the fast superyacht sailing class made her debut at Cannes, and she sure wasn't wearing any sackcloth: MuMu is a 128-foot high-performance sloop designed by Philippe […]

Renowned sailboat designer Ron Holland's surprising motoryacht is meant to cruise long and easily--with real comfort on the high seas. Check her out at […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Commissioned by an experienced local offshore racer, this yacht is designed by Paul Bury to be a fast, stylish and easily handled harbour racer. Built from carbon fibre, [...]

There are cool yacht designs, and then there's McPherson Yacht Design's Dragonship 80. Stretching 262 feet and featuring five decks, three hulls and three cutting-edge wing masts similar to those [...]

My apologies to seniors who are sore about last month's column on the Emeritus Express, the last yacht you'll ever need. While my fellow Yachting columnist Dudley Dawson and I [...]

Since 1909 the logo for Mercedes has been the three-prong star. Designed to symbolize the company's 'ambition of universal motorization 'on land, on water and in the air,'' it has [...]

The French Lagoon range of catamarans now includes what is claimed to be the first production sailing yacht equipped with electric motors. The Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot designed [...]

Patrizio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada unveiled their latest creation on Wednesday, in the Tuscan port town of Punta Ala. Her name is Luna Rossa (Red Moon), and she's one of [...]