The 24th Dubai Boat Show – a taste of the leisure marine lifestyle that the region has to offer

The maritime sector in U.A.E. contributes about 5% to the Emirates’ national economy. Complementing a stunning superyachts display, Dubai International Boat Show 2016 (DIBS), the region’s leading leisure marine event, will showcase a thrilling new line-up of activities for visitors. The 24th Dubai International Boat Show at the Dubai International Marine Club – Mina Seyahi … Read more

Zuccon 94 m Teti – a spacial revolution on the upper deck

Zuccon Superyacht design presented 94 m Teti, a new experimental project. After having launched two projects for a 90 and a 92-meter vessel in the past years, Zuccon superyacht design is now working at a challenging concept for 94-meter superyachts. Today the leisure yachting market still remains strongly conservative, accustomed to products that guarantee a long … Read more

Punta del Este: is Uruguay’s uber-rich ‘gated city’ a glimpse of our urban future?

Astronomic rents and zero public housing keep the haves and have-nots apart in the exclusive Uruguayan coastal city. So is this dystopian ‘paradise’ preempting the path on which other global cities are set?

Carbon Sunreef 74 to sail through an immense sea of new opportunities

Sunreef Yachts introduced its first advanced carbon Sunreef 74. Poland-based Sunreef Yachts, one of the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of luxury multihulls specializes in building customized luxury catamarans, all reflecting different approaches to yachting. After the success of the Sunreef 74 WildBerry, classic-styled Sunreef 74 Lucy Z and the recent premiere of the twin … Read more

Baltic 115 Nikata. This 115-footer is light and stiff enough to perform well on the race course, inshore and offshore.

Designed as a fast, comfortable family cruising yacht, Nikata, the latest all-carbon, custom-built high-performance cruiser/racer launched by Baltic Yachts, completed successful trials in Finland this autumn and arrived in the Caribbean after a 3,000 nautical mile transatlantic passage during which boat speed hit 28 knots. At the end of February 2016 the brand new Nikata … Read more

‘No corner was cut, nothing was too expensive’: the strange story of the most expensive private listing in America

Robert Pereira had a vision to build a ‘spectacular’ home for his family, but never moved in. With $3m dollars in gold leaf on the property, what’s not to like?