News, articles and photos covering: best of 2016
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Megayachts
«»Transatlantic Gran Turismo
Overview of the first hull of the new GTT class - Dynamiq GTT-130 Jetsetter superyachts
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Sailing
Guo Chuan: Hero of Chinese Sailing
Two versions of the death of the only Chinese yachtsman to have passed alone around the world and one of the last big interviews with him.
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Society
«A sip of cheap booze.»
An old British sailor about why Britain's exit from the European Union is a good thing.
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Theory and practice
Sailo: Uber for yachts?
Journalists call the Sailo fast charter service "Uber" for yachts. The creators themselves consider Sailo to be a contribution to the "mutual aid economy".
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Lifestyle
Fanfare of the seas: a glance at the world of a superyacht owner
A reviewer of The Economist visited the Monaco Yacht Show and described the world of a superyacht owner as he sees it from the outside.
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Theory and practice
Insurance without fear: how yacht insurance brokers work
Interview with the director of Russia's first broker specializing in yacht insurance
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Humor
8 strange marine superstitions
How to guarantee a positive outcome of a long cruise? Do not take on board women, flowers and bananas.
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Travel
Solar Voyager, the drone boat that set out to conquer the Atlantic.
The Solar Voyager will probably be the first drone to cross the Atlantic and the first ship to cross the ocean on solar power.
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Theory and practice
Interview: owner of a High Spirit racing sailboat about the intricacies of building a dream boat from scratch.
Igor Katalevsky tells us what problems he had to face when he started building a dream boat from scratch: from finding a designer and builder to the reception.
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Industry
The hidden forces of the yachting industry
The people and companies that actually control the yachting industry
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People
From Moscow to Madagascar on a rubber boat
Two amateur athletes traveling from Moscow to Madagascar on an inflatable boat. Many consider this idea not without reason murderous, nevertheless, the extremists managed to reach Turkey in 11 days.