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Yachting on 17th September 2009 |
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Riva has just unveiled their newest yacht for the 2010/2011 season newest yacht, the 86’ domino, at the Cannes Boat Show last week.
This latest 26 meter yacht is considered to be an evolution of the renowned 63’ Vertigo and 68’ Ego Super models.
The boat can sleep eight guests in four cabins with four crew members whilst there is space on the boat to entertain up to twenty people on board.

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Yachting on 15th September 2009 |
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Remember the solar powered Dubai Sea Limousine (an eco-friendly mode of transportation to and from the islands of The World)?
Raising the bar further, Dennis Ingemansson has designed this 45m superyacht that shows the trend toward the eco-friendly yachts of the future.
Designed for the Dutch company Esthec, the superyacht generates solar energy to propel the yacht’s electric engine.

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Yachting on 1st September 2009 |
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The 125m 7Cs superyacht was created in-house by Drive, a leading company in Marine and Automotive design.
Drive’s designers were keen to challenge the traditional proportions of a superyacht and create a vessel that borrowed tried and tested ideas from the automotive industry.
This concept yacht has a sunken pool, helipad, retractable cover, Jacuzzi and a boatload of luxury for the interiors.

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Anakin in
Yachting on 14th August 2009 |
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Roman Abramovich recently launched the 557-ft. Eclipse, the world’s largest and most expensive privately owned yacht at a cost of about $450 million.
Now renowned naval architect Donald Starkey is offering to top that feat with a 656-ft. behemoth called Everest (named after the world’s tallest peak).
Currently under construction in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Everest will be longer than two football fields

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Anakin in
Yachting on 13th August 2009 |
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The new 41 Super Leggera from Rhode Island’s Outerlimits Powerboats can do 100 m.p.h., costs $650,000 and is the closest thing we’ve seen yet to an oceangoing Lamborghini.
Based on race boat technology, the 41 Super Leggera is available with a wide range of power options…
From deafeningly loud to the the new silent underwater muffling system introduced by Mercruiser, and a host of exclusive finishes.
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Anakin in
Yachting on 4th August 2009 |
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Tom Perkins, the American venture capitalist, is close to completing the sale of his clipper-style superyacht the Maltese Falcon.
The 289ft boat is believed to have fetched about £60m ($100m) after being on the market for more than a year.
The yacht, named after the Dashiell Hammett crime novel and its Humphrey Bogart film version, has three carbon-fibre masts carrying 15 sails.
