Due to very successful sales of the J Craft Torpedo in Europe, the stylish luxury powerboat is entering the U.S. market this year. The Swedish luxury powerboat manufacturer will introduce the Torpedo at the upcoming Miami Yacht and Brokerage Show in February.... Read More
Luxury Yachts: Now that the "White Christmas" picturesque postcard season is once again boxed up and back in storage, guess what's next? Visions of sunning, sailing and sipping libations from sun decks of superyachts are once again swirling dancingly through our heads.... Read More
Luxury Yachts: Roman Abramovich’s may be bigger, Demi Moore’s may be cooler, and P. Diddy’s may be more expensive, but it was no contest as to who had the sexiest superyacht in St. Bart's this week as the stars converged for a New Year’s vacation in the sun–that would be the Destination Fox Harb’r Too, with Salma Hayek and supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley decorating the decks. It seems Hayek’s billionaire husband François-Henri Pinault of the famed French luxury goods conglomerate footed the $250,000 per week tab for the oceangoing extravaganza.... Read More
Luxury Yachts: Music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs is vacationing in true tycoon style this holiday season onboard a high-tech $600,000 per week megayacht. Diddy chartered Solemates, the 197-ft. craft designed by Monaco’s famed Espen Oeino and launched by Germany’s Lürssen earlier this year, for what has so far been a staid if ultra-luxe getaway with girlfriend Kim Porter and their daughters D’Lila and Jessie. The state-of-the-art Solemates is the first yacht of its kind to offer charter clients control of its various high-tech systems via iPad. The device controls the shipboard entertainment, climate and lighting systems and even summons crewmembers to bring refreshments.... Read More