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The opportunity for the ship to return to Key West came about in 1997 and she was subsequently purchased by Historic Tours of America, Key West. HTA restored her original name, Western Union and ran sunset and day sails as well as charter trips. But in early 2007, HTA announced it had been losing $100,000/year on the charters and put the boat ...
South Shore Yacht Club United States: Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 1913 St. Petersburg Yacht Club United States St. Francis Yacht Club United States: San Francisco, California: 1927 Texas Corinthian Yacht Club United States: Kemah, TX: 1937 Ventura Yacht Club United States: Ventura, CA: 1938 Waikiki Yacht Club United States: Honolulu, HI: 1944
In 1954 George Garcia, owner of Falls City Flying Service, introduced the ‘Marinette’ which was an aluminum houseboat initially built as a twin-hulled cruiser. Choosing to use an aluminum-magnesium alloy, whereas previous attempts at an aluminum watercraft had mainly involved small row boats made of a copper-aluminum alloy , the same ...
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photograph shows damage on the left side of a boat that struck a navigational marker off Key West on Oct. 6, 2023. The crash killed a 46-year ...
The yacht was acquired in 2019 by Shirish Saraf, and undertook an extensive refit in 2020 to restore the classic yacht. It was reflagged in the Cook Islands. [5] She has been referred to as the "Greatest superyacht of Hollywood History", [6] and in 2021 the classic yacht was ranked amongst the top 100 Superyachts in Asia-Pacific. [7]
Sunseeker International is a British luxury performance motor yacht brand. Originally named Poole Power Boats, the company was founded by brothers Robert and John Braithwaite in 1969. The company changed its name to Sunseeker International in 1985 and has since become a global icon.
The yard has roots dating back to 1849. Yacht construction started eighty years ago when motor and sailing yachts were built out of wood. Royal Van Lent rapidly expanded into the construction of steel and aluminium, and is now solely dedicated to custom-built motor yachts and is responsible for an average of two launches per year.
In interviews for Yachts International and Die Zeit magazines, Starck gave details of the vessel's most innovative features. He described her as a "stealth yacht" with a very smooth hull design, which left almost no wake at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). [23] [24] Its "purity" was, he said, a reflection of its owner, a "young and brilliant ...