On the Water: Entertainment

BCR Yachts sends word of an interesting discount that will become available beginning August 20 in the Western Mediterranean. The 108-foot Wally sailing yacht Wally B (shown in the photograph at right) is being offered for tandem charters alongside th... …Read More

Siwash at Cueva Valdez Once she held the Around Catalina record, now she’s 100 years old and it’s time to party. So if you hear a bit of shouting this Saturday, coming from the direction of Howland’s Landing, Catalina, the action is probably on the deck of the redoubtable Siwash, a piece of floating history. Is there [...] …Read More

Sunreef Yachts, which just last month completed the 102-foot Ipharra as its new flagship for charter in the Mediterranean, now sends word that the biggest catamaran the company has ever built--the 114-foot Che--is in the water and on schedule to comple... …Read More

Another day, another discount offer for a summer charter booking in the Mediterranean. Today's deal is from Athens Yachts in Greece. They tell me that the 108-foot Maiora motoryacht Ramina is dropping its weekly base rate by more than €16,000, from ... …Read More

Another day, another discount offer for a summer charter booking in the Mediterranean. Today's deal is from Athens Yachts in Greece. They tell me that the 108-foot Maiora motoryacht Ramina is dropping its weekly base rate by more than €16,000, from ... …Read More

Not to be outdone by Edmiston and Company, which announced discounts last week aboard three of its charter yachts for remaining summer weeks in the Mediterranean, Ocean Independence now sends word that three of its yachts are offering special deals in ... …Read More

Nearly two years ago, I told you about Aqua, a 130-foot "river expedition vessel" that Edmiston and Company had just added to its charter fleet. Aqua is a boat unlike any other I've seen from the world's leading management companies, offering charters ... …Read More

What do Nascar drivers like Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt have in common with football greats like Jimmy Johnson? They like boats, and they like fishing. Check it out: Gambler built several Dale Earnhardt edition bass boats; Jeff Gordon was involved with the 2004 Ranger Boats Nascar bass boat give-away; and after NFL legend Jimmy Johnson [...] …Read More

What began as a statement about the wasteful use of plastic is now a nearly-complete, 8,000-mile voyage across the Pacific. David de Rothschild’s 60-foot Plastiki left San Francisco Bay on March 20 and arrived last week on the coast of Queensland, Australia. That’s 400 miles north of the target, Sydney, but considering the [...] …Read More

Northrop and Johnson sends word this week that the 122-foot Flagship motoryacht Shogun still has availability for charter bookings this summer in Alaska. Shogun is already booked for the rest of July and most of August, but has a window of availabilit... …Read More