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23-Year-Old Yacht Gets Upgrades Worth More Than $1.5M, Sells for Much Less
23-Year-Old Yacht Gets Upgrades Worth More Than $1.5M, Sells for Much Less

24 Jun 2024, 11:32 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Previous owners invested millions to upgrade this old French sailboat, while the newest owner paid peanuts for a ready-made successful yacht

 
Dutch Vintage Yacht Disguised as a Bargain Finally Finds New Owner
Dutch Vintage Yacht Disguised as a Bargain Finally Finds New Owner

11 Jun 2024, 13:19 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This recently-rebuilt sailing yacht could easily compete with any contemporary charter vessels even though it was sold for less than its actual worth

 
Israeli Mogul Parts With His Sailing Yacht After Two Decades and Two Circumnavigations
Israeli Mogul Parts With His Sailing Yacht After Two Decades and Two Circumnavigations

5 May 2024, 09:45 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A globetrotting millionaire who sailed the world sold his 23-year-old Dutch beauty for far less than he invested in refitting and maintaining it over the years

 
Beefed-up Classic Sailing Yacht With a Finnish Pedigree Sold for Pennies
Beefed-up Classic Sailing Yacht With a Finnish Pedigree Sold for Pennies

11 Apr 2024, 08:51 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This elegant '80s yacht with the soul of a high-performance racer got snatched as a cheapie despite several upgrades over the years

 
Futuristic Energy Ship Takes a Groundbreaking Approach to Maritime Hydrogen Refueling
Futuristic Energy Ship Takes a Groundbreaking Approach to Maritime Hydrogen Refueling

28 Mar 2024, 10:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A French startup has developed an innovative way of supplying ships with green hydrogen made onboard by an energy ship, and it could be revolutionary

 
Gorgeously-Restored Classic Beauty With a Fabulous Past Sells for Pennies
Gorgeously-Restored Classic Beauty With a Fabulous Past Sells for Pennies

18 Mar 2024, 09:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This 30-year-old sailing yacht was luxuriously revamped by an Honorary Consul of the Cook Islands after an adventurous past that included a hurricane encounter

 
Wind-Powered Carrier Successfully Completes First Six-Month Ocean Voyage
Wind-Powered Carrier Successfully Completes First Six-Month Ocean Voyage

14 Mar 2024, 05:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This is said to be the world's first wind-powered maiden voyage of an ocean vessel, carried out by a bulk carrier with airplane wing-inspired sails

 
A Game-Changing Vessel Is Carrying Airbus Aircraft Parts From France to America
A Game-Changing Vessel Is Carrying Airbus Aircraft Parts From France to America

5 Mar 2024, 08:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A two-decade old vessel chartered by Airbus is the first of its kind to use auxiliary wind-power propulsion in the form of fixed suction sails

 
Japanese Shipping Giant to Commercialize the Seawing Automated Kite System
Japanese Shipping Giant to Commercialize the Seawing Automated Kite System

19 Feb 2024, 05:51 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Japanese shipping operator K Line has confirmed the acquisition of Airseas, the French company that developed the Seawing concept

 
Airbus Is Betting on Game-Changing Sail Tech for Shipping Its Aircraft Components
Airbus Is Betting on Game-Changing Sail Tech for Shipping Its Aircraft Components

12 Feb 2024, 05:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A futuristic fleet of ships fitted with giant rotor sails and dual-fuel engines will cut emissions while carrying Airbus aircraft parts on the Atlantic

 
Giant Sail Rotors Partly Made of Plastic Bottles to Be Installed on a Bulk Carrier
Giant Sail Rotors Partly Made of Plastic Bottles to Be Installed on a Bulk Carrier

7 Feb 2024, 07:56 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A modern bulk carrier operated by a German shipping giant will be fitted with the Finnish Norsepower Rotor Sails this year

 
Innovative Rotor Sail Technology Secures UK Government Funding
Innovative Rotor Sail Technology Secures UK Government Funding

2 Feb 2024, 08:53 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Anemoi rotor sails harness the cleanest form of energy through innovative technology and design for low-emission, sustainable shipping

 
Now's Your Chance To Snag up the "Joy of the Seas" and Live Out Your Wildest Dreams
Now's Your Chance To Snag up the "Joy of the Seas" and Live Out Your Wildest Dreams

30 Jan 2024, 21:00 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This sailing yacht is currently up for sale for around $3.2M and has seen a recent refit in 2023. Interiors are classy and crafted with a heavy use of wood

 
Vintage American Yacht Transformed Through a $3M Refit Is a Hidden Gem
Vintage American Yacht Transformed Through a $3M Refit Is a Hidden Gem

30 Jan 2024, 10:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Originally commissioned by a Rochester publishing millionaire, this 28-year-old beauty with the soul of a racer is a luxury toy with a rich past

 
Project Sonata Is So Big and So Grand That We May Never See It as a Real Billionaire Toy
Project Sonata Is So Big and So Grand That We May Never See It as a Real Billionaire Toy

6 Jan 2024, 10:00 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This superyacht concept is 352 feet log and designed to be as eco-friendly as possible. All available space is for only 12 guests to be pampered in

 
One of the Most Impressive Custom Global Cruisers Finds a New Owner
One of the Most Impressive Custom Global Cruisers Finds a New Owner

4 Jan 2024, 08:45 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Baltic 112 sailing yacht was commissioned by a wealthy owner 13 years ago and it became the inspiration for an even bigger and better luxury toy

 
Huge Juice Carrier Gets Retrofitted With an Innovative Sailing System
Huge Juice Carrier Gets Retrofitted With an Innovative Sailing System

20 Dec 2023, 11:09 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A decade-old juice carrier will be retrofitted with four eSail units by bound4blue, based on suction sails, for better fuel efficiency

 
World’s Largest and Ultra-Luxurious Ketch Sold for More Than $110 Million
World’s Largest and Ultra-Luxurious Ketch Sold for More Than $110 Million

11 Dec 2023, 06:22 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / German billionaire parts with bespoke sailing masterpiece, officially the largest fast-cruising ketch in the world, after seven years

 
Kokotea Is the Elegant Black Swan of Modern Sailing Yachts
Kokotea Is the Elegant Black Swan of Modern Sailing Yachts

13 Nov 2023, 01:41 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This 23-year-old sailing yacht boasts timeless beauty and contemporary performance thanks to a recent US refit that amped up its market value

 
The Groundbreaking Automated Kite System for Ships Marks a New Milestone
The Groundbreaking Automated Kite System for Ships Marks a New Milestone

30 Oct 2023, 02:45 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airseas, the maritime company of Airbus, has reached a new milestone during sea trials of its unique giant kite for ships, called Seawing