Handling and storage Not every yacht has, like Octopus, the luxury of a floodable garage the size of a dry dock for a sizeable yacht. The relative lack of both […]

Published on April 22, 2020 Talitha was built by Krupp among a series of similar looking yachts of which we still have at least four in existence today. During her […]

Published on April 28, 2020 Several large pre-war steam yachts were refitted in the last 50 years. They usually received diesel engines instead of the original turbines. There are very […]

Published on May 6, 2020 A yacht is a very personal possession. It is therefore natural for a new owner to rename yachts when they change hands. There was a […]

Published on May 13, 2020 “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” This very […]

Published on May 20, 2020 Etiquette for yachts, and other boats too for that matter, is a long, complicated and sometimes controversial subject. It affects many parts of the life […]

Published on June 3, 2020 I have started a previous article by pointing out that the use people made of “luxury yachts” in the roaring twenties is fundamentally different from […]

Published on June 11, 2020 It is very easy to take a shortcut and propose a nice Riva Ariston or some pretty and well known similar craft for a classic […]

Published on June 18, 2020 Seriously? Classic sailing yacht are single decked small affairs. When they are not exclusively used for racing, they tend to be converted fishing smacks and […]

Published on October 8, 2020 Over the last years, I have been offered many times ceramic treatment to restore the gloss on our ship. That tells me that some people […]