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| Yachting Rules and Etiquette |
 Yachting is more than 300 years old already. Traditions in yachting were developed both of necessity and under the influence of ceremonies. Who doesn't know signs: woman on a shipboard is for misfortune; to point the finger at a ship which is going out from the port is to doom it to death; you dropped a mop overside – troubles will follow... These signs were made up under influence of frequent coincidences. Where did they come from? If someone investigated, he would discover that they come from following the ordinary etiquette.
Judge for yourself, to point the finger at anything is indecently, not aesthetically and is a sign of bad manners in general. To take a woman in a distant marine travel is to collide constantly with her whims and expose her to inconveniences. It's so simple.
Yachting rules and etiquette known for everybody already (but often simply forgotten) were put together during many years... |
Category: Articles » Boat Misc. | 2 April 2008 | Comments (0) | Views: 165
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| Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt are Planning to Marry on a Yacht |
 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are planning to marry in an "intimate" ceremony on a yacht this summer.
Angelina, who is rumoured to be expecting twins, will marry Brad in front of close family and friends after she gives birth.
It is alleged that Angie, who announced recently she is expecting lover Brad Pitt's baby, is expecting two babies because of fertility treatment.
Angelina Jolie is secretly planning a lavish wedding for her and her lover Brad Pitt, it has been reported. |
Category: Yacht News | 12 March 2008 | Comments (0) | Views: 20329
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| Superyacht Events for 2008 |
World Superyacht Award — Young Designer of the Year 2008. Boat International, in association with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, have announced the introduction of a new competition, sponsored by Camper & Nicholson International, to find the world's best Young Superyacht Designers. The competition is intended to provide a showcase for young designers to demonstrate their ability and talents, and to encourage the development of the next generation of superyacht designers. The first award will be presented at the World Superyacht Awards in Venice on April 18. The winner will receive a prize of € 5,000.Entries should be submitted on CD-ROM or DVD by Jan 31, 2008. |
Category: Yacht News | 28 December 2007 | Comments (2) | Views: 1055
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| Shipbuilding History |
 People settlement appeared on the banks of the rivers, lakes and marine harbours for ages, and water-ways became the first transport highways for building of domestic infrastructure and organization of public mutual relations between people. The art of shipbuilding reflects in a great deal, and sometimes anticipates the level of human civilization development. It shows brightly the high level of science, natural science and technique development.
Building of ships always leaned on all arsenal of sciences and handicrafts, on professionals experience and technical art of engineers. They were reflecting a lifestyle, world view of people and their general aspirations in their turn. |
Category: Articles » Boatbuilding | 17 December 2007 | Comments (0) | Views: 968
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| Bruce Willis And Karen McDougal Take Yacht Holiday |
 All of your favorite celebrities are taking the kind of holidays that we all dream of at summer. Bruce Willis was spotted taking it easy with his much younger girlfriend, Karen McDougal.
The Die Hard hunk treated his sweetie to a luxurious yacht vacation in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. And the pair had plenty of chemistry to draw the attention of the paparazzi.
The 52-year-old Sixth Sense actor took Karen to the Cala Di Volpe hotel for some lunch with friends, before boarding the magnificent boat for a romantic getaway.
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Category: Yacht News | 13 December 2007 | Comments (0) | Views: 5122
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| Scuba Diving - Look Closer at the Sea Bottom |
 We used to see the bottom of the sea only on a TV screen, where Jacques-Yves Cousteau was swimming and making comments of what he saw and touched. We were looking through the small window trying to scrutinize all the beauty of the underwater world. We guessed there were such places in seas-oceans which they did not show us yet. Then the word "diving" entered into our life. This is a type of rest for everybody than just for chosen.
Everyone to the bottom! Dive-movement is widened rapidly. Dive-centeres are growing as mushrooms. Both experienced divers and beginners are using their services. One thing is important for beginners at first - to submerge for ten meters at least once and then to boast at home saying, I dived with aqualung. They don't know yet that in a short period of time some not clear melancholy will call them under water again. |
Category: Articles » Boating Activities | 12 December 2007 | Comments (0) | Views: 373
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| How to Protect the Sail |
However great is durability of synthetic fabric, it's unable to stand dynamic loadings for a long time which a slamming sail is subjected to. The fraying of a sail out consists of its surface damage, sutures burst or fray through, connection between weft and fabric basis collapses, a sail loses the form. It is necessary to explain that a sail synthetic fabric, for decrease of porosity, is saturated with a resin filler and then is subjected to mangling - rolled between two heated rollers, as a result threads of the basis and weft melt and weld between themselves, decreasing of fabric disposition to stretching, fabric becomes more dense and its surface smooth and glossy. A filler becomes fragile and disposed towards bursting with time. If to examine attentively used dakronsail, it is possible to see thousands of small cracks. Naturally, that this senescence of canvas, which happens the faster, the worse is sail handling, spoil its surface and reduces efficiency. |
Category: Articles » Owning and Operating | 10 December 2007 | Comments (0) | Views: 434
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| Sail Fraying out |
 There's an opinion among yachtsmen, that synthetic sail do not rot and therefore does not need especially thorough care. However it is not true. Many reasons can considerably worsen synthetic sail quality and even lead them to uselessness.
Unlike ordinary canvas used before, synthetic fabric is a hard material and therefore is more subject to fraying out at mechanical influences. Sutures, in particular, are susceptibilities. The timely discovery of one or two stitches which frayed out will allow to prevent the rapid dismissal of the whole suture. Scotch tape can be a good temporary mean to fix the damaged area of the suture in such cases. Naturally, damage of the sail is possible foremost where it touches anything. |
Category: Articles » Owning and Operating | 7 December 2007 | Comments (0) | Views: 260
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| Midnight Sun Sailing Yacht |
Midnight Sun sailing yacht was built at Balic Yachts, Finland in 1982, with two refits: 1992 and a major upgrade in 2004/2005 (euro 1,500,000 spent).
Two double cabins and one twin offering sleeping for 6 guests. Large centre saloon with access to deck. Modern communication system with internet access. This sailing yacht has 3 cabins. The configuration of cabins is 2 double cabins and one twin. This yacht can accommodate 6 guests.
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Category: Articles » Boat Types » Sailboats | 7 December 2007 | Comments (0) | Views: 949
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| Sail Selection |
 One of the most important concern of any yacht owner are sails. Sails are the face of a yacht. Beautiful and fresh, they not only make the shocking impression at girls, who stroll near a yacht-club but also talk about financial possibilities of the owner. And good sail, as is generally known, is possible to sew only out of good fabrics. Therefore any yachtsman who respects himself must be able to understand fabrics, to pick them up for their yacht correctly, to estimate quality and accordance of this quality to their cost. In this article we will touch listed questions and give some practical advices. |
Category: Articles » Experience Exchange | 6 December 2007 | Comments (0) | Views: 1219
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