Category: Yacht

A Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder, led team, has found the sunken Japanese warship called Musashi, which is one of the biggest battleships ever made. According to reports, it was sunk during the 2nd World War off the coast of Philippines, said the billionaire, on Wednesday.

The whole team took Allen’s yacht the M/Y Octopus, depending on the advanced technology of the ship, detailed topographical data and historical records to find out as well as click pictures of the warship in Sibuyan Sea on Sunday, finishing a decades-long mystery regarding its exact location, said a statement on Allen’s website.

United States aircraft sank Musashi on 24th Oct, 1944, killing over one thousand Japanese, or around half crew of the vessel. The statement added that Mr. Allen has been searching for the Musashi for more than 8 years and its discovery would not just serve fill in the narrative of World War Two’s Pacific theater but bring closure to the families of those lost. Read More

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Two of the preparatory races for 2017 America’s Cup World Series was announced to be held at Portsmouth on Tuesday, 25^th November. Following the announcement, Ben Ainslie, regarded as one of the greatest British Sailors has told his fans that they will have an unmatched experience.

The July 2015 and July 2016 America’s Cup World Series events will be held at Portsmouth, which is also a naval base of British Royal Navy. Sir Ben Ainslie has said that holding these two events will greatly benefit Portsmouth financially. Sir Ainslie is aiming at becoming the first British team to win America’s Cup World Series in 2017. He’s based his team in Portsmouth to prepare for their contest against Oracle Team USA. Read More

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Italian shipbuilding company Benetti added another feather to their cap by launching a new fast displacement range of semicustom mega yachts at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show this year. The unique feature of this luxury motor yacht named Veloce 140 is its new displacement to planing hull that helps it to attain high speed and still maintain its stability when moving at lower velocity.

This luxury motor yacht has been designed by Stefano Righini and the interior design has been done by Redman Whiteley Dixon. This offers a luxurious accommodation to a total of 12 guests in 6 cabins. There are 8 professional crew members in 4 crew cabins. Its unique feature is its capacity of attaining very high speed of 21knots and is driven by twin 3500hpMTU engines.

It has a spacious sun deck that gives the guests abundant space of 829 square feet and also has a hot tub along with a long bar. The upper deck has a wonderful combination of inner and outer space. The front portion has a main deck with a beautiful gym and the inner portion has a salon and a dining table for 12 people. The cabin of the owner, two double bed cabins and two additional cabins are present in the below deck accommodations. The decorative is in a silver lacquer finish and all the stainless steel features have a satin finish. This motor yacht with all its luxury and advanced features is the unique of its kind. This is perhaps the first yacht in the Class First Displacement range of Benetti.

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