http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/YachtingFind stories, videos, and photos about Yachting from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:50:52 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Yachting14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Yachting from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/10/pirates.defence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/10/pirates.defence/index.html#cnnSTCTextSailors who've been hijacked often say they never saw the pirates coming.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/04/pirates.defence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/04/pirates.defence/index.html#cnnSTCTextSailors who've been hijacked often say they never saw the pirates coming.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/15/lasers.yachts.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/15/lasers.yachts.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextA military-grade laser that blinds temporarily is the latest security technology available to wealthy superyacht owners afraid of pirate attacks.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/22/superyacht.business.monaco/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/22/superyacht.business.monaco/index.html#cnnSTCTextDemand for the world's largest, most expensive yachts is on the rise ahead of the Monaco Yacht Show this week.Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/05/mega.yacht.lifestyle/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/05/mega.yacht.lifestyle/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. company is offering a rare chance to holiday on a mega-yacht once used by a Hollywood star and her husband -- and thanks to the recession it's actually affordable.Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:14:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/magazines/fortune/bucket_regatta.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/magazines/fortune/bucket_regatta.fortune/index.htmMarie Antoinette was no mistress of the high seas, but she'd probably feel quite welcome this weekend in the blue waters of the eastern Caribbean.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:56:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/17/smallbusiness/charity_yacht_mission.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/17/smallbusiness/charity_yacht_mission.fsb/index.htmI had just launched my dream business: With a fellow entrepreneur I'd founded the SeaDream Yacht Club, a small private cruise line with twin mega-yachts. The company was an immediate success. But it was a terrible time, really. I'd left my job after 10 years as president of Cunard Line and moved from California to Florida to start our new business. Quite suddenly, in August 2000, my beloved wife of 21 years died of a rare lung disease.Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/11/murders.antigua/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/11/murders.antigua/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe slayings of two super-yacht staff within two weeks have shaken the luxury yacht industry and sparked calls for crews to exercise extreme caution.Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:26:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/smallbusiness/first_mate_to_the_client.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/smallbusiness/first_mate_to_the_client.fsb/index.htmWhen you spend $719,000 for a yacht, you expect the electrical system to work. What you don't expect is for an owner of the company that built the vessel to fix it personally. But that's exactly what Bill and Staci McLauchlan got.Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:06:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1732125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1732125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs the frequency of piracy on the high seas grows, many ship owners aren't willing to wait for the navy to help them outFri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/10/15/100539069/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/10/15/100539069/index.htmIn 2004, Peter Munk and a handful of Montenegrin government officials took off in a rickety old army helicopter for a flight along the country's coast. There were no seats - just ammunition crates screwed to the floor. When Munk inquired about safety straps, the captain pointed to the iron handles on the sides of the crates and hollered, "Hold on tight!" The flight took them over lush, green hills and jagged outcroppings that tumbled down toward azure seas, till they finally reached their destination: a rusting naval base in a town called Tivat on the Bay of Kotor.Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/lifestyle/luxury_submarines/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/lifestyle/luxury_submarines/index.htmIn the world of 150-foot yachts, private helicopters and lightening fast speedboats, there is a new toy so exclusive that buyers are actually invoking non-disclosure agreements.Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:28:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/06/100141332/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/06/100141332/index.htmIf it's your idea of fun to admire the fabulously wealthy, brilliant, and charismatic person you will never be, you'll want to read "Mine's Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built," by Newsweek senior editor David A. Kaplan. But if holding up the ludicrously self-involved for public examination makes you whimper with delight, you'll like it just as much.Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399941/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399941/index.htmIf you were to buy the car of your dreams - say, a Porsche 911 GT3 (sticker price, $106,000) - the odds are you'd drive it about 30 days a year and cover maybe 1,000 miles. Those are widely accepte... Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:25:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/09/01/8384910/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/09/01/8384910/index.htmWe're crossing the Gulf of Argolis: 37°8' N, 22°50' E. The water is placid, without a breath of wind, which is a bit of a disappointment - we've come to Greece to sail, but today we're under diesel... Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:18:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384721/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384721/index.htmBill Joy is wearing bright-red sneakers and a boyish grin that belies his 52 years. Although dusk has settled over the Netherlands' Royal Huisman shipyard and hunger pangs are surely gripping the l... Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/lifestyle/testing_the_waters.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/lifestyle/testing_the_waters.fortune/index.htmEven if you can't afford to build your own superyacht - Bill Joy's boat could end up costing $50 million, depending on how many more man-hours he racks up at the Huisman yard in his quest for the best, plus $3 million a year to operate - there's a way to get onboard: Charter.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:59:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/lifestyle/yachts.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/lifestyle/yachts.fortune/index.htmWhat more is there to say about megayachts? They are status symbols, objects of luxury that would make Marie Antoinette blush, perfect for hiding from prying paparazzi or niggling underlings for months at a time.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:50:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/04/01/8373384/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/04/01/8373384/index.htmSome people love a cruise. Some people would rather get a root canal. If you're in the latter group, it may be because the word cruise brings to mind images of thousands of people lining up for the... Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:27:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/01/news/newsmakers/ellison_debts/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/01/news/newsmakers/ellison_debts/index.htmOracle Corp. 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Today,...Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/09/23/ultimate.yacht/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/09/23/ultimate.yacht/index.htmlThere are yachts, there are luxury yachts, there are super-luxury yachts, and then there is the Al Salamah, a vessel beside which most similar boats look like little more than glorified pedalos.Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:57:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/08/08/8267655/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/08/08/8267655/index.htmYou've heard about the Internet bubble and the hedge fund bubble and the real estate bubble ... but the muscle-car bubble? 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There's the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thing. There's the piles of money thing. There was the married-t...Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/05/03/pf/six_figs_five/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/05/03/pf/six_figs_five/index.htmThe income-equivalent of the Holy Grail, the six-figure salary, is not easy to come by. But it helps if you work in an occupation that provides the potential.Mon, 03 May 2004 21:05:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/12/22/356101/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/12/22/356101/index.htmWhy buy a mere yacht when you can buy an entire yacht company? That was the question Monster CEO Andrew McKelvey asked himself in 2000--and answered by buying a storied boat builder called Palmer J...Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/08/01/346323/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/08/01/346323/index.htmAs you begin to consider what sort of yacht you'll require, it's necessary to know the various categories into which luxury pleasure craft fall. There is the "day yacht." There are "express cruiser...Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/06/01/324575/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/06/01/324575/index.htmIt's hard to beat the nonstop fun of building a business--especially in this economy. But three new board games give it a whirl. Do they succeed? Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/08/14/285596/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/08/14/285596/index.htmNothing shouts "new money" quite as loud as a large, expensive power yacht. At least that's what the blue-blood sailors in New England's snootiest harbors often used to say. But six years ago Hinck...Mon, 14 Aug 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/20/270542/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/20/270542/index.htmFloating pierside on the Hudson River, PlayStation shimmers on the edge of plausibility. A $5 million, 105-foot-long, dual-hulled vision of gleaming yellow carbon fiber and Kevlar, the boat embodie...Mon, 20 Dec 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/12/01/269611/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/12/01/269611/index.htmWhew! It's been some century, hasn't it? Wars, television, men on the moon, the invention of e-mail--why, it's practically impossible to count the many incredible things that have happened during t...Wed, 01 Dec 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/12/09/219360/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/12/09/219360/index.htmDavid Ross, the man perched so jauntily on this yacht, has plenty of reason to grin. He owns Burger Boat, the small Manitowoc, Wisconsin, builder of custom-designed, handcrafted yachts so coveted b...Mon, 09 Dec 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75638/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75638/index.htmSplice the main brace! The seeds of capitalism are barely sprouting, and already the Leningrad Yacht Club is pursuing the world's most sought-after sailing trophy. Their vessel: Red Star, which has...Mon, 21 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/01/19/68601/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/01/19/68601/index.htmWhat would the America's Cup be without an American finalist? Rough sailing for promoters of the prestigious yacht race. In December the New York Yacht Club, which held the trophy from 1851 until i...Mon, 19 Jan 1987 05:01:00 EST