The Telegraph
Kevin Costner Jokes About Blocking Cannes Yachts to Finance 'Horizon' Films
Kevin Costner joked at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday that he was ready to blockade rich people on their yachts unless they gave him money to finance his planned four-part Western series "Horizon: An American Saga."The Hollywood star has already taken out a mortgage on 10 acres of his waterfront property in California to help fund the film project, which tells of the challenges faced by settlers expanding the American West in the late 1800s. Now, he needs more financial backing for the project."If we all went out together into this harbour and we stood in front of one boat.
Post-Brexit, Lawmakers Call for Royal Yacht's Return
As Britain sets sail in uncharted waters on the lookout for post-Brexit trade deals, lawmakers and a former diplomat have earmarked two key weapons: the Duchess of Cambridge and a new royal yacht. Following the vote in June for Britain to leave the European Union, and with the government facing the tricky task of securing new trade agreements, some 100 lawmakers from Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have called for ministers to back the commissioning of a new royal yacht. "I think we have to ask ourselves what sort of Britain we want to live in and what we can do ...
MAIB Blames 'Structural Weakness' in Cheeki Rafiki Capsize
An accident report into the loss of the Cheeki Rafiki mid-way through a transatlantic crossing last May, found that undetected damage to fittings around the keel after a string of earlier groundings are among the likely causes, says the Telegraph. The loss of four UK sailors in the Atlantic was "a tragic accident", the head of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said. Days later the hull of the 40ft yacht was found with its life raft still on board. There was no sign of the crew. The loss of the yacht Cheeki Rafiki and its four crew in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 720 miles east–south-east of Nova Scotia…
Marlow-Hunter Rendezvous at Specialty Yachts
The 2014 summer rendezvous schedule starts with something special, "We congratulate our long time dealer consistently in the Top 10 in sales and customer service on being in business for 50 years," said John T. Peterson, President of Marlow-Hunter, LLC. With more than 120 boats expected for this event held at Thesis Island at Telegraph Harbour Marina, Lawrence Fronczek, owner and President of Specialty Yachts, said, “Our success started with my father some 50 years ago this summer by placing the customer on a pedestal and never taking your eye off of him.
