Admiral Igor Osimov, commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet has been arrested in the aftermath of the .Moskwa disaster. Russia still claims an...
Anyone looking for a possible bargain in a 120 aluminum displacement yacht? HM Government is auctioning off an ex NZ navy vessel, MY Kahu, built...
Once hostilities have ceased the complex legal work begins on a case by case, oligarch by oligarch , boat by boat basis, It will take awhile,...
Holland America Line has announced that an agreement has been signed with the Dutch Government to dock the Volendam (55,000 GRT) at Rotterdam and...
I read on a European site and also on American site Boattest.com that Ukrainian RIB builder BRIG has announced that many of its 420 employees and...
Yup, Mr. A has confirmed the event and the symptoms but declined to call it poisoning or finger the Kremlin which would render him useless as a...
On another note regarding draft. In todays interesting YF post on Pendennis' new build Fox it quotes (accurately) a claim that the draft is 14...
The interesting use of solar is to at least partly recharge your battery banks so as to reduce noisy generator use in pristine anchorages....
This is not directly related to yachting but important so I'll keep it brief. Putin has finally publicly acknowledged the war in Ukraine calling...
In a long winded bombastic speech to the Russian people last night Putin turned on the Oligarchs (as expected) suggesting that western sanctions...
I have no sympathy for the Oligarchs but most of them made(stole) their money years ago and moved it and themselves abroad. It is unclear what...
I am aware that offering passports or other inducements to major investors is a common practice. I think the belief in the EU is that the bar in...
For many years wealthy Russians (and others) have benefited from the so called Golden Passport scheme. Under the scheme a person 'investing' in...
During WWII, in Canada at least, persons of Japanese and German origin were detained and had their assets seized in a rather wholesale fashion....
Or Dubai FC:)
The devil is always in the details or in this case the language. My reading indicates that it was the intention of the US and the UK to offer a...
The takeaway from all this - presuming we get through the current crisis intact - is any future agreements with other countries will be...
Russia suffers stunning rebuke at UN. Resolution ordering Russia to end the invasion passes with huge majority. Only 5 votes in support of...
A question more than a comment. Marines engine maker Baudouin of France, perhaps better known in commercial vessels than yachts (but they are...
