A yacht is never just a yacht. For Aristotle Onassis, the Christina was a palace of seduction, a place to broker deals, a celebrity honeytrap and the most conspicuous symbol of his successful shipping empire. On a visit with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard …

One of Harry's acquaintances and fellow members of the New York yacht club, Amzi L. Barber (Barbour), sold him the luxurious stem yacht “Sapphire II,” and took “Calypso” as a partial payment. A former professor at Howard University, Barber abandoned …

In the wake of the Herald story, a State Department spokeswoman admitted yesterday that Kerry was “briefly” aboard his $7 million luxury craft, the Isabel, on the day of the coup, after previously insisting the yacht sighting was “completely inaccurate.”.

In episode seven, we meet civil and structural engineer Graham Knot who's preparing for the swim of a lifetime, and Ben cruises in style on a luxury super yacht. Poole's Brown Sea Island is home to an annual four and a half mile swim where more than …

Because no yacht is complete without a luxury an exotic vehicle paired with it, Ken Gorin hit the sands of South Beach for the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach — with THE COLLECTION display in tow, naturally. Taking place every President's Day …

On "Oceans," he compares slave ships to luxury yachts as Frank Ocean croons over layered and ethereal production (Timbaland handles most production on the LP). "Somewhereinamerica" has a super-dope trombone loop, but delivers perhaps the LP's …

It's there, in the marble marina, that yachts converge, pulling in at high tide and unloading their tipsy, suntanned cargo, who saunter across the main piazza and disappear into cobblestone alleyways. On my first night on the island, I made my way down …

Credit Aly Song / Reuters /Landov. A waiter delivers glasses of wine to guests at a luxury hotel bar near the Bund in Shanghai, on Sept. … Participants posted photos of Ferraris, Maseratis and scantily clad women on yachts. There were "a lot of girls …

There are now several companies betting there are enough wealthy enthusiasts who see yacht ownership this way and are willing to hand over millions of dollars to own part of a luxury yacht without all of the headaches. There are many more companies …