sobriyah: SailBlogs

The Russians are coming!

Richard — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:39:25 -0600

The main interest in English Harbour yesterday was the arrival of the superyacht 'A'. One wag commented it must be the floating headquarters of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, another thought it's flared bow reminiscent of the WW2 battleship Rodney, but no it was created for one Andrey Melnishenko, a Russian banker, and named after his wife Aleksandra, complete with a Phillipe Starck interior, and similarly stark looking carbon-fibre tenders. Melnishenko is apparently just 37 years old. I wonder where I went wrong! (Continued...)

Lobster Fest

Richard — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:59:33 -0600

Believe me, they tasted every bit as good as they looked. (View Post...)

Barbuda

Richard — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0600

A lovely reaching sail from Green Island up to Barbuda, always a little heart stopping negotiating the reefs off Spanish Point, even with the sun dead overhead. Two hundred shipwrecks are testament to the hazards of the coral reefs of Barbuda. (Continued...)