Surely, its not a pure coincidence that Peri means Fairy and the word is often used for a beautiful and graceful girl…
Built in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built shipyard in Antalya, Turkey, the yacht builder of these semi-custom built vessels, offers the highest level of composite construction on the market today with sleek designs that will turn heads everywhere.

All Peri Yachts are built in composite epoxy material, offering many advantages over traditional GRP. Some of these advantages include better fuel consumption because of the lightness, durability and strength of the composite hull.

These …

The business tycoon, boss of Virgin Airlines & Music, Sir Richard Branson had set sail from New York Bay, New York City just two days back on his 99 footer single hull racing sail boat to set a trans-Atlantic speed record by crossing the Atlantic in less than 6 days! He was accompanied by his two children and a professional crew.

All was fine and looking good until they reached Bermuda Triangle. Bermuda Triangle has a long dark history and is feared by all sailors. But this time it wasn’t the …

The beautiful city Busan, Korea is hosting the Woman’s World Class Match Race 2008 from the 28th of October to 2nd of November. Haeundae Beach is the official race arena. 11 international teams such as Australia, France, USA etc are participating in this competition and India is one of them. Team of six girls headed by Skipper Pallavi Naik are on their way to Korea. This is the 1st time in India’s history that All Girls Match Racing team is participating in an International competition.
Team GIIRA got to catch up …

From Ships, cruise liners, luxury yachts, speed boats, tenders … almost every ocean going vessel is a part of this video where one can see the boats being literally broken apart like toys.
Have a look at this video to know what we mean.
Greatest Boat Crashes

Here are the probable reasons for such catastrophes –

Research – not enough research can be fatal at times when the boat and the crew are entering an un-chartered territory for the 1st time. Research could include – assessing the weather, climate conditions, water and tide …

Few months back the Bendigo Yacht Club in Australia was left in ashes when a major fire broke down at the main storage shed of the club due to some electrical fault. 20 sail boats, two large rescue craft, together with a smaller inflatable rescue boats used for rescue work on Lake Eppalock and training boats for children were destroyed completely.

This was a add on blow to the members of the sailing club as the sailing club was forced to halt sailing on the lake two years ago because of …

For the first time under the ageis of the Yatching Association of India and Match Racing Association of India, the ISAF (international sailing federation) Nations Cup Regional Finals Asia 2008 will be held off the waters of Chowpatty from the 14th to the 19th of October, 2008.
The city of Mumbai with its great Maritime history adds another jewel to its crown by conducting the ISAF Nations Cup Regional Finals Asia 2008 off the waters of Chowpatty at the H2O complex from 14 to 19 Oct 2008, under the aegis of …

Close to the hearts of the city which is close to our hearts…is a complete rafting haven in Kolad off the Mumbai – Goa highway.

Almost as good as its counterparts up-north, we wanted to put the rapids at Kolad in the Kundalika river at test; and see if it was worthy enough to be considered a Great Escape…
KUNDALIKA RAFTING
The Western Ghats are full of short and swift flowing rivers. However due to uneven terrain, there are not many river rafting location in Maharashtra. However Kundalika river which lies hardly 100 …

The weekend is here and you want to explore all your options of making that break away from the city…
If you are one of those adventurous kinds, you’d probably look into some kind of physical activity that would involve some serious and strenuous (but relieving from all the mundane weekly workload) physical activity around where you live.

And some of you might just want to head out and jump on to a raft on one of the exciting rivers around where you live.

Rafting or whitewater rafting is a challenging recreational activity …

“PORSCHE” … The name defines Speed, Thrill, Luxury & Over the Edge EXPERIENCE! Porsche has a history of getting its talented fingers into everything. So when we heard that a collaboration between Porsche and the Singaporean yacht builder Royal Falcon Fleet is set to take place we were not surprised.

The German car manufacturer will be designing the exterior and the interior for the luxury RFF135 yacht. RFF135 is going to be a stunning 135ft mega high speed catamaran. Topping the speed of 35 knots, the catamaran is going to be …

You want a trip to the future ?…Go visit CROATIA…!
Three students from Studio Lynn at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna have designed a conceptual boat factory for the island of Cres in Croatia.
 

Called Factoreef, it has been designed by Julcsi Futo, Bika Rebek and Stefan Ritter, students on the course run by architect Greg Lynn.
The architects describe the project as “a large scale, smoothly undulating roof held by an intricate steel truss structure”.

FACTOREEF
“factoreef” is a proposal for a boat factory in the mediterranean town Cres, designed by architecture …

Its the end of September and the Mumbai harbor is going to get filled with new Yachts & Water Crafts soon. Just cant wait to see the harbor alive and on the move again!
Monaco Yacht Show took place last week and the show was a great success as always….

22nd September, 2008 – From the Cape of Town to the Beautiful coast of Bangkok, Yachting Craze Hits Bollywood..!!
http://www.giirayachts.com/2008/09/yachting-craze-hits-bollywood.html
23rd September, 2008 – 40 Signature Series futuristic looking yacht by Foster & Partners for YachtPlus…
http://www.giirayachts.com/2008/09/yachtplus-signatured-by-foster-partners.html
24th September, 2008 – Monaco Yacht Show featuring the …