SHE’S seen many wild nights—from the time she sailed as Minona for the Royal Navy in both World Wars to the time she got her famous nickname, Love Boat, from star Hollywood couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. On April 9, berthed in our very own backyard at Victoria Docks at Mumbai Port Trust, the luxury yacht, which Richard Burton bought for Elizabeth Taylor, a 165 foot Edwardian Motor Yacht was named ‘The Kalizma’ for Burton’s children Kate, Liza and Maria.

Since her 2006 restoration, Kalizma has been further updated to …

Believe it or not… there’s no ending when it comes to where or how one can get inspired. And if the next best car happens to be designed by a sailor, you’ve landed yourself the Caddy Topos Sail Design Concept of Volkswagen. Check out the car with a nautical theme…

A man and his boat can seldom be parted; you really need to own a boat to understand this phrase. Well, the thought must be right, because the likes of Volkswagen have come up with a design concept for their Caddy …

If you have ever dropped your expensive sunglasses over the side and watched them sink out of sight you will appreciate Gill floating sunglasses! These sunglasses are equipped with light weight, unbreakable Polaroid Polarizing lens. The support layers of this material is CAB (Cellulose Acetate Butyrate). CAB is a seven layer laminate with a high quality scratch resistant hardcoating. The whole lens is press polished and optically correct.
Gill is introducing Shield sunglasses – the first floatable and polarized over-glasses to be marketed to those sailors who wear prescription glasses. Designed …

Tag Heuer has provided the Tag Heuer Sport Vision `Physics’ sunglasses that have been modified to incorporate a microdisplay system into them. So the sailors in each boat communicate with each other simply through their sunglasses. They don’t have to leave their corner to pass on or receive some vital information.

Now let’s take a look at how the system works in Formula One racing and Sailing.

In F1 racing
The car driver in a Formula One event now does not need to stop at the pits for information, thus losing precious time. …

While riding through a secluded lake may not seem as exciting as docking your yacht in St. Tropez harbor… those in a mood to craft a big splatter should check out a custom made houseboat, which is a 117-foot 2008 Thoroughbred Yacht cum Houseboat priced at $1.75 million!

At this price, the Thoroughbred 117 comes outfitted with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a complete office, sunken kitchen, all flat panel televisions–Plasma, LCD, DLP 27” to 52”. Here’s one houseboat that will blow you away!It also offers four refrigerators, four icemakers, two gas …

This Summer stay fragrant with the following list of perfumes inspired by the cool marine! Strong but cool, calm and alluring, splash on the charm of a sailor…Inspired by the collection spring/summer 2008, Tommy Hilfiger designers announced two fragrances in line with the mentioned collection. The fragrances are Tommy Summer Cologne 2008 and Tommy Girl Summer Fragrance 2008, and they are both available since March 2008. The design elements on the bottles and the outer boxes are red and white, and marine blue and white stripes, the classical summer maritime …

Boat Asia 2008, one of Asia’s premier leisure boat and luxury waterfront lifestyle events, is set to make a splash at a brand new venue – the recently opened world-class Marina at Keppel Bay in Singapore, from April 24 – 27, 2008.
For the first time this year, specially invited High Net-Worth Individuals will be treated to door-to-door limousine service with special ambassadors on hand to provide personalized tours of the show. They will also enjoy exclusive access to The Island Suite at Marina at Keppel Bay.Specially equipped with Miele appliances, …