Once calling it his dream boat, Greg Biffle listed the yacht Checkered Past a year or so before the fatal jet crash. Asking ...

“Vibe check?” the text message read. The query from an art adviser on a group chat came across my phone as my Uber was stuck in horrendous Collins Avenue traffic. Ah yes, the question everyone wants ...

Traveling by yacht has always been a grand way to see the world. But now, several high-profile brands have upped the ante with a wave of new options for indulging at sea. Among the biggest new ...

Private islands are the luxurious combination of adventure and comfort / Photo: Vladi Private Islands With the promise of adventure, relaxation and discretion, it is of little surprise private islands ...

For a fraction of what ownership costs, sailors can rent a boat along with some of its crew. Or pay to join a boat and become part of the crew. By David Schmidt When it comes to racing massive ...

Houston billionaire and U.S. ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta is selling his 252-foot-long motor yacht, Boardwalk, for roughly $192 million, as he awaits the delivery of a new, larger yacht. “Yes, ...

Billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta is charting a new course—and putting his mega yacht up for sale after only four years of ownership. The newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Italy listed his 76.5 ...

When Maxx Chewning sold his sour-candy business to Hershey for $75.5 million, the first thing he did—before buying a Rolex or dream home—was jet his wife and six friends to Vail on a Dassault Falcon ...

Majesty’s newest superyacht was delivered in record time. The first 100 Terrace was handed over to her owners in the second week of July, less than a year after the model was revealed. The shipyard, ...

A sprawling 70-acre property for sale in Kinnelon — though also stretching into neighboring Montville — with a private 25-acre lake is for sale in Kinnelon. The former Boy Scout camp was privatized ...

In “The Haves and Have-Yachts,” the New Yorker writer Evan Osnos presents an urbane set of profiles in excess. By Carl Swanson Carl Swanson is the deputy editorial director for culture at New York ...

A group trip to a mediocre resort with the same old offerings can set you back thousands of dollars. New trends suggest there is a way to get a more unique, upscale bang for your buck: yacht travel.