boats
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Here’s Why You Don’t See Many Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships
Atomic power may allow us to ply the oceans, but there are drawbacks.
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Yacht’s Private Security Sparks Firefight After Mistaking Yemen’s Coast Guard for Pirates
Private security aboard a luxury vintage yacht opened fire on Yeman’s coast guard in the Gulf of Aden Friday, causing a brief exchange with the country’s military. The security team apparently mistook the Coast Guard for pirates.
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Time Is Running Out for the Mystery Owner of This Abandoned Superyacht, Which Might Soon Go to Auction
If you’ve got some deep pockets and a yearning for a superyacht, you may want to head to the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean. Bloomberg reports that a 81.38 m superyacht has been abandoned at a dock in the island nation. It’s racking up dock fees and the government says if…
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Saddam Hussein’s Capsized Yacht Is a Curious Attraction For Sightseers and Locals in Iraq
The wreckage of Saddam Hussein’s former presidential yacht haunts the Shatt al-Arab waterway in Basra, Iraq, drawing adventurous sightseers and local fishermen in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s ouster and, later, his death. The 120.70 m yacht, dubbed the “al-Mansur,” was once among the dictator’s private flotilla, but Saddam Hussein never boarded the vessel after…