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...fighter long before he ever climbed aboard a sailboat. In his early teens, he fraternized with local gangs and got in knife fights. These days, however, he puts his strength into grinding winches and helping to trim the mainsail of a sleek, 25-m America's Cup?class racing yacht. Burricks' journey from local tough guy to élite sailor is just one of the remarkable stories to come from Africa's first-ever entry in the 154-year-old America's Cup, yachting's most prestigious - and the international sport's oldest - prize. Burricks is part of Team Shosholoza...
...provided an escape from the violence of township life. "You grow up thinking that's your way of living," he says. "But if you give kids something else to do, like sailing, most will stop being naughty." Sarno appointed the young men to the crew of his own Durban yacht, on which they began winning some local events. But when Sarno began talking about entering the America's Cup, even his crew members thought the idea was nuts. Undeterred, Sarno bought a boat, talked the city of Cape Town into giving him the use of prime waterfront dock space...
Another thing about the Austin flagship: it is a she, like a yacht or a sports car, not a he. "See how this is softer, more rounded, more curved, more welcoming?" asks Robb, pointing to the lines of casings and walls. "A store design is about creating an intimacy or a connection. This is a more feminine design. The colors are warmer, shapes softer. The world was overly masculine in the 20th century, and it needs to be more balanced in the 21st...
Andrew Kissel once lived quite well--his 80-ft. Lazzara yacht has been valued at $2.8 million--but he was also, according to his estranged wife and other accusers, a drinker, a thief and a liar. The Greenwich police department isn't saying much yet, which is understandable since its officers should be busy speaking to the many victims whom Kissel defrauded over the years. Last week he was set to admit in federal court that he had cheated financial companies out of millions of dollars. According to the Times, Kissel forged documents to pretend that he owned properties...
Although a great peddler of excess, Batali first became famous for his restraint in the kitchen, his veneration of simple Italian traditions. After graduating from Rutgers University, where he majored in economics and Spanish theater, Batali worked in kitchens in Britain, California and Turkey, where he was a yacht chef. ("Very good gig. Paid well. Virtually no responsibility. You get some rich yuppie group of six from Chicago paying $60,000 for a week on a boat. They would tip you a thousand bucks at the end of the week if they were happy. Which was enough to live...