Word: yachting
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...telling his agent he was going to do something "to make the world better." So it seemed as if he might have embarked on another existential adventure when he disappeared in waters near Papeete, Tahiti. Surely he was reading Sartre on some remote beach. But authorities inspecting his abandoned yacht last week found blood traces and gunpowder residue from a "large-caliber" weapon, though no bodies. They suspected that Dele, 33, his girlfriend and a crew member had been murdered and said Dele's estranged brother Miles Dabord, 35, was under suspicion...
...Tahiti. The 55-ft. boat Hakuna Matata embarked in late May from Auckland, New Zealand, bound for Tahiti and Hawaii. Dele was joined onboard by his girlfriend Serena Karlan, 30, who was a former New York City real estate agent, and Bertrand Saldo, 32, a Frenchman and professional yacht captain. Dabord, a computer programmer from California, turned up uninvited. In emails to her parents and friends, Karlan "didn't sound all that excited about him being there," says her best friend, Stacey Steele...
What is often remembered of Hart’s presidential campaign is a photograph of him on a yacht, named “Monkey Business,” with a young blonde named Donna Rice sitting...
Exclusive yacht clubs are being overtaken by sailing clubs, whose $30 monthly dues are more comparable to those of bowling leagues. As a result, sailing "draws from a far deeper pipeline today," says Nick Craw, head of U.S. Sailing, which serves as the national competitive governing body and runs popular youth summer camps. But as sailing turns into a more plebeian--read: more crowded--activity, lax maritime safety becomes a concern, just as it has with powerboating. Hence sailing associations' insistence on certification standardization, which has stiffened safety and emergency-procedure training...
...article probably scared a lot of ordinary people considering retirement who don't have the $300,000 to $1 million you seem to think they need. A modest retirement is possible without working till 80. Not all of us need or want to live in a mansion, own a yacht and sail about the Greek islands. I've been retired for five years and am quite happy. I keep an eye on how much I spend every month and try to stay out of debt. The simple life can also be the good life. JOEL LAYNE Cascade, Idaho...