MISCELLANEOUS POSTS

This is the category that includes all 360° Yachting’s posts that are harder to categorise – the posts that are a bit different.

The Great Women Sailors of All Time

For International Women's Day on March 8th, we’re honouring all the brave and pioneering women who broke convention and took to the sea – the captains, the first women to win races, those that circumnavigated the world - even the women pirates! For centuries, sailing superstition suggested women were bad luck onboard and would anger the gods. Thankfully, those days have passed, and today many women take the helm or have careers on yachts. But who led the way for the yachting women of today? Let’s find out.

Iconic Superyacht Christina O.

The former Canadian frigate Christina O is regarded as one of the world's first and most lavish superyachts. Purchased in 1954 by Aristotle Onassis, her transformation into a pleasure palace was seen as utter extravagance at the time yet proved a savvy business decision for Onassis. The likes of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, JFK and Winston Churchill have all spent time on the yacht, so it's always a joy to see her along the Turkish coast...

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