German upstart yacht builder Mayla looks to launch a new breed of boat that marries the all-out performance of a speedboat with the luxury of a yacht. Its newly debuted 44-foot (13.5-m) GT looks like ...

Italian shipyard Next Yacht Group has revealed the first look inside AB Yachts' Casa Bri Mare, the third hull in its ...

Italian shipyard Canados Yachts has officially begun construction of the new Gladiator 961 Speed, its first 29-meter (95-foot) vessel in the Gladiator range. Designed for speed, the vessel has a ...

Once you become a supercar collector, it must only be natural to want to have the same kind of performance, uncompromising quality, and level of luxury on all your other means of transportation. With ...

What is the vision behind the ALPHA? At first the idea was to create a hot-rod car but then as a boat, a combination of a retro-style body with very powerful engines. It should be great to look at and ...

Ocean-capable solar-powered yachts are an appealing idea, though not exactly a new one. And according to Malta's ZEN Yachts, many solar catamarans come equipped with generators that essentially makes ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of mechanical engineering students is aiming to set a world land speed record in the Mojave Desert. Luke Yoder was 16 years old when he hitched his sail plane to a friend’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. What is luxury? Discover it here in the world of yachting. The Spirit Yachts BARTech F35's stylish design dovetails classic lines ...

At first glance, the 278-foot ModCat Project L3, developed in a collaboration between the naval architects at BMT Nigel Gee and the yacht designer Rob McPherson—who has received a lot of attention ...

The SP80 kite boat crossed the 100 kmh speed mark last week, reaching 108 kmh, or 67.1 mph. That makes it the second-fastest sailboat ever recorded, but the Swiss team still plans to pursue the record ...

Breaking a speed record on land is a remarkable achievement. Breaking a speed record on water ups the ante more than a few notches because it introduces a number of dangerous factors and water adds ...

Luke Yoder a mechanical engineering junior at Lehigh and is trying to harness the power of wind. He and several other engineering students have spent two years designing and building a land yacht with ...