Alongside other elite operators like Ponant and Aqua Expeditions, not to mention private yachts hosting fewer than 15 guests — the bar for truly top-shelf nautical escapes is rising fast.
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Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
Demand for luxury yachts and private jets is surging thanks to last year’s tax law.
In 1986, the fleet included 113 frigates, ships smaller than destroyers but vital for missions such as escorting convoys.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Cord grass ripples across these languorous northern marshes and, while ships lay wounded and stranded in the former Aral, all that remains of the old Parkgate are some very old photographs, showing frigates, sand, and some very fetching Victorian bathing attire.
One of the two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid that had previously gone missing arrives at the port of Havana on March 28, 2026.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
The sailboats were located 80 nautical miles from Havana using Mexican naval aircraft and communication is being maintained with the vessels via radio, according to an update from the Secretariat of the Mexican Navy (SEMAR).
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