French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
The real threat to Americans is our headlong rush toward normalizing blatant murder, whether that be of nameless occupants of motorboats in the Caribbean, schoolgirls in Iran or United States citizens in the streets of Minneapolis.
The same skiffs also take you to nearby lakes for a spot of swimming or piranha fishing; and on visits to remote villages.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
In addition to the impeccable service, fine dining, and luxury accommodations, one constant was our daily sightings of pink dolphins that would play around the boat and our skiffs during our four-night sailing.
Their protagonists tend to be runaways—men who join whaling expeditions in their haste to dodge the malaise that sets in on shore, boys who board rafts floating down the Mississippi to evade their guardians and their chores.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Today, the village is separated from the mainland by about 660 yards of shimmering turquoise water where fishermen paddle on homemade rafts.
The event will feature some 40 wooden-hull vessels ranging from powerboats to sailboats and custom wooden craft.
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Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
The snowy season also allows for Nordic skiing, downhill skiing, ice fishing, and ice boating, when sailboats on metal runners glide on the frozen lake.
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Katy Spratte Joyce,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
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