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Cruise ship name: MSC Melody Formerly: Atlantic • Atlantic Starship Length: 672 ft • 205 m Year: 1982 • Refurbished: 2001 Builder: CNIM (France) Operator: MSC Cruises Gross Tonnage: 35,143 GT Speed: 18-21 knots Passengers: 1000-1550 Crew: 500 Photos: monacoeye • Monaco • 2006-2008 The cruise ship MSC Melody, run by Italian operator MSC, successfully fought off a pirate attack in the Indian Ocean on Saturday night, 25th April 2009. According to an AP report, onboard Israeli private security forces thwarted the pirates by returning fire after the ship was attacked with automatic weapons as pirates try to board. The attack took place about 200 miles north of the Seychelles, as Melody was returning to Genoa from a cruise in South Africa. About 1000 passengers were on board, no-one was hurt although the liner was slightly damaged.

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Airplane: Canadair CL 415 Introduced: 1994 Builder: Canadair (now Bombardier) Photos: monacoeye • Beaulieu • April 2009 These aerial water bombers, or simply Canadairs, as they are known locally, were practising in Beaulieu today – a sure sign that the weather is starting to heat up. Canadair flying boats are a familiar sight during the summer along the C?te d’Azur, where mountain fires break out regularly

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The yacht belongs to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of UAE and the ruler of Dubai. Built by Blohm + Voss and Lürssen it is mindblowing 524 feet long. Filmed from my balcony at Jumeirah Beach Residence.

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Yacht name: Ganesha Formerly: Zulu Length: 128 ft • 39 m Year: 2006 Builder: Fitzroy Yachts Design: Dubois Naval Architects Interior: Redman Whitely Dixon Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths Bucket 2009

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Yacht name: Meteor Length: 169 ft • 52 m Year: 2007 Builder: Royal Huisman • #382 Architect: Gerard Dykstra Stylist: John Alden Photo: Bob Paylor • St Barths Bucket 2009 Photo: HMB • Caribbean • 2007

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Mark Webber. Photos: Tatiana Hughes •?Monaco May 2008 The sound of beer cans being cracked open must have been deafening … as Australian driver Mark Webber finally came good, pulling off second place in the Shanghai Grand Prix, his highest F1 finish ever, behind Red Bull team-mate Sebastien Vettel. He will be pleased with his comeback after breaking a leg in November in a cycling accident

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Yacht name: Leo Fun Length: 177 ft • 54 m Year: 2009 Builder: Proteksan Turquoise • # 48 Design: Paolo Caliari Photos: NT & monacoeye • Monaco • April 2008 Leo Fun – a slightly larger, new, grey-hulled sister to Vinydrea – has arrived in Monaco. She was launched in January and is available for charter, priced at about €285 k per week

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Yacht name: P2 Length: 125 ft •?38 m Year: 2008 Builder: Perini Navi • # 2104 Architect: Philippe Briand Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barth’s Bucket 2009 P2 in the port of Gustavia, before this year’s St Barth’s Bucket.

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Yacht name: Meamina Length: 194 ft • 59 m Year: 2009 Builder: Benetti • # 242 Photo: NT • Monaco • April 2009 Photo: monacoeye • Cap D’Ail • January 2009 The new 59 m Benetti Meamina …

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Jenson Button got the green light in the Brawn diffuser row on Wednesday… If you haven’t been following this year’s F1 Grand Prix, here’s an armchair recap of what is turning out to be a very exciting season. Last year the FIA, Formula One’s ruling body, changed many of the strict rules defining specs for Formula One cars. The intention was to promote overtaking, the lack of which has long been recognised as a major turn-off for TV audiences. After all, nothing more boring than seeing cars finish in the same order as they started in

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Rafael Nadal Photo: monacoeye • Monte Carlo Tennis Masters • 13 April 2009 World number one, Rafael Nadal, practises a serve at the Monte Carlo Open today. He then signs his way through a dense crowd of hungry autograph hunters, wielding oversized tennis balls !

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Andy Murray Photo: monacoeye • Monte Carlo Tennis Masters • 13 April 2009 World number 4 seed, Andy Murray, warming up on the clay courts of the 2009 Monte Carlo Tennis Masters today.

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Here’s a digest of a few items of news that have caught my eye recently. Sardinia’s luxury tax on yachts may be scrapped. Italy plans to ban yachts from mooring offshore, to protect the marine environment from anchor damage. Shari Arison, Israel’s richest woman , has put My Shanti up for sale, listed at $103 million

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Yacht name: Baracuda Length: 164 ft • 50 m Year: 2008 Builder: Perini Navi • # 2098 Architect: Perini Navi • Ron Holland Interior: John Pawson Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barth’s Bucket 2009 The taut purple sails of the new 50m Perini Baracuda competing in this year’s St Barth’s Bucket, which was held last month. More of Bob’s great shots from this year’s Bucket on the way … !

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Yacht name: WY 130 • The Dream Length: 130 ft • 40 m Year: 2009 Builder: Wally Design: Javier Soto Acebal Interior: Foster & Partners Photos: CS • Fano • April 2009 Here are the first shots of the launch of the new Wally 130 this week in Fano, Italy. This high performance yacht combines a water ballast with a trim-tab keel, for greater safety and performance

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Yacht name: Magic Carpet 2 [Magic Carpet Squared] Length: 94 ft • 29 m Year: 2002 Builder: Wally Design: German Frers Photo: monacoeye • Voiles de St Tropez 2006

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Yacht name: Wally?o Length: 60 ft • 18 m Year: 2002 Builder: Carroll Marine for Wally Design: Farr Design • Wally Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Originally built for Wally president Luca Bassani, the fast Wally?o was based on the Farr 60.

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Yacht name: Highland Fling X • Wally 80 # 4 Formerly: Shaka Length: 79 ft • 24 m Year: 2006 Builder: Wally Architect: Farr Yacht Design Styling & Interior: Wally • Lazzarini Pickering Architects “Terrace on the Sea” deck layout. Photo: monacoeye • Monaco Yacht Show 2008

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Yacht name: Tiketitan Length: 89 ft • 27 m Year: 1998 Builder: Green Marine UK for Wally Design: Wally • German Frers

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Yacht name: Tiketitoo • Wally 88 Length: 89 ft • 21 m Year: 2001 Builder: CNB • Wally Design: German Frers Interior: Wally • Serena Anibaldi Photo: Tatiana Hughes • Fontvieille

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Yacht name: Nariida • Fast Cruising Ketch Formerly: Wallygator Length: 105 ft • 32 m Year: 1994 Builder: Concordia Yachts for?Wally Naval Architect: Luca Brenta Design: Wally Photos: monacoeye • Voiles de Saint Tropez

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Yacht name: Esense Length: 143 ft • 43 m Year: 2006 Builder: Wally Naval Architect: Tripp Design Design: Wally Interior: Odile Decq

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Yacht name: Bull Length: 27 m ? Builder: Leopard • Arno Photos: monacoeye • Antibes • 7 April 2009 Bull , the yacht of convicted Ponzi fraudster Bernie Madoff, was seized by bailiffs on the 3rd of April, in Port Gallice, Cap d’Antibes – he also has a small property nearby

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Name: Super Servant 4 Length: 556 ft • 169 m Speed: 14 knots Operator: Dockwise Yacht Transport Photo: FB • Mallorca • April 2009 The yachts are back! Here’s DYT’s mighty yacht carrier Super Servant 4, recently arrived in Mallorca from Port Everglades, with its 120 million dollar cargo, which is returning to the Med for cruising and charter bookings at the Cannes Film Festival in May. DYT carriers “sink” to manoeuvre yachts on and off – this float on float off system alleviates the need for lifting equipment and reduces strains on hulls. Getting ready to float off we can see Celestial Hope, Il Cigno and Monaco, then Celestial Hope in the water … Thanks to FB for the nice photos ! Slightly smaller at 139 metres, but also semi-submersible, Super Servant 3 recently left Port Everglades, Florida, for Toulon, France, via the Caribbean.

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