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Yachts are a status symbol of the rich and famous. However, they're also among the most controversial and divisive forms of transportation on the planet. There has been a lot of backlash against ...

Being fast on the water is conditional, and published top speed is usually a best-case number. Fast boats are light and clean, but they still need cooperative water and a committed operator. Speeds ...

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 ...

Britain's elite, rapid reaction force is to be equipped with high-speed boats and drones as the new defence secretary Dan Jarvis tries to put his stamp on his new brief.

The catamaran pivots hard on its foils, flying six feet above the water. What sounds like a jet overhead is actually the boat responding as the 15-knot gusts hit the “wings”—the stiff 95-foot-high ...