INTERNATIONAL COMPASS
History of Navigation - Dr. J. Omar Moncada Maya | Director del Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

History of Navigation

Without a doubt the sea was one of the first major obstacles faced by men in their journeys. But certainly it has never been a constraint to their ability in overcoming challenges.

Por Dr. J. Omar Moncada Maya | Director del Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

 

Fabulous Flowing Nile - Museo del Cairo

Fabulous Flowing Nile

The slow flowing Nile was almost ideal for transportation though occasional storms which might endanger shipping or the lack of wind held it up. From earliest times Egyptians built boats for transportation, fishing and enjoyment.

Por Museo del Cairo

 

Greece, Mediterranean power - Museo Naval Averof

Greece, Mediterranean power

With the consolidation of Greek culture came the first major expansion eminently colonial maritime history.

Por Museo Naval Averof

 

Turkey, Pioneers of world cartography - Fuerza Naval de Turquía

Turkey, Pioneers of world cartography

Turks were introduced to the seas for the very first time as they settled in Asia-Minor in 1071. They began to sail towards the blue waters to study the mystical world of the endless seas, which reminded them of eternity.

Por Fuerza Naval de Turquía

 

The conquest of new continent - Museo Naval de la Armada Española

The conquest of new continent

Stories of galleons and sea, sunken treasures, fights in the middle of the ocean, sea expeditions and conquests...

Por Museo Naval de la Armada Española

 

SHIPYARDS
The Shipyards - Amura

The Shipyards

The Shipyards

Por Amura

 

Feadship  - ©Feadship

Feadship

Headquartered in the Netherlands, Feadship is recognised globally as the world’s number one brand for luxury motoryachts.

Por ©Feadship

 

Benetti Yachts - Benetti Yachts

Benetti Yachts

We comply 140 years of history, nearly 300 boats built, more than 300,000 square meters of production facilities in six shipyards in Italy and 36 yachts currently under construction, including a 90-meter mega yacht.

Por Benetti Yachts

 

Sanlorenzo  - Sanlorenzo Yachts

Sanlorenzo

In 2005 Massimo Perotti – formerly Managing Director of Azimut-Benetti where he had been advancing his career for 23 years – took over from the founder, acquired the company and started in Viareggio a new Division to build different ranges of superyachts, planing and semi- displacement, in metal and composite.

Por Sanlorenzo Yachts

 

Ferretti  - Ferretti Yachts

Ferretti

Ferretti came into being in 1968 when brothers Alessandro and Norberto Ferretti created the first nautical division of the family business.

Por Ferretti Yachts

 

Sunreef Yachts - Sunreef Yachts

Sunreef Yachts

Behind the success and dynamic development of the prestigious Sunreef Yachts brand stands its founder and president, Francis Lapp.

Por Sunreef Yachts

 

Azimut  - Azimut Yachts

Azimut

The story of Azimut is that of a solid reliable Group, of his founder Paolo Vitelli and of a great entrepreneurial adventure.

Por Azimut Yachts

 

The Sunseeker Story - Sunseeker Yachts

The Sunseeker Story

The story begins in the early 1970s on the British south coast in Poole where the early Sunseeker team, then known as Poole Power Boats, started moulding and fitting out boats from a small manufacturing facility. Business was good but it wasn’t until a chance meeting with an Englishman selling boats in the South of France that all this changed.

Por Sunseeker Yachts

 

Fraser Yachts - Abigaíl Oliva García

Fraser Yachts

In the yachtworld, certain distinctive seals exist of elegance and exclusivity which allow an Enterprise to relate with the people that know these two concepts of perfection. Each company in the industry is distinguished by one quality, but Fraser Yachts, has the words of “experience and passion” in each of its letters.

Por Abigaíl Oliva García

 

FLEET
Azzam -

Azzam

In addition to being the largest yacht in the world with a length of 180 meters and with a top speed of over 30 knots she adds another record in terms of building time: less than three years from steel cutting following one year of engineering. 

Por

 

“We are a five year generation shipyard” - María Grajales

“We are a five year generation shipyard”

Peter Lürssen is one of the most influential people in the luxury yacht business; a man thrived by passion of creation and a strong family oriented work ethic.

Por María Grajales

 

Predator - ©Feadship

Predator

In creating Predator, we were tasked with building the fastest Feadship of over 70m in length. But building a superyacht like no other requires an approach like no other. Increasing power alone would not be enough, as noise and vibration are always a primary concern.

Por ©Feadship

 

“One hundred forty years is only the beginnig” - Benetti Yachts

“One hundred forty years is only the beginnig”

We bought this shipyard from the Orlando family, Sicilians who were granted the land in recognition of the role they played in the unification of Italy back in the 1800’s. Next year will not only be the 140th anniversary of the foundation of the first Benetti shipyard, it will also be the 10th anniversary of the acquistion of this area. 

Por Benetti Yachts

 

Sanlorenzo 40Alloy - Sanlorenzo Yachts

Sanlorenzo 40Alloy

The first Sanlorenzo in aluminium SANLORENZO 40ALLOY a new superyacht under the sign of continuity between past and future.  

Por Sanlorenzo Yachts

 

“We want to the best” - Amura

“We want to the best”

Massimo Pierotti received us to chat about his “baby” Sanlorenzo.

Por Amura

 

Ferretti 960 - Ferretti Yachts

Ferretti 960

The Ferretti 960 is the largest pleasure craft ever built by Ferretti Yachts.

Por Ferretti Yachts

 

90 Sunreef Power - Sunreef Yachts

90 Sunreef Power

The main idea of the concept is to stress the superb space that catamarans offer thanks to their large beam and to arrange this space in the similar way as on motoryachts.

Por Sunreef Yachts

 

Azimut 100 Leonardo  - Azimut Yachts

Azimut 100 Leonardo

Combines sportiness and elegance. With its exclusive interior layout, it proves to be an elegant loft designed to assure owner and guests entertainment and relaxation.

Por Azimut Yachts

 

28 Metre Yacht  - Sunseeker International Limited

28 Metre Yacht

The first of a distinctive new generation combining the very latest in innovation and technology, the 28 Metre Yacht made its world debut at the 2012 Tullett

Por Sunseeker International Limited

 

GOURMET
Gastronomy and culinary customs of the Ancient World - Manuel León Béjar. Director COTIDIANA VITAE. Centro Temático Vida Cotidiana en Roma

Gastronomy and culinary customs of the Ancient World

The ancient world, from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece until the Roman times, experimented a large period of perfectionnement, formation and even feedback amongst civilizations and people regarding gastronomy.

Por Manuel León Béjar. Director COTIDIANA VITAE. Centro Temático Vida Cotidiana en Roma

 

The hidden treasure of the Seven Seas - Miguel Ángel Montiel

The hidden treasure of the Seven Seas

The basic road to follow in anthropology says that “ in many cases the material culture of the past can only be studied through the examination of the pertinent cultural terms in different languages” and that “inquiries about such terms are intriguing and important for the cultural history of man”.

Por Miguel Ángel Montiel

 

THE SEAS AND ASTRONOMY
Second star to the right and straight on till morning - Matt Goodman, Director de Comunicación de la Agencia Espacial del Reino Unido y Sagaz Marinero

Second star to the right and straight on till morning

While the stars above us may seem to be single points of unmoving light against the canopy of the night sky, they are not fixed. The heavens themselves seem to turn and wheel as the Earth spins its way around the Sun.

Por Matt Goodman, Director de Comunicación de la Agencia Espacial del Reino Unido y Sagaz Marinero

 

CONQUERORS
Sailors of time and space - Miguel Peráza

Sailors of time and space

The most recent work of Miguel Peraza drags us through the currents that make the essence of the voyager stand out. The sensibility o f his work contains a poetic navigation. In the possibilities that the third dimension allows, he experiments with the materials and explores through volumetric form with minimum elements, essential concepts - inherent to the being.

Por Miguel Peráza

 

The sea, deep beauty and greatness    - Leslie J. López

The sea, deep beauty and greatness

The sea has been object of artistic recreation and matter of inspiration for writers, musicians, painters, philosophers… “The water of the sea cures the sickness of all men”, Greek dramatist Euripides pointed out. We sail throughout the history of art to make ten indispensable paintings stand out which elevated the water, with their symbolic charge and supreme aesthetic category.

Por Leslie J. López

 

CHARACTERS
Great Men of the sea - Amura

Great Men of the sea

The sea beholds secrets for everybody. Since the beginning of time the human being has felt curiosity by what it keeps in silence. Although many of us only dream with the adventure and discoveries, a select group of men could undertake what the sea had reserved for them.

Por Amura

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lights... go well and... Action! - Juan y Daniel Lecanda

Lights... go well and... Action!

Navigation and Film have much more in common than anyone could think of. The main point of cohesion between these two worlds is the continuous search of roads to reach the objective. In Film, and more specifically, in screenwriting, the main element that must exist in a story is the objective that our protagonist or hero has.

Por Juan y Daniel Lecanda

 

OUT OF BOARD
Masters of the shores  - María Grajales

Masters of the shores

Certain places make us feel at home although we might be far away from it. Spaces willing to surprise us and create in our memory moments which will be revisited once and again, this, in conjunction with what we expect of secluded places have been portrayed in a list that combines exclusive design, unique staff and paradieses at the shores of the world.

Por María Grajales

 

TIME MACHINE
The importance of time - Luis Peyrelongue

The importance of time

In 1772, navigation was considered more an art than a science, sailors always chose to stay close to the mainland; this way, they could always know their current position in the ocean. The first gadget that revolutionized particularly navigation: the chronometer.

Por Luis Peyrelongue

 

Ten unique timepieces, excellency that marks time  - Luis Peyrelongue

Ten unique timepieces, excellency that marks time

Ten unique timepieces, excellency that marks time 

Por Luis Peyrelongue

 

TASTERS
The jewels of the barrels - La Europea

The jewels of the barrels

The “spirit” drinks  join us in many aspects of life. From the beginning, the Egyptians, Romans and Greeks worshiped the representative figures of the harvest. In different cultures the celebrations surrounding this ancient tradition are several.

Por La Europea

 

CONSERVANCY
The Seas of Baja California  - World Wildlife Fund

The Seas of Baja California

Navigating the waters of the Baja California peninsula might be a once in a lifetime experience, like encountering a pack of 300 sperm whales; meaning, three hundred times the image Ahab, that captain who was obsessed with the mythical white whale, chased in Moby Dick, the novel published by Herman Melville in 1851.

Por World Wildlife Fund

 

Marine endangered species  - Profepa

Marine endangered species

Mexico is distinguished as one of 17 megadiverse countries. This occurs due to the fact that it is found amongst the first places of lists related to the richness in several species.

Por Profepa