After arriving in Positano on an amazing yacht designed by Donald Starkey in 1999, American singer Tina Turner went on a shopping spree. The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, fed up with lying in the sun, paid a visit to the most stylish boutique in town and her morale went up again!

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The Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily have always been a popular destination for the rich and famous, so it’s easy to spot luxury yachts anchored in the harbour or bump into some celebrities such as American actor Willem Dafoe who has just arrived in the area on a gorgeous yacht or Italian actress Manuela Arcuri!

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Sometimes things don’t work out the way one wanted and even the rich and famous have to accept this ! A couple of days ago Ferrari president Luca di Montezomolo and his wife Ludovica Andreoni spending a few days of rest and relaxation on their yacht cruising through the Aeolian islands saw their plans ruined by inclement weather. They had to seek refuge in a nearby harbour in a hurry and wait for the sun to come out!

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The Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta is one of the most anticipated events in the Mediterranean; organised in collaboration with Boat International Media, the famous four -day competition takes place every year off the coast of Sardinia, near Porto Cervo, jet set ‘s favourite spot on the island! This season Ganesha, a yacht from Malta, scored gold after overcoming many challenges!

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Flavio Briatore’s 17 million euro luxury yacht, Force Blue, has been seized by Italy’s special financial police, the Guardia di Finanza. Investigators contend that Briatore has registered the yacht as a charter boat in the Cayman islands, hiring at 275,000 euros a week, in order to get tax breaks when the yacht anchors in European harbours. The Guardia di Finanza says that Briatore uses the yacht mostly for his own private holidays, however, and therefore doesn’t qualify for the tax breaks.

The yacht was impounded in a dawn raid at La Spezia port in Liguria, with Briatore’s wife, Elisabetta Gregoraci, and new son, Falco, onboard at the time. Briatore could be facing a five-million USD fine - a mere slap on the wrist for the millionaire. We don’t whether he will get his yacht back or not in time for summer holidays, though, meaning that the Italian celebrity might be forced to holiday on his own billion dollar Briatore beach in Sardinia.

Flavio Briatore luxury Yacht: Force Blue

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The late Giovanni Agnelli had a passion for yachts with a classic design. A passion which started in the 1950s when the heir to the Agnelli fortune bought the Agneta, an amazing yacht designed by Knut Reimer; 25 metres long, this luxury boat won several competitions including the famous Mediterranean Classic Yacht. But the big news is that the yatch, after undergoing a careful restoration, has been put on sale for 1, 45 million euros!

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Mariotti shipyard, a holding company founded by T. Mariotti and San Giorgio del Porto in 2008, has just launched a new luxury yacht brand called Mariotti Yachts; a € 9 million investment which will make the Italian ship builder far more competitive (especially when it comes to luxury details) in the global yacht market which, as many of you know, is a rather tough market. The launch of the first luxury yacht, a drop-dead yacht 54 metres long and designed by Luca Dini, took place yesterday. This megayacht has been bought by a Lebanese shipping magnate.

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Genoa is hosting the Classic Boat Show again, with an added international vintage boat festival element. Old ships and vessels will be on display, as the exhibition follows the success of last year’s inaugural event. The boat show is on until October 11th at the Genoa port, Marina Genova Aeroporto.

The fair includes all the latest news and technology for yachting and sailing, as well as a space dedicated to historic vessels. The greatest attraction is the Signora del Vento, an 85-metre long schooner, launched in 1962 and used as a school vessel since the 90’s.

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Apparently millionaires can’t resist the breathtaking beauty of the famous Costa Smeralda; during summer their drop-dead gorgeous yachts anchored off the coast of Sardinia have been cynosure of all eyes. Here are a few pics showing Neville Crichton’s luxury yacht “Alloy Come” (41,1 metres long and powered by twin caterpillar 1550 diesels) and mini racer Alfa Romeo. As many of you know, Mr Cricton, a millionaire from New Zealand, has built his fortune by importing cars from Europe to Oceania and Hawaii.

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In the wake of the Nelson Piquet Junior Formula 1 crash scandal, Italian millionaire Flavio Briatore has quit his role of Managing Director of Renault’s Formula One team. The team has decided not to dispute claims that it ordered Piquet to crash his car deliberately, so that his teammate Fernando Alonso could win the 2008 Singapore Formula One race.

Flavio Briatore is a classic middle age millionaire with a trophy wife, Italian show girl Elisabetta Gregoraci. The couple got married last year in an expensive Italian wedding in Rome. In a little celebrity gossip, Briatore’s former lover Naomi Campbell, was not invited to the ceremony.

This year it seems the Italian celebrity has had a busy summer, holidaying on his luxury yacht off the coast of Sardinia, and attending the Venice film festival. Oh, and pretending the Renault Formula 1 crash scandal would leave him unscathed.

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Italian designer Giorgio Armani is enjoying a long cruise in the Mediterranean. His luxury Main Armani yacht has visited several ports and places including the island of Pantelleria where a few years ago the king of fashion bought a beautiful cammuso, a typical habitation of the area that Mr. Armani decided to equip with two magnificent fireplaces for his winter holidays!

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Italian celebrities love their luxury Italian summer holidays, and who better than Giorgio Armani to show us how it’s done? The Italian fashion designer has spent his holidays in Calabria, touring on the Armani luxury yacht, Main by Codecasa.

The luxury yacht cost 40 million euros to build and is 65 metres long. It was launched in the bay of Santa Maria di Ricardi, to the admiration of the holiday-makers, who followed it with interest on scooters, speed boats and even pedal-boats. The Main yacht took three years to build, and the interior was designed by Armani himself.

As if the millionaires of the world worry about such trivialities, apparently maintenance is very expensive, with a full tank of petrol costing 40,000 euros. The Main yacht with Armani on board has travelled the southern Italian region this summer, with an unknown itinerary.

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