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Figureheads have historically been an important pa

Figureheads have historically been an important part of nautical life that nearly every ship from medieval age through to the 1800s had a figurehead on its bow, depicting a carved figure of a person, animal or warrior. ⁠
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Dragons, fairies, lions, mermaids, serpents (to name just a few) were symbolic and meant to protect the sailors, bring good omens and intimidate the enemies. There are some beautiful, historic examples - many now on display in maritime museums.⁠
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Today, figureheads and bow sprits are more aesthetic than part of nautical superstition and symbolism to pacify the sea gods. ⁠
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👉 👉👉Swipe to see a few modern examples:⁠
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1) Kismet’s 3D-printed jaguar with teal eyes and its paw positioned on a football helmet. 📷: Garry Knight⁠
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2) Built by @luerssenyachts with exterior design by @espen.oeino and interior by Nice-based Zuretti Interior Design, I first spotted 106m Amadea in Monaco. Amadea’s stainless steel albatross crafted by Dutch-German sculptor @willemlenssincksculptor weighs 5 tonnes. DM for photo credit.⁠
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3) Titania, the Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Nights Dream, evokes grace and romanticism on the bow of @superyachtitania.⁠ 🧚
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4) 90m Phoenix 2 is a @luerssenyachts build with exterior / interior design by @winchdesign_wd …..Check out her one-of-a-kind phoenix bowsprit; also, the Delphia limo tender even has a miniature phoenix figurehead which is a nice touch. 📷: @carolfeith⁠
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✅ Which of these 4 figureheads do you like best? Have you seen another awesome bow sprit on a superyacht? Tell me in the comments!⁠
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My latest article is live for @superyachtcontent h

My latest article is live for @superyachtcontent highlighting places to see and things to do for crew in and near La Ciotat.⁠
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Thanks to MB92 La Ciotat and @yachtingspirit for their help and suggestions! 🙏⁠⚓️
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👉 Read it in the link in my bio.⁠
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📷 First photo by César Sebouhian for MB92 La Ciotat / All other photos @antibesyachting⁠
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The Antibes lifeboat station are asking for your k

The Antibes lifeboat station are asking for your kind donations to help them reach their goal to purchase an inshore lifeboat. ⁠
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The Antibes lifeboat needs a minimum of 6 crew members to be allowed to launch on any rescue operation. This is proving to become more and more difficult to achieve, with people stuck at work during the day and only available from 5pm. Unfortunately rescues don't happen only after 5pm!⁠
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70% of rescues they carry out are within 2 nautical miles of the coast line and are for vessels no bigger than 12m. Launching such a big lifeboat is not always cost effective or practical.⁠
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For the cost of your next coffee or pint, a few € will help them reach their fundraising goal. ⁠
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This faster, light weight inshore rescue boat will be able to launch any time of the day and respond quicker with as little as 3 crew members to 70% of rescues saving them time, money and lives.⁠
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Every yachting company in Antibes should be supporting them! If you’re a yachtie in Antibes, this is YOUR lifeboat! It doesn’t matter if you’re on a jet ski, small sailboat or a large superyacht they will assist you. ⁠

👉👉👉✅ Please click on the link in my bio to find out how you can donate and support the Antibes Lifeboat. ⁠
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If you can't donate please just help spread the word. We know with just the yachting community we can make this happen!⁠
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I try and avoid political posts on my social media

I try and avoid political posts on my social media pages. However, my thoughts are with all the crew and their familes who are affected by the Russia-Ukraine situation. There’s plenty of crew from Ukraine AND Russia who are experiencing upheaval with this whole situation - displacement of family crossing borders, anxiety and stress for crew members onboard who have family ashore.

Geopolitics is difficult to understand.

On one hand, we have people calling for sanctions against Russia. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation with HM Treasury released a consolidated list of financial sanction targets in the UK. Today, Monaco announced sanctions, as did Emmanuel Macron’s government who are identifying all the French assets of Russian oligarchs subject to EU sanctions, including property, luxury yachts and cars.

On the other hand, the yachting industry is demonstrating empathy for Ukranian & Russian crew members. We know that some of the largest superyachts in the world are Russian owned. Many of them are frequent visitors to the French Riviera and with sanctions this also means the flow-on €€ will stop - no crew wages, no provisioning or supplies to the yacht, no fuel etc.

You can feel helpless as an observer, so I thought I would mention 2 proactive ways to help:

1) Join the “Yachties United For Ukraine” Facebook group. The group was set up by Petra from @vibrantyachting on the Côte d’Azur and is helping local aid efforts for people who have fled their homes in Ukraine. Donations of essential items can be dropped off at Cannes. They no longer need clothing (3 trucks have already left Cannes enroute to Poland with clothing, food, medical supplies etc).

2) For any yacht crew affected by what’s happening in Ukraine, if you’re worried or need someone to talk to @iswan_org’s SeafarerHelp has a free 24-hour helpline. Please share!

Thanks for reading and hoping for peace ✌🏻 🕊

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