Buying a Yacht

Yacht-builder Azimuth, based in Turin, Italy (on the banks of the Po River) has some new models for 2009. Check them out here. Azimuth also owns Benetti, an Italian luxury ship-building company.

YachtWorld has some profiles of boats for sale.

Hulls are often constructed from fiberglass, i.e. extremely fine fibers of glass. It originated under the trade name Fiberglas, which has become a genericised trademark, much like "xerox".