By Jenna Mehdi 10 Mar 2021
Those well-versed in the superyacht industry will know that owning and operating a crewed yacht over 24m is no easy task. Ever-changing administrative, technical and regulatory requirements can create a minefield of hoops to jump through, not to mention the management of the crew members living and working on your vessel. And for the busy lives of the modern yacht owner, the task is simply too much to take on alone. We teamed up with Switzerland-based yacht management company Floating Life, to learn more about the benefits of outsourcing your yacht management needs to experts in the field.
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Kathy Luu and Damian Sato star in the Australian film Rhapsody of Love .
Public outcry over the lack of Asian representation and visibility in Hollywood has been raging for almost two decades, and it is picking up steam.
Films such as ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ in 2018, with an all-Asian lead cast, pushed the cause into the mainstream. And now, with Chloe Zhao becoming the first Asian female to win a Golden Globe Award in the best director category on Sunday night, the industry is again reminded of the value of diversity.
In Australia, the movement to increase Asian representation and visibility in entertainment feels distant. The public awareness of the issue is not cemented in our domestic film and TV industries.
Audace is no-nonsense, purpose-built explorer yacht from Cantiere delle Marce and was commissioned by an experienced Italian owner who lives aboard the vessel year-round. Launched in Ancona last year, Studio Sculli designed the new exterior and interior together with Floating Life while Sergio Cutolo from HydroTec supplied the superyacht’s engineering. Built for life at sea, the yacht’s four-deck layout, including a large tank deck, can accommodate guests in four staterooms; two on the lower deck with balconies and two on the main deck with direct access to the side passages. The 490 GT
Audace is equipped with a Land Rover Defender, a BMW motorbike, water-ski, and crew tender, which are all stored on the forward deck. A larger tender, launched with a nine-ton crane, is located on the main deck aft. Get a closer look inside the yacht here.
Book review: The internationalist writers
A mixture of literary references from different cultures and personal reminiscence makes this a fascinating book
By Bradley Winterton / Contributing reporter
Leo Ou-fan Lee (李歐梵) is a professor emeritus at Hong Kong’s Chinese University, and Ordinary Days: A Memoir in Six Chapters is a record of his second, and current, marriage, written in conjunction with his wife Esther Yuk-ying Lee (李玉瑩). Both had been married before, and Leo was almost 60 when he finally married Esther in 2000.
The spirit of Taiwan is everywhere in this book. It’s essentially a series of reminiscences about their marriage by the two authors, but Leo, though born in China, studied at the National Taiwan University (NTU). His father lived in Taiwan and Leo returned to Taipei (one of many return visits) for his father’s funeral.