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New Rossinavi Cat with Artificial Intelligence

The new 140-foot Rossinavi Seawolf X doesn’t look like your average superyacht catamaran, but that’s the whole idea. Indeed, Fulvio De Simoni, the Italian design studio that did the cat’s exterior, said the goal was to liberate our minds “from preconceptions” about the way big multihulls should look. “We set out to envision the boat of the future, unbound by convention yet grounded in feasibility with cutting-edge technology for minimal environmental impact,” it said. For its part, the Genoa-based Rossinavi issued a statement saying that the big cat was its “most innovative project yet,” in that it combines hybrid power…

Cruising Life
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Cruising With a Cat – Around the World

Long-range cruising is one thing; long-range cruising with a pet is another. But James and Jennifer Hamilton have managed to make all this seem easy, as they’ve been cruising – literally around the world – with their cat Spitfire ever since they left Seattle on their Nordhavn 52 Dirona in 2012. The Hamiltons, who now are in Amsterdam, have written an account of life on board with Spitfire on their blog, MVDirona.com. Here’s how they – and Spitfire – have managed so far: When we first started planning our boat trip around the world, we expected that cruising internationally with…