Entitled Project Nelson, named after national naval hero Lord Nelson, the aim is to create a new luxury vessel as a modern take on a classic gentleman's motor yacht. The business partners are seeking an enthusiastic investor or owner for the scheme who is And nothing symbolised their flamboyant lifestyle more than Shemara, their private yacht, which was frequently moored in Poole Bay. Now, as Shemara undergoes a refit, Faith Eckersall talks to photographer Jake Sugden, who has produced some haunting images The campaign to raise funds for Ben Ainslie Racing’s £80 million British bid for the next America’s Cup is being hamstrung by delays over staging details, but a groundswell of support among yacht clubs and sailors at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes It was the day the miners met the Dockers. What the 45 pit men from the Waterhey colliery near Leeds must have thought as they stepped aboard the 863-ton luxury yacht in Southampton in the summer of 1954 is not recorded by the Pathe news footage of this THE founder of Carphone Warehouse is lavishing millions on rebuilding a vintage 212ft motor yacht that was once rarely out of the gossip columns. Sir Charles Dunstone, 48, has embarked on a two-year project to restore Shemara to its former splendour. They're old, high-maintenance and expensive to restore. But classic wooden yachts have a way of captivating their owners, writes Kimberley Rothwell. Lizzie looks a little worse for wear. She's topless, dabbed with bright orange primer, and bits of old .
Her next car had lizard skin. The one after, crocodile skin. No unicorn skin available. The fittings on their luxury yacht Shemara were equally exotic and earned as much newspaper space as Abramovich’s boats do today. Norah hosted a cocktail party for 45 The western media, therefore, goes to town on what it considers immoral spending like the jewel-studded 18-carat gold faucets on Sir Bernard Docker’s 860-tonne yacht, Shemara, in the 50s. Now the stories are about rich Indians and India’s media picks Baroness Eugene de Rothschild, who has died aged 94, led a life that went through several remarkable transformations. Formerly Miss Jeanne Stuart, a glamorous actress of stage and film, she spent her later days in serene widowhood in Monte Carlo, her Lady Docker at a party given by one of London's most notorious criminals (Billy Hill), Lady Docker roguishly dancing the hornpipe for an audience of sheepish miners aboard the Dockers' 878-ton yacht Shemara. Although both are millionaires, the Dockers also .
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