http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/ Latest articles from Tony Karacsonyi Copyright 2008 YACHT VACATIONS & CHARTERS MAGAZINE Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:43:00 GMT YACHT VACATIONS & CHARTERS MAGAZINE 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/320590.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/320590.htm Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:15:00 GMT There's romance in the old whaling days, and one cannot help but to be fascinated by the stories of this bygone era ~ The men who paddled out in small boats armed with hand held harpoons to do battle with the great whales. Many drowned and even the more modern whaling operations in the early to mid 1900's had a high level of danger. Books such as R.B. Robertson's ~ ?Of Whales and Men? make for compelling reading. Times have though changed. http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/320572.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/320572.htm Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:45:00 GMT Born of Fire, the Galapagos Islands are tips of submarine volcanoes, a place where evolution can be observed In-Situ. Hundreds of miles from mainland Ecuador, animals and plants set adrift have somehow found and colonised the desert islands. Floating rafts of vegetation, wind, air currents and oceanic drift all helped this colonisation. http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/179112.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/179112.htm Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:00:00 GMT The long whip-like tail, large eye, silver sheen on its side, and the ease with which it glides through the water little well prepare you for your first thresher shark sighting. http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/160883.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/160883.htm Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMT Swimming into a small entrance tunnel at a depth of 26 meters, you ener one of the biggest oceanic limestone caves in the South Pacific Ocean. Fifty meters long, it's also 20 meters wide and 20 meters high. The cave is teeming with flashlight fishes, reef sharks and a two meter grouper. http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/160896.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/160896.htm Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:30:00 GMT When Jacques Yves Cousteau first visited Sipadan Island off Borneo, in the seventies, aboard the legendary Calypso, he was so impressed with its marine life, that he and his team of divers stayed on for six months to record its spectacular marine creatures. http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/160889.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/160889.htm Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:00:00 GMT It was just another day's diving in paradise for Dietmar Amon of Lissenung Island, except today he had a diver named Gadi, who wanted to see big sharks. 'I'll take you to see the silvertips at Silvertip Reef' said Dietmar.