He left San Francisco on March 26 aboard the Suntory Mermaid III, a new yacht measuring 5.8 meters long. The voyage took 69 days. The yacht was towed to Horie’s home port of Shin Nishinomiya ...
When 81-year-old Derwent-class yacht Mermaid arrived at Matt Steven's shipyards in Kettering, it wasn't living up to its name. "She was feeling her age," Mr Stevens said. "She was floating ...