ONBOARD Magazine Spring 2018
The magazine is published quarterly and is the only publication aimed purely at the superyacht crew on the Mediterranean. Produced here on the Côte d’Azur, ONBOARD is an industry magazine with a consumer feel. Designed to be entertaining and informative in equal balance, ONBOARD is packed with varied articles on provisioning, health and fitness, legal matters, wines, crew training, equipment for above and below decks, product launches and features from leading industry experts on relevant superyacht matters. We also hand deliver every copy on to superyachts over 30m
The magazine is published quarterly and is the only publication aimed purely at the superyacht crew on the Mediterranean. Produced here on the Côte d’Azur, ONBOARD is an industry magazine with a consumer feel. Designed to be entertaining and informative in equal balance, ONBOARD is packed with varied articles on provisioning, health and fitness, legal matters, wines, crew training, equipment for above and below decks, product launches and features from leading industry experts on relevant superyacht matters. We also hand deliver every copy on to superyachts over 30m
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Hankering for<br />
the open seas<br />
WHETHER SAILING THROUGH FRENCH POLYNESIA WITH THE<br />
OBAMAS, OR SIMPLY HAVING A ROMANTIC BREAK WITH HIS<br />
WIFE RITA, ACTOR TOM HANKS KNOWS THAT THE ONLY WAY<br />
TO TRAVEL IS ON A BIG, BEAUTIFUL YACHT<br />
On screen, Tom Hanks’ travel log is nothing<br />
short of disastrous. During an illustrious<br />
and varied career, he has been shipwrecked<br />
(Cast Away), had a boat he was captaining hijacked<br />
by pirates (Captain Phillips), forced to land a plane in<br />
the Hudson River following the loss of two engines<br />
(Sully), blown to smithereens in a plane crash (Cloud<br />
Atlas) and, most torturous of all, been stranded for<br />
nine months at New York’s JKF Airport (Terminal).<br />
In real life, however, the ever-affable 61-year-old is<br />
known to holiday in serious style with a reputation<br />
for renting fabulous vessels, cruising with fellow<br />
super-celebs and former Presidents, and relaxing<br />
at exclusive resorts. But despite his notoriously<br />
humble and private nature, Hanks can’t help but hit<br />
headlines occasionally as his A-list status requires<br />
(and allows) for some super-luxe vacation privileges.<br />
Like last April when tongues were set wagging at<br />
the rumours that he and wife Rita Wilson were<br />
enjoying an island-hopping tour of French Polynesia<br />
with Oprah Winfrey, Bruce <strong>Spring</strong>steen and Barack<br />
and Michelle Obama.<br />
On board The Rising Sun, a 137 metre beast of the<br />
ocean (and the 11th largest yacht in the world), the<br />
unfathomably famous gang dined on elegant culinary<br />
delights at Vanilla Island, had a whistle-stop tour<br />
of Le Taha’a Island, and paid a visit to Bora Bora<br />
before ending up at The Brando, a luxury resort on<br />
the breathtakingly beautiful private island of Tetiaroa.<br />
Unsurprisingly, the press were desperate to garner<br />
gossip about the trip, but when People magazine<br />
quizzed Oprah she replied, “I can’t talk about it, I<br />
can’t talk about it!” adding finally, “What happens<br />
on the boat, stays on the boat.”<br />
As you would expect, Hanks has been less withdrawn,<br />
saying, “Time away is always special to me, and<br />
never more special than on the waves. I’d rather<br />
24 | SPRING <strong>2018</strong> | <strong>ONBOARD</strong>
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