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19' Cruisecraft 580D

Set Sail in Style with the 1986 Cruisecraft 580D 20ft Half Cabin Cruiser!

Embark on unforgettable nautical adventures with the legendary Cruisecraft 580D - a timeless vessel that combines classic design with modern comforts. This 20ft displacement hull half cabin cruiser is your passport to cruising excellence!

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Galley Magic: Prepare gourmet meals on the high seas! The Cruisecraft 580D boasts a galley, turning your boat into a floating kitchen. Cook up a storm and dine with a panoramic view of the open water.

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Cozy Cabins: Drift into dreamland in the embrace of luxury. The 580D offers a spacious double berth or two snug single berths, providing a restful haven after a day of sea exploration.

Economic Powerhouse: Cruise longer with less fuel! The diesel shaft engine is not only powerful but also incredibly efficient, using approximately 1.5 litres per hour. Experience the thrill of being on the water without constantly checking the fuel gauge.

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1984 cruise craft 580, biggera waters qld 4216 (gold coast).

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Nichols Bros Boat Builders is founded after Roy and Lenny Nichols purchase a property in Wynnum, Qld, with nothing more than “£10, a pushbike, a box of tools, and lots of enthusiasm”. The property has water access and an old barn. Roy is 25 years old.

The brothers produce traditional timber and plywood Moreton Bay cruisers up to 32ft as well as inboard-powered professional fishing and recreational boats. A traditional boatbuilder named George Love joins as a partner for a short time.

The sheds, buildings and facilities grow enough to warrant opening a shop called Wynnum Marine Hardware.

Roy’s youngest brother, Lance, joins the company. Brands like Blaxland, Chapman, Clay, Hardman and Vire inboards are fitted and sold. British Anzani and Seagull outboards are also sold and serviced.

The company takes on Johnson outboards.

A significant year for the brothers. The company becomes one of the first authorised OMC (Outboard Marine Corporation) dealers, paving the way for further expansion. The name “Cruise Craft” is also registered. Prior to 1960, all boats are branded “Nichols Bros”.

Barry, Kevin Nichols’ older brother, begins work at Wynnum Marine Hardware. The shop is a retail store out front and a timber boatbuilding facility out back.

Kevin joins the organisation, aged 15.

A property is purchased at Hemmant for fibreglass boat manufacturing. A Rebel V16 is the first fibreglass boat.

The fibreglass Rebel boat is first shown to the public at the Brisbane Boat Show.

New models including the Cruise Craft Reef Ranger V18 and Renegade V14 are produced. These boats are 3in longer than the model designation.

Aug 5, 1969

An explosion at the new assembly shed at Hemmant causes the factory to burn to the ground. Only three deck moulds survive the blaze. A new 16ft 6in hull about to be tooled up is also destroyed.

Aug 1969 - Jan 1970

Eight staff work tirelessly to re-create new moulds, borrowing boats from dealers and customers. The Raider 166 and Ranger V18 are also created in this time. Production resumes  in January.

The CruiseCraft facilities are surrounded by water during the Brisbane Flood but survive nonetheless.

The 1000th Cruise Craft Rogue is produced. It has a white hull and deck, blue non-skid, and is fitted with an orange-and-white 75hp OMC Stinger engine.

A boat mould purchased at auction becomes the Seametre 625. The mould is from marine designer and pattern maker Perry Hillian, who is also contracted at the time to John Haines (then Haines Hunter). The Nichols brothers conclude that the market will accept smooth-sided hulls (which take less than half the time to laminate compared to clinker-sided hulls).

Production ceases for the Rogue after 1534 units.

The Cruise Craft Explorer 570 and the 580D are produced. The 580D receives the Boat of the Year award, presented in Sydney by Sir James Hardy. Both models are destined to become iconic smooth-sided trailer boats.

The market readily adopts bowriders following the release of the Hustler 570 MkI Bowrider. The largest production CruiseCraft, the Executive 800, is also released. It sells over 80 units in nine years, most with Volvo Penta TAMD diesel engines.

Several new models hit the market, such as the Charger bowrider, Stinger runabout and Regal half-cabin, based on the new Cruise Craft 506 hull. Also new is the Cobra runabout and Colt half-cabin, based on the 1500 hull.

Kevin’s eldest son, Nathan, joins Cruise Craft, aged 15. He immediately commences his boatbuilding apprenticeship.

Kevin’s youngest son, Justin, joins CruiseCraft. The last Hustler 570 is built in January 1990.

The Cruise Craft Outsider 580 is released, sharing the same hull as the 570 but with a new concept “Walkaround” deck. It’s the first unit to get a full fibreglass liner on top of a laminated timber deck, virtually doubling its thickness.

The Cruise Craft Galaxy 585 Bowrider is launched and receives the ABIA Boat of the Year award at Sanctuary Cove. The Galaxy hull performs so well that a new underwater design is implemented in future models.

The 22ft 3in Cruise Craft Outsider 750 is released. Outboards became more fuel-efficient, thanks to EFI and DFI technology, allowing boats to carry larger outboard motors.

The Cruise Craft Outsider 650 is released. It uses a new curved cabin design that still appears on current models.

The company celebrates 50 years.

Employee Neil Paton officially retires after more than 50 years of service.

Kevin retires and hands over responsibilities to Nathan, Justin and Darren. Peter Benston is appointed national sales and marketing manager.

The company celebrates 60 years.

The Cruise Craft Explorer 625 is released.

The Cruise Craft Explorer 685 is released.

The Cruise Craft Explorer 485 and Explorer 530 models are released.

CruiseCraft “Next Generation” hulls are released. The Cruise Craft 530 Explorer is a finalist in the TrailerBoat Australia’s Greatest Boats shootout. The Cruise Craft Outsider 595 and Explorer 685 Hard Top models are also released.

The Cruise Craft Explorer 595 qualifies for the Australia’s Greatest Boats 2014 shootout. It performs admirably and ties equal first for the title of TrailerBoat's Australia’s best fibreglass fishing boat.

Cruise Craft continues to release innovative new fishing boats, including popular new hardtop models like the Explorer 625 Hardtop and Explorer 595 Hardtop .

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635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

635-й зенитно-ракетный полк

Military Unit: 86646

Activated 1953 in Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast - initially as the 1945th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment for Special Use and from 1955 as the 635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment for Special Use.

1953 to 1984 equipped with 60 S-25 (SA-1) launchers:

• Launch area: 55 15 43N, 38 32 13E (US designation: Moscow SAM site E14-1)
• Support area: 55 16 50N, 38 32 28E
• Guidance area: 55 16 31N, 38 30 38E

1984 converted to the S-300PT (SA-10) with three independent battalions:

• 1st independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Bessonovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 09 34N, 38 22 26E
• 2nd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion and HQ (Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast) - 55 15 31N, 38 32 23E
• 3rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Shcherbovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 22 32N, 38 43 33E

Disbanded 1.5.98.

Subordination:

• 1st Special Air Defence Corps , 1953 - 1.6.88
• 86th Air Defence Division , 1.6.88 - 1.10.94
• 86th Air Defence Brigade , 1.10.94 - 1.10.95
• 86th Air Defence Division , 1.10.95 - 1.5.98

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Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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The Unique Burial of a Child of Early Scythian Time at the Cemetery of Saryg-Bulun (Tuva)

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E. Kilunovskaya and V. A. Semenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

Keywords: Tuva, Early Iron Age, early Scythian period, Aldy-Bel culture, barrow, burial in the coffin, mummy, full genome sequencing, aDNA

Information about authors: Marina Kilunovskaya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Vladimir Semenov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Varvara Busova  (Moscow, Russian Federation).  (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Kharis Mustafin  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Technical Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Irina Alborova  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Alina Matzvai  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected]

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Louis Vuitton pays homage to Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudí in 2025 Cruise Collection

Louis Vuitton unveiled its latest fashion designs at Barcelona’s Park Güell on Thursday, featuring clothes with drama to match Antoni Gaudí’s architectural masterpiece. (May 24)

A model wears a creation by Louis Vuitton during a fashion show for the Cruise 2025 collection in the Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

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Police and demonstrators clash during a protest outside the Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday May 23, 2024. The protest is against the closure of the public park for a private event, the Louis Vuitton fashion show for the Cruise 2025 collection. (David Oller/Europa Press via AP)

Police and demonstrators clash during a protest outside the Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday May 23, 2024, against the closure of the public park for a private event, the Louis Vuitton fashion show for the Cruise 2025 collection. (David Oller/Europa Press via AP)

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Louis Vuitton unveiled its latest fashion designs at Barcelona’s Park Güell on Thursday, providing the clothes with drama to finally match Antoni Gaudí’s architectural masterpiece.

Nicolas Ghesquiere’s ambitions for the Parisian house’s 2025 Cruise collection were unveiled before an A-list crowd, including actresses Ana de Armas, Jennifer Connelly and Saoirse Ronan.

Louis Vuitton usually unveils its ready-to-wear collections in the French capital, while choosing exotic and attention-grabbing locations for its destination cruise collections.

Where tourists tread daily in tank tops, shorts and flip flops, this UNESCO World Heritage Site for one night was home to cutting-edge garments that blended with its earthly tones that are at once organic and yet seemingly ethereal.

The models weaved their way through the 86 Doric columns that hold up a vaulted square in the center of the park that overlooks Barcelona and the Mediterranean Sea in the distance.

The show notes said Ghesquiere had been inspired by Gaudí’s “legacy in constant mutation” and Spain’s rich artistic heritage.

“As if in homage to such opulent purity, the Maison’s rigorous spirit embraces the country’s passionate character,” the notes read. “The fervor of its colors, its loyalty to tradition elevated into artistic expression, dark and light that never appear contradictory.”

Dramatic silhouettes contrasted with the soft curves of Gaudí’s organic structures, which were then reflected in the dresses that draped and folded into volumes that defied gravity.

And then there were flashes that delighted: a pair of equestrian boots that finished in a bunch of tassels.

The fashion show, however, was not celebrated by all. A group of a few hundred residents protested the event for what they said were the inconveniences it had caused, including reduced parking in the area. The protest also included animal right activists.

The group of protesters located a few streets down the hill from the park’s outer wall could be heard beating drums, blowing air horns and setting off firecrackers before the show kicked off. Catalan police said they arrested one person for resisting violently to their decision to remove the protesters from a street to let traffic through.

Park Güell, pronounced “gu-ay” was started in 1900 as a planned upscale residential development designed by Gaudí, whose other works include the still-in-progress La Sagrada Familia Basilica. But a lack of buyers led to it being ditched in favor of a park that eventually passed into the hands of the Barcelona townhall.

It now receives 4.4 million visitors a year, mostly from the U.S., Britain, France, Germany and Italy, with Barcelona residents only representing 0.3% of the visitors, according to the park.

AP fashion writer Colleen Barry contribute to this report from Milan, Italy.

A Cruise Collection for Anyone Who’s Sick of the Trend Cycle

Nicolas Ghesquière staged a craft-driven Louis Vuitton show at Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell in Barcelona

Last night in Barcelona, Ghesquière did it again. He spun up a fantasy that was not cemented in any specific plot arc, but instead grounded in a more organic beauty. Louis Vuitton’s Cruise 2025 collection was shown at the Park Güell, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a modernist wonder that, with its whimsical, curved, stone-flanked pathways and kaleidoscopic mosaics, is ripe for surrealist dreams. Instead of a thematic collection, Ghesquière gave us an intelligent and delicately coded celebration of modernist art and architecture, one specific to the aesthetic of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, who designed Park Güell.

Ghesquière has, over the course of his decade at Louis Vuitton, shown various collections at other architectural landmarks around the world, including the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Rio, the TWA Flight Center in New York, and the Bob Hope Estate in Palm Springs, but this jaunt somehow felt more personal. Maybe it’s because Ghesquière and Gaudí share a synergistic respect for unexpected organic forms. Or maybe it’s because this collection felt like a continuation of Spring 2024, which was introspective and tender, celebrating his tenure at Vuitton with a cleverly executed array of Ghesquière-ian house codes.

For Cruise 2025, Ghesquière clearly had fun playing around with texture and fit, namely in the sharp flamenco hats and strong-shoulder suit pairings, as well as the bouncy balloon-hem dresses and the skirts that swished along with sequins, raw-edged yarn, or scrunched and draped taffeta. There were winking nods to flamenco beyond the hats, too, like the sheer black and white polka-dot dress with barlike straps and cutouts at the hips, or the apron jumpsuit styled with what looked like the bottom half of a flamenco skirt tied around the neck and fringe-covered shoes. In short, the collection is a luxury wardrobe made for tango dancers and bullfighters on some kind of ever-unfurling space odyssey. It’s an imagined journey made real through clothes that only Ghesquière can give us.

The thing about cruise collections is that they’re typically about a brand’s ability to go big. The further the destination and the more extravagant the setting, the better. It’s a moment made for viral attention, for the dream of a luxury product to come to life via a hugely expensive, wildly opulent runway show. Louis Vuitton plays this game better than most, but Ghesquière has never been about gimmicks or the desire to make something go viral. His way of operating is about a genuine love of art and craft, of using design as a mechanism to inspire.

It’s a good time to promote this idea of luxury, too, when we’re in an anti-trend moment in which fashion lovers want to lean into personal style and authentic forms of dress. Mashing up your own thing is much more satisfying than copying someone else’s uniform. Ghesquière has never made products for products’ sake. As he showed once again last night in Barcelona, for him, it will always be about the power in the purity of form.

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Brooke Bobb is the fashion news director at Harper’s Bazaar , working across print and digital platforms. Previously, she was a senior content editor at Amazon Fashion, and worked at Vogue Runway as senior fashion news writer. 

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