I didn't include a lot of history--I didn't want to slow down the narrative--but I did want to include stories about some of history's most colorful yacht owners: Cleopatra, European kings and queens, Chinese emperors, Greek shipping magnates, oil rich Arabs and Russians as well as Americans such as J.P. Morgan, Malcolm Forbes, Henry Ford II, Paul Allen, and Larry Ellison.</p> <p><strong>Q. Are pe