Posts tagged as Yachts
Things to Buy at the Monaco Boat Show
We are a little obsessed with yachts, simply because they are floating piles of burning f-you money, the most astounding sort of consumption. When "Eclipse" was completed in 2009, everyone said, "wow, that's a big boat!" But then earlier this year, we noted that two even bigger boats were being built in Germany (including "Topaz" and another) and, oh no! Now it's time for the Monaco Yacht Show. MORE BIG BOATS. Get ready, the Times reports: "Sales of superyachts correlate directly with the rising number of billionaires in the world." Who would have thunk? Still, turns out they took a hit in the first dip of the recession: "Although the financial crisis reduced purchases of sailing cruisers in the 24-meter-plus category more than 20 percent, to 34 in both 2009 and last year from 44 in 2007, 'this segment remains strong.'" Yes sure, whatever, but even better news: virtual tours of yachts at Monaco! Try "H20ME." IT'S FOR SALE. €14,500,000! Just consider what you'd do with it. Sell it to save Greece? Drive it into a cliff in an act of scorn? Just sit on its upper deck and think about how lonely you are and how empty your soul is? Maybe so.
The World's Largest Private Yacht Just Left A Hamburg Shipyard A Few Weeks Ago, But There Are Already Two Bigger Ones In Production
"In the case of the Roma, the owner's wife didn't only want to have all furniture handles embellished with Swarovski stones. She also insisted the surfaces of the closets be covered in the exclusive skins of rays. Gehr, a master carpenter by trade, faced a challenge: Where could he get ray skins? What was the best time of year to buy them? How do you work with the stuff? What did it cost? And what should he estimate? When all the questions had been answered, and the furniture had been upholstered in ray skin, the owner and his wife came to Lunestadt in Lower Saxony to see the result. Unfortunately the owner didn't like the fish-covered surfaces at all, saying, 'Get that off, and replace it with beige leather!' The order was carried out. But he paid for both variations." READ MORE
Jeff Greene: How Much Rock Did His Yacht Enjoy?
Jeff Greene, the credit default-swapping millionaire Senate candidate for Florida whose best man was Mike Tyson and who is running on the platform that he is an "outsider," which may not be totally crazy, is today dealing with the big banner headline: "Jeff Greene's yacht holds the secrets: Sexcapades or Sabbath?" Green's talking point: "There's a million people not working in Florida. Why are we talking about the yacht all the time? I care too much about my country to spend all my time talking about a yacht and Mike Tyson." I appreciate the sentiment! Sort of. Except the sentiment is sort of "please stop talking about my 145-foot party yacht and my $24 million house in Palm Beach, there are people who have no jobs."
Rich People Still Paying To Keep Their Fancy Boats In Good Shape
It's not all bad news for the battered economy of South Florida: The yacht repair industry is so hot right now that businesses need to expand to cope with demand. ``It's very rare to see a megayacht with deferred maintenance,'' says Power Motor Yacht magazine executive editor Richard Thiel. I'll bet!
