How the other half live . . .

[Rowana]

Saw this "parked" near Inverness in the summer. Used to belong to Abromovich (sp?) until he "gave" it to one of his cronies.

Check the yacht hanging on the side

I probably get as much fun with Rowana !

 

[BelleSerene]

I probably get as much fun with Rowana !

You're right. But then if you had that beast you could sell it and buy Rowana back and never have another worry. That would be even more fun!

 

[Sans Bateau]

You need to take atrip to the South of France, thats small!

 

[rhumlady]

They are, I believe, 'security measures' for the super rich. It also allows them to look down on plebs like us.

 

[me2]

Le Grand Bleu at 370 ft is numder 18 on the big list so not that small

 

[nct1]

Would you really want his fuel bill ?

 

[sarabande]

I suppose that if he caught a creel line round his props, he could always hoist the sails on the raggie.

What a motor sailer that would be !

 

[JasonClark]

I know that boat and i also know that boats that big arent allowed in the marina but must stay out in the bay in monaco, there tenders however are something to be seen to be believed, they sail to the jetty, the back opens up, and a car drives out. Time for tesco says aye ! and thats without even bothering with the helicopter.

 

[Seanick]

If you think of it as an old ferry with the back cut of and a paint up it dont look so grand!

 

[Giblets]

What you can't see in the pics is the 67ft powerboat on the starboard side!

 

[Gwylan]

It was going slowly westwards down the Channel [still English] off Dover in the F6+ yesterday afternoon!

 

[Twister_Ken]

Nah, that's a tiddler. Here's a picture of what was the biggest private yacht of the time, a coupla years back. Called Prince Abdulaziz. Owned by the Emir of somewhere. There was a bigger yacht in build, but not actually in service.

Better shots than mine here

 

[KellysEye]

We saw that motor yacht in Lagos, Portugal, when Abramovich owned it. He also had a support vessel too, anchored close by, that looked like an oil rig support ship. Everyone was impressed until they launched the sailing yacht. First they didn't know how to sail it, then they came into the marina and made a pigs ear of docking - they didn't have a clue. It was very funny.

 

[JasonClark]

We saw that motor yacht in Lagos, Portugal, when Abramovich owned it. He also had a support vessel too, anchored close by, that looked like an oil rig support ship. Everyone was impressed until they launched the sailing yacht. First they didn't know how to sail it, then they came into the marina and made a pigs ear of docking - they didn't have a clue. It was very funny.

LOL...but when you have that kind of money who cares !

 

[TQA]

How the other half lives.

This one bought it home to me. I was talking to some crew from a 120 footer in the Caribbean some 16 years ago. They were discussing buying something for the boat and needed 3 identical items. It turns out the owners had 3 of the same boat in different parts of the world and insisted on them being identical in every way.

 

[JasonClark]

Correct me if i'm wrong but talking about private yachts who has the "Biggest" was it not our own good Queen Liz that had the biggest in the royal yacht "Brittania" ?

 

[tokenjam]

Saw this "parked" near Inverness in the summer. Used to belong to Abromovich (sp?) until he "gave" it to one of his cronies.
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It looks as if it's in the solwnt according to marinetraffic, just outside yarmouth

 

[Twister_Ken]

"Correct me if i'm wrong but talking about private yachts who has the "Biggest" was it not our own good Queen Liz that had the biggest in the royal yacht "Brittania" ?"

No. Lizzie's boat was a state-owned hospital ship, that she 'borrowed' between wars.

 

[alan_d]

No. Lizzie's boat was a state-owned hospital ship, that she 'borrowed' between wars.

Except that when a hospital ship was needed in the Falklands Britannia was deemed unsuitable.

 

[Twister_Ken]

But she stayed on RN's charge!