Russian Flagged Yachts

[Irish Rover]

I saw this yacht passing as I was sitting on my terrace having coffee this morning. I can't recall having seen another Russian flagged yacht since the start of the Ukraine sanctions. She travelled up the coast from Göcek staying in Turkish waters all the way. She's now south of Çeşme.

 

[Poignard]

With a bailiff on the helm?

 

[rogerthebodger]

We has a sail boat with Russians on board but registered in the Cook Islands may be a way of getting passed the sanctions

 

[dunedin]

The vessel La Datcha has recently been mooching around the Clyde - La Datcha Expedition Yacht 77

Not Russian flagged per se, but seems to be some connections - you may note the dual language website, EN and RU.

Sure entirely innocent, but some locals noted that a large UK yacht would be unlikely to be permitted to be moored for extended periods within site of the main nuclear submarine base in some other countries

 

[Irish Rover]

There are quite a few Russian owned yachts in Türkiye. Mr Abramovich has at least two - Solaris and Eclipse. I posted another thread some time ago about the Russian owned yacht Predator which has been here in Kuşadası since the beginning of the sanctions.
However, as I said, Muza is the first one I've seen with an actual Russian registration. By the way she changed her AIS data and now shows she's heading for Istanbul, possibly to one of the yards which can handle dry docking of superyachts.

 

[Dockhead]

I saw this yacht passing as I was sitting on my terrace having coffee this morning. I can't recall having seen another Russian flagged yacht since the start of the Ukraine sanctions. She travelled up the coast from Göcek staying in Turkish waters all the way. She's now south of Çeşme.

Turkey, like most of the world's nations, has not imposed any sanctions on Russia. Why would you find it odd to find a Russian-flagged yacht there?

 

[Irish Rover]

Turkey, like most of the world's nations, has not imposed any sanctions on Russia. Why would you find it odd to find a Russian-flagged yacht there?

I didn't say it was odd. I said it's the first one I've personally seen since the sanctions were introduced. That said, most of the superyachts, regardless of the nationality of the owners, are registered in the Caribbean etc. Most want to conceal their identity for privacy reasons.

 

[Humblebee]

The vessel La Datcha has recently been mooching around the Clyde - La Datcha Expedition Yacht 77

Not Russian flagged per se, but seems to be some connections - you may note the dual language website, EN and RU.

Sure entirely innocent, but some locals noted that a large UK yacht would be unlikely to be permitted to be moored for extended periods within site of the main nuclear submarine base in some other countries

We saw that off Tobermory a few weeks back, ugly brute of a thing. We'll stick with our 50 year old Westerly. thank you very much.

 

[ducked]

We saw that off Tobermory a few weeks back, ugly brute of a thing. We'll stick with our 50 year old Westerly. thank you very much.

They offered a swap?
Sounds like Good News for Ukraine