Virgin Atlantic Challenger II

[Ian h]

Piece of history ,

Any one got some spare cash, Would look good in a Med marina

http://www.mby.com/news/virgin-atlantic-challenger-ii-for-sale-45534

He is hoping to make a hefty profit , belive it was for sale for around £250,000 but may be wrong

Henry, think you need to increase your charter rates though

"And if your budget doesn’t quite stretch to £725,000, then you might want to consider chartering Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, which is a relative snip at £2,500 per hour."

 

[alt]

I had to un-subscribe from their Facebook page, the smell of desperation to sell is starting to get sickening

 

[Firefly625]

Best way to get that shifted is a cruise round Somali... no doubt it will only be insured for what he paid, plus perhaps the £100k he has spent, so that will mean at least he will get around half the asking price when its nicked.

 

[longjohnsilver]

It was moored here in Plymouth for a while. I wonder where it is now. I suspect he will be hard pushed to sell at 1/3 of what he's asking. Apart from fast trips around the bay, what can it be used for?

 

[Firefly625]

It was moored here in Plymouth for a while. I wonder where it is now. I suspect he will be hard pushed to sell at 1/3 of what he's asking. Apart from fast trips around the bay, what can it be used for?

it was a romantic idea to get it back on the water, but I should imagine it will end up languishing for sale for years..

 

[petem]

it was a romantic idea to get it back on the water, but I should imagine it will end up languishing for sale for years..

Yep. If you're not going to race it then the best place for it would be a science or transport museum.

 

[Firefly625]

Yep. If you're not going to race it then the best place for it would be a science or transport museum.

trouble is at mid 40knots WOT its too slow & big to race in any popular events I would have thought.. and does not produce any income to make it worth while keeping. I think drug running is the only profitable use for this boat..

 

[Cheery]

Ear defenders in the saloon! No thanks.

 

[Whitelighter]

Paint it black and sell it to Sea Shepherd.

They have a history of buying odd ball record breakers as high speed intercept vessels

 

[dragoon]

The article states "it would be a good boat for the Thames...."!!! Yes, ideal I'm sure

 

[henryf]

Henry, think you need to increase your charter rates though

"And if your budget doesn’t quite stretch to £725,000, then you might want to consider chartering Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, which is a relative snip at £2,500 per hour."

Indeed. Given we have 2 bathrooms lots of space, 3 refrigerators, an ice maker, heating and air-con I think we will have to revise our prices. We also make the mistake of charging by the day !

I did enjoy seeing it when we visited Plymouth and whilst you might scoff at the price people have paid a lot more for a lot less in the automotive world. It's quite famous...

Henry