What's the point of a 200' superyacht

jfm said:
One thing with superyachts is the daredevil-ness of captain and owner. Many captains won't go near grounding those things, and the owners just obey. Perhaps like MapisM's video?
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Can't tell for sure of course, but I don't think they stayed that far from the coast because of captain daredevil-ness.
In fact, I would have had some concerns also to anchor a 24m in the same spot where we were: a sort of channel, formed between the bay and a small islet right in front of it. I must take a clip with the GoPro the next time I'll be there, to give a better landscape overview.
Anyhow, generally speaking I agree, 24m is probably as large as I would go in the Med, even assuming money no object.

Incidentally, talking of daredevil captains, I understood from the previously linked website that the captain is a 36yo Italian lady (Schettino, eat your heart out!). And born in Sardinia, too - which probably explains why the boat was there: even if forced to anchor far from the coast, that is still a fantastic spot, and unknown to anyone but the locals.
That's in fact the first superyacht which I've seen in that spot, in spite of the fact that in summertime there are many around here.
 
MapisM said:
What is the point of a 200' superyacht
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Good question, M.

Simply put, none... if you can afford a 205' superyacht.

The analogy is similar to 'Why have a 15 bed mansion when you can have a cosy 3 bed town-house'.
Yes, with the town house you are closer to the action and things going on around you.
But then again I can't class open ocean as 'countryside' as open ocean is just boring.. Exciting prospect, rather repetitive.

However, I am rather pleased these wealthy individuals in the world spend their cast on these toys. Thinking about it, there are but a handful of individuals who fuel the entire super-yacht industry.

I suppose if you had £200mill lying around, what would you do with it ?

Groot
 
MapisM said:
Blimey, what's next? Do those guys also ask their crew to have a swim on their behalf? :D
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No, they swim themselves. They usually ask the crew to get them a cold G&T. The irony is when on the V65 they only take a skipper and not the Hostess(s) so they talk about keeping it real in boating terms as they get there own drinks and get the pre-made lunch out of the fridge themselves. Oh to be an Internet Billionaire....instead of working for one! Mind you, I hope to get the V65 on the cheap in a few years as I was offered the ThunderHawk 43 last year.
 
MapisM said:
I must take a clip with the GoPro the next time I'll be there, to give a better landscape overview.
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I'm resurrecting this thread because today I went for a swim in the same place, and I took the opportunity to make this short clip of the landscape, as anticipated. It'll be easy to understand why very big stuff wouldn't stand a chance to anchor anywhere near the channel.

PS: for the records, water temp was 28/29 degrees. Carry on, global warming! :D

PPS: the place where the 60m vessel was anchored is almost as far offshore as where the small boat is cruising from left to right, at 34' of the video. And yes, of course it was less crowded, but I still know where I'd rather spend a day...
 
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MapisM said:
Precisely. And in some cases, it's even worse: the video doesn't give the bay justice, but the difference with the spot which we've been able to reach and the one where they had to stay is like day and night.
We had luch surrounded by a natural scenario which is second to none, whilst they had to look at that from a distance, jumping in a tender to come near the coast for a decent swim...
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Yes I admit
 
In Formetera this month there were plentry of big boats up close to the beach.

We also anchored in a quite anchorage off Ibiza in a Princess 85. We were only just inside a 60m motor yacht. He had this wicked slide from the third deck Looked like great fun.

I also remember being in St Tropez a few years ago, the big boatsvwerevhappy to be in close there as well.
 
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