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Yesterday, coming back from the market in St. George's this monstrosity was tied up in the marina.
Not only is it incredibly ugly, with those two huge obstructions to the visibility from the bridge, it seems as though it is a terribly unsafe vessel to other traffic. And to top it all off it's painted a drab grey, as if the owner was pretending his yacht is a navy ship.
Why is it this new crowd of the super rich are completely without taste?
ukeukeukeuke I just threw up a bit, thanks for that! You should be banned for posting those photos, that is truly obscene! There does seem to be a contest to see who can make the most absurd boat. I really don't understand what the designer was thinking, or the person buying it. Perhaps it looked good on paper?!?!?!
I wonder how many people are employed building these yachts?
I wonder how many people in the marine industry are employed because these yachts exist?
I wonder how many people are employed by this owner in his businesses?
And you say that he should die because you don't approve of his yacht. Wow! That actually says more about you than him.
Actually, based on your other posts in this topic, it sounds like your class envy is based on his wealth. So, in your opinion, how much money should one person be able to make? What should the fair cutoff be? Ballpark?
BTW, how many people owe their livelihood to you? How many jobs have you created? How many people do you employ?
That's the "Running shoe" school of yacht design - huge around the turn of the century in both sail and power - look at a Benny Oceanis around 35' from back then.
That was one of the great, unintended ironies of all time - a guy named Robin Leach hosting a TV show about those kind of people - "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous".
I always wondered if he or the production people ever got the joke.
It's like salmon colored pants or pants with Scottie dogs on them. When you have enough money you are somehow immunized from the ability to feel ridiculous and stupid.
The term is brick colored pants and is typically reserved for stuffy old money types at New England clubs. That boat has Nouveau Riche written all over it. Love to try those stairs in a seaway!
Wow,,, a lot of insecure folks here...... If the grey boat didn't take your anchorage or cut your bow why do (or should) you care? Does the song about "little boxes made of ticki-tacki and they all look just the same" bring anything to mind? As I sail past the early 60's in seniority I find more and more humor (or humour for our Canadian and British friends) in what the 60's generation finds offensive today compared to the so called "ideals" of that generation at the time.
I raced BMX bicycles in my 40's as a means to allow my kids (and a whole bunch of other kids) to enjoy a sport that too often leads some of the participants into a dark world of escape through chemicals, so that they could see that it also has many positive outcomes. One of the lessons for me was when I first started and did not have the fancy leathers and jersey's of the faithful was how to keep my jean cuffs from getting caught in the chain ring. A shop owner who helped the track a lot gave me a hot pink velcro strap to secure my cuff; when I protested about the color he told me that if I was secure in my manhood I could wear pink. I raced with that pink strap for two years before getting a real set of racing leathers. If you are secure in yourself it doesn't matter what others are sailing or boating in.... Just my $.02 worth......
Wow,,, a lot of insecure folks here...... If the grey boat didn't take your anchorage or cut your bow why do (or should) you care? Does the song about "little boxes made of ticki-tacki and they all look just the same" bring anything to mind? As I sail past the early 60's in seniority I find more and more humor (or humour for our Canadian and British friends) in what the 60's generation finds offensive today compared to the so called "ideals" of that generation at the time.
I raced BMX bicycles in my 40's as a means to allow my kids (and a whole bunch of other kids) to enjoy a sport that too often leads some of the participants into a dark world of escape through chemicals, so that they could see that it also has many positive outcomes. One of the lessons for me was when I first started and did not have the fancy leathers and jersey's of the faithful was how to keep my jean cuffs from getting caught in the chain ring. A shop owner who helped the track a lot gave me a hot pink velcro strap to secure my cuff; when I protested about the color he told me that if I was secure in my manhood I could wear pink. I raced with that pink strap for two years before getting a real set of racing leathers. If you are secure in yourself it doesn't matter what others are sailing or boating in.... Just my $.02 worth......
What does any of that have to do with that monstrosity? Do you think the owner secure in his manhood, therefore he can build an incredibly ugly boat? I don't understand your point.
Another butt ugly "super yacht"
These boats are proof money can't buy good taste, or that some people could be broke and still have more money than brains.....
My guess was the point about the pink band was a counter to the salmon pants thing (and the scottie dog pants, and about a million other stupid fashions), but I think it was a misunderstanding. I think they're ugly, not effeminate. And because of the 'old new england money' connotation, they are worn primarily by people attempting to look rich, or who are rich. Similar to this boat. Ugly, but clearly a display of massive amounts of cash.
I can go along with the comments about how impractical or even dangerous some of those design features are; visibility from the bridge looks to be seriously compromised, and those transom stairs aren't very practical. I'll even go along with "ostentatious". But I gotta draw the line at the personal, borderline mean attacks on the owner. I would venture to say that none of us know anything about him/her, other than they can afford the boat. You may not like their style or taste, but to call them "nouveau riche", someone with a pimp's idea of class or anything else that smacks of painting them as low class trash is just, well, low class.
Can we go back to talking about those ugly clorox bottle sailboats now? <insert sarcasm icon here>
Whenever I feel myself getting all judgmental about someone elses choice of vessel, I stop and think about how good it would look if I was in trouble and the captain came to my aid.
They sold three of them at $24 million a pop. I'd say a there are a few builders who'd like to have $72 million in new boat sales for one of their designs
And I found web sites advertising two of them in charter service at $125,000 a week (here & a photo spread). So there's a market for them after the sale.
Rob, did you hear where the Pearl responded to a sinking production boat? keel or rudder fell off or some other common failure .The rescued crew were thought to need some first aid as they were crying."My eyes, my eyes!!" True story.
I willing to bet the owner of that boat really couldn't care less about what we all thought about it. He's probably down below swimming in the indoor pool of Spanish gold bullion.
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