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I don't think she is Meteor, but she looks a lot like her. I saw her as I rounded Pt Judith 12 miles in the distance.
We saw Meteor two years ago in Natagasett Bay. Radar showed her going over 15 knots. She flew by with a rooster tail with me watch her with my tongue hanging out
I wonder if it's Rupert Murdoch's old yacht Morning Glory. It was docked in front of my boat at Chelsea Piers New York were he got married on it with his previous wife.
Maybe I'm nuts, but I wouldn't take it if you gave it to me. Annual operating expense exceeds the purchase price of my boat. And even if that's play money for you, you gotta manage a pile of people who work for you to keep this thing running.
You don't own your stuff, your stuff owns you.
I know a guy who could buy it. He owns a 46 foot sailboat. I asked him why not buy something like a Perini Navi? He said "I've had employees my entire working life, the last thing I want is to manage a group of people working for me on my boat."
Put your hand on the wheel, the other on a sheet, and go sailing without requiring a coordinated ballet of everything from sailing crew to kitchen staff. And I've watched that TV show about what goes on below decks, enough said .
I'd take in in a heartbeat, sell it in the next heartbeat.
Take the proceeds and invest in my dream cruising boat. Invest some in a cruising kitty. Take the left over millions and create a trust to support sailor hardship go fund me campaigns.
Capecodda, I am wondering which 47 foot boat did your wealthy friend choose?
Well, capecodda is kinda right.
Over 150 feet long or over 300 Tons you need to have a professionally qualified Captain on it.
So if you've just spent your $10 million and you jump into the Bridge and grab the Wheel the Captain is gunna tell you where you can shove your dirty mitts. You tell him you wanna have a go with your own boat and he tells you to nick off! You tell him you wanna go up that river and anchor off that beach and the Captain says "Oh, I dont think so theres a cloud in the sky".
Nope. The Owner aint got no say on the big boats. He just pays the bills.
It could be, The 188.62ft /57.49m Custom 'Twizzle' was built in 2010 by Royal Huisman and last refitted in 2015.
One year I took a jump drive to then in the Tobago Cays and they downloaded Passage WX for us. Considering the cost of sat internet, I think it was very kind of them.
I think 65 is a bit large for a liveaboard (cruiser?) for a couple. Rates for cruising permits go up drastically around there and gear becomes really seriously expensive. I can't imagine any couple would require more than 55 feet.
I've sailed boats over 80 feet with two, and Alan Colas and Jean-Yves Terlain singlehandedly raced the 128' Vendredi Treize so I don't consider most boats too big to sail short handed. It's just about money, IMO.
Of course, if you had a boat like the OP posted, you could charter it out to family and friends for around 50k a day, and possibly, though improbably unless you have lots of family and friends, make expenses.
However, If I had that kind of cash, the boat below would be much more my style.
I don't want boat I can not single hand. That gets smaller yearly now. We have 2 boats, both heavy displacement for their length. 33’ at 16,000 pounds and 44’ @ 40,000 pounds. We have lived aboard the small boat for 6 months, we could do it for longer but comfort would suffer. We do live aboard the big boat comfortably, and without a lot of systems others find necessary. I have no desire to go bigger.
In St Martin we would dink past “My Song” daily. It was beautiful. But we were not envious. Then they dumped her off a transport in the Med and destroyed her. It was a pity. But not something likely to happen to us. I have peeked over the shoulder of a claims adjuster for a super yacht who took out the St Martin bridge tenders building. Hard working guy, making the most of every moment. I was sucking a beer.
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