This Actually Makes A Lot Of Sense

[GeeBee]

Why spend 300 million on a uber luxury yacht only to be limited by utility. This thing can hold a 60' sport fisherman, another 50' luxury runner, a seaplane or helicopter. Along with a full size tennis court. You can do inland exploration easily. If you go to Greenland or Iceland you can easily explore glaciers and volcanoes. You can easily get to a hideout hole for fun scuba with a small boat. All for 40 million.

Man Spends 3 Years And $40 Million Turning A Cargo Ship Into A Semi-Submersible Yacht

Most luxury yachts start life as luxury yachts. They are designed from scratch to pamper billionaires, impress marina crowds, and burn astonishing amounts of fuel in total comfort. One man, however, t...

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[bigblocksarefun]

That's the kind of ship that brought SAMUEL B ROBERTS & COLE home for repairs.

 

[boatbum]

I can't see this getting into Monaco for the Grand Prix. I suppose he could park it outside and bring in the "small stuff" though. But I always thought that Greg Norman's yacht was or still has good "balance". https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/greg-norman's-yacht-'aussie-rules'-403646e

 

[Sailarmy1]

Park????????????????????????

 

[boatbum]

Ok Anchor it. Actually we wll be there in '27. The boa will be in another port and we "bus in" to Monaco for the race.

 

[lke61553]

Honestly, this feels more like an adventure platform than a yacht

A helicopter, a sport fisherman, glacier trips, diving expeditions... at some point you're basically running your own mini exploration company.

Reading about expedition-style yachts always sends me down a rabbit hole:
https://www.yachttrading.com/yacht-encyclopedia/

The utility argument is hard to ignore.