Superyachts
Moderator: Moderators
-
- Rank 5
- Posts: 2086
- Joined: Sun 14 Apr 2013 14:37
Superyachts
It's one of the incidental pleasures of living in Port-Vendres that we get humongous Russian-oligarch type yachts passing through every few weeks. There's one there now - Sycara V - which is not quite the biggest I've seen, but by a long way the most brutally ugly. And the interiors are pretty naff too, according to Google.
So if you're passing through PV, and want to be reconciled to not being super-rich, take a look to the other side of the port.
But if it seems attractive, it's yours for €70million. Though I suspect they might take an offer.
So if you're passing through PV, and want to be reconciled to not being super-rich, take a look to the other side of the port.
But if it seems attractive, it's yours for €70million. Though I suspect they might take an offer.
-
- Rank 5
- Posts: 233
- Joined: Sat 14 Sep 2013 17:49
- Contact:
- opas
- Rank 5
- Posts: 1290
- Joined: Thu 13 Jul 2006 09:31
- Contact:
Many moons ago we owned and lived on a super yacht...an 8.66m mirage we met lots of crew from superyachts and often got to see the way other folks live( or spend the occasional weekend when they were not relaxing in the Bahamas or skiing at cloisters.) The deckhands were usually nervous wrecks and forever cleaning, polishing or kowtowing to the captain and that was when they were in port.
-----------------------------------------------
Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.
Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.
- Santiago
- Rank 5
- Posts: 1290
- Joined: Tue 27 Dec 2005 12:19
- Contact:
The difference between a super yacht and a superyacht is just spaceopas wrote:Many moons ago we owned and lived on a super yacht...an 8.66m mirage we met lots of crew from superyachts and often got to see the way other folks live( or spend the occasional weekend when they were not relaxing in the Bahamas or skiing at cloisters.) The deckhands were usually nervous wrecks and forever cleaning, polishing or kowtowing to the captain and that was when they were in port.
Domaine Treloar - Vineyard and Winery - www.domainetreloar.com - 04 68 95 02 29
- Santiago
- Rank 5
- Posts: 1290
- Joined: Tue 27 Dec 2005 12:19
- Contact:
Excellent!GrahamC wrote:I like the superyacht currently berthed in Puerto Banus. On the transom it says:
'This time next year...' Along with an image of a battered old Reliant Robin
Domaine Treloar - Vineyard and Winery - www.domainetreloar.com - 04 68 95 02 29
- opas
- Rank 5
- Posts: 1290
- Joined: Thu 13 Jul 2006 09:31
- Contact:
Of course it is a matter of space, both in the written word and the berth.....
In Malta when having some work done in the boat yard we had the pleasure of being moorednext door but one to one of Gadafis many yachts, his entourage looked so out of place in their full costume next to their neighbours in cut. Off jeans and bikini tops..
The other faomus person was Bernard Mathews , Skippered and crewed for the president of maltas daughter nd lets not forget we crewed for a Dentist callled Mike from Ashton and his countdown letters lady Kathy Hynter..
In Malta when having some work done in the boat yard we had the pleasure of being moorednext door but one to one of Gadafis many yachts, his entourage looked so out of place in their full costume next to their neighbours in cut. Off jeans and bikini tops..
The other faomus person was Bernard Mathews , Skippered and crewed for the president of maltas daughter nd lets not forget we crewed for a Dentist callled Mike from Ashton and his countdown letters lady Kathy Hynter..
-----------------------------------------------
Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.
Debeneur.
property management, changeovers, garden maintenance, no job too small. Highchair, travelcot, pram hire.
- Nigel and Karen
- Rank 4
- Posts: 154
- Joined: Mon 20 Mar 2006 22:04
- Contact:
- sue and paul
- Rank 5
- Posts: 945
- Joined: Tue 11 Jul 2006 13:18
- Contact:
-
- Rank 1
- Posts: 16
- Joined: Sat 26 Feb 2011 23:25
Why yacht and not yot? Is this viking? I was almost run over my Peter Sellers and crew whist snorkeling naked off Naxos. I was invited on board an given a towel. Peter Sellers said 'Stop all that snoggeling and come and have a glass of champers!' to which I replied ' Ave you got enough rrrooooomm'
We got into port about an hour later and I still have the towel inscribed with Blue Peter!
True
We got into port about an hour later and I still have the towel inscribed with Blue Peter!
True
-
- Rank 3
- Posts: 66
- Joined: Tue 26 Aug 2008 10:09
- Contact:
I think the current vessel in Port Vendres is Okto http://y.co/yacht/okto. It for sale or rent.
- Kate
- Administrator
- Posts: 1903
- Joined: Fri 23 Sep 2005 19:48
- Contact:
-
- Rank 5
- Posts: 2086
- Joined: Sun 14 Apr 2013 14:37
I guess you're right: I couldn't be bothered to go round and read off the name: it is the same length, and a very similar hull shape, to the one I saw last year. The details on your website are as always a hoot: it's prime attraction seems to be that it has "high-heel friendly" decks. As for the interiors......Anthea & Tim wrote:I think the current vessel in Port Vendres is Okto http://y.co/yacht/okto. It for sale or rent.
Rather different from my own experience of yachting many years ago: in the words of an old saying, like standing under a cold shower tearing up £5 notes. Fortunately the notes mostly belonged to other people.