5/20/2009

Boat (Rich) People - 5 luxury Boats and their rich owners

6 - Christensen Hull-026 Privacy - Tiger Woods : the missed bargain



Kidding. But it is not very far the moment some will think about a yacht having in mind a thing like that. Instead Tiger Woods commissioned a 155 ft to Christiansen, she was a beautiful yacht fully optional, fine featured, $20 million or the like, but there is a small particular, Woods never bought it. Part of the contract Woods agreed with the yard was confidentiality — although pictures of the boat could be used, its name and interior details, through final fittings, were not to be disclosed. After his marriage of 5 October 2004, the couple used the boat, now called "Privacy" on a honeymoon cruise to Puerto Rico. On his return from honeymoon, Woods sued Christensen for more than $75,000 in damages, because his privacy was violated. But because of Woods' celebrity and how much clout he carries in the advertising world, compensatory damages could have reached $50 million. The action was settled out of court, and it is believed that Christensen paid Woods around half the cost of his yacht in compensation.




















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7 - ARCTIC P - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Kerry and James Packer: who breaks the ice first?



Artic P ranks #23 in the world’s largest privately owned vessel. The late Kerry Packer, the Australian media magnate, would be proud to see how his son James is keeping this yacht busy. He loaned Arctic P, a former icebreaker, to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes for their honeymoon in the Maldives, celebrated his own nuptials aboard in the French Riviera and donated a trip in Tahiti as an auction item during Rock for the Cure, a fundraiser for the Nevada Cancer Institute, last November. One person, the winner of a week's charter on her, that in particular was the most excited about stepping aboard.








8 - Vajoliroja (ex Anatolia) - Fort Lauderdale's her hometown (Johnny Depp)





The Vajoliroja is Johnny Depp's Yacht and was purchased in 2007. It was reported that Vajoliroja is a combination of the first names of his family, "VAnessa, JOhnny, LIly-ROse and JAck". The Vajoliroja, formerly named Anatolia, is a fabulous 156' Superyacht built in 2001, with exterior design by Taka Yachts and interior design by L.M. Pagano Design. You could spot it in Fort Lauderdale very easily.


















9 - Maltese Falcon - (Tom Perkins Ewlett-Packard) the 8th Wonder



A privileged few will be fortunate enough to experience Maltese Falcon under sail. The 88 meter clipper Maltese Falcon is the largest sailing yacht in the world and in a breeze Maltese Falcon's immense DynaRig powers her to record shattering speeds. Maltese Falcon’s interior is luxurious with a rich contemporary décor, delightful to the eye and soothing to the soul. Maltese Falcon is the ideal choice of yacht for large scale entertaining while meandering between smart anchorages. Atlantic crossings in ten days are on offer from this extraordinary yacht! A masterpiece of technology and design, the Maltese Falcon is a yacht without equal.

Maltese Falcon Technical Specifications:
Length: 88.00 m (289’)
Beam: 12.6 m (42’2”)
Draft (Keel up): 6 m (19’7”)
Draft (Keel down): 11 m (36’)
Engines: 2 Deutz TBD620 12 V
Speed: Max 18.5 kts
Range @14 knots: 3,000 miles
Builder: Perini Navi Yachts
Delivered: April 2006
Number of Guests: 12
Number of Crew: 16 (Up to additional 4)

Maltese Falcon Tenders & Toys:
Maltese Falcon has 2 32' Pascoe RIB Tenders. 4 Laser Sailing boats. 1 Castold 14' Jet tender. 6 full sets of dive gear, water skis, snorkeling gear. Maltese Falcon has a full gym with Techno gym, stairmaster etc.

Maltese Falcon Guest Accommodation:
Maltese Falcon has a VIP cabin on upperdeck with queen berth. Full beam Master with King berth, a seperate full beam dressing room and private gym on lower deck. Four guest suites that can convert into two enormous VIP suites each with his/her heads. All cabins on Maltese Falcon have King or Queen berths.

Maltese Falcon Audio Visual Equipment and Deck Facilities:
Maltese Falcon has a 50" Plasma in main salon, SAT TV and DVD throuout the yacht. 50" Plasma in Master Suite, all four guest suites have 42" Plasma screens, and the "Passage Cabin" on the upper deck has a 32" Plasma screen. B & O Surround sound throughout Maltese Falcon, including lower and upper outside aft decks.

Maltese Falcon Communications:
Maltese Falcon is equipped with Furuno Sat C, Nera Fleet 77 B, Nera F33 Sat Com.
GSM Cellular. Wireless internet connection throughout Maltese Falcon via VSAT.
Charter the Maltese Falcon from 375,000 Euro per week MYBA WMT Vat Exempt


10 - Phocea - (Mouna Ayoub) Dear unlucky tall ship...


Phocea's extraordinary history began in 1972 when Alain Colas, having just won the Observer Single Handed Trans Atlantic Race (OSTAR), commissioned Michel Bigoin to design a race-winning monohull with which he could enter the 1976 race. The 4-masted yacht developed by Bigoin was built at the naval dockyard in Toulon and named Club Mediterranée, after the yacht's sponsors.
Unfortunately due to injury Alain Colas was unable to test the yacht sufficiently before the race, and whilst in the lead the halyards broke - Club Mediterranée lost the race by 7.5 hours.
Following the race, a basic interior was fitted to Club Mediterranée and she sailed to French Polynesia where she began life as a charter vessel taking guests out on day sails. Then Alain Colas lost his life whilst participating in the 1978 Route du Rhum Single-handed race and it was not long before the yacht began to look neglected. In 1982 the French entrepreneur Bernard Tapie came to the rescue. Tapie had the yacht stripped and rebuilt as a superyacht at the Chantier Naval de Marseilles and Michel Bigoin oversaw the project. The yacht was renamed Phocea - to honour the Phoceans, Marseilles's original founders. Tapie then fell in disgrace and knew for a few years the hard life of French Prisons. Club Mediterranée was sold to Mouna Ayoub, a rich Lebanese, and now is a sailboat on rent for 196.000 euro a week in the hot season.