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G-MAN2004 said:
Never understood the appeal of something like this, but I guess most of it comes down to bragging rights.

Just looks like a hotel inside...
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I think the appeal is renting them to footballers and other celebrities at extortionate rates.

I bet they travel with skeleton crew even if you own one, why would you sail anywhere when you can take a plane... they probably just follow you around somewhat.

Basically a semi static caravan for the obscenely rich to use a few times a year
 
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Diddums said:
Trust me, the people who can afford this kind of thing live a very different reality to us peasants. I worked for a multi-billionaire for two years. Not in his company, for him. Driving his cars, sorting his homes, the lot. I had a very deep insight in to how these people work, and it changes your perception on life.

To them, this is just another one of their toys.

Side note to this, I never saw that dude truly happy. Two years I worked side by side with him, and not once did I see him experience true joy.
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Yeah that's because you were around.
 
I was an underwriter for a global insurance company - marine risks. These were my bread & butter (typically for Lloyd's syndicates).

The numbers involved were ridiculous - £50k of fresh produce a week, quite often just chucked overboard if the vessel wasn't being used (the owners have them stocked & ready at all times).

250k-1M litres of diesel (at a quid per litre) to fill the tanks, then you're burning anything from 500-2.5k per hour at cruising speed.

Crew costs are high; an experienced captain can earn £15k+ a month (but annual salaries over £500k are not unheard of), similar for the heli pilots. Add a Michelin starred executive chef to the roster, then a few ex-SAS/MJK (Norwegian special forces are highly regarded) for private security, and you've got a £2-3M annual staff wage bill...

They're the ultimate willy-wave, for people who make millions between blinks of the eye.

Whilst I definitely miss the travel and the incredible locations I got to see, I don't miss the obnoxiousness or obscene wastage one bit.
 
I spent a decade working in the super yacht industry (from the design and build stage to retrofitting and everything in between), it really made me realise the difference between being rich and wealthy beyond imagination. It was on another level... Good fun though but pretty superficial, lots of very attractive people though!
 
RedMogg said:
I was an underwriter for a global insurance company - marine risks. These were my bread & butter (typically for Lloyd's syndicates).

The numbers involved were ridiculous - £50k of fresh produce a week, quite often just chucked overboard if the vessel wasn't being used (the owners have them stocked & ready at all times).

250k-1M litres of diesel (at a quid per litre) to fill the tanks, then you're burning anything from 500-2.5k per hour at cruising speed.

Crew costs are high; an experienced captain can earn £15k+ a month (but annual salaries over £500k are not unheard of), similar for the heli pilots. Add a Michelin starred executive chef to the roster, then a few ex-SAS/MJK (Norwegian special forces are highly regarded) for private security, and you've got a £2-3M annual staff wage bill...

They're the ultimate willy-wave, for people who make millions between blinks of the eye.

Whilst I definitely miss the travel and the incredible locations I got to see, I don't miss the obnoxiousness or obscene wastage one bit.
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I met many people from your side of the sector inspecting the work we did on the yachts. :)

It was good fun for a while.
 
Freefaller said:
I spent a decade working in the super yacht industry (from the design and build stage to retrofitting and everything in between), it really made me realise the difference between being rich and wealthy beyond imagination. It was on another level... Good fun though but pretty superficial, lots of very attractive people though!
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A friend is a captain for the super rich for the last 30+ years... He's not a UK citizen anymore, due to living years at a time away on said yachts in international waters.

Regarding the very attractive people, the owner (male) doesn't don't hire ugly people, they just want to be surrounded by the best of everything - be that people or what the yachts furnished with - both are replaceable objects to him!
The owner of said super yacht in question, sleeps with all the young women he hire's, and fires those who don't put out, - it's his world and his rules on that yacht. Welcome to the world of "I do what I like, because I have **** you money".
Should you dare say anything, you will never work in the industry again. These people have power like you wouldn't believe.

It is no wonder, the stuff that goes on, on these super yachts, be it drugs, orgies, sexual and physical assaults etc, you only have to search for news stories relating to mystery deaths at sea on these yachts, to find police reports/open investigations into some very suspicious stuff, and this frequently happens, only recently for example, with Martha Nolan, and no-one will ever know/prove, what really happened.

These people tend to be so heavily connected, that they always get away with it too, IF the story even gets out, which it often doesn't. Epstein was doing horrific stuff like this on land, so you imagine what messed up stuff goes on in international waters on private super yachts, when you have more money/power than god! Scary stuff.
 
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deviation said:
A friend is a captain for the super rich for the last 30+ years... He's not a UK citizen anymore, due to living years at a time away on said yachts in international waters.

Regarding the very attractive people, the owner (male) doesn't don't hire ugly people, they just want to be surrounded by the best of everything - be that people or what the yachts furnished with - both are replaceable objects to him!
The owner of said super yacht in question, sleeps with all the young women he hire's, and fires those who don't put out, - it's his world and his rules on that yacht. Welcome to the world of "I do what I like, because I have **** you money".
Should you dare say anything, you will never work in the industry again. These people have power like you wouldn't believe.

It is no wonder, the stuff that goes on, on these super yachts, be it drugs, orgies, sexual and physical assaults etc, you only have to search for news stories relating to mystery deaths at sea on these yachts, to find police reports/open investigations into some very suspicious stuff, and this frequently happens, only recently for example, with Martha Nolan, and no-one will ever know/prove, what really happened.

These people tend to be so heavily connected, that they always get away with it too, IF the story even gets out, which it often doesn't. Epstein was doing horrific stuff like this on land, so you imagine what messed up stuff goes on in international waters on private super yachts, when you have more money/power than god! Scary stuff.
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Yep lots of dodgy things seem to happen. And as you say they seem to get away with things. But often like all offshore activities rules get bent all the time.

I may or may not have had relationships with some of the day workers / stewardesses in the past....

Joking aside I have had some amazing trips to the Carribbean and the middle east, USA and Asia sometimes on the boat sometimes flying out to them.

The people are generally really nice and welcoming, sometimes they are massive prima Donnas.

I did get a ride in a Bugatti veyron and Paganini zonda which i would never have had a chance to.
 
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Yep lots of dodgy things seem to happen. And as you say they seem to get away with things. But often like all offshore activities rules get bent all the time.

I may or may not have had relationships with some of the day workers / stewardesses in the past....

Joking aside I have had some amazing trips to the Carribbean and the middle east, USA and Asia sometimes on the boat sometimes flying out to them.

The people are generally really nice and welcoming, sometimes they are massive prima Donnas.

I did get a ride in a Bugatti veyron and Paganini zonda which i would never have had a chance to.
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Yep, it's another world isn't it!

It's crazy that people are so blind to this too, due to the ignorance of what happens on land! Their attitude is that of "oh but someone would find out, you can't get away with X" - well you can if they kill you and dump you overboard, and it really is that simple to some of these people, when they're doing horrifically bad stuff, in the middle of the ocean christ knows where! It is literally their rules, and everyone aboard, knows this.

It's no different from some of the stuff that goes on, on private jets, however, lesser so, as they end up going back on land, versus spending literal years on-site, basically trapped on a boat.
My mate doesn't even bother having a car, because when will he ever be on land to drive it, and I think he's sold his house now too.

Yeah, it's a mixed bag, it all depends how off their face they are when you meet them, I guess haha!

Nice, I'd take the Zonda over yet another beatle ala typical VW lol, but that's a debate for another thread ;) :D
 
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