the neighbours
Tillymint.fortescue
Mon 28 Dec 2009 13:56
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12:37:95N 61:21:5W
After 3 weeks bobbing around in these waters we've
become rather hard to impress with regard to super yachts. They are everywhere
you look, getting bigger and shinier all the while. With onboard internet we can
Google photos of deck plans and interior design and try to guess the identity
and motives of the mysterious, elusive owners. Every day brings a new bit
of yacht totty and yesterday was no exception. As we approached Tobago Keys we
spied a fine looking vessel which, from a distance, we thought looked mega
rather than super in size. Close up she was drop dead gorgeous, immaculate but
looking more like a "boutique" cruise liner in design so we decided it had to be
the latter. We were a bit bemused by how few chairs there were on deck and the
presence of a basket ball hoop on a deck big enough to accommodate a matching
court (and a helipad). Maybe not a cruise ship after all? Definitely one to
Google.
So Google we did and she is Rising Sun, the 6th
largest private motor yacht in the world, owned by Larry Ellison who founded
Oracle. Presumably he can afford to lose some basket balls over the side as
she cost $200 million to build?
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