[presidio9]

The Tatoosh in calm water.

[relictele]

Vulcan says the company is working with local authorities to determine what happened

You trashed the reef. It's not complicated.

and to help restore the damage.

How, exactly? Waterproof glue? Reefs take decades to grow. That's why they are delicate.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Hey, it’s Paul Allen of Seattle fame and fortune.

No problem.

He’ll figure out a way to make the taxpayers of Seattle pay to have the damage fixed.

After all, HE’S PAUL ALLEN, OF SEATTLE FAME AND FORTUNE.*

*The same ahole who, after the voters turned down the funding of “his” stadium, figured out a backroom deal to make the taxpayers pay for it anyway. Once a Seassahole, always a Seasshole.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

He damaged 14000 sq feet of reef? Dang.

[yarddog]

Wow, that thing is bigger than the “Disco Volante”.

I bet he is even meaner than Largo.

[digger48]

Is that Rubios yacht in the foreground?

[aquila48]

But what was the damage to the yacht?

[Ezekiel]

Billionaire Paul Allen has given millions of dollars to conservation causes over the years, including ones that support ocean exploration and preservation. But earlier this month, his 300-foot yacht Tatoosh allegedly caused significant damage to a protected coral reef in the Cayman Islands.

Carbon coral credits!

[soycd]

DILLIGAF. Fine them and move on.

[Maine Mariner]

It does not appear that the yacht is not registered as a US
flag vessel. Could it be that Paul Allen is trying to avoid paying his “fair share” of taxes. A crew of 30-how many are
US citizens?

[sheana]

My yacht is 40’ft so you can figure it would be from the bow to that first set of small port lights.
Just dam.

[FlyingEagle]

He has a Yacht on his Yacht.

What kink of conservationist floats around in a Dr Evil boat like that?

[boycott]

Good to see the conservationist conserving our natural resources in that monstrosity.

Liberal hypocrites.

[Eagles6]

The Hammonds are in federal prison, LaVoy Finnicum is murdered, the Bundy's and others are wounded and arrested over...buffalo grass.

I know that's not really it but that's what the feds want us to believe.

[rollo tomasi]

[central_va]

It’s good thing Microsoft was allowed to import thousands of H-1B visa replacement workers otherwise they may have gone bankrupt. /sarc

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Billionaire Paul Allen has given millions of dollars to conservation causes over the years, including ones that support ocean exploration and preservation. But earlier this month, his 300-foot yacht Tatoosh allegedly caused significant damage to a protected coral reef in the Cayman Islands.

Yeah, funny how all of the hypoctrical politicians, billionaire tycoons and Hollywood A-listers who spend their time preaching conservation and doing without to the rest of us always manage to exclude themselves and their ridiculous lifestyles from their moralizing.

So go ahead, Al Gore - light up that mansion so it can be seen from the International Space Station. Go ahead, Leonardo DiCaprio, jet off to Davos on a private plane burning more fuel than I'll use in five years. Go ahead Paul Allen, destroy a coral reef that took decades to grow. And keep on telling average people in the US how they need to scrimp and conserve and make their already-difficult lives a little more difficult in order to "save the planet" that you're busy destroying.

[Palio di Siena]

Doesn’t seem like that big a deal. Grand Cayman is so overdeveloped anyway. Cruise ships in and out, raw sewage pumped offshore.
Meh, who cares about about 14,000 sq ft of reef.

[ch.man]

Just another way for Grand Cayman to make some money. Fair game. All island nations do that at one time or another. Nothing to see here. It can happen and has happened to small yachts as well.

Did anybody sue the Chinese when they built their “Islands” in the West Philippine Sea? Nope..... And the damage there is really very significant.