Posted on 02/05/2022 8:14:55 AM PST by rktman
So he didnt use the Flying Amazon phallic symbol on the sails?
Every time I see that I think he camw up with it as a symbolic way of sayin “up yours”
I’m sure there are. The point is Bezos wants to show the world he can do what he wants.
Them’s some pretty big hand sewn/loomed cotton sails right? And the hull is made of naturally occurring carbon fiber too.
Are you saying that ugliness is not carbon free?
Why can’t the masts be stepped beyond the bridge?
What are the sails for? Couldn’t he afford proper engines.
I don’t know. As an earlier poster suggested, perhaps they calculated the cost of stepping the masts on-site along with the cost of dismantling the bridge and figured it was cheaper than other alternatives.
A square-rigged ship? I’d always read that fore-and-aft-rigged ships are the most wind-efficient ships. But Bezos’ is no traditional sailing ship.
The Dutch yacht building industry is a big one in that country and their shipbuilding prowess goes back centuries. So they have some economic reasons to make accommodations to buyers of superyachts.
Not defending Bezos. Just pointing out that there are “extenuating” issues.
Bozo wants to be the next Caligula with his yacht.
vir·tue sig·nal·ing Learn to pronounce noun noun: virtue signalling; noun: virtue signaling the action or practice of publicly expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character or the moral correctness of one's position on a particular issue. See also: Greta's Eco Yacht
If he really wanted to save CO2 emissions, he’d have had the yacht built with nuclear powered propulsion...
So he could virtue signal that he is “green”.
Well all know most of the uber rich only pay lip service to global warming nonsense and this yacht proves it with Bezos.
bottom line, I think the boat is bad azz and a great use of 1 billion dollars. Nuts
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