Posted on 09/03/2022 2:14:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, several prominent Russian businessmen believed to be friends and allies of President Putin have found themselves in the crossfire, as international authorities included them on sanctions lists. Putin himself is at the top of those lists, and his megayacht is the biggest catch of all. $700 million megayacht Scheherazade was delivered in 2020, is now re-registered as a houseboat
In May this year, Scheherazade, a $700 million Lurssen megayacht believed to be owned by Putin, was arrested and seized by authorities in Italy, in a Tuscan port where it had arrived months prior to undergo refits. Scheherazade is a 2020 vessel and also one of the world’s largest (it ranks 12th overall), most expensive, most luxurious, and most secretive.
As of late, this gigantic, six-deck, 460-foot (140-meter) megayacht built like a floating palace with the wildest and most outrageous amenities is officially a houseboat. Superyacht vlogger eSysman reports that the management firm of Scheherazade has re-flagged and re-registered the vessel (see the video below, at the 3.42-minute mark). Scheherazade previously sailed under the Cayman Islands flag, but it’s now flagged in Malaysia and is registered as a houseboat.
This could be a new trend in sanctioned Russian oligarchs, the vlogger speculates, and it might have something to do with the fact that, in some territories, a house is a protected asset. Commenters speculate on the possibility that a houseboat would be harder to track using AIS (automatic identification system), but that makes little sense since Scheherazade hasn’t used the AIS system, which is mandatory for all large vessels, in more than five months.
Whatever the reason (which we may never find out), renaming a $700 million megayacht as a houseboat is funny. Odd, but funny too.
According to some reports, the total cost of this ship of monstrous size could actually be closer to $1 billion if you consider all the luxury fittings and finishes inside. Insiders say that every screw onboard is gold-plated and that even the toilet seats are golden, but this could be just urban legend. The only data available is that the ship offers 10,167 GT of interior volume spread across six decks, accommodation for 40 guests in 22 cabins and 94 crew, and interiors by Francois Zuretti on a naval architecture by Lurssen.
Amenities reportedly include a hospital wing, spa and wellness center, a fully-equipped gym and a judo studio, a formal ballroom, cinema, helipad and hangar, a couple of pools, and several jacuzzis. One of the pools has an elevating bottom that turns it into a dancefloor, and it’s presumably the largest of its kind in the world.
Scheherazade is powered by twin diesel 8,837 hp mtu engines, capable of taking it to 20 knots (23 mph / 37 kph) top speed and a cruising speed of 15 knots (17 mph / 27.7 kph). Not that it’s doing much of either these days, but it might, still – one day.
I missed it by one bid on ebay. Dang it.
Ah, that Scheherazade. What a tale she could weave…
Save your money for something less ‘nouveau riche’ and much more beautiful:
https://yacht-haven-phuket.com/a-look-inside-the-maltese-falcon-a-us150-million-88m-superyacht/
That was you?
Yup. It’s just as well, they weren’t gonna let me rename it “Rum, Buggery And The Lash” anyway. Some people simply have no historical respect.
Be patient-—you’ll get a “second chance” offer to buy it when the successful bidder finds out it smells like cabbage. And that it runs on vodka. And its GPS tries to drive it up the Volga.
I did not bid on it because it doesn’t have a trolling motor on the front...
There was, also, the question of whether it would fit on the same trailer my Ranger bass boat uses...
Sorry about that.
That would be hard to back it onto the boat ramp at the lake.
EU globalist thieves. There should be a standing order for any Russian sub to sink it anywhere it hits international waters… worldwide. The owner has a right to destroy his own boat.
If it floats, it can be sunk.
“Believed to be Owned by Putin”
Good to hear, and well deserved, considering the crap he’s had to deal with from the Neocons (such as ‘colluding’ with Trump in 2016).
I wouldn’t want to own it. I could see a group of Spetsnaz climbing over the rails, assassinating the crew and passengers and then either scuttling it or sailing it into Russian waters.
Fill it with illegals.
I was going to get it but I didn’t like the color.
It’s as likely that Putin owns that as it is that I own the Staten Island Ferry....not that I wouldn’t like to own that yacht myself, as long as it comes with prepaid maintenance, fuel, and crew.
I agree. Our intel services ascribe ownership to everything Putin touches. If they used the same standard for American presidents, they would be told they owned Air Force one, Camp David, and every luxury resort they visited.
But in any case, it’s owned by a Russian, and was stolen by Italy and the EU.
I would declare it pirated and announce it will be torpedoed on sight, anywhere it or any confiscated Russian yacht can be found, anywhere on earth.
Likewise we should sink the USS Pueblo tomorrow, it is ours. That retard Clinton allowed it to be towed by Norks from the North Coast of Korea, around the peninsula, and into the South coast. We should have sunk it.
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