Posted on 11/28/2023 11:30:09 AM PST by Red Badger
The $500 million vessel was finally docked next to gigantic oil tankers at the South Florida seaport.
The biggest sailing yacht in the world, Koru, owned by centibillionaire Jeff Bezos, is a goliath that has completed its Mediterranean sojourn and has finally come to the United States of America. The 416-foot luxury schooner is currently in South Florida, docked at Port Everglades, per Marine Traffic. The largest space at the port caters to superyachts up to 400 feet. So massive is this $500 million megayacht of the Amazon boss that it doesn’t fit even in there. The floating asset is docked near a 610-foot-long oil tanker, Independence, and a similarly-sized tanker by the name of Seakay Sky.
Docking a luxury vessel as massive as Bezos’s boat is no cheap affair. According to Port Everglades docking rates, it costs $2400 (though chump change for the Amazon founder) for the Oceanco Yacht, previously known as Y721, to dock per day. The vessel, inspired by the Black Pearl, has been moored at the port for over two days and is not listed in the schedule for departure for the next week.
That’s a docking bill of almost $22,000 for 10 days that it may remain anchored at Port Everglades. However, it’s not the financial aspect that’s most remarkable, but rather the ship’s enormous size and stature, which challenge even the largest docks to accommodate it.
Koru is one of the world’s most luxurious ships, incurring a daily upkeep cost of $137,000 for the billionaire owner. These docking charges, in comparison, are relatively insignificant. The half-a-billion-dollar boat is nearly twice the length of an Airbus A380 with an internal volume of 3,300 GT. Moreover, its triple masts measuring 230 feet make the vessel nearly half the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Accommodating this maritime masterpiece is a formidable task, achieved by positioning it next to oil tankers.
In addition to being so gigantic, Koru is followed by a $75 million support vessel, Abeona. According to the port’s website, Abeona is headed to Freeport, Bahamas, and it’s likely only a matter of time before Koru follows suit. The 416-foot yacht left Gibraltar on November 9th and arrived in Florida on the 23rd, blocking its AIS and even prompting Port Everglades to delete details of the ship to maintain secrecy.
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In the interest of clean, renewable energy, I imagine Bezos will use galley slaves to row the damn thing. The slaves, of course, will be told that they are battling climate change and should be happy for the privilege...
LOL! Sorry...
😁😉😜👌..........................
The yacht does not have very nice lines.
As for the yacht-girl ... Charity precludes any serious speculation ...
Matches that girlfriend of his. Richest guy on the planet... and he picks a gold-digging hag who is desperately trying to hold onto her youth.
Not likely anyone on this rig will be plying the Red Sea.
Look like it’s ‘ on steroids like the owner!
It just looks plain, dull and uninteresting.............like the owner................
Money doesn’t buy taste.
GMTA!...................
Warren Buffett was once asked by a reporter: “why don’t you own a yacht?”
His reply was (I paraphrase): “I would use it maybe once a year, still have to pay for its daily upkeep, and also worry about the crew having sex on it and all their drama.”
And better armed, I bet...
Once the summer/fall season in the Med and Atlantic hurricane season is over then these yachts are brought over to the Caribbean. Again, IF you have not made a reservation for Christmas/New Years in St Barts you are SOL. That is where all the beautiful people hang out.
Some of the “smaller” yachts are actually loaded onto the flatbeds of other bigger vessels for the trans Atlantic voyage. Once the ship is in position then the VIPs fly into the airports on their G4s. Then the helicopter picks them up to bring them to the ship.
Keep all of this in mind next time one of theses hypocrites is lecturing us peons regarding Global Warming.
Sounds similar to a job I had once. The difference is the employees were citizens and the owner liked to water ski.
The way to reduce taxes is to create expense.
The company owned sailing yacht is all expense
“There is no accounting for taste.” - Proverb.............
I’m certainly no socialist, but I do know human nature - and there are more than a few Bezos employees making $17 an hour who will resent working in a warehouse, watched constantly, while their boss is out on his $500 million yacht with his buxom plastic surgery sex-partner, splashed all over the newspapers.
Its not a recipe for long term success of the company, either.
That is correct. Ever watch ‘Below Deck’ TV show on Cable?.............
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck
The parallels with Russia 1917, are there.
I wonder if Port Everglades is still run by the mafia.
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