Posted on 07/08/2022 10:38:08 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Jeff Bezos will not be able to sail a new, more than 400-foot-long superyacht through the waters of the Dutch city of Rotterdam anytime soon.
The port city faced an uproar months ago as it considered dismantling a section of a 95-year-old bridge to allow the Amazon founder’s yacht to pass. But now the boat’s builder, the Dutch company Oceanco, has decided to refrain from applying for a permit, according to a Rotterdam City Council member.
It was unclear how Mr. Bezos’ yacht would leave the area or whether Oceanco would finish the boat. The company did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday and Thursday. An Amazon spokeswoman did not immediately return a request for comment.
The yacht was supposed to sail through the Koningshaven Bridge, known locally as “De Hef,” over the summer and was on track to become the largest sailing yacht in the world at 417 feet, according to the superyacht industry publication Boat International. The bridge does not have enough clearance for the yacht, which was being built in a nearby town.
Because Oceanco is no longer seeking an application, the middle part of the bridge will not be removed for now, according to a public letter from the councilman, Vincent Karremans. The dismantling process takes about a day, as does putting it back together, according to Peter van Druten, a spokesman for the city of Rotterdam.
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Yes, especially since it was dismantled 5 years ago for renovations.
“We’re happy it’s not happening,” said Marvin Biljoen, a councilman for GroenLinks, the Dutch Green Party. “The bridge is a national monument, which shouldn’t be altered too much. That you could still do that with money anyway bothers us.”
There's your answer. Envy.
I think they assumed the bridge would be dismantled and put together like it always was in the past.
I don’t like Bezos. But this is stupid.
Don’t they know who HE is?
Sounds like a plan, but probably not doable. 🙂
Take off the radar and comms, cut off the top deck, and everything works.
Or get permits to haul it across land.
Sorry.
5.56mm
I thought you had to be nuts - governments don't do things in a day, plus putting things back together isn't exactly as good as new.
But you are right, PLUS, the bridge is no longer used, but stands as a a symbol only. —
Read once about a guy who built a sailboat in his basement but never thought about how to set the mast...OR how to get it out of the basement. He ended up having to move the entire house over to get his boat out. Now that had to cost a small fortune. Critical thinking coupled with simple extrapolation is not how mr.stu pid does it. Apparently mr. Pid is the engineer of note on the bezos boat also.
You're a little off on the naming of the engineer here.
It's Mr. Pidasso.
Stuart Pidasso--but they call him Stu.
They could always watch episodes of NCIS to see if they can figure out how Gibbs got his handmade boats out of his enclosed basement.
Obviously Bezos cancelled the yacht.
LOL! Literally. Good one!
Uh, no. This shipbuilder routinely dismantles this bridge to let its larger ships pass through.
It just happens the owner of this particular vessel is the very well known Bezos
Sounds like the thing will use a lot of dangerous pollutants for propellant. The whole thing should be scrapped for the good of the planet.
His yacht doesn't use fossil fuels so no carbon footprint at all when under way.
It has a propulsion system that runs on renewable energy.
Enough money has not greased the right palms yet, it will and the will of Jeff will be done. what does the city need it doesn’t have money for????????????
Dredge the channel and flood the bilge.
Sounds like they have had to do this before for other yachts by the same builder if they know it only takes a day to remove it and a day to put back
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