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Sailing On Senator John Kerry`s Yacht Isabel [Pictures of true luxury/dodged taxes]
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Posted on 06/09/2015 5:40:09 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

What to do when you have a yacht worth $7 million, and you have no time to enjoy on it? Massachusetts senator and perennial presidential hopeful John Kerry had a such problem and decided to rent it. Senator Kerry and his heiress wife not doing that because of money, but to avoid a big tax bill on the boat by mooring her in Newport, R.I.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hypocrisy; lurch; media; rubio
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To: LibFreeUSA

Heck, Obama’s dinghy, “The Moochelle” is bigger and costs a lot more to operate.


21 posted on 06/09/2015 7:10:02 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: skr

I think I recognize that boat. We used to see it in Panama on occasion.


22 posted on 06/09/2015 7:10:45 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: IncPen

I see what you did there.


23 posted on 06/09/2015 7:13:08 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Rebelbase

Seven million is a bit much for a rag bigger of that size but if it is maxed out with desalination, big screen, etc. it could go that high. I have seen boats I liked better for less. I knew a guy picked up a 50 foot Buddy Davis for $375K once. She was a beauty.


24 posted on 06/09/2015 7:14:40 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The classic craft is now available for charter with rates beginning at $45,000 per week. Kerry and his ketchup heiress wife, Theresa Heinz, certainly don’t need the money. However, the senator did catch flack for dodging a big tax bill on the boat by mooring her in Newport, R.I. In any case, the 75-foot Isabel, a stylish sloop designed by Ted Fontaine and built in New Zealand by Friendship, is well worth an excursion.

The pilothouse of the yacht features a wet bar and wine storage. The Edwardian-style interior is finished in glossy varnished teak. The Isabel can accommodate four guests in two VIP main staterooms with en-suite baths. Tenders and toys include a 13.5-foot Zodiac.

Onboard systems feature everything from satellite communications to Wifi. Meanwhile Kerry did manage to grab some R&R onboard recently. He was spotted tolling around St. Barth’s in the wake of Roman Abramovich’s big New Year’s bash on the posh isle, though the Isabel was dwarfed by the oligarch’s 550-foot megayacht Eclipse.


25 posted on 06/09/2015 7:15:45 PM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: LibFreeUSA

Not only does Rubio have no concept of conservatism, he has a really pathetic sense of style. I can see this being owned my an old retired couple.


26 posted on 06/09/2015 7:16:48 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Rebelbase
That little boat could not possibly be Kerry's 75 foot sailboat. Why do they have a picture of that? Now the inside pictures looks like they could be taken on a 75 foot yacht. I wonder why they are not showing the outside of his yacht?
27 posted on 06/09/2015 7:17:36 PM PDT by FR_addict (Boehner needs to go!)
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To: Rebelbase

More like a Walmart 75 ft packet boat.......


28 posted on 06/09/2015 7:42:28 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The truth is it is a beautiful blow boat and all I know about boats is they are expensive. That being said it is a seven million dollar yacht, I am a bit underwhelmed. I would have thought it would be larger. Perhaps it is the pictures.


29 posted on 06/09/2015 7:45:57 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: skr

It deserves to be big


30 posted on 06/09/2015 7:47:28 PM PDT by woofie
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To: dowcaet
Rubio’s boat is a bathtub compared to Lurch’s floating mansion ...

Rubio’s boat would fit into Kerry's bathtub ...

31 posted on 06/09/2015 8:31:18 PM PDT by GOPJ (If the MSM stops lying about conservatives, we'll stop telling the truth about them.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Such an a hole like Kerry dosent deserve such a fine a$$ yatch like that


32 posted on 06/09/2015 9:36:59 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: IncPen

[It’s a pretty boat.

But it’s not swift.]

Good dig and reminder.


33 posted on 06/09/2015 9:46:18 PM PDT by Islander2 (Some of us are here because we are not all there.)
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To: Kozy

OK—I do not begrudge him his yacht. Let him have fun. I am a capitalist and if I had the money I would have such a boat. I do not begrudge him moving it to save money on taxes—I would do the same. BUT I would never march to Obama’s Commands! If Kerry was president—I know he would be better than Obama—by twice. If he had his way he wouldn’t give away the store to Iran.


34 posted on 06/09/2015 10:52:18 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

http://twitter.com/mrgeology/status/608344761758568448/photo/1

Marco Rubio’s house on left, Hillary’s house on right.


35 posted on 06/09/2015 11:41:24 PM PDT by entropy12 (Walker wins Iowa, Jeb takes NH, Cruz wins SC, Rand wins Utah! Long slog to nomination!!)
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To: skr
Last month I spent a week on a much bigger yacht: Norwegian Jewel Ship


36 posted on 06/09/2015 11:53:27 PM PDT by entropy12 (Walker wins Iowa, Jeb takes NH, Cruz wins SC, Rand wins Utah! Long slog to nomination!!)
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To: Rebelbase

We build yachts and he got a good deal on that boat. We are currently finishing a $9 million dollar boat.The materials and equipment in those things is what really drives the price up.


37 posted on 06/10/2015 3:06:33 AM PDT by brooklin
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To: Rebelbase
7 million is very plausible for a 75 footer, if it's built and maintained to the top standards, such as a Hinckley, Oyster, Swan etc.

I could build a terrific 75 footer for under a million easy, but it would not have that Rolls-Royce/Jaguar finish.


38 posted on 06/10/2015 3:59:09 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: brooklin

Which Maine builder?


39 posted on 06/10/2015 4:00:28 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: LibFreeUSA

Marco has a little dinghy.


40 posted on 06/10/2015 4:11:53 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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