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John Kerry unloading yacht that made waves
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Posted on 06/16/2016 10:55:39 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

John Kerry unloading yacht that made waves Authors Gayle Fee for Boston Herald

The 76-foot luxury yacht Isabel — the tony tub that sailed Secretary of State John Kerry into stormy political seas a few years ago when the Track revealed that he and his wife had dodged a $437,500 state tax bill on their swanky $7 million sailboat — is up for sale.

Kerry and the missus, ketchup heiress 
Teresa Heinz, listed the New Zealand-built Friendship sloop for a mere 
$4 million with luxury yacht brokers Northrop & Johnson in Newport, R.I. — some $3 million less than they paid for it back in 2010.

“Boats do depreciate very, very quickly,” said a source with knowledge of the sale.

Kerry, who was in Oslo, Norway, attending a dinner for the foreign minister, declined to comment on the sale through a spokesman. An attorney for the Heinz family didn’t return a call or email. We’re guessing the duo would rather not rehash the political shipwreck that was the Isabel in 2010.

That was when the Track revealed that Kerry had ported the yacht in Newport — even painting the Rhode Island sailing haven’s name on the boat’s stern — thus avoiding a six-figure sales tax bill from the cash-strapped commonwealth of Mass.

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KEYWORDS: hanoijohn; johnkerry; kerry; secstate; tehranjohn; traitor
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To: Sub-Driver
"Boats do depreciate very, very quickly"... I think most everyone knows the saying: "Boats are a Hole in the water that you throw money into". I lived on a 115 foot yacht in 1980-'81, and we could sleep 22 people in beds on board.
21 posted on 06/16/2016 11:29:06 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatusb)
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To: Sub-Driver

And I thought the 57’ Beneteau was a spacious vessel. Yeah, the owner sucks but the boat is quite nice.


22 posted on 06/16/2016 11:30:40 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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To: Rurudyne

lol


23 posted on 06/16/2016 11:32:35 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Sub-Driver

24 posted on 06/16/2016 11:33:36 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Sub-Driver

You guys may not know it but John Kerry served in Vietnam.


25 posted on 06/16/2016 11:34:27 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Sub-Driver

He’s getting a bit old to haul sails around.
That day when you realize you can no longer play with your big-boy toys will come to us all, eventually.


26 posted on 06/16/2016 11:35:40 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Office to woo clients.


27 posted on 06/16/2016 11:36:33 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Go Trump, Give em hell BABY.)
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To: forgotten man

"...If you are going to spend millions on a yacht why not go first class and get one with a helicopter on board..."


For the same reason that some people purchase an entry-level Mercedes-Benz CLA and others purchase a loaded Mercedes-Maybach S600.

28 posted on 06/16/2016 11:37:25 AM PDT by Blue Jays
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To: Travis T. OJustice
For all his supposed sophistication, I've always thought Kerry named it that due to Bohemian Rhapsody.
29 posted on 06/16/2016 11:50:00 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Sub-Driver

The word is his wife is sick & her kids are unloading the properties, the house, the boat, so John the gigolo can’t get his hands of her stuff.


30 posted on 06/16/2016 11:57:52 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: maggief

EYE BLEACH PLEASE!
Better still, just gouge them out with a red hot poker.


31 posted on 06/16/2016 11:59:50 AM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Oh its being written off no doubt.


32 posted on 06/16/2016 12:15:18 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: LongWayHome

I can easily believe that. Might have something to do with the “prenup” also. I am sure her lawyers are making sure her children are protected properly.


33 posted on 06/16/2016 12:17:01 PM PDT by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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To: gigster

LOL

The two best days owning a boat are the day you buy and the day you sell it.


34 posted on 06/16/2016 12:17:15 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: LongWayHome

I can easily believe that. Might have something to do with the “prenup” also. I am sure her lawyers are making sure her children are protected properly.


35 posted on 06/16/2016 12:17:30 PM PDT by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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To: jacquej

I live up in the area, so the word is out on why there is a sudden sale of large family assets. Her children have no real, or close relationship with Kerry....though I’m sure he will get some blood money out of her.


36 posted on 06/16/2016 12:21:32 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: sailor76

If you can afford a boat that big, there are always people willing to hang out with you, drink your beer, and hang around.

Seriously though, I would think three competent sailors could handle her. Those boats are set up to run everything from the cockpit. Keep in mind you just push a button to raise the mainsail or reefing the main.

The only things I find curious are the two winches on the fore deck, maybe for flying the spinnaker or a jib? There are two winches on both the starboard and port sides of the cockpit for the Jenny. I would think they are electric motor winches too.

My father in law had a Freedom 32 with a 52’ graphite mast. The Main sail had a huge roach in it. It was a B#tch to put up. When he sold the boat the first thing the new owner did was put an electric motor on that winch to raise the mainsail.

https://www.google.com/search?q=freedom+32+sailboat&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS408US408&tbm=isch&imgil=0RJXa_1mgg34EM%253A%253BmZuVKf0QOBLIsM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fsailboatdata.com%25252Fviewrecord.asp%25253Fclass_id%2525253D741&source=iu&pf=m&fir=0RJXa_1mgg34EM%253A%252CmZuVKf0QOBLIsM%252C_&usg=__MVrNmYx95tV7st-nWjw3Mfyqyb4%3D&biw=1920&bih=931&ved=0ahUKEwjb79japK3NAhVDaD4KHe1hC2wQyjcIKQ&ei=uv5iV9uqEsPQ-QHtw63gBg#imgrc=0RJXa_1mgg34EM%3A


37 posted on 06/16/2016 12:30:23 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Talisker

I saw pics of the interior once. She’s gorgeous.


38 posted on 06/16/2016 12:55:25 PM PDT by sheana
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To: tcrlaf

We have a 40’ sailboat. Things I used to do I now hire the neighbor 34 year old to do. Lol


39 posted on 06/16/2016 12:59:01 PM PDT by sheana
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To: forgotten man
Not too shabby...


40 posted on 06/16/2016 12:59:08 PM PDT by Carriage Hill
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