Pure porn, I wonder what the poor people are doing....... coz they surely aint on this piece of deliciousness ....

It's porn! Or art. Something to look at. Don't over think it.

SWEET !

I saw it as I past river gate in Brisbane, there is a person standing in front of the aft mast which shows scale.
woops! Not the same boat ...... need more coffee

I thought I had pictures of Aquarius from Rhode Island last year but they were similar yachts. This one appealed to me and has a similar anchor set up with what appears to be a stainless CQR.

SailMark said..
It's porn! Or art. Something to look at. Don't over think it.

is porn because of the lingere like sails?

rumblefish said..

stupid said..
I saw it as I past river gate in Brisbane, there is a person standing in front of the aft mast which shows scale.
woops! Not the same boat ...... need more coffee

Speaking of anchors, this boat has none!!
Was 'anchored' down here on the Derwent for a few days and she uses thrusters and GPS to stay in the same position. Apparently can hold her position in 30 knots plus!!

and I thout it was using a tractor beam, to shay...

rumblefish said..

stupid said..
I saw it as I past river gate in Brisbane, there is a person standing in front of the aft mast which shows scale.
woops! Not the same boat ...... need more coffee

Speaking of anchors, this boat has none!!
Was 'anchored' down here on the Derwent for a few days and she uses thrusters and GPS to stay in the same position. Apparently can hold her position in 30 knots plus!!

Yes Rumble, that's Hetairos. We went for a spin around her when she was " hovering" in Peppermint Bay. Awesome looking vessel!

LooseChange said..
Pure porn, I wonder what the poor people are doing....... coz they surely aint on this piece of deliciousness ....

Wow, Im buying one.

Yara said..
Sorry, to me this is a piece of obscene wealth, even though it made jobs for lots of people in building it. (And I'm no leftie)

Precisely my sentiments on it.

It may be an expensive boat but it doesn't change it from being elegant with graceful lines and probably well built. Looks like great joinery in the timber work, sail plan great and trim excellent - she was powering in the video. I didnt see obscene, I saw a job well done by the builders. Criticising its seaworthiness is like criticising an AC28 because it cant cross the Atlantic. Irrelevant and ridiculous. Its designed for a job. Though I cant afford it either, this week at least, I'm not going too drag down a beautiful boat with the typical Aussie cut down the tall poppies syndrome. We are Australian. Lets not strive for excellence, lets drag down those that do right?

Trek said..
Lets not strive for excellence, lets drag down those that do right?

IMO just change excellence for opulence and you are on the money. I don't strive for personal comfort or think that is excellence, it seems to me people are best with a bit of discomfort/challenge.

On another angle where could you sail that boat without feeling like a complete alien?

Trek said..
For me if the door handles were gold plated, taps crusted in diamonds and safety rails silver plated that would be excessive. Like this one - it DOES have gold plated taps - https://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht/superyacht_white_rose_of_drachs.html. Imagine how much it would cost to start up the engines! Its not elegant. Cant sail. Looks like a block of flats. On Aquarius I just see everything as good as it can be on a new big boat. The fittings are even simple stainless steel, just polished. If someone gave me the keys I would be quite happy.

OK, so they give you the keys, plus the odd billion dollars to keep it and the crew going. You step on board (or do the pipe you on board?) , then what? Where are you going to go? Are you going to take command or let the paid skipper run the boat? Sit around and eat and drink all day? Would you really be happy?

Not everybody is a 'jobbing' sailor Yara. Perhaps these obviously very wealthy people choose to sail because they love the
movement of everything, the boat moves, the water moves, the clouds/sun/moon, maybe with all their wealth their world is
quite static and one way they can feel 'alive' is to be on a boat.

Chartering this Bruce King beauty around the Med would be my idea of a blast. Or it would if I had a few 10s of $Ks to spare.

^^ I agree.