• tankplanker@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    It would not surprise me if he is selling his yacht as its a shit design, which he caused with his crazy requirements.

    He wanted a yacht with sails that cant actually sail because its design is all wrong, because he wanted huge internal space at the deck line for an over the top atrium cum entertaining space.

    Then because he put sails on it, the masts limit which bridges he can get under, it also increases the depth of the boat as you need a bigger keel to counteract the force of the sails, further limiting where he can go.

    Final nail in the coffin for the sail decision is that you cannot land a helicopter on the boat, you have to land it on the chase boat. For someone like Bezos thats a massive pain in the arse.

    Compare his shitty boat to the Oceanco Black Pearl, his is 127m, the Black Pearl is 107m, so not much smaller, but it can actually sail at quite high speed, and achieve 30 knots under sail alone. The Black Pearl can actually run with no diesel if it chooses, Bezos monstrosity has to use diesel to just keep the lights on.

  • Old Jimmy Twodicks@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Yeah, I’m sure the buyers are lining up to buy an oversized, overwrought, overpriced yacht that’s literally too big for most ports in the world and has a prow mermaid that’s a shitty rendition of his goddamn wife.

    The prow of a yacht, featuring a burnt-orange mermaid that loosely Jeff Bezos' wife, Lauren Sanchez