super yachts 60million+

[J3JCV]

Janosh said:

J3JCV said:

From my own perspective, having spent time on every type of yacht from over 100m to below 30m, I still think that a very well made sailing yacht in the 40 - 60m range is a wonderful thing. The better looking it is (eg long, low, wide and pointy etc) the harder it is to make everything fit

Agreed - S/Y Hemisphere is one of my favourites

Now she is a very interesting, capable, well loved and well used boat!

[db]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

There is literally nothing I like in that.

It is as grey and nasty as the skies around it. Not what a 'Superyacht' and life thereof should be IMHO

I watched it motor around Menorca last week. Big and fugly. I'm sure the owner loves it, but why not create something of beauty, something that'll look good for decades to come.
J-class style, not "look at me"

[blueg33]

Janosh said:

J3JCV said:

From my own perspective, having spent time on every type of yacht from over 100m to below 30m, I still think that a very well made sailing yacht in the 40 - 60m range is a wonderful thing. The better looking it is (eg long, low, wide and pointy etc) the harder it is to make everything fit

Agreed - S/Y Hemisphere is one of my favourites

To me, catamarans of that style whether 80m or 10m are not pretty or elegant, they are just floating caravans

Not big enough but this look smiles better



and this


http://www.superyachts.com/sail-yacht-2413/bristol...

and this



not this (Hemisphere)



or this (which are basically the same ie ugly with horrible proportions)



I have been sailing for 47 years and when it comes to boats with cabins have always hated the proportions of catamarans. "Short, fat and ugly" seems to be the best description, along with "sailing boats for people who don't like sailing"

[SpeckledJim]

blueg33 said:

I love photos of yachts in areas where the sea is calm and clear enough to see right underneath.

Looks almost magical to me. Wonderful.

[Burwood]

looks CGI to me?

[Speculatore]

Burwood said:

looks CGI to me?

Young children jumping in from the swim platform with no sign of any LSA. No one watching them, where are the crew?

[Burwood]

Speculatore said:

Burwood said:

looks CGI to me?

Young children jumping in from the swim platform with no sign of any LSA. No one watching them, where are the crew?

I noticed that. Dad having his morning coffee watching the fit birds on the cliff whilst his kids are drowning and or being eaten by the 400lb groper that live in that lagoon
Mums in a huff sitting on the Bow. A very natural photo!

[Davey S2]

db said:

I'm sure the owner loves it, but why not create something of beauty, something that'll look good for decades to come.

Because Russian.

[98elise]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

There is literally nothing I like in that.

It is as grey and nasty as the skies around it. Not what a 'Superyacht' and life thereof should be IMHO

Agreed. It looks like a warship. Its OK if you're a supervillan but not if you have any eye for aesthetics.

[paul0843]

98elise said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

There is literally nothing I like in that.

It is as grey and nasty as the skies around it. Not what a 'Superyacht' and life thereof should be IMHO

Agreed. It looks like a warship. Its OK if you're a supervillan but not if you have any eye for aesthetics.

That's what the owner likes and that's what's his build.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
It would be a sad world if everyone build/designed something that had then to be sanctioned by the "aesthetics committee '

[blueg33]

paul0843 said:

98elise said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

There is literally nothing I like in that.

It is as grey and nasty as the skies around it. Not what a 'Superyacht' and life thereof should be IMHO

Agreed. It looks like a warship. Its OK if you're a supervillan but not if you have any eye for aesthetics.

That's what the owner likes and that's what's his build.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
It would be a sad world if everyone build/designed something that had then to be sanctioned by the "aesthetics committee '

That is completely true, but doesn't stop something being an eyesore generally.

[tim0409]

FourWheelDrift said:

It's Dilbar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbar_(yacht)

I was in Antibes yesterday and saw Dilbar; I was confused because I had seen it a few years ago but it seemed even bigger this time...I then did some googling and realised it's a new, bigger version! I walked around the harbour and saw the "old" Dilbar which is still pretty impressive.

It really is massive -

[J3JCV]

tim0409 said:

I was in Antibes yesterday and saw Dilbar; I was confused because I had seen it a few years ago but it seemed even bigger this time...I then did some googling and realised it's a new, bigger version! I walked around the harbour and saw the "old" Dilbar which is still pretty impressive.

It really is massive -

That's funny, wonder what time of day it was? As I was on the boat just the other side of her, but at only 90m LOA she is hidden from view!

[tim0409]

J3JCV said:

That's funny, wonder what time of day it was? As I was on the boat just the other side of her, but at only 90m LOA she is hidden from view!

4pm! here from another angle (I like the boat in the foreground) -

[FourWheelDrift]

tim0409 said:

(I like the boat in the foreground) -

Palmer Johnson 150, looks like Vantage.

https://www.moranyachts.com/news/vantage-150-ft-45...

[J3JCV]

tim0409 said:

4pm! here from another angle (I like the boat in the foreground) -

Was just leaving around then. Mixed bag of weather last week!

[renmure]

I know nothing about sailing or yachts, but saw a nice looking one today here in Barcelona and it made me think of this thread because myself and Mrs R tried to guess whether it would be close to the £60M entry bar.

We both guessed.... no!

The yacht was Nirvana and google puts it around £200M

Oops!!

[pidsy]

Nirvana was for sale - $230m last year iirc.

[Ashley1111]

More than a few quid lying around near Dilbar too:

[FourWheelDrift]

$600m vision in beige.