Neglected super yachts
Discussion
I have been a regular visitor to Juan les Pins over the last 15 years or so. I have always enjoyed a stroll around the marina there playing the fantasy which boat game.
When we first started going there was a yacht that stood out as looking most sophisticated. A Riva somethingortheother called La Diva.
Its always been there but is now moved to one of the outermost berths and is really looking tired. Clearly not had any maintenance for some time. Frankly it looked a little like one of the bohemian ladies ones sees on the Cote D'azur slightly wrinkled but you can tell they were glamorous once. The varnish is peeling, the Red Ensign faded and tattered and something not good about the hull finish.
I was given to wonder at what point these sort of things become an uneconomic prospect to restore. It must cost a bob or 2 just to keep it there.
Pics below to illustrate the point and I wonder, any of the knowledgeable types here know anything of her. Just who was La Diva!
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When we first started going there was a yacht that stood out as looking most sophisticated. A Riva somethingortheother called La Diva.
Its always been there but is now moved to one of the outermost berths and is really looking tired. Clearly not had any maintenance for some time. Frankly it looked a little like one of the bohemian ladies ones sees on the Cote D'azur slightly wrinkled but you can tell they were glamorous once. The varnish is peeling, the Red Ensign faded and tattered and something not good about the hull finish.
I was given to wonder at what point these sort of things become an uneconomic prospect to restore. It must cost a bob or 2 just to keep it there.
Pics below to illustrate the point and I wonder, any of the knowledgeable types here know anything of her. Just who was La Diva!
A quick google suggests it is/was owned by Lebanese arms dealer Ziad Takieddine -
"A controversial fixer for arms deals linked to an alleged corruption scandal that engulfed Nicolas Sarkozy has been refused entry to Britain.
Ziad Takieddine, a Lebanese businessman who recently confessed to paying kick-backs to an aide of the former French President, was stopped at St Pancras station in central London on Tuesday afternoon.
The 63-year-old, who has also made extraordinary claims that the late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi paid up to £40m towards Mr Sarkozy’s successful 2007 presidential election bid, was reportedly questioned by officers from the British Transport Police before being returned to France on the Eurostar.
French media reported the arms dealer, who was banned from leaving France pending the conclusion of several investigations into his affairs, was trying to visit his children in London for New Year’s Eve.
Mr Takieddine went through an acrimonious divorce from his British-born ex-wife, Nicola Johnson, 52, three years ago. One of their disputed assets was Warwick House, in Holland Park, west London, estimated to be worth more than £17m."
https://www.frenchleaks.com/A-fortune-in-property-...
In an ongoing judicial investigation into suspected illegal political party funding in France via a sale of submarines to Pakistan, several witnesses have identified Franco-Lebanese businessman and arms dealer Ziad Takieddine (photo) as being a principle intermediary in the deal. Earlier this week, Mediapart revealed his closeness to key members of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's inner circle. In this second report, Mediapart can disclose how Takieddine pays no income tax nor wealth tax in France, despite being domiciled in the country and where, according to documents signed by his hand, he has a wealth of 40 million euros. Fabrice Arfi and Karl Laske investigate.
"A controversial fixer for arms deals linked to an alleged corruption scandal that engulfed Nicolas Sarkozy has been refused entry to Britain.
Ziad Takieddine, a Lebanese businessman who recently confessed to paying kick-backs to an aide of the former French President, was stopped at St Pancras station in central London on Tuesday afternoon.
The 63-year-old, who has also made extraordinary claims that the late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi paid up to £40m towards Mr Sarkozy’s successful 2007 presidential election bid, was reportedly questioned by officers from the British Transport Police before being returned to France on the Eurostar.
French media reported the arms dealer, who was banned from leaving France pending the conclusion of several investigations into his affairs, was trying to visit his children in London for New Year’s Eve.
Mr Takieddine went through an acrimonious divorce from his British-born ex-wife, Nicola Johnson, 52, three years ago. One of their disputed assets was Warwick House, in Holland Park, west London, estimated to be worth more than £17m."
https://www.frenchleaks.com/A-fortune-in-property-...
In an ongoing judicial investigation into suspected illegal political party funding in France via a sale of submarines to Pakistan, several witnesses have identified Franco-Lebanese businessman and arms dealer Ziad Takieddine (photo) as being a principle intermediary in the deal. Earlier this week, Mediapart revealed his closeness to key members of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's inner circle. In this second report, Mediapart can disclose how Takieddine pays no income tax nor wealth tax in France, despite being domiciled in the country and where, according to documents signed by his hand, he has a wealth of 40 million euros. Fabrice Arfi and Karl Laske investigate.
gvij said:
That doesn't look like a superyacht to me at least but a small boat. How much would that be new 300k , 500k?
Looks about 70-75ft to me.If you wanted to buy a new yacht from the likes of princess/sunseeker today you'd probably be looking at around £3m for a flybridge boat of that size with a decent spec.
wildcat45 said:
.....what became if that plan to convert two former Dutch frigates (Kortenesr Class) into super yachts?
Yas is one such project, completed about 6 months ago. Dreadful thing:http://www.superyachts.com/motor-yacht-4729/yas.ht...
Boatbuoy said:
Yas is one such project, completed about 6 months ago. Dreadful thing:
http://www.superyachts.com/motor-yacht-4729/yas.ht...
Oh I dunno. A better way to recycle an old warship than to rip her to bits on a Turkish beach. You can just see her hull lines still. It doesn't look like they retained the Rolls Royce Olympus/Tyne engines. That's a shame but I understand why.http://www.superyachts.com/motor-yacht-4729/yas.ht...
What I don'hegel is why they converted an old ship. Surely with all the conversion work needed it would have been cheaper just to build a new vessel.
I accept that La Diva doesn't fit the PH definition of super yacht. However, it look pretty bloody super to me.
I remember it seeming very large and impressive when I first strolled around the marina some years ago. Its interesting now to see it next to what I would call BIG day boats, i.e ones without patio doors!
Mind you, I know very little about these things in reality. My only boating experience came in the form of a Simms Super V in 1979/82 off Two Tree Island.
I remember it seeming very large and impressive when I first strolled around the marina some years ago. Its interesting now to see it next to what I would call BIG day boats, i.e ones without patio doors!
Mind you, I know very little about these things in reality. My only boating experience came in the form of a Simms Super V in 1979/82 off Two Tree Island.
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