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!
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.
It's a very strange situation isn't it.
Is anyone paying the mooring fees? I know that prices have just gone up a lot at the marina and all leases have been renewed. Whilst this is at the end it is where the visiting berths are so it's taking up space. I'm sure there is stuff going on in the background but I'm just terribly curious about the whole business.
Is anyone paying the mooring fees? I know that prices have just gone up a lot at the marina and all leases have been renewed. Whilst this is at the end it is where the visiting berths are so it's taking up space. I'm sure there is stuff going on in the background but I'm just terribly curious about the whole business.
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