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World Exclusive: New 106m Greek superyacht DREAM delivered to her owner

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By Rebecca Bradbury   26 July 2018

The 106m/348ft motor yacht DREAM has been delivered after being completely rebuilt from the shell up at Greek yard Chalkis Shipyards S.A., transforming from a passenger ferry to a totally brand new six-deck superyacht of the highest standards imaginable.

The major conversion of superyacht  DREAM began in Greece back in 2008 and, following her recent delivery, at 106 metres, she ranks as the 37 th largest superyacht in the world. Very few details about the yacht have been revealed yet, but we have managed to glean together information from various sources.

The conversion at Chalkis Shiparyd S.A., located an hour’s drive north of Athens, involved the complete redesign and rebuild of her hull and superstructure, fulfilling today's impeccable superyacht standards.

From the photos, you can see how the bow has been lengthened and heightened significantly and now boasts a much more streamlined shape akin to other modern-day superyachts.

DREAM’s stern was also re-shaped. The original was cut off and a new, longer section was added to incorporate a large beach club, which is revealed by the opening of a new transom door. In total, these changes have added an extra 13 metres onto her length as before the refit she was 93 metres.

The brand new superstructure completely diverges from her old one. With flowing lines and curves, it is what one expects from a newly launched yacht.

Aerial photos reveal what she looks like from above. What’s interesting is the two helipads. The one located aft is expected to be fully certified, while the one on the foredeck is more likely to be touch-and-go.

For the brand new interior, the owner selected top designers Simone Ciarmoli and Miguel Queda of Milanese interior design firm Ciarmoli Queda Studio (CQS).

The duo has previously designed shops for high-end brands such as Jimmy Choo and Montblanc, as well as the 31m/102ft motor yacht CARAMEL from Numarine. They are expected to have worked on DREAM alongside Greek contractor MVS Associates, which built the interior.

Thanks to her generous volume, DREAM is thought to boast an impressive 23 staterooms, as well as a fifth deck owner's suite. If so, she will be able to sleep around 48 guests and possess the necessary license to make this possible. This is unlike most superyachts on the charter market which can only sleep up to 12 guests.

The overall theme of the living spaces aboard DREAM is said to be retro-modern. At first the owner was keen on a classical look, with dark woods and marble pillars. But, in the end, the owner was happy to embrace the designer’s efforts to merge his needs with their more contemporary aesthetic.

Ciarmoli and Queda started by selecting a wood to fulfil their design brief and went with tay, which is a light cappuccino colour. This is expected to have been used across both the interior and exterior, complementing a neutral palette highlighted by aqua and jade tones.

Other materials used include red carpazi marble floors, veneers by Italian firm Tabu, handmade carpets by Ferreira de Sa, leathers and stainless steel. With this in mind, the overall feel is expected to be light, modern and exceptionally luxurious.    

One of the main focal points is a grand central lobby and staircase, which creates a feeling of immense scale as soon as guests step on board

Stepping into the fourth deck via the aft deck, guests will enter a 400-metre-square salon. This leads forward onto a reading room, cinema and a bar with a card table and seating for 25 people.

Past the lobby, the dining areas await. These include a 100-metre-square main dining salon, a smaller Japanese-style one with a teppanyaki grill and a more intimate, private dining salon for eight people.

Not to be forgotten is the grand central lobby and spiral staircase. When guests step on board via the main deck, this will immediately showcase the immense scale of the superyacht and it is thus one of the main focal points of superyacht DREAM.

Unlike the other areas of the interior, this is said to have been designed in a more classical way with marble paving and a backdrop of laser cut and backlit glass.

From the staircase, those staying on board will be able to access the 23 guest cabins located on the third deck. The fifth deck owner’s suite, meanwhile, features a dining salon, office, 100-metre-square cabin and adjoining sitting room, spanning across 240 square metres in total. There are also 19 crew cabins on the second deck.

A business centre, gym, spa and diving centre are among the other luxurious amenities expected to be found on board.

The  motor yacht  continues to wow across her exterior deck areas. One of the highlights is an expansive sundeck with a swimming pool, places to relax in the sun and a huge bar. 

On the fifth deck aft, adjoined to the owner's suite, there is space to host 44 guests around two teak dining tables, alongside further seating options. Another bonus is an oversized beach club on the lower deck where guests will be able to unwind close to the water's edge and access the water toys with ease.

The trend of converting vessels, whether it be a passenger ferry, cruise liner or frigate, into a superyacht is quite common. The most iconic is the 99m/325ft classic yacht ‘Christina O’ and she is joined on the charter fleet by a number of other conversions.

The superyacht is reported to be a lifelong dream for the owner who, after committing his career to the marine industry, decided it was time to dedicate a yacht to himself. Speaking to TVM, he said: “DREAM, the name gives the definition, it was a dream that I had since I was seven years old. So to build a boat and visit the world.”

It is not yet known whether or not M/Y DREAM will be available for charter. YachtCharterFleet will be sure to keep readers updated on the situation.

For more information on chartering a converted superyacht, speak to your preferred charter broker .  

Other successful superyacht conversions:

69m Austal 2003 / 2014

90m Cassens-Werft 2002 / 2008

122m Lubecker Flender Werke 1965 / 2008

99m Canadian Vickers 1943 / 2020

77m IHC Verschure 1974 / 2019

83m Golden Yachts 2004 / 2022

86m Scheepswerf Gebr. van der Werf 1998 / 2024

72m Austal 2004 / 2017

71m Richards Shipbuilders 1987 / 2014

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10 of the most impressive superyachts owned by billionaires

From a sailing yacht owned by a russian billionaire industrialist to the luxury launch of the patek philippe ceo, here are the best billionaire-owned boats on the water….

Words: Jonathan Wells

There’s something about billionaires and big boats . Whether they’re superyachts or megayachts, men with money love to splash out on these sizeable sea-going giants. And that all began in 1954 — with the big dreams of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

Onassis, keen to keep his luxury lifestyle afloat when at sea, bought Canadian anti-submarine frigate HMCS Stormont after World War II. He spent millions turning it into an opulent super yacht, named it after his daughter — and the Christina O kicked off a trend among tycoons. To this day, the world’s richest men remain locked in an arms race to build the biggest, fastest, most impressive superyacht of all. Here are 10 of our favourites…

Eclipse, owned by Roman Abramovich

Built by: Blohm+Voss of Hamburg, with interiors and exteriors designed by Terence Disdale. Launched in 2009, it cost $500 million (the equivalent of £623 million today).

Owned by: Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, the owner of private investment company Millhouse LLC and owner of Chelsea Football Club. His current net worth is $17.4 billion.

Key features: 162.5 metres in length / 9 decks / Top speed of 22 knots / Two swimming pools / Disco hall / Mini submarine / 2 helicopter pads / 24 guest cabins

Sailing Yacht A, owned by Andrey Melnichenko

Built by: Nobiskrug, a shipyard on the Eider River in Germany. The original idea came from Jacques Garcia, with interiors designed by Philippe Starck and a reported price tag of over $400 million.

Owned by: Russian billionaire industrialist Andrey Melnichenko, the main beneficiary of both the fertiliser producing EuroChem Group and the coal energy company SUEK. Though his current net worth is $18.7 billion, Sailing Yacht A was seized in Trieste on 12 March 2022 due to the EU’s sanctions on Russian businessmen.

Key features: 119 metres in length / 8 decks / Top speed of 21 knots / Freestanding carbon-fibre rotating masts / Underwater observation pod / 14 guests

Symphony, owned by Bernard Arnault

Built by: Feadship, the fabled shipyard headquartered in Haarlem in The Netherlands. With an exterior designed by Tim Heywood, it reportedly cost around $150 million to construct.

Owned by: French billionaire businessman and art collector Bernard Arnault. Chairman and chief executive of LVMH, the world’s largest luxury goods company, his current net worth is $145.8 billion.

Key features: 101.5 metres in length / 6 decks / Top speed of 22 knots / 6-metre glass-bottom swimming pool / Outdoor cinema / Sundeck Jacuzzi / 8 guest cabins

Faith, owned by Michael Latifi

Built by: Similarly to Symphony above, also Feadship. With exteriors designed by Beaulieu-based RWD, and interiors by Chahan Design, it cost a reported $200 million to construct in 2017.

Owned by: Until recently, Canadian billionaire and part-owner of the Aston Martin Formula 1 Team , Lawrence Stroll. Recently sold to Michael Latifi, father of F1 star Nicholas , a fellow Canadian businessman with a net worth of just under $2 billion.

Key features: 97 metres in length / 9 guest cabins / Glass-bottom swimming pool — with bar / Bell 429 helicopter

Amevi, owned by Lakshmi Mittal

Built by: The Oceanco shipyard, also in The Netherlands. With exterior design by Nuvolari & Lenard and interior design by Alberto Pinto, it launched in 2007 (and cost around $125 million to construct).

Owned by: Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and CEO of Arcelor Mittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company. He owns 20% of Queen Park Rangers, and has a net worth of $18 billion.

Key features: 80 metres in length / 6 decks / Top speed of 18.5 knots / On-deck Jacuzzi / Helipad / Swimming Pool / Tender Garage / 8 guest cabins

Odessa II, owned by Len Blavatnik

Built by: Nobiskrug, the same German shipyard that built Sailing Yacht A . Both interior and exterior were created by Focus Yacht Design, and the yacht was launched in 2013 with a cost of $80 million.

Owned by: British businessman Sir Leonard Blavatnik. Founder of Access Industries — a multinational industrial group with current holdings in Warner Music Group, Spotify and the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat — he is worth $39.9 billion.

Key features: 74 metres in length / 6 guest cabins / Top speed of 18 knots / Intimate beach club / Baby grand piano / Private master cabhin terrace / Outdoor cinema

Nautilus, owned by Thierry Stern

Built by: Italian shipyard Perini Navi in 2014. With interiors by Rémi Tessier and exterior design by Philippe Briand, Nautilus was estimated to cost around $90 million to construct.

Owned by: Patek Philippe CEO Thierry Stern. Alongside his Gulstream G650 private jet, Nautilus — named for the famous sports watch — is his most costly mode of transport. His current net worth is $3 billion.

Key features: 73 metres in length / 7 guest cabins / Top speed of 16.5 knots / Dedicated wellness deck / 3.5 metre resistance pool / Underfloor heating / Jet Skis

Silver Angel, owned by Richard Caring

Built by: Luxury Italian boatbuilder Benetti. Launched in 2009, the yacht’s interior has been designed by Argent Design and her exterior styling is by Stefano Natucci.

Owned by: Richard Caring, British businessman and multi-millionaire (his wealth peaked at £1.05 billion, so he still makes the cut). Chairman of Caprice Holdings, he owns The Ivy restaurants.

Key features: 64.5 metres in length / Cruising speed of 15 knots / 7 guest cabins / Lalique decor / 5 decks / Oval Jacuzzi pool / Sun deck bar / Aft deck dining table

Lady Beatrice, owned by Frederick Barclay

Built by: Feadship and Royal Van Lent in 1993. Exteriors were created by De Voogt Naval Architects, with interiors by Bannenberg Designs. She cost the equivalent of £63 million to build.

Owned by: Sir David Barclay and his late brother Sir Frederick. The ‘Barclay Brothers’ had joint business pursuits including The Spectator , The Telegraph and delivery company Yodel. Current net worth: £7 billion.

Key features: 60 metres in length / 18 knots maximum speed / Monaco home port / Named for the brothers’ mother, Beatrice Cecelia Taylor / 8 guest cabins

Space, owned by Laurence Graff

Built by: Space was the first in Feadship’s F45 Vantage series , styled by Sinot Exclusive Yacht Design and launched in 2007. She cost a reported $25 million to construct.

Owned by: Laurence Graff, English jeweller and billionaire businessman. As the founder of Graff Diamonds, he has a global business presence and a current net worth of $6.26 billion.

Key features: 45 metres in length / Top speed of 16 knots / Al fresco dining area / Sun deck Jacuzzi / Breakfast bar / Swimming platform / Steam room

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Port-Vendres/ Le “Christina O” : un yacht de légende à quai, rêveries…*

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Le “Christina O” – “O” pour Onassis du nom du célèbre armateur milliardaire grec -, d’une longueur de 99 mètres, était ancré hier, dimanche 10 octobre, en baie de Port-Vendres

C’est en 1954 qu’ Aristote Onassis l’achète 34 000 dollars à la Marine canadienne et dépense plus de quatre millions de dollars US pour en faire le yacht le plus luxueux et high tech de l’époque, aménagé par l’architecte allemand Cäsar Pinnau (lequel a également réalisé la piscine sur le toit du palace hôtel Bristol à Paris ainsi que le yacht Atlantis II de l’autre armateur milliardaire hellénique Stavros Niarchos ). Il le baptisa “Christina O” , du nom de sa fille Christina Onassis…

Le navire a reçu à son bord les plus prestigieuses personnalités internationales : Maria Callas, Frank Sinatra, Richard Burton et Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo, le roi Farouk 1er d’Egypte, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jackie K, Winston Churchill, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, John Wayne…

Le yacht peut accueillir trente-six passagers et compte trente-neuf membres d’équipage. Il a été racheté en 1998 par la société Tauck et restauré par un ami de la famille Onassis, le Grec John-Paul Papanicolaou . En 2014, il est proposé à la vente 25 millions d’€uros. Son nouveau propriétaire le rénove en 2015 et lui apporte plusieurs améliorations en 2017. Depuis, il est proposé à la location à partir de 560 000 € la semaine par son agence centrale, Morley Yachts (sources Wikipédia) .

Vous avez la parole… La question de la semaine

Pour vous, dans l'actualité, qu'est-ce qui retient le plus votre attention ?

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• La guerre en Ukraine
• La rentrée scolaire
• La nomination d'un Premier ministre
• Le décès d'Alain Delon

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Indiana Quings, Loulou, Sylvie et Laurie Blanchin. L’incontournable photo de la soirée, en famille !   Belle soirée, hier, à Laroque-des-Albères, où Laurie Blanchin et Indiana Quings reprenaient officiellement les commandes du restaurant “Le Comptoir Rocatin”, en présence de très nombreux amis, venus des quatre coins des Albères et de la côte vermeille notamment, où le père de Laurie, Loulou, internationalement (re)connu, a tenu le non moins célèbre restaurant “La Llonja”, sur les quais de Port-Argelès, temple d’une authentique cuisine de la mer, servie sur une cuisson parfaite. Une légende culinaire ! Que Laurie et Indiana espèrent bien perpétuer avec autant de succès   En salle, au comptoir, en terrasse, en cuisine (jusque dans les escaliers menant à la salle à manger du 1er étage et dans la rue), il y avait beaucoup, beaucoup de monde hier soir au “Comptoir Rocatin”, où les convives ont pu avoir un aperçu du talent culinaire de la nouvelle équipe en place, servi sous forme d’amuse-bouches irrésistibles.  Le maire de Sorède, Yves Porteix, était venu en voisin, pour rejoindre son collègue Christian Nauté, maire de Laroque-des-Albères. Laurie aux côtés de l’Argelésien Marc Badia, chef d’entreprise et restaurateur (“La Réserve” notamment), personnage emblématique d’Argelès-plage, par ailleurs efficace et très présent délégué consulaire de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie des Pyrénées-Orientales (CCIPO).   C’est dans une excellente ambiance, que chacun(e) a pu (re)découvrir cet établissement à l’architecture unique, (d)étonnante ! Un lieu créé de toute(s) pièce(s), du sol au toit, en passant par le plafond-mezzanine et la terrasse-jardin, avec un mobilier original ; un endroit ouvert il y a à peine une poignée d’années, où le concept déroule une atmosphère enveloppée dans des matériaux nobles, naturels. D’entrée, on a envie d’y installer sa propre résidence culinaire secondaire, d’autant plus et d’autant mieux que le village de Laroque – l’autre Perle des Albères avec Sorède – grouille de soirées particulièrement conviviales, qui prolongent le climat estival, grâce à des commerçants dynamiques, cafetiers, restaurateurs et/ou autres.   L.M. -“Le Comptoir Rocatin” : 10 rue Louis & Michel Soler – tél. 04 68 53 82 28 et/ ou 06 15 86 16 68. Ouvert tous les jours (fermé dimanche & lundi), midi et soir.   Autre Argelésien présent à cette belle soirée : Philippe Filhol, venu en ami, l’un de ceux qui a largement contribué à la redynamisation commerciale de Port-Argelès, conseiller municipal d’Argelès-sur-Mer en charge du Cadre de Vie et Commerces (secteur plage d’Argelès) ; avec Indiana Quings et Laurie Blanchin. Yves Porteix et Philippe Farriol, dit Fafa, le très populaire brasseur-restaurateur fondateur de “Can Fafa” à Palau-del-Vidre. Parmi les copains d’abord, le très sympathique Philippe Moulenat, restaurateur à Port-Argelès (“Smart Pizza”). L’occasion de trinquer à l’amitié (avec modération of course !). Loulou et sa fille Laurie : une complicité professionnelle inégalée !

Brèves de comptoir

Argelès-sur-Mer, au village, en terrasse d’un bistro…   – T’as vu, à Saint Trop’, le Conseil municipal a décidé de majorer la taxe sur les résidences secondaires jusqu’à 60 % ! – Et alors ! – Ici, à Argelès-sur-Mer, on construit à tour de bras… – Et alors ! – J’ai vu pourtant que la population d’Argelès diminuait… – Et alors ! – Tu crois que le maire d’ici construit pour augmenter la taxe pour financer l’entretien des routes et des trottoirs ? – Je me mare LOL !

Collioure, dite “La Cité des Peintres”, un jour de marché de plein vent, sur un banc public du front-de-mer, face à la baie…   -T’as vu dans L’Indèp, Jean-Paul Alduy se lance dans la peinture. -Ah bon ! ça tombe bien j’ai la façade de la maison de pêcheur de mon beau-père à refaire. -T’es idiot ou tu le fais exprès ? Il peint des aquarelles, il est devenu paysagiste… -C’est ce que je te dis ! Il peint donc des maisons aussi, forcément, entre les rochers et les nuages, il n’y a pas que des reflets dans l’eau pour réaliser des vagues dans les marines ! Il y a aussi des maisons de pêcheurs, à Collioure, rendues célèbres par les “fauves”. Donc, je lui causerai de ma façade ! -T’es pas prêt de le croiser, toi, le Jean-Paul… -Ben si, justement, parait qu’il s’est installé à Collioure. Avec les artistes, surtout quand ils sont issus du sérail politique, faut s’attendre à tout. Tu te souviens de Guy Jouanin, l’artiste ? A son époque, il disait que le maire de Collioure était le chef de la clinique… Une fois, un artiste s’est rendu en mairie pour avoir l’autorisation de peindre le clocher. La secrétaire lui a dit que pour cela il n’avait nullement besoin d’un papier signé de Monsieur le maire. Qu’il lui suffisait de s’installer sur la plage Saint-Vincent ou au pied du Château Royal et de peindre le célèbre monument religieux… L’artiste a quand même lourdement insisté et menacé de faire un scandale s’il n’avait pas une telle autorisation. A tel point que la secrétaire – après avoir consulté le garde-champêtre de l’époque – a finalement cédé à sa lubie.  -Et alors ? Et après ? -Le lendemain, l’artiste a commencé à monter un semblant d’échafaudage au pied du clocher ! Les Municipaux ont aussitôt débarqué pour lui faire remballer ses outils. Il ne s’est pas démonté, il a alors sorti son autorisation du maire sans s’emmêler les pinceaux. Ce n’était pas un 1er avril ! Mais au final, gros éclats de rire, il a reconnu que c’était une blague, qu’il avait fait un pari avec d’autres artistes du cru collioure ! -Effectivement, même si ce n’était pas un poisson d’Avril, c’était gros comme la sardine qui a bouché le port de Marseille. Bon, allons prendre un verre aux Templiers, on l’a bien mérité !

Ce dimanche matin, dans un bistrot de Perpignan, mal de caps rugbystique…   -T’as vu la gifle qu’ont donné hier à domicile dans la capitale les Parisiens à l’USAP ? -Ouais, une sacrée gifle en effet… C’est pas bon pour le moral tout ça. D’autant qu’on ne peut pas leur trouver des circonstances atténuantes, à nos joueurs catalans… -Si, quand même, face à l’équipe du Stade Français on en a été réduit à jouer à seulement 14 après l’expulsion de Lucas Velarte. -Expulsion méritée. Y’a rien à redire. On a pris une claque, la plus sévère jamais infligée jusqu’ici à un club disputant le championnat du Top 14 ! Tu parles d’une bérézina ! 52 à 3 ! On a coulé, point à la ligne, faut accepter de voir les choses en face. -Peut-être que maintenant la Municipalité de Perpignan, main dans la main avec le boss de l’USAP, François Rivière, va pouvoir influer sur le cours de l’histoire des deux rugbys, en privilégiant at travers de sa politique sportive le XV par rapport au XIII… -Tu veux dire ? -Transformer l’USAP en une belle équipe nationale de basket-ball ! Avec un tel résultat, 52 à 3, on arrivera vite en haut de l’affiche ! En tout cas, c’est bien parti pour… Par ailleurs, les Dragons se chargeront de mettre le feu !    

Dans un café, à Perpignan, dimanche 11 septembre…   -Tu connais le prochain maire de Perpignan ? -Louis Aliot. -Aliot c’est le maire actuel. Je te parle du prochain, celui qui arrivera après, en 2026. -T’es devenu Mme Irma toi ?!… Faut que t’arrêtes de fumer la moquette, mec. -Je te jure, c’est en prenant un taxi à Paris que je l’ai appris… -C’est Nostradamus qui conduisait le taxi ou quoi ? Ou peut-être le comte de Saint-Germain, dont Voltaire disait “c’est un homme qui sait tout” ?… Allez, raconte ta vanne qu’on rigole un peu, quel est encore ce chauffeur de taxi empereur des arts divinatoires… -Figure toi que lorsque la semaine dernière je suis monté à la capitale, en sortant de l’aéroport je me suis engouffré dans le premier taxi que j’ai pu prendre et, en papotant, durant le trajet, le chauffeur m’a dit : “Avec votre accent, vous arrivez du sud, vous !”. “C’est exact, je viens de Perpignan”. “Ah oui, c’est la ville du FN, celle dont Louis Aliot est le maire”. “Bien vu !”. “Au fait, je ne suis pas un marabout mais je peux vous dire qui sera le prochain maire de Perpignan”… “Ah bon ?!”. “Oui, on le connait déjà. Ce sera NasDas* ! Vous pariez combien ?”. “Oh !”. “Cela vous en bouche un coin, hein ! C’est pas une blague. Plusieurs Perpignanais que j’ai transporté dans mon taxi m’ont parlé de lui. Ils le considèrent comme le Zorro des temps modernes. Moi, je ne connais pas Perpignan, je n’y ai jamais mis les pieds, je me suis juste posé à côté, en vacances, pour suivre une année le Tour de France, à Argelès-Gazost**. Un influenceur des réseaux sociaux, qui plus est un grand frère, à la tête d’une ville comme Perpignan, ça aurait de la gueule, non ? En tout cas ce serait une première nationale”. -Et tu l’as cru ?  -Pourquoi pas… T’es marrant toi. NasDas, NasDas !… C’est plutôt bon comme scoop, non ? Faudrait peut-être songer à prévenir Louis Aliot, non ? -Excellente ta vision des chôôôses ! Tu reprends un demi ?     *NasDas est un influenceur perpignanais aux quelque quatre millions d’abonnés sur Snapchat. Il ravit les réseaux sociaux en filmant la vie dans son quartier gitan de Saint-Jacques, où il fait figure de grand frère, distribuant à l’entour argent et cadeaux que lui rapporte sa notoriété. **Argelès-Gazost est située dans le département des Hautes-Pyrénées. Rien à voir avec Argelès-sur-Mer. Une confusion qui est régulièrement faite par les touristes… et certains journalistes parisiens. Sans oublier, désormais, les chauffeurs de taxi parisiens.

A l’heure du petit-déj’, quelque part dans un troquet de Perpignan… -T’as vu, la commune du Barcarès a postulé elle-aussi pour accueillir le restaurant Les Grand Buffets de Narbonne… Il est vraiment fort cet Alain Ferrand (le maire, Ndlr), il tire sur tout ce qui bouge ! Il a toujours un déclic d’avance quand il s’agit d’être attractif. Y’a pas un élu dans les P-O qui lui arrive à la cheville, côté dynamisme. C’est de la dynamite ! -“N’exagère pas trop. Te laisse pas emballer par la marinade ! D’abord parmi les critères souhaités par le boss des Grands Buffets de Narbonne pour implanter son futur projet, il y a obligatoirement la présence d’une sortie d’autoroute…”. -Elle y est la bretelle de l’A-9 ! Elle est à Leucate. C’est à côté ! -“Oui, mais Leucate c’est pas Le Barcarès. Et la commune de Leucate les veut aussi, ces Grands Buffets de Narbonne. D’ailleurs, elle s’est déjà positionnée pour les accueillir. Tu veux mon sentiment ?”. -Oui, vas-y. Avec toi je m’attends à tout… et à son contraire ! -“Plus sérieusement, et très sincèrement, je pense que la commune du Barcarès aurait plus de chance à se décarcasser pour atteindre une autre ambition : candidater auprès du ministère de l’Intérieur afin de recevoir le projet de la nouvelle prison de Perpignan. Voilà ce que j’en pense. Au sein de la métropole perpignanaise, je ne vois pas une autre commune mieux placée sur le territoire pour fixer le futur centre pénitentiaire des P-O. Quand on connait le terrain, y’a l’espace pour !”.  

L’interview

• Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines/ Jeudi 5 septembre, 18H 30 : vernissage de l’exposition de Lilian Coquillaud et Laurie Jolley à la Galerie des Deux-Clochers
• Canet-en-Roussillon/ 14 & 15 septembre : 24e édition de “La Ferme à Canet”, l’élevage entre en Jeux !… en partenariat avec la FDSEA66 et les Jeunes Agriculteurs (JA66)
• Perpignan/ Salvador Dali : 59e anniversaire de la “visite délirante” de l’artiste
• Baixas/ Dimanche 1er septembre : vide-greniers et forum des associations
• Leucate (Aude)/ En plein concert, Michaël Youn diffuse le numéro d’un député RN : “C’est d’une débilité profonde”
• Thuir/ “Morts pour la France” : cérémonie de dévoilement de la plaque
• Canet-en-Roussillon/ Etang : la Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) alerte
• France/ Les températures du jour : 30°C attendus ce mardi après-midi à Perpignan… 33°C à Ajaccio, Biarritz et Toulouse
• Argentine/ Affaire Auradou – Jégou : la plaignante qui accuse les rugbymen français de viol a fait une tentative de suicide, selon ses avocats
• Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines/ Incendie du 24 août : Mme le maire communique…
• Espagne/ Carles Puigdemont : retour à Barcelone du fugitif, trois policiers catalans suspendus
• Perpignan/ La France Insoumise (LFi) : “Censure, mobilisation, destitution !”
• La Grande Motte (Hérault)/ Incendie criminel à la synagogue : “En Algérie, la presse va jusqu’à dire que l’attentat est un coup monté de la DGSE” !
• Le Soler/ Samedi 7 septembre, 18H 30 : concert de piano avec Sandrine Erdely-Sayo
• Banyuls-sur-Mer/ Samedi 7 septembre : vernissage de l’exposition de Marie-Claire Ramond & Nicole Abelanet
• Baixas/ Mercredi 28 août : soirée ciné sous les étoiles
• Perpignan/ Vendredi 30 août, 18H 30 : vernissage de l’exposition “Les skieuses égyptiennes” au restaurant Le Yucca
• Perpignan/ Mardi 3 septembre, 18H : présentation du livre “Histoire de Catalogne”, le point de vue catalan de Gentil Puig Moreno
• Targasonne/ 30 & 31 août : 2e édition du Festival de l’Air (le FAT), sur le site de Thémis Solaire Innovation
• P-O/ 25 septembre 2011 : le jour où Christian Bourquin complote avec son plus fidèle ennemi (politique) pour éliminer (politiquement s’entend) Jean-Paul Alduy

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• Laroque-des-Albères/ “Le Comptoir Rocatin” : la foule était bien présente, hier soir, pour la réouverture du célèbre restaurant avec aux commandes, désormais, Laurie Blanchin et Indiana Quings
• Laroque-des-Albères/ “Le Comptoir Rocatin” : la tradition culinaire dans l’innovation avec le mélange des goûts et des saveurs
• Sorède/ “Ma Maison” : une cuisine flamboyante, aux petits oignons !
• Saint-Cyprien/ Frédéric Bacquié : le Guide Michelin redécouvre la cuisine généreuse (et le talent) du Chef de L’Almandin…
• Saint-Cyprien/ Frédéric Bacquié : le Chef-cuisinier de L’Almandin met en scène la Truffe blanche du Piémont dans tous ses éclats… l’Excellence culinaire à la française !
• Zoom/ Argelès-plage : Ty Breizh, mieux qu’une simple poissonnerie… “LE” Jardin de la mer !
• Argelès-plage/ Julien Cortes : le jeune Chef-cuisinier du “Carnaval Café” ne cesse d’innover et de grandir devant ses fourneaux…
• Zoom/ Argelès-plage : chez Maria et Denis, le meilleur poulet rôti à la portugaise de la station… C ça k’sé bon !
• Argelès-plage/ David Mateu : le Chef du restaurant “Chez Denise” relève un défi culinaire avec… la Tarte Tatin aux moules !
• Collioure/ “Mamma” : le restaurant de l’hôtel Les Roches Brunes est ce week-end à la Une gastronomique du Figaro Magazine
• Zoom/ Argelès-plage : “Carnaval Café”, l’étape incontournable dans les soirées argelésiennes
• Argelès-plage/ “L’Essentiel” : la table incontournable qui influencera votre séjour !
• Zoom/ Argelès-sur-Mer : la Nouvelle Vague, restaurant-club de plage… c’est officiel, le bonheur est dans le sable
• Argelès-sur-Mer/ Florian Vallespi : c’est ce jeudi 23 juin que le Chef-cuisinier de L’Alto dévoile sa carte d’été… encore plus gourmande !
• Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines/ “Y’en aura pas pour tout le monde” : un restaurant pas comme les autres… le concept le plus dingue sous le soleil du Roussillon, exactement !
• Argelès-sur-Mer/ Saveurs ensoleillées : le “baba au rhum” revisité aux couleurs catalanes avec des cerises de Céret et un Rivesaltes tuilé Chez Denise
• Saint-André/ Restaurant L’Arago : avec ses “arancini” Jean-Michel Vuillemin nous met la cuisine sicilienne à la bouche… Volcanique !
• Laroque-des-Albères/ “Le Comptoir Rocatin” : une table extraordinaire est née…
• Argelès-plage nord/ Restaurant “La Nouvelle Vague” : un grand moment de gastronomie locale avec Franck Séguret et Florian Vallespi aux fourneaux… Magique !
• ARGELèS-PLAGE : titrée “Meilleure pizzaïolo de France”, Sylvie Caudrelier rejoint l’équipe du restaurant La Canne à Sucre, sur le front-de-mer !

• P-O/ Chambre de Métiers et de l’Artisanat (CMA66) : l’actualité de la semaine
• France/ Les températures du jour : plus de 30°C attendus ce lundi après-midi en Roussillon
• P-O/ 18 – 22 septembre 2024 : Journées mondiales du nettoyage de la planète

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Billionaires are getting ready for summer with wildly spectacular superyachts

• Superyachts, the most expensive asset  a billionaire can own, are pushing the boundaries of luxury.
• The boats, which cost eight or nine figures, are getting larger and include more features than ever.
• From massage rooms to basketball courts, here's what the world's richest want on board.

For many wealthy boat owners, a private spa is a must-have on board. A sauna is a nice touch. A Jet Ski or two makes days at sea way more fun. And if you don't have someone on board who can whip up a Michelin-star-worthy meal , you might as well stay on land.

In the world of massive yachts , there's no such thing as too much. After all, if someone spends eight or nine figures to design the vessel of their dreams — or at least $500,000 a week to charter one — more is more.

"Yachting. It's not rational; it's emotional," Ralph Dazert, the head of intelligence at SuperYacht Times, told Business Insider at the Palm Beach International Boat Show, where dozens of superyachts — often defined as vessels over 30 meters in length — were on display.

And while there are certain classic features, such as jacuzzis and bars, what superyacht owners want is evolving, insiders at the show said. That might mean more crew members, more space for helicopters, or more water toys, but might also include manicure salons and putting greens.

"The bar of what is the baseline expectation has increased exponentially just over the last four or five years," Anders Kurtén, the CEO of brokerage Fraser Yachts, said. Clients are "spending more time on the boat and really wanting to extend the lifestyle they lead on the shore."

A lot of this can be chalked up to the pandemic. Superyacht purchases and charters spiked as life and luxury travel on land screeched to a halt. While the market has moderated slightly, the number of superyachts on order — 1,166 as of September, according to Boat International's Global Order Book — is still above pre-pandemic norms.

"What the pandemic really showed is that the appetite for being out there at sea, sort of living the marine lifestyle, is still as valid as ever," Kurtén said.

That means there's a lot of money on the water. The total value of the 203 superyachts over 30 meters delivered last year was $6.4 billion, according to data from SuperYacht Times. New custom builds from the world's most prestigious shipyards — Lurssen, Feadship, Oceanco , Benetti — can run into the hundreds of millions. Even used superyachts at the Palm Beach show cost as much as $75 million.

And it's not just traditional buyers like retired wealthy couples looking for a place to relax or celebrities looking for a place to party away from the paparazzi. New clients are often younger and have families, so want areas to work and watch movies . They also want pricey water toys, access to fitness equipment, or even pizza ovens for picky eaters.

"This would've never happened in the nineties," said Giovanna Vitelli, the vice president of the Azimut Benetti Group, the world's biggest producer of superyachts. "You would go with your beautiful woman, Champagne — the idea of yachting was much more showing off with your jacuzzi and things like that."

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Pure opulence has made room for function.

When Benetti's Nabila set sail in 1980, its 50-person crew, gold-and-diamond-encrusted interiors, and lavish parties captured headlines and even inspired the Queen song "Kashoggi's Ship."(Seven years later, Donald Trump bought Nabila for $30 million , renaming her the Trump Princess.)

"Life on board was considered very formal — big formal dining rooms, boats were high on the water, you would be segregated from the rest of the world," Vitelli said, remembering another client who insisted on a replica of the Sistine Chapel above the dining table.

But the ostentatious, palatial-like interiors that used to be highlighted in yacht brochures have made way for lists of more functional features .

Rather than esoteric novelties like an extra-large safe for rifles that one builder had to construct per a Russian yacht owner's request , the superyachts on display at the Palm Beach show featured basketball courts, saunas, and ice baths.

Owners want elevators and luxury gyms. Pampering options, be it a massage room, manicure station, or a professional-grade facial machine, are a dime a dozen. Some bathrooms have fancy Toto toilets, which can cost around $20,000.

Sterns (that's the back of the boat) used to be built high to guard guests' privacy. Now, they're built as "beach clubs" — an open swim platform.

And what good is a massage room if no one on board can give one? Many superyachts can hold twice as many crew members as guests, if not more. One broker, representing a boat that didn't have a masseuse, said it could be quite a "tricky" issue because if a charter wants one, they have to find someone who can massage guests and "pull their weight with the crew."

"It's not uncommon to look for a deckhand who can also mix a martini, play an instrument, maybe entertain the guests with singing, and ideally even give a massage," Kurtén said.

Of course, a crew comes at a cost . Most are considered full-time employees, requiring salaries and benefits like health insurance. Captains, first mates, and chief engineers often make six figures a year. That's without tips; a charter guest will typically spend six figures on gratuities for the crew who worked during a weeklong vacation.

For the superrich, there must be room for toys.

It's not just the onboard amenities that count. What's known as "toys" in the industry — water slides, eFoils, Jet Skis, and underwater scuba diving jets — are popular, and costs range from merely hundreds of dollars (banana boats) to millions ( submersibles , which are still popular despite the recent tragedy).

" Tenders and toys, the sky seems to be the limit," Kurtén said. "More is more."

If you can't fit all those toys in the yacht's storage space, you can just use another boat. Jeff Bezos' support yacht is a superyacht in itself, measuring 75 meters and costing tens of millions of dollars. (His main yacht, Koru , cost a reported $500 million.)

Support yachts are also faster, meaning the crew can get to a destination first and set up the Jet Skis, seapools, and the like, Dazert said. "By the time the owner arrives on the main yacht, everything's set up, and he can go and have fun."

Even tenders, the smaller vessel that brings guests from the ship to the shore, are getting glow-ups. The Nero, a 90-meter beauty available to charter for about $500,000 a week and modeled after J.P. Morgan's 1930s ship, has custom-built tenders to match the design. The most expensive ones often cost seven figures. Nero has three.

"It used to be a tender was a tender," Jeffrey Beneville, who handles yacht insurance at NFP, told BI. "Now they're called limousine tenders. Think of an incredibly luxurious gondola that's got a hard top so nobody's hair gets mussed when they're being dropped off at the Monaco Yacht Club ."

One thing that clearly hasn't changed in superyachting: showing off. If the boat next door at the marina has an indoor-outdoor cinema, it's natural to want one too. Ditto a wine cellar or helipad.

"It's a bit of a celebration of your success in life, of wealth," Vitelli, whose company is behind the Lana yacht Bill Gates chartered for a birthday party three years ago, said. "You push it a little more."

And that's a boon for yacht makers and brokers catering to the superrich.

"Our job is to make clients' dreams come true," Kurtén said.

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Superyacht sales hit new highs as billionaires benefit from pandemic

Billionaires' wealth has grown by more than £2.5trn during the COVID pandemic as orders for luxury vessels soar. As a new variant, Omicron, threatens more restrictions across the globe, the rich and famous will be relieved they can hole up in their yachts.

By Kieran Devine, news reporter

Thursday 9 December 2021 15:50, UK

Superyacht sales have reached record levels as the soaring wealth of the world's richest people during the pandemic has led to a boom in orders.

More than a thousand superyachts are under construction worldwide, eclipsing the previous highest level of orders seen in 2009, according to figures in the latest Global Order Book, published by the magazine Boat International.

A superyacht is considered a leisure vessel more than 24 metres in length, with the largest - the Azzam, owned by the UAE leader Khalifa Al Nahyan - spanning 180 metres.

The surge in sales is believed to have been driven by the rising wealth of the world's richest during the pandemic.

Last year, billionaires saw the steepest increase in their share of global wealth since the World Inequality Lab began recording figures in 1995. They boosted their net worth by an additional £2.73trn.

The increase in billionaires' wealth has also led to more extravagant features on the biggest superyachts, with moon pools, submarines, and helipads featuring on larger vessels. It is believed that the most expensive superyachts can cost upwards of £1bn.

As a new coronavirus variant, Omicron , threatens further restrictions across the globe, many of the rich and famous will be glad they can hole up in their multi-million-dollar vessels.

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Conference facilities and offices are now being requested on board, although the best and most reliable internet connection at sea will require the installation of a satellite dish, with monthly data costs starting at over £1,350.

At the start of the pandemic the sight of some retreating to their superyachts sparked the ire of many, such as when David Geffen, a billionaire US entertainment mogul, told his Instagram followers that he was "Isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus" on his 138-metre superyacht, reportedly supported by a crew of 45 people.

It is not just the top end of the market that has seen a boom. Sales in smaller superyachts have grown by almost a third since last year, and second-hand sales are also at record highs.

The sales are good news for suppliers. Half of all superyachts this year will be built in Italy, while 81 will be built in the UK.

Superyacht UK, the industry body, states that the industry supports over 5,000 jobs and added over £300m in gross value added to the UK economy in 2019.

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YACHT HORROR: How did billionaire's 'unsinkable' boat end up on sea bottom? Back to video

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s cage was gilded to be sure but a cage nonetheless.

And when he was cleared, Lynch took pals for a Mediterranean cruise on his super yacht, the Bayesian, which he was mulling selling. That will never happen.

On Monday morning, the Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily killing Lynch, his daughter Hannah, 18, two couples and the yacht’s Canadian chef.

Now, investigators are trying to determine how — and why — the “unsinkable” 184-foot yacht sank 160 feet to the bottom of the sea. The yacht’s captain may be the only person who has the answers.

Here is the latest:

— Lynch’s daughter Hannah, 18, is still missing after five bodies were found in the wreck;

— His wife revealed she was awoken by a “tilt” as the yacht went down;

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— Experts believe the yacht’s “tallest mast in the world” may have contributed to the tragedy after a freak “Black Swan” weather event;

— Frantic text messages from survivors who piled into a tiny raft revealed the chaos.

For two hours following the disaster, police questioned Kiwi captain James Cutfield, 51.

One major question is why the Bayesian sank so quickly.

“Every time a vessel sinks, there is never just one reason,” shipwreck researcher Bertrand Scibo told The UK Sun . “It could be that the keel was also inside or outside, because they can remove the keel [sic].”

He added: [There would be] no reason to remove the keel because they do that only when they go into harbour. Only the captain will be able to answer this special question.”

So far, five bodies — including Lynch’s — have been recovered with six being confirmed dead. There were 15 survivors.

Scibo was also concerned regarding the slow trickle of information and answers being released by officials. He said “all the information seems to be a bit secret.”

The CEO of the company that manufactured the yacht, Giovanni Costantino, claimed his boats are “unsinkable” and the “safest ever.” Instead, he told Italian TV that “human error” was to blame.

As the horror unfolded in Porticello Harbour on Monday morning, witnesses in a smaller boat claimed the mast was hammered by a waterspout causing the boat to capsize — and then vanish beneath the waves.

A British lawyer specializing in maritime law told the Daily Mail that officials will likely target the crew for answers.

“They will want to find out if the captain was at fault over anything,” lawyer Stephen Askins said. “If I was looking at this I’d be very interested in the weather report, what the captain was briefing the crew and what the captain was briefing the owner.”

He added: “It’s a case of looking at what happened and then asking yourself whether in all the circumstances what he did was reasonable.”

Shipwreck researcher Scibo said open windows and portholes could also be a recipe for disaster with the water flooding in “very quickly,” expediting the yacht’s demise.

“If you’ve got a combination of all these reasons, the keel, the mast, the portal, the windows and this very big tornado,” he said. “You find the reason of the sinking.”

The child of Irish immigrants, Lynch won a scholarship to a posh private school and then attended Cambridge.

Only two months ago he won a shocking landmark victory in the U.S. courts. Tech giant Hewlett Packard claimed Lynch artificially inflated the value of his software firm, Autonomy.

He had sold Autonomy to HP for a whopping $11.7 billion in 2011.

Prosecutors had accused Lynch, along with Autonomy’s finance executive Stephen Chamberlain — who died in a tragic car crash Saturday — padded Autonomy’s bottom line.

After being cleared, Lynch told The Times of London that he had feared dying in prison.

″If this had gone the wrong way, it would have been the end of my life as I have known it in any sense,” Lynch told the newspaper. “It’s bizarre, but now you have a second life — the question is, what do you want to do with it?”

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to join the exclusive club of yacht-owning tech tycoons as the rumoured owner of Oceanco's mighty 127m sailing yacht . Though it should come as no surprise - other big names in tech such as the late Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Paul Allen have been responsible for some of the biggest and most ground-breaking superyachts in the world...

The 127-metre Oceanco sailing yacht Koru, formerly Y721, was launched and reportedly delivered to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in April 2023. This three-masted schooner, meaning “new beginnings” in Maori, with an expected 33000 GT and a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, is the largest in the world and the longest built in the Netherlands at Oceanco. Knocking Lürssen's Eos , owned by Biller and Diane von Furstenburg, off the top spot, Koru harnesses design similarities with her black hull, white superstructure and classic lines. However, the intricate gold paintwork, scarlet bootstrap and elaborate figurehead on the bow particularly set her apart.

Larry Ellison

American business magnate Larry Ellison is the co-founder of the billion-dollar computer tech corporation Oracle. In 2004, he commissioned the 138-metre Lürssen superyacht Rising Sun (pictured), which stands today as the 15th largest yacht in the world. It was also the last yacht that ever came from the drawing boards of legendary designed Jon Bannenberg, sporting a military-esque profile with a lean destroyer-type hull and extensive use of structural glass . Rising Sun boasts 8,000m² of living space including a wine cellar and basketball court, with a crew of 45. One of her tenders, a catamaran, even carries the yacht’s 4x4 vehicle ashore. 

Ellison later sold the yacht to media mogul David Geffen and has since hosted a parade of Hollywood's glitterati on board including Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen and Oprah Winfrey – to name a few. 

In 2011, Ellison appeared to downsize and took delivery of the 88-metre Feadship Musashi . Not unlike Rising Sun in its appearance, structural glass features heavily throughout with a central glass lift, surrounded by a stainless steel and glass staircase that passes through every deck.

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The late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is responsible for two of the most iconic superyachts in the world. At 126-metres in length, Octopus is perhaps his most famous. Built by Lürssen in 2003, this ice-classed superyacht was designed for extended cruising to the most remote locations on earth with a range of 12,500 nautical miles. Home to a helicopter garage, drive-in tender garage, six tenders, and a submarine, she packs a serious punch within her 9,932GT – not to mention the cinema, swimming pool, recording studio, basketball court and spa. At the end of 2019, she joined the market for the very first time , having completed an eight-month refit at Blohm+Voss, and remains the benchmark for exploration yachting.

Tatoosh is another honourable mention and was built by German shipyard Nobiskrug in 2000, three years prior to the delivery of Octopus . At 92-metres, she's smaller than her successor, but to describe Tatoosh as "small" would be a severe understatement. Highlights include a six-foot-deep swimming pool, a pair of helipads, a crew of 30, and a custom 12-metre Hinckley powerboat that she carries on her top deck. Tatoosh is also listed for sale following a refit earlier this year. 

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The 78-metre Feadship Venus was built for the late Apple boss and founder Steve Jobs. Built under the codename Project Aqua, Venus was launched to international fanfare in 2012, heralded for its extensive use of glass and pared-back design courtesy of Philippe Starck . Innovative features include a false top deck that conceals the communication and television receivers from view and a passarelle that, when opened, looks like the charging port of an iPhone. Venus ’s interior details have been closely guarded since its launch. Sadly, Jobs died a year before the yacht was delivered.

Charles Simonyi

Charles Simonyi led the team that built the first edition of the Microsoft Office software suite and was rumoured to have previously owned Lürssen’s iconic 71-metre SKAT .  Nearly two decades after her launch in 2002, she joined the market for the first time and now Simonyi is thought to have upgraded to the 89-metre Lürssen Norn . Both yachts, penned by Espen Onion, share similar design features. Standout features include an alfresco cinema and adapted depth pool floor with dance floor. Norn was delivered in May 2023.

Sergey Brin

Google co-founder Sergey Brin reportedly owns the high-speed SilverYachts superyacht named Dragonfly , after Google’s once-secret project to launch a censored search engine in China. Delivered in 2009, the 73.3-metre Dragonfly was hailed as the fastest, most fuel-efficient long-range cruising superyacht on the water with a transatlantic range at 22 knots and a fuel consumption of only 360 litres per hour at 18 knots, extending her range to 4,500 nautical miles. Dragonfly is said to have a dance floor and open-air movie theatre on board. The vessel was applauded for its contribution to the disaster relief effort in Vanuatu after Hurricane Pam devastated the island in 2015. The crew reportedly moved 62 metric tons of freshwater ashore, treated over 250 patients, facilitated three medical evacuations, and built shelters in multiple villages and cleared numerous helicopter landing zones for ongoing support.

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Google’s billionaire co-founder Larry Page purchased the 60-metre explorer yacht conversion Senses from a New Zealand businessman Sir Douglas Myers back in 2011. The globe-trotting superyacht features interiors by Philippe Starck and can accommodate a total of 12 guests on board, with primary guests reaping the benefits of the master suite's gyro-stabilised bed. Senses also houses an exceptional toy box with three high-speed tenders, six wave runners, a jet board and a JetLev. According to the New Zealand Herald, Senses is currently undergoing a refit in Whangārei, New Zealand, after being sold to an unknown buyer in 2020. 

Barry Diller

The world’s largest three-masted schooner – also the third largest sailing yacht in the world – is owned by fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg and her husband Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia Group. The 92.92-metre sailing yacht, named Eos , was built in Germany by Lürssen and delivered in 2006 with a trio of masts that stand 61-metres tall. The sailing yacht has hosted the couple's star-studded group of friends including Andy Cohen, Gayle King, Bradley Cooper, Harry Styles and Karlie Kloss. The interiors were designed by Francois Catroux, who Vanity Fair named as “the super-rich's favourite interior designer" in 2016.

Mark Zuckerburg

The 107-metre Kleven superyacht Andromeda was built for serial superyacht owner Graeme Hart and delivered under the name Ulysses . In 2017, a year after its launch, rumours began circulating that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg had purchased the rugged, six-deck explorer (although a Facebook spokesperson was quick to stamp out the rumours and released a statement denying the claims). Andromeda can carry 36 guests and is equipped with an impressive inventory of toys and tenders, including six motorbikes, two ATVs, a helicopter and an amphibious rib. Five years after her launch, Andromeda still ranks among the largest explorer yachts in the world . 

Eric Schmidt

The former Google ceo Eric Schmidt backed out of the purchase of the abandoned 81.3-metre Oceanco Alfa Nero but has been said to have moved onto become the new owner of a 95-metre Lürssen. Kismet was sold in September 2023 to the billionaire as part of one of the biggest brokerage deal of the year. With the details shrouded in secrecy the yacht is now aptly known as Whisper . Espen Onio was responsible for her iconic exterior while inside was thanks to  Reymond Langton , achieving the original brief from the previous commissioning owner Shahid Khan of “caviar and champagne.” Standout details include the hi-tech, art deco saloon, a private observation platform and the Persian-inspired spa area.

The co-founder and former ceo of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, has been rumoured to own the 99.9-metre Feadship , Moonrise. The yacht’s clean and strong lines, penned by Chris Bottoms from Studio de Voogt , won the highly competitive class of best displacement motor yachts above 3,000 GT in the World Superyacht Awards 2021. Features include the helicopter landing deck and modern interiors by Remi Tessier . Accommodation is for up to 16 guests, and there are 32 crew members onboard Moonrise to attend to the guests' every need. The Ukrainian-American mogul is also said to own the accompanying support vessel Nebula.

Evan Speigel

The Silicone Valley ceo, Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel has been reportedly said to own the 94.8-metre Feadship Bliss. Delivered in 2021 the motor yacht penned by Feadship's Studio De Voogt Naval Architects has most recently been spotted cruising Auckland in September 2023. Spiegel is rumoured to be Feadship's younger client. Bliss can accommodate up to 18 guests across nine staterooms; however little else is known about the 2983 GT yacht.

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Naufrage d’un yacht en Sicile : qui était Mike Lynch, ce milliardaire « dominant et intimidant », mort tragiquement ?

Par The Economist le 22.08.2024 à 15h50 , mis à jour le 22.08.2024 à 16h25 Ecouter 5 min.

Quand la mer a emporté son bateau de luxe au large de la Sicile, le milliardaire britannique Mike Lynch fêtait sa victoire contre Hewlett-Packard au terme d’une des plus grandes batailles judiciaires de la Silicon Valley. La fin tragique d’un patron hors du commun, visionnaire et brutal.

Aux premières heures du 19 août, un superyacht appartenant à l’épouse de Mike Lynch, un entrepreneur technologique britannique qui, il y a quelques mois à peine, a été blanchi dans une vaste affaire de fraude aux États-Unis, a été frappé par une forme de tornade, au large de la côte nord de la Sicile, et a chaviré. Le 22 août, il a été confirmé que M. Lynch figurait parmi les cinq corps repêchés dans le yacht naufragé ; les équipes de secours ont continué à rechercher les victimes, dont une femme disparue. C’est la fin tragique d’une histoire extraordinaire. Une fin qu’il ne pouvait anticiper, lui le spécialiste du théorème de Bayes, une formule du XVIII siècle, qui affirme qu’avec une bonne compréhension des probabilités, la plupart des résultats sont prévisibles.

Le yacht de Mike Lynch, un hommage à son entreprise Autonomy

La pensée bayésienne était au cœur et au corps de l’ étonnante ascension de Mike Lynch. C’était le sujet de sa thèse à Cambridge et la base d’Autonomy, la société, un éditeur de logiciels, qu’il a fondée en 1996 et vendue à Hewlett-Packard (HP) pour 11,7 milliards de dollars en 2011, ce qui lui a rapporté 800 millions de dollars. Mike Lynch avait baptisé son yacht désormais immergé Bayesian.

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La bataille juridique de Mike Lynch, qui dure depuis des années et qui a été déclenchée par la vente d’Autonomy, est considérée comme l’une des plus grandes affaires de fraude de la Silicon Valley. Le « Bill Gates britannique » était accusé par HP d’avoir utilisé de « graves irrégularités comptables » pour gonfler la valeur d’Autonomy, Mike Lynch a été placé en détention et extradé vers l’Amérique en chaîne. Faisant face à 15 chefs d’accusation de fraude et de conspiration, il a été assigné à résidence à San Francisco. HP, qui a déprécié la valeur d’Autonomy de 8,8 milliards de dollars dans l’année qui a suivi son achat, a finalement été démantelé en 2015.

Les chances de succès de M. Lynch étaient énormes. Moins de 1 % des affaires fédérales se terminent par un acquittement. La grande majorité des accusés plaident coupable en échange de peines plus clémentes. Pour ne rien arranger, Charles Breyer, le juge qui devait entendre l’affaire de M. Lynch, avait déjà emprisonné Sushovan Hussain, l’ancien directeur financier de l'éditeur de logiciels Autonomy. Un juge britannique avait également statué en faveur de HP dans un autre procès civil.

Qui est Mike Lynch ? Un « patron contrôlant, dominant et intimidant »

Sa décision de se présenter à la barre était un autre pari. Les procureurs fédéraux ont dépeint M. Lynch comme un « patron contrôlant, dominant et intimidant ». Il était, ses avocats l’ont admis, un « dur à cuire ». Mais ils ont insisté sur le fait qu’il déléguait la majeure partie de la comptabilité et qu’il était le prototype du « startuper » qui aimait inventer des choses.

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Mike Lynch avait déjà déjoué les pronostics. Né à Londres d’un pompier et d’une infirmière, il passait ses vacances à travailler comme agent d’entretien à l’hôpital de sa mère. Élève doué, il obtient une bourse pour Bancroft’s, une école privée de Londres, et étudie ensuite les sciences naturelles à Cambridge. C’est là qu’il s’est plongé dans la reconnaissance adaptative des formes, une forme précoce d’intelligence artificielle (AI) qui a ensuite alimenté la croissance d’Autonomy. Autonomy et Darktrace, une société de cybersécurité qu’il a cofondée, avaient toutes deux leur siège dans le bourg.

Mike Lynch, le naufrage d’un homme libre

L’entrepreneur a toujours clamé son innocence. « La comptabilité des logiciels est complexe », a-t-il déclaré après son acquittement. Il a déclaré que les méthodes d’enregistrement de son entreprise étaient la norme dans le secteur. De retour en Grande-Bretagne, il était impatient de se remettre à innover et s’est engagé à faire campagne contre ce qu’il considérait comme des lois injustes sur l’ extradition entre la Grande-Bretagne et l’Amérique. Il a déclaré aux journalistes qu’il attendait avec impatience sa « seconde vie » en tant qu’homme libre.

M. Lynch fêtait sa victoire au tribunal à bord du Bayesian lorsque le violent coup de vent s’est abattu. Ses invités comprenaient Chris Morvillo, l’associé qui a dirigé l’équipe de défense de M. Lynch chez Clifford Chance, un cabinet d’avocats, et Jonathan Bloomer, un témoin clé dans le procès, et le président de la branche internationale de Morgan Stanley, une banque, qui sont tous les deux considérés comme faisant partie des corps retrouvés et donc des victimes. Le fait que la vie de Mike Lynch ait également été écourtée est un dernier rebondissement cruel.

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Founded in 2003, the company was named for 17th century Dutch boat builder Franz Timmerman who brought Dutch boat manufacturing techniques to Russia and co-founded the Russian navy. Timmerman Yachts has more than 1,000 employees working at the Moscow Shipyard.

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"Une éraflure qui va coûter cher": le yacht de Steve Jobs percute le bateau d'un milliardaire à Naples

Capture de la vidéo diffusée par Ricardo Salinas Pliego sur X le 7 août 2024 montrant le Venus, yacht de Steve Jobs entrer en collision avec le Lady Moura. - Ricardo Salinas Pliego - X

Les réparations vont coûter cher. Dans une vidéo publiée ce mercredi 7 août sur X, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, un milliardaire mexicain en séjour en Italie, montre la collision entre son bateau, le Lady Moura et le célèbre yacht Venus. Autrefois propriété de Steve Jobs , le cofondateur d'Apple mort en 2011, le navire de luxe appartient désormais à sa veuve Laurence Powell Jobs.

"Vous ne le croirez pas, mais nous avons été heurtés par le yacht de Steve Jobs alors que nous étions à Naples", a déclaré Ricardo Salinas Pliego sur X.

"Une grosse éraflure qui va coûter cher"

"J'aimerais bien savoir ce que faisaient le capitaine et l'équipage pour ne pas voir un yacht de la taille du mien devant eux", s'est interrogé l'homme d'affaires de 68 ans, fondateur et président de Grupo Salinas, un conglomérat d'entreprises.

Dans les images diffusées par Ricardo Salinas Pliego montrent le Venus s'approcher lentement de la coque du Lady Moura, avant de le percuter à l'arrière. Selon la chaîne de télévision italienne Sky TG24, la collision a eu lieu le 22 juillet dernier. Ni Don Ricardo Salinas Pliego ni Laurence Powell Jobs ne se trouvaient à bord de leurs bateaux respectifs au moment de l'incident.

"La bonne nouvelle est qu’il n’y a rien eu d’autre qu’une égratignure, mais c’est une grosse éraflure qui va coûter cher", a-t-il ajouté.

Le milliardaire a d'ores et déjà invité ses abonnés à acheter des produits de la marque Apple sur son site de distribution Elektra afin d'"aider à rembourser cette petite blague".

Le Venus, d'une valeur 120 millions de dollars, a été conçu par le designer et architecte français Philippe Starck en 2009 et achevé trois ans plus tard, après la mort de Steve Jobs. L'esthétisme du yacht est épuré, pour ressembler le plus que possible aux produits Apple, indique le magazine Forbes .

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