Blue Book of Boats

CRASH!!! CRASHHHHHHH! KABOOM KABOOM KABOOM!!!!

Even in the wide ocean when there are absolutely no boats around, two powerboats manage to crash against each other at high speed. And the neat thing is that someone on the boat managed to capture the scene on video.

Luckily, no one was injured.

Still think that Tiger Woods’ $20 million yacht “Privacy” is expensive? How about Paul Allen – co-founder of Microsoft, the third richest man in the USA and – his yacht named “Octopus”….Octopus, the world’s 6th largest super yacht comes with a price tag of
$250 million US
with an annual maintenance cost of US$20 million.

The yacht has many additional accessories including
2 helicopters on the top deck,
a swimming pool on deck,
a 10-man submarine which can sleep 8 for a 2 week duration,
a remote control vehicle for crawling the ocean floors,
a 63 foot tender on the transom, and many many more……

The moral is: No matter how rich you are, somebody is richer,
No matter how pretty you are, somebody is prettier,
No matter how smart you are, somebody is smarter,
No matter how young you are, somebody is younger,
No matter how many postings you have on your blog, somebody has more,
No matter how good your blogs, someone else’s is better….

so just accept it, and life becomes much easier and more relaxed.

There was lots of secrecy about this megayacht when it was being built in the year 2004. In fact, the celebrity owner successfully sued the builder Christensen Yachts for exploiting his name and image to promote the company. With the information leak, everybody knows that the hull was numbered 26 and since it is a semi-custom boat, the specifications and details are readily obtainable from a similar yacht.

Okay, enough suspense, it belongs to none other than TIGER WOODS. The man who has everything? A megayacht, a gorgeous wife, beautiful baby…..what can I say?

By megayacht standards, this is a small yacht as it has only 5 guest cabins, and is only 155 feet long. It can go 12 to 17 nautical miles an hour, carries 12,000 gallons of fuel and 2,000 gallons of water. It has a range of 4,300 nautical miles. Now do the math, how much does it cost to fuel up? and what is the annual salary for his 9-man crew?

In amongst the beautiful yachts in BC, at anchor near one of the islands is this sailboat with no mast. Since it is at anchor, it’s not paying any rent or moorage. Yet it seemed to be well looked after, because someone is looking after the little garden on board. There are also two deck chairs for the owner and a friend to sit and relax, look out at the mountains, the water and the boats coming by. Plus, there is a BBQ for entertaining guests. If you utake a close look, there’s even Christmas lights on the plant by the bow. There’s even a hanging plant basket. So, will you take this boat if it is FREE? What’s the catch? It cannot go anywhere, it has no mast, and the engine is probably already dead.