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10-05-2022, 07:21 PM
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Guru
City: Saint Petersburg
Vessel Name: Weebles
Vessel Model: 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 5,090
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Boat Grime at Cannes - aka Rich Folk Problems
Unfortunately, behind a paywall, but Wall Street Journal has an article that, due to a 500-year drought in Europe, boats at the Cannes Superyacht Show are prevented from washing their yachts with publically available water.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cannes-..._relatedinline
The Cannes yacht clientele, which includes some of the wealthiest people in the world, is not generally accustomed to compromise. Yachts, and mega yachts in particular—typically defined as boats longer than 80 feet—are among the most expensive merchandise money can buy. Dilbar, a 512-foot vessel owned by the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and now seized by the German government, is estimated to be worth $600 million.
“It was of genuine concern when we first heard about the situation,” said Simon Clare, marketing director for Princess Yachts, a manufacturer in the United Kingdom, as he sat on the Cannes docks under a scalding midday sun. “We immediately started brainstorming as to how to cope. Nobody wants to look at a dirty boat.” Using extra polish to keep the surfaces shiny was one stopgap, he said."
Heart be still......
Peter
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1970 Willard 36 Sedan Trawler
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10-05-2022, 07:33 PM
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Guru
City: Queensland
Vessel Model: Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 4,793
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No watermaker eh?
Must suck being rich.
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10-05-2022, 08:15 PM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vessel Name: Xanadu
Vessel Model: Mainship 37 Motor Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,166
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I had the same thought - certainly those superyachts have industrial scale watermakers, don't they? How does Lovey Howell the Third take long showers and do laundry and fill the swimming pool on long voyages?
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10-05-2022, 08:29 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 12,650
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Surely they could switch from water to champagne. Vintage of course, none of that NV rubbish.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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