The giant yacht - still docked?

[mlc2000]

Hmm..

"Enter Calixe, the property of a California newspaper publisher named Wendy McCaw, who has money to burn since receiving a $460 million (U.S.) divorce settlement from cellphone mogul Craig McCaw 12 years ago. Given the number of lawsuits recently sent her way by several dozen fired employees of the Santa Barbara News-Press, it's likely become a convenient excuse for staying away from home."

$460Million....hmmm, she likely spend half on this tug.

Mega-yachts are in the range of $1Million per foot.
At 200 feet, thats a pretty good chunk of change.

[pintobean]

Even if she blew $260 million on this yacht, she still has plenty of money left to live on. If she invested the remaining $200 million in a basic 2% high interest savings account, she'd be making more than $4 million per year, which would easily support her $200,000/month lifestyle as well as most of the expenses of the yacht.

Damn...the things I could do with just one year's worth of that interest payout.

[Munford]

4 years ago we were on my dad's business partners boat in NYC and this boat ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu_(yacht) ) was moored out on the Hudson. The boat we were on is a 38footer, and La Grand Bleu had a boat that size on one side of the deck, and we drove around to the other side and there was a sailboat around the same size too. Crazy amout of money. Its was owned by Roman Abramovich.

That being said, that was NYC, this is Toronto. I would take either of the boats

[Emancipated]

You think thats big? 4 years ago we were on my dad's business partners boat in NYC and this boat ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu_(yacht) ) was moored out on the Hudson. The boat we were on is a 38footer, and La Grand Bleu had a boat that size on one side of the deck, and we drove around to the other side and there was a sailboat around the same size too. Crazy amout of money. Its was owned by Roman Abramovich.

That being said, that was NYC, this is Toronto. I would take either of the boats


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu_(yacht)

Did you read the Wiki? It was owned by this lady's father-in-law at one point or another then sold off.

The McCaw empire is mighty impressive.

[Kaitlyn]

So I took some shots today... the position wasn't the greatest so it was hard to get some nice candid shots.. but oh well!

[loho33]

my geography and boat knowledge sucks...

which route does it take to get into Lake Ontario?
How far can these yatchs go? across the alantic?
Cost of fuel and kilometers on a tank?

[Heynow999]

It looks to big for the Erie canal, 21 feet max height.

http://www.nyscanals.gov/faq/index.html

I guess it would have to come down the St.Lawrence river and out around Nova Scotia if she wanted to go back to New York. That seems like a long way. Maybe she lives in Chicago, which you can get to throught lake Erie and lake Huron to Lake Michigan.

[Emancipated]

Someone with this much money should have no less than a Ferrari or Lambo that descends from a hidden compartment on the side like Knight Rider style. That way you have everything covered; land, air, and sea.

[CSAgent]

That looks like Ricky Tan's boat! The S.S. Minnow Johnson! Or was it the Red Dragon...

[pintobean]

FYI - I watched the boat leave the dock earlier today, so if anyone else was planning a field trip to take some pictures, you should cancel your plans.

[mlc2000]

my geography and boat knowledge sucks...

which route does it take to get into Lake Ontario?
How far can these yatchs go? across the alantic?
Cost of fuel and kilometers on a tank?

One thing about marina fuel.
Its the exact same stuff as car fuel, but it costs like 25cent/litre more.
Why? Because they can.
Where else are you going to fuel up?

[gilboman]

psssh..you call that a super yacht?

http://seafever.files.wordpress.com/...ht-octopus.pdf

400ft,2 choppers, 7 tenders, includes its own sub

[stealth]

One thing about marina fuel.
Its the exact same stuff as car fuel, but it costs like 25cent/litre more.
Why? Because they can.
Where else are you going to fuel up?

If its owned by an RFD'er, jerry cans....lots of them!
Only half joking, we have a couple boats and some jetskiis, they all get filled by jerry can 90% of the time instead of the marina. Part of the reason is its cheaper (more like 10cents per liter), the other is that the marinas in our area only have regular...no premium.

[Sanhedralite]

As of tonight it was still there.
It's still docking at the same place (Harbourfont-HTO Park) near the Fire Station.

It left yesterday. She comes every year.