[SailMore]

Originally Posted by linnetwoods

Some of those vessels are so costly and immaculate that you'd be afraid to sit on any of the seating in case you crumpled the cushions - not my idea of an asset to be enjoyed. Inside the marina there are huge yachts that never go out or, if they do, they don't go more than a couple of miles to drop the anchor for the day, mostly scurrying back in before it gets dark!

This is probably anarchy, but I'd bet most people with a small yacht, whether sail or motor, have a lot more fun with their vessels than most of the owners of these huge showpieces...

Indeed. Makes me think about how so many people want to show off and spend hundreds of thousands and even thousands of thousands on expensive luxuries but never actually experience to true luxury that is it. Why buy a Lamborghini to drive 60mph? Why buy a yacht to leave it docked forever? Just a waste of a beautiful thing if you ask me... Stuff like that needs to be used.

[YachtNews]

Originally Posted by SailMore

Indeed. Makes me think about how so many people want to show off and spend hundreds of thousands and even thousands of thousands on expensive luxuries but never actually experience to true luxury that is it. Why buy a Lamborghini to drive 60mph? Why buy a yacht to leave it docked forever? Just a waste of a beautiful thing if you ask me... Stuff like that needs to be used.

Agreed. However, it must be taken into consideration, it is not your millions being used. Let the people who bought the thing decide what they want to do with it, it is theirs! but that the same time after spending so much money you should extensively use your asset or assets!

[NYCAP123]

Why buy a Lamborghini to drive 60mph? Why buy a yacht to leave it docked forever? Just a waste of a beautiful thing if you ask me... Stuff like that needs to be used.

I often kid friends that I have the fastest car on Long Island (a Hyundai) because if you cross 74mph the cops or the stop lights or traffic will slow you back down. I once followed a Ferrari from Hampton Bays to Sag Harbor. He continually cranked it up to about 100mph and 2 minutes later I'd be behind him again. Eventually I beat him to Sag.
If you own a beautiful yacht you have to spend most of your time working to pay for it. The ones who actually enjoy them is the crew. That works for me.

[YachtNews]

"Mirabella V" is up for sale. The 2004-Built Sloop, which also happens to be the largest is asking 49-Million Euros.

[brian eiland]

Originally Posted by NYCAP123

....If you own a beautiful yacht you have to spend most of your time working to pay for it. The ones who actually enjoy them is the crew. That works for me.

The lady who recently bought Maltese Falcon has this same problem, Hedge-fund manager Elena Ambrosiadou says she won't have time to sail the boat. “I work 16 hours a day, seven days a week. I doubt if I’ll be spending much time on her,” she told the Times. Otherwise, the yacht can be chartered for £375,000a week.

Originally Posted by PropBet

Maybe it's me, but that's pure insanity.
Perhaps we all ask ourselves at one time or another in our lives, do you work to live, or live to work.