She is a independence,on steroids. Well lots and lots of them
She’s yar, but I just kept thinking about maintenance 32 feet is just enough Bruce for me.
Totally gorgeous - I love the woodwork everywhere (I don't want the job of maintaining the varnish) and the design of the main saloon and the cockpit.She’s yar, but I just kept thinking about maintenance 32 feet is just enough Bruce for me.
As a small comparasion om building times, the 108 foot Schooner Mariette was built in 1915 in seven months at the Herreshoff yard. Quite an amazing feat in the era of no computers and crude tools. The boat is simpler (still around) but was not four and a half years simpler. Those old shipwrights were quite amazing.
If you look at the profiles, Bruce King stands tall in a very august crowd.
Totally gorgeous - I love the woodwork everywhere (I don't want the job of maintaining the varnish) and the design of the main saloon and the cockpit.
I'd guess that maintenance and running costs for a boat like that would run about 0.75-1M/year. Plus ~$300K/yr for boat captain and 1-2 additional full time crew, and as-needed additional crew when guests are on board.
These are toys and status symbols for people who would see an annual running cost of ~1M/yr to be a rounding error on their overall net (multi-billion) income.
It would probably cost well north of $100K to charter it for a week - that would help pay for some of the running costs. :nerd: