Ghanaweb.com: Why Nigerian billionaire paid €3m to rent super yacht for birthday - Daughter explains
DJ Cuppy, the daughter of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has disclosed why her father spent a whopping €3 million to rent a luxurious yacht to celebrate his 60th birthday. The billionaire ...
Why Nigerian billionaire paid €3m to rent super yacht for birthday - Daughter explains
Sarasota Magazine: Renting a Yacht for a Birthday in NYC: What to Expect
Choosing to rent a yacht for NYC birthday is a strategic upgrade from traditional venues, combining private hospitality, controlled access, and a continuously changing skyline into a single, ...
Originaly the pond yacht model compition of the R boat were used to raise funds to sent the boat back to the R Boat Nationals at Larchmont NY back in the mid twenties. With West Coast skipper Matt Walsh at the helm "Pirate" won the R Nationals that year and brought the trophy back to the West Coast.
Perhaps it is a yacht phenomenon. Those are the types that push the envelope and get the speed results on the race track ( which of course includes windward performance as one of the more important criteria.)
I have a photo somewhere, currently cant find it, of Dyarchy, Carlotta, Kelpie (Crispin Rushworth Lund's boat at that time) and Moya a most beautiful large prawner yacht racing in the Old gaffers race at Dartmouth in the 70's.
Following several years of chartering in the West Indies, it was decided to completely gut CARIAD I and restore her to her original style and beauty. This was commenced in Antigua, West Indies in January 1981 and, when the vessel returned to England to participate in Cowes Week in 1983, the work was completed by Southampton Yacht Services.