Simply $50.5 Million Buys You a Superyacht That Sank a Fuel Tanker Ship

For those who’re out there for a middle-of-the-road, used superyacht, look no additional than the Utopia IV. This elegant yacht can cruise at brisk 24 knots, comfortably sleeps 12 visitors, with room for 13 crew members and also will survive hitting a gasoline tanker.

The Utopia IV is on the market at a cool $51.5 million at Moran Yacht & Ship. Rossinavi shipyards constructed this 206-foot lengthy, high-performance yacht in 2018. That very same 12 months, on Christmas Eve, simply north of New Windfall Island within the Caribbean, the Utopia IV bumped into the again of the oil tanker Tropic Breeze. The Breeze was about two-thirds the dimensions of the yacht, at 160 toes, based on Boat Worldwide. The Utopia IV pierced the Breeze’s hull, sending it 1.2 miles to the ocean flooring beneath. All the seven-member crew was rescued.

You may assume such a collision would have an effect on the resale worth of the Utopia IV however, whereas it was towed again to a shipyard for security after taking over some water, the yacht itself was barely broken within the collision. In reality, only a few months later, it might win a number of yacht awards, such because the World Superyachts Award “2019 Semi-Displacement or Planing Motor Yachts – 40m and above” and the Worldwide Superyacht Society Awards of “2019 Greatest Energy 40m – 65m,” based on the itemizing.

The Utopia IV isn’t simply excellent for ramming different unsuspecting vessels. The inside is filled with items of Hermes and Armani, and extra. From the itemizing:

The forward-facing proprietor’s suite has a commanding 180-degree panoramic view offered by floor-to-ceiling home windows and includes a grand lavatory with a double bathe and jacuzzi. The main bedroom additionally comprises a sitting room, workplace, and personal balcony.

A notable function of the UTOPIA IV yacht is her spectacular stern seaside membership. The transom folds down so as to add 754 sq. toes of swim platform to the bar and rest space contained in the vessel. Mild filters down above the bar from the ceiling by the glass-bottom pool on the principle deck above.

Sounds good, in all probability?

This 12 months had one thing of a Summer season of the Superyachts. First, Russian oligarchs had their ships seized as a part of sanctions around the globe over the struggle in Ukraine, together with a $700-million superyacht in all probability owned by Vladdy P. himself. A Ukrainian sailor additionally tried to sink his boss’s massive boat shortly after the invasion started. This spurred curiosity in superyachts on the whole. American publications revealed simply how a lot cash U.S. oligarchs had been sinking into larger and better-than-anyone-else boats. And who may overlook the potential egging of Jeff Bezos’ $540-million world-record breaking crusing yacht by indignant Dutch folks. That didn’t occur, solely as a result of Bezos was capable of keep away from a historic bridge altogether quite than have the bridge dismantled.