A 20-year veteran worker of the super-yacht industry shared their experience dealing with the unhindered opulence of the ultra-wealthy. As it turns out, it was all just a genital measuring contest to see which rich person could one-up each other more. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET.
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“Twenty years in the superyacht business has certainly furnished me with a good few tales. It really is a different world, where the wealth is inordinate and the exploits beggar belief. The first time I set foot aboard a yacht in Monaco, I struggled to maintain a professional nonchalance: the immaculate interior, not one silk cushion out of place, and the attentive crew who knew what I wanted before I did. Same with the first time I stared down the foredeck of a 100m-plus yacht in Germany, struggling to wrap my head around the sheer scale of the vessel.
For the owners it’s all about one-upmanship: adding a 5m bowsprit to secure a longer total length than that of a friend’s yacht; commissioning the fastest boat in the world, as per the American entrepreneur John Staluppi’s 1988 Octopussy, built to break through the 50-knot barrier; or being the first to install a cryochamber, interactive wall display or staircase made entirely out of glass.
The list of tricks and gadgets I’ve encountered include full-sized padel courts, ten-person submarines and hydrographic installation systems to map the seabed. The 96.5m Faith, built by the high-end yacht manufacturer Feadship, even has a snow room in which guests can cool off.”
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