Lifestyles of the rich and famous

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The Cannes Film Festival is host to many celebrities from around the world, but for any yachting enthusiast, this time of the year, and especially this event, is of great significance, as during this time, there are many yachts that are moored here, at the International Yacht Club of Antibes. This dock is also called the Dock of the Billionaires, and is home to a great number of mega yachts that dock here, during the Cannes Film Festival. And since the Monte Carlo Grand Prix is also held at the same time and in the same place, many tycoons from varying fields come together here, and on their yachts, and this creates a spectacular show of what money can buy!

One such behemoth is the Senses, which is a yacht which is 194 feet long. And this yacht is laden with many ‘toys’. Now, toys is a general term which is used in yachting lingo quite a lot, and it can mean that the yacht has anything from a submarine to a Jet Ski! Senses is an exploration yacht, and is equipped accordingly. There are a total of four decks, and that itself truly sets this yacht apart from the rest. Alan Gibbs is the co-owner of this yacht, and he is a renowned inventor and telecommunications tycoon from New Zealand. The Senses costs a staggering $40 million, and if that is not enough to blow your hats off, the fuel tank of this pristine yacht costs $80,000 to fill completely! And Gibbs has taken this behemoth almost everywhere around the world. And according to him, this yacht is the first proper big yacht that has ever visited Tunisia. And he is of the opinion that, even though the yacht will not get him to the moon, it is possibly the best way to travel the world in!

Stamm’s Dream IMOCA 60

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IMOCA 60 Cheminees Poujoulat has been recovered broken and partially and the sight was a rather sad one. It was a dream of Bernard Stamm and seeing the boat broken into two parts aptly describes what Stamm must be feeling. Stamm set sail with his crew Damien Guillou and was rescued on Christmas Eve. Fortunately none of the crew members were missing but his Open 60 was gone and broken into two halves.

Once they were rescued the search for their boat started but with little results. Recently some parts of that boat came up and that was how the whole thing was recovered. People who recovered the boat said that it is in a very bad condition and it is almost non repairable now. Everything including the cargo vessel has been destroyed and nothing can be done with the boat. A video of the recovery was also uploaded for people to see the condition and it clearly shows that main hull and the bows has been completely detached from each other and after the whole thing was dragged to recovery only bits and pieces are left from them.

In an interview with Bernard Stamm he said about the experience of that sail and how the watertight bulkheads came to their rescue. He also went on to point that every yacht should have a proper watertight bulkhead that would at least let the crew members survive in case of any unforeseen incident. He was very upset on seeing the video of the recovery and thinks that it would be difficult for him to go back to the waters again. He also left a question into the minds of people when he said that it is unusual for a yacht of that stature and one that is participating in a Grand Prix to break down into parts.