Superyacht arrived, but whos on it?

kart

http://afloat.ie/port-news/cruise-liners/item/18629-super-yacht-air-sails-into-cork-harbour

It can be seen now in Port of Cork, same place where MS Julia was docked for months.
Probably stopping just for fuel and supplies as i seen fuel and supply trucks next to it this morning.

Any idea who is on it? Considering it is a yacht that hires for 750,000 bucks per week, it aint some average dude/dudette.

Helicopter pad too :eek:

howamidifferent

Probably Bertie....

miss_shadow

Nice fancy boat

scuby

nice alright. has been anchored off cobh for last 4/5 days

gbee

I saw four 'guests' arrive today, was monitoring comms and video. Looked like a boy band to me, but they were seriously underwhelmed by their tour.

BTW she broke the harbour speed limits as she left. Parking at the Cobh liner terminal as we speak. More pap work for me I hope/

minidazzler

It's mine, well, I'm renting it for a few weeks, gonna go fight me some pirates off somalia :pac:

Corkfeen

minidazzler wrote: »

It's mine, well, I'm renting it for a few weeks, gonna go fight me some pirates off somalia :pac:

You forgot me!

SeaFields

I passed this thing today in town. The photo above doesnt do justice to its size. Unreal. It's a different world that those that would be able to hire it live in.

Faith

I saw it today aswell. It's fecking huge. I was looking past it first, thinking it was one of the tankers or something! It's a giant house that floats.

eth0

The Crown-Prince of Nigeria, finally coming over to hand me the $1.2 million he promised me. First he was looking for money off me to get it past the customs so I told him feck it just bring it over when you'll be passing Ireland on yer boat

Statistician

The picture above doesn't look very impressive. Maybe it doesn't do it justice.
I've seen Bill Gates' yacht in Croatia. That was pretty large.

That's the problem with yachts, there is always someone with a bigger one...

brav

Statistician wrote: »

That's the problem with yachts, there is always someone with a bigger one...

Unless your Roman Abramovich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(yacht)

hoodwinked

rumour has it the occupier is using the helicopter to get to golf courses around Ireland,


other rumours are saying its Julia Roberts, :pac:

vrobot

Is it still there?

Nidot

Yacht is the 'Le Grand Bleu'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu_(yacht)

Nice piece of kit alright.

evilivor

Nidot wrote: »

Yacht is the 'Le Grand Bleu'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu_(yacht)

Nice piece of kit alright.

That's not the one in Cork, "Air" is.

gbee

Nidot wrote: »

Yacht is the 'Le Grand Bleu'.

She's not, AIR is built in the Netherlands your link was made in Germany. Feadship is a builder/rental cooperative with AIR currently flagged for civil charter from the Cayman Islands.

PS I speculate this is some Celtic Tiger money that was never found

gbee

vrobot wrote: »

Is it still there?

Cobh liner terminal. Next [scheduled] move 10th May 08:00 [but it does not say to where]

calnand

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ we could track it as it moves next, i folled the ms julia(wind perfection) on her journey a while back

goldie fish

gbee wrote: »

She's not, AIR is built in the Netherlands your link was made in Germany. Feadship is a builder/rental cooperative with AIR currently flagged for civil charter from the Cayman Islands.

PS I speculate this is some Celtic Tiger money that was never found

So we are back to bertie then?

scuby

Faith

Fabulous shots, scuby!

PWR

Maybe its George Clooney back for another visit?

ABajaninCork

Don't know how true it is, but I heard it WAS Abramovich. He was re-fuelling and was just dropping in to say 'Hi'!

gbee

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Don't know how true it is, but I heard it WAS ...........................

I had video of the guest arriving and boarding, they must have had anti Surveillance running or I never actually pushed the record button ~~~ devastated. :eek::o:mad:

beer enigma

They certainly get around - The chopper is Isle of Man registered and was photographed on the "Air" in Nassau Harbour in March 2012

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetwashphotos/6858376982/

breanach

A company we supply in cork refuelled her last week, they were saying it's some dot com billionaire.

Milly33

We saw her parked up just off Crookehaven this weekend fab looking boat..Still would like to know who is on board..

deRanged

it's back in Cobh today.

ScrubsfanChris

Info: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=319027100&header=true

Padraig Mor

Still down in Cobh this morning.

Malari

All that money....huge superyacht...chooses to stay in Cork for weeks on end :cool:

:P

WHL

Looking at marinetraffic she is on her way out of Cork Harbour at the moment

damo86

Shes anchored off Baltimore now!

tipptom

Hey,it just some hedge fund billionaire dropping in to thank us crazys for giving him back all the money that he lost on his bets.

keano25

For all the people asking who's on board, there is no one except crew on board, no celebs, millionaires etc. In fact I was informed of this by a crew member last week, it is just going around promoting itself at present and is heading to England next. Fueled up with 88,000 liters last week at 1.10 a liter. :O

UnknownSpecies

How were you talking to a crew member? Where is the crew from?

tipptom

keano25 wrote: »

For all the people asking who's on board, there is no one except crew on board, no celebs, millionaires etc. In fact I was informed of this by a crew member last week, it is just going around promoting itself at present and is heading to England next. Fueled up with 88,000 liters last week at 1.10 a liter. :O

Yon can buy it for about a euro a litre so ha we got some money back,in your face hedge fund billionaire:D

Padraig Mor

keano25 wrote: »

For all the people asking who's on board, there is no one except crew on board, no celebs, millionaires etc. In fact I was informed of this by a crew member last week, it is just going around promoting itself at present and is heading to England next. Fueled up with 88,000 liters last week at 1.10 a liter. :O

Promoting itself by mooring mostly in Cobh for 3 weeks?

evilivor

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Promoting itself by mooring mostly in Cobh for 3 weeks?

It's promoting itself as being better than Titanic…

kart

I was thinking for a lil while lately that it might be out just promoting itself, but i don't think this is true.
If you are out with this sort of yacht, you find better ways to promote yourself than staying in one place for so long. Unless its Monaco, Monte Carlo or some place similar. I think within few days it would have had done all the promoting in Cork and County coastline it would have needed.
It's not like we have a constant flow of billionaires piled in here.

gbee

It was definitely here for a charter, my word is at least one group arrived, took the tour and were gone. It's probably just doing 'cheap' charters ~ in Billionaire terms one can get almost any superyacht for pennies these days.

Charter companies are as much in trouble as anyone else, there is great 'value' in all things marine these days with big cruise ships losing passengers to the smaller lines and these in turn offering even cheaper packages and inducements.

Though my own personal take on this is it is the ghost of Charlie Haughey come to Cobh to rub the nose of Vincent Keaney, the former millionaire who danced on Charlie's grave.

Padraig Mor

She was ousted by a rather bigger boat today!

UnknownSpecies

Glengariff for the day it seems!

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=319027100&centerx=-9.876166&centery=51.50223&zoom=10&type_color=9

keano25

dorgasm wrote: »

Glengariff for the day it seems!

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=319027100¢erx=-9.876166¢ery=51.50223&zoom=10&type_color=9

En route to Bantry I believe. Was in Dingle last week before traveling back to Cobh. 10 bedrooms on board so possibility of 20 guests to share the 750k

evilivor

According to this badly written article, it was Reese Witherspoon and her husband. Or not.

gbee

evilivor wrote: »

According to this badly written article, it was Reese Witherspoon and her husband. Or not.

" and the annual Wooden Boat and Seafood Festival"

This has become STANDARD drivel now from festival organisers, been happening for a while already when stars are mentioned as possible festival hosts or guest appearances etc ~

Cobh did it last month with George Clooney ~ funny thing, that yacht arrived soon after that rush to see Clooney.

HeidiHeidi

"imminently possible"

Is that just bad writing, or the Cork accent coming out?

evilivor

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

"imminently possible"

Is that just bad writing, or the Cork accent coming out?

The former it seems - it's like one of speculation padded out with 15 paragraphs of cut'n'paste.

gbee

Baltimore on that yacht AIR ... fact: FLASH: Stop: On Air from 96Fm, Cork Local Radio: Stop: Supertelephoto lenses used to see Clooney on board: Stop: Rush to press: Stop: