Yacht In My Name

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Dilbar, a 512-foot yacht that weighs 15,917 tons, is the largest motor yacht in the world by gross tonnage

This morning.,

Via Business Insider:

The fate of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s mega-yacht is unclear. Forbes initially reported that the yacht was seized on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources, but later issued a correction last night saying it was not seized.

“Three sources had told Forbes it had been seized, but a representative for Usmanov cited the statement from the ministry in Hamburg to confirm that it had not,” according to Forbes’ update. “In its statement, the ministry elaborated that the German federal customs agency is the ‘responsible enforcement authority’ and would have to issue an export waiver for the yacht to leave, and that ‘no yacht leaves port that is not allowed to do so.'”

The fate of billionaire Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov’s $600 million mega-yacht is unclear (Business Insider)

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26 thoughts on “Yacht In My Name”

  1. George

    There is a certain kind of neolib man who no longer says “car”. Usually they assume everyone (worth talking about) has a Tesla. Ever seen seen it done with Prius before, weird.

  2. goldenbrown

    suggest Dr. Clayton there takes his big brain on a field trip over to Ukraine
    see if he can figure things out
    lol

  3. ANO

    First they came for the billionaire oligarch’s 500 foot yachts and – not now, CLAYTON, you bleeding eejit, not now.

    1. scottser

      HA! in fairness, you have to feel sorry for the saudis, instead of buying a half-baked newcastle they could have got fully formed chelsea if they held out a few months.

    2. ANO

      You can at least see why she wouldn’t want ‘geopolitical issues’ to influence the ownership of a football club, John Terry’s praise of Roman seemed even more tone deaf to me!

      1. scottser

        so there’s the thing. eddie howe was getting an awful lot of grief for not commenting on saudi human rights abuses, and rightly so – he’s a football manager ffs. tuchel did the same, refusing to be drawn on anything but team matters when the current unpleasantness kicked off, and here comes old full-kit wife-shagger with his stupid fat gob, sticking his oar in where it’s not needed. twat deserves everything he gets.

  6. V aka Frilly Keane

    No surprise they’re all over the shop with this story

    It’s a horrible boat, like why go to sea in what is a penthouse that floats
    If they’ve those sort of 0s, get a sailing yacht with Americas Cup level sailors
    And still have a below deck 7* stew crew and world class chef
    Even a pastry chef and breakfast cook
    And sommelier that all know how to count shackles and wraps
    And keep their feet under full sail

    Secondly
    Why the f..k would they go to the trouble of seizing it anyway
    Dock and maintenance alone is easily 30m a year
    Let the owner pay his own bills

    And who would buy it
    Only another baddie with an addiction to gilt and gold leaf
    Zero profit

    It’s not like seizing a Picasso and keeping it under the stairs

    Taking custody of assets like this super yacht is nonsense
    And the owners know it
    Keeping them in shape would build a hospital
    A year

      1. V aka Frilly Keane

        The clean up costs
        Can you imagine the size of the tanks in that yolk

        Best thing is to ground it
        And let a few scrap dealers at it
        Or a few wily lads claiming scavenger rights

        And pick it into rubble that can fit into a trailer for a bitta fly tipping around North County Dublin

      2. scottser

        those boats are for partays. everyone should be given a weekend on it with their mates – full bar and stash included.

    2. Nigel

      Because it’s all laundered money, like the rest of the big shiny assets they sink their stolen roubles into. I’m all for a global War On Oligarchs.

  9. stephen moran

    $600 million of sunk costs though – literally & a vanity project seized – things like this do bruise egos and have chaps looking other shoulder. You can’t sail your Tuscan villa or that house in Kensington to the Maldives.

  10. stephen moran

    Credit Suisse actually securitized some of their Oligarch yacht loans book last year – I wouldn’t like to be the fund manager holding that debt now….

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