The White Pearl sailing yacht

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 10/22/2015 at 16:49 • Filed to: None

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I’ll reserve full judgement until more, better pictures exist, but first impressions: Dumb name, batshit price (Four. Hundred. Million. Dollars.), but wow. That is one seriously cool looking boat. Polarizing, no doubt, but it looks like an homage to a retro sports car or dragster with its short, high back and long, downward sloping front. It looks like someone combined the Tron universe with a 50’s cartoon, and I need one. Also, it’s apparently got the speed to back up the looks, and obviously the inside is the last word in excessive opulence. Anybody have a few hundred million bucks I can borrow?

Blondude > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 16:53

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I’ve never understood the appeal of yachts. I’d rather have a nice house, a nice car, a private jet, and a whole lot more money still in my bank account.

CB > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 16:53

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I want to sink it.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CB 10/22/2015 at 16:55

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Best of luck.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Blondude 10/22/2015 at 16:56

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I enjoy going out on the water and I get it completely. Plus, anyone who can afford something this expensive already has as many nice cars, houses, and jets as they could want. If you’ve got a boat worth worth $400 million (actually, this guy has several), money is quite literally not an object.

Brian, The Life of > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 16:57

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It’s impressive because it’s a private yacht that takes two (!) tugs to push in but DAMN is that thing ever fugly. Sailing yachts in particular should be sleek and graceful. This thing looks like a damn door stop.

LongbowMkII > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 16:57

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fuck you peasants.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 16:58

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Man I want to see how big those sails are

Jcarr > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 16:58

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I want to see it with its sails out.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 10/22/2015 at 16:59

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Imagine the Statue of Liberty’s king-sized bed sheets.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jcarr 10/22/2015 at 16:59

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Same.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 16:59

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How much further could we advance the human species if instead of catering to the whims of people with more money than they know what to do with, they used their vast wealth for a great good.

I hope it sinks. Selfish bastard.

macanamera > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:02

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That thing is gross. Look up the Maltese Falcon.

Steve in Manhattan > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:03

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I used to race J24s and J80s. I have docked a 60 foot sailboat. That looks like a handful.

Cé hé sin > Blondude 10/22/2015 at 17:05

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These of course aren’t mutually exclusive. If you have a boat of this size, you’ve got the others too.

My citroen won't start > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:05

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I like boats but I don’t like that.

Ash78, voting early and often > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:06

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I’d probably sit on that thing, get drunk, and watch St. Elmo’s fire all day. The phenomenon and the movie.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:07

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You say neat I has tasteless.

450X_FTW > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:08

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He’ll run it aground before getting it out of the harbor

Blondude > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:08

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I’d buy a decommissioned cargo ship, build a track on the top deck and a bunch of garages underneath, and then sail around the world on the world’s only floating racetrack.

Rich people just don’t get it...

Blondude > Cé hé sin 10/22/2015 at 17:10

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Ah yes, but of course.

MonkeePuzzle > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:13

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I cannot find any pictures of it with sails up.

coelacanthist > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:15

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Bust Out Another... Trillion?

Blondude > macanamera 10/22/2015 at 17:24

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Damn that’s a good looking yacht.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:25

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Craziest part? It has a glass keel. Straight up biggest piece of curved glass ever created.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 10/22/2015 at 17:26

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It does? Why? Pictures?

macanamera > Blondude 10/22/2015 at 17:30

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Did you actually look it up though? Because I've seen it in person and it's absolutely stunning.

Blondude > macanamera 10/22/2015 at 17:32

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Yeah, it’s fucking awesome.

Sam > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 17:38

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It is far too wedgy for me. But god damn, are those sails amazing looking.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Sam 10/22/2015 at 17:44

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Those aren’t even the sails, just the masts.

CaptDale - is secretly British > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 18:12

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That is a massively ugly boat!!! It looks to have been designed as a power yacht that they wanted to look like a mixture between the boat from League of Extraordinary Gentleman and a current battleship,

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but then the decided they also wanted to sail, so put up some masts it will be awesome! WRONG!!! You made a fugly love child of two ships that aren’t pretty to begin with. If I wanted to spend <$500 million on a sailing super yacht why wouldn’t I buy the Maltese Falcon? At a price of 1.5-3 million,

On 4 November 2007, in a 60 Minutes profile, Perkins suggested the yacht cost more than $150 million, but less than $300 million, refusing to be more specific.

I would be stupid not to!! I mean look at it,

Look at her, she is devastatingly more beautiful and anyone who doesn’t buy a yacht for at least 50% looks is looking for utility like a commercial fishing boat. It looks like a massive door stop that floats. The Maltese Falcon is a beautiful yacht that deserves your attention and lust.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CaptDale - is secretly British 10/22/2015 at 18:26

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Ok I will readily admit that is a much better looking, sexier, and less tacky boat.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 18:26

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I’ll take this please :)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > macanamera 10/22/2015 at 18:26

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Oh. Hello there.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 10/22/2015 at 18:28

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If the White Pearl is an Aventador, the Delphine is an old Hispano-Suiza. I’d prefer the Delphine, I think.

BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 18:30

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I want to see the inside

CaptDale - is secretly British > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 18:40

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coqui70 > Steve in Manhattan 10/22/2015 at 19:54

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More like a fully automated, computerized control system-full.

coqui70 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 19:56

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Cue Star Wars evil empire theme ... ta da ta ta ... ta da ta ta dee dum!

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/22/2015 at 20:24

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No pics... Haven’t even been able to find a rendering of the damn thing underway. It’s a sailing ship I want to see some goddamn sails dammit!

Anyhoo

I’ve seen a couple of (admittedly questionable, in some cases) sources that say the underwater observation deck is actually inside the keel, behind a 193 square foot, 1.8 ton sheet of foot thick glass. Madness.

T5Killer > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/23/2015 at 18:32

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Very cool and that is coming from someone who has spent their life in the desert and the only ship I have been on was the USS Lexington Museum. I don’t get yachts but its awesome.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/23/2015 at 20:20

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All I can see is 70’s coke filled rainbow gt