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Old 05-11-2021, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by alwann View Post
I've always wondered why the extremely wealthy buy these monster yachts. Tiger, Shak, Bezos, et al. all have one. Over 70 feet long, they need a licensed captain and crew. The super wealthy are super busy and have minimal free days for cruising.

Is it a good investment? A tax loophole of some kind? A revenue stream through leasing the craft for charters? Ego? Or they've got so much money they don't know what to spend it on.

I want to know so when I win Powerball, I can act accordingly.
Having owned vessels, power and sail it amounts to a hole in the water to dump money.