Super yacht DreAMBoat, measuring 295-feet, is seen here at Boston’s Yacht Haven. The yacht is owned by billionaire Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons NFL team and co-founder of Home Depot. The capital “AMB” in the boat’s name represent Arthur’s initials. According to CharterWorld, DreAMBoat can sleep 23 guests in addition to 33 crew members. Read More…
By Ben Alper Living in the densely populated North End can sometimes feel like living in a small can of tightly-packed but friendly sardines. You’re never too far from a neighborly hello or a pre-COVID out-of-towner lugging a Mike’s Pastry box and asking directions to Old North Church. Contrast our tightly packed community with the Read More…
Sailing yacht Seatius has been spotted at Boston Yacht Haven on Commercial Wharf in the North End. Built in 2018 by Southern Wind at their shipyard in Cape Town, South Africa, Seatius is 95.9 feet in length and 22.8 feet across at its widest point. The interior, designed by Nauta Design, can accommodate eight guests Read More…
Sailing Yacht Adèle has been spotted at Boston Yacht Haven on Commercial Wharf. Built by Vitters in the Netherlands in 2005, Adèle is 179.27 feet in length. She can accommodate up to ten guests in four cabins in addition to seven crew. Both the exterior and interior were designed by Hoek Design Naval Architects. Jan-Eric Osterlund sailed the Read More…
Arriving at Boston Yacht Haven last Thursday, the Adix is one of the largest sailing yachts built since the 1930s, measuring in at a length of nearly 65 meters (213 feet). The Adix was built in 1984 by Astilleros de Mallorca in Spain. She was originally named Jessica, and was later called XXXX when she was owned by Read More…
We have been a bit delinquent in our seasonal summer yacht watch. Fortunately, eagle-eyed resident Bob Skole caught us up to date by spotting two super yachts docked at Commercial Wharf, Boston Yacht Haven. Both boats are about the same length as Old Ironsides, USS Constitution, which everyone knows is 63.1 meters from the billet head to the taffrail Read More…
It has been a super yacht summer in Boston Harbor, with another 300 foot-plus vessel docking in town for a visit. This week brings the Mayan Queen IV, the 37th largest yacht in the world, to Boston Yacht Haven at Commercial Wharf. Emblazoned with a giant “B” on the side, the Mayan Queen IV super yacht is owned by Read More…
At 318 feet (97 meters), the yacht Vava II made quite an impression when it arrived in Boston Harbor this weekend, shown above docked at Boston Yacht Haven. The boat was the largest British-built superyacht when launched in 2009, according to Wikipedia. Vava II is estimated to cost $150 million and is owned by Swiss-Italian billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli Read More…
Leading up to the Memorial Day weekend, Excellence V was docked at Boston Yacht Haven, Commercial Wharf, on Boston’s North End waterfront. According to her website, she can be chartered for $725,000 a week. If you have to ask what that includes, you can’t afford it. She sleeps 12, has a crew of 14, and is 197 feet in length. Read More…
The 288-foot mega-yacht, Fountainhead, arrived in town on Friday, July 8th, docking at Boston Yacht Haven on the North End waterfront. Yes, it does have a basketball hoop with a glass backboard mounted over the large rear deck. It’s owner is Mark Cuban, according to several media sources (Ed: but maybe not … see below). The photo above Read More…
They see magnificent luxury. I see giant carbon footprints. In this picture you see six luxury yachts. You don’t see their tanks of fuel totaling approximately 200,000 gallons of diesel (estimate provided by deckhands on two of the yachts). Nor do you see the handful who pay the big bucks for the big boat rides. Read More…
Aviva, the 80th longest motor yacht in the world, docked in the North End waterfront this weekend at Boston Yacht Haven. The super-yacht is owned by Joe Lewis, a Bahamas-based British businessman and the main investor in Tavistock Group. Lewis is listed as the 308th richest person in the world (#9 in Britain) according to Read More…