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The yacht was owned by a Russian oligarch and was abandoned in Antigua in 2022 after sanctions were placed. The boat is now owned by an American Oligarch. It has been burning diesel fuel for 14 months (hexbear.net)

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[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

I'm struggling to come up with a reason why the designer wouldn't slap a couple of power hookups to the thing so you could plug it into a marina while docked. Like obviously porky isn't giving that any thought, but the people he's paying to build the yacht had to at some point right?

[-] huf@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

maybe docking is more expensive than anchoring and popping off for a shitton of gas now and then?

[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

it's really not marina space is far cheaper than diesel. Anyway the rich normally consider being docked in expensive marinas to be part of the status of the boat