Nothing at all wrong in relieving the rich from the burden of their wealth, keeps the Dutch in jobs and the bankers poor.
Ct
L1ma- Absolutely correct. This is a growing industry that creates jobs on many levels. Yes, it does flow down hill. Fedship is always a design and techonolgy leader in the industry.
Decimator
Bill, how many people do you think are employed by the design, construction, and crewing of this sort of luxury?
Keith Reeder
Oh, that doesn't matter to Bill - anything he can't afford is "gross excess"...
Superyacht Jobs
just to answer some of your questions: superyachts contribute €24bn to the global economy (2010)
>6,000 companies operate in the industry
>130,000 land based jobs
c.100,000 day-work/contract jobs
c.33,000 crew are currently employed Source: Economic Analysis of the Superyacht Industry by The Superyachtyacht Report (published in their 2012 Annual Report: http://www.superyachtnews.com/thesuperyachtreport/library.html)
JPAR
How many thousands of people in the third world have lived below the poverty line and worked in sweatshops so that a single individual can buy such a 'toy'? How many government services have been cut back because the grossly rich employ off-shore tax techniques to allow them to avoid making a moral contribution to society? and why should such few individuals consume such a vast amount of the world's scarce resources?
Decimator
JPAR: 1. Would you prefer they didn't have jobs at all? 2. The rich already pay a higher percentage of their income to the government than you do, and you want them to pay more? 3. Here's a hint: You have a computer. This fact makes you part of the 1% in world economic terms.
GeoMoon5
I think I'll wait a couple years and buy one that's used. =P