Engineering:Y721
Y721 is a luxury custom superyacht being constructed for Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and one of the world's richest persons. The vessel was being built in the Netherlands by Oceanco in 2021.[1][2] It is reported to be a three-masted sailing yacht 127 meters (417 ft) long and to have cost $500 million or more.[3][4][5] If commissioned, the yacht will be the second largest sailing yacht in the world, after Andrey Melnichenko's Sailing Yacht A.
Y721 and De Hef
In 2022, Rotterdam announced that the De Hef bridge, a historic bridge in the city, would be partially dismantled, temporarily, to fit the yacht through. The move is very controversial because it is now a Dutch national monument because of its long history. According to Agence France-Presse, the mayor's office stated that the idea was spurred by the jobs created by the vessel's construction and that the bridge would be reconstructed in its current form.[6] In response to reports that this would happen in 2022 and criticism of this, Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb stated in February of that year that no permit has yet been applied for.[7] Later reports indicated that plans to temporarily remove a section of De Hef have been shelved, leaving it unclear whether Y721 will be finished as is, and how it will sail down the river if it remains of the same dimensions.[8]
See also
- List of large sailing yachts
References
- ↑ Matza, Max (May 14, 2021). "Jeff Bezos and the secretive world of superyachts". BBC News: p. 1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57079327.
- ↑ "Jeff Bezos' superyacht will see historic bridge dismantled". BBC News: p. 1. February 3, 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60241145.
- ↑ Nicole Lyn Pesce (May 11, 2021). "Here’s where Jeff Bezos’s superyacht ranks among the world’s most expensive boats". MarketWatch. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-where-jeff-bezoss-superyacht-ranks-among-the-worlds-most-expensive-boats-11620754417.
- ↑ KURT SCHLOSSER (May 10, 2021). "Jeff Bezos will reportedly join the billionaire boating class with a $500M luxury sailing superyacht". https://www.geekwire.com/2021/jeff-bezos-will-reportedly-join-billionaire-boating-class-500m-luxury-sailing-superyacht/.
- ↑ Oliver Moody (May 11, 2021). "Jeff Bezos rides ultra-rich superyacht wave". The Times of London. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jeff-bezos-rides-ultra-rich-superyacht-wave-707mk2g82.
- ↑ "Rotterdam has confirmed it will dismantle a historic bridge to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to fit through.". BBC News: p. 1. February 3, 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60241145.
- ↑ Burgemeester Ahmed Aboutaleb van Rotterdam zegt dat de Rotterdamse Koningshavenbrug, beter bekend als De Hef, voorlopig niet wordt gedemonteerd om het luxejacht van miljardair Jeff Bezos door te laten. "Er is nog geen enkel besluit, zelfs nog geen vergunningsaanvraag."
- ↑ Moses, Claire (July 7, 2022). "Rotterdam Won't Dismantle Bridge to Allow Jeff Bezos' Superyacht Through". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/world/europe/bezos-yacht-rotterdam-bridge.html.
External links
- OCEANCO Y721 at Boat International, with images
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