As superyachts go, that one is pretty nice. Sits - both the Hudson and the East River are remarkably wide, though the yachts only hang out on the Hudson side of Manhattan.
One measure of the width of the Hudson is that the George Washington Bridge (the first (and still the only) bridge to cross it within NYC) was the longest span in the world at the time it was built.
Another is that my first impression of the Thames, Seine, Arno, Tiber, Spree, etc was that they were all quite narrow.
Here's another picture of Odessa in the Hudson, much closer to the Battery (our offices are in the black tower on the right).
Blavatnik has since bought a larger boat, so this one is available for charter for about USD 250,000 a week.
Apparently someone down there who owns a ferry (not sure how) is doing mini cruises out to the cruise ships to see them close up
Bit late but I'm guessing it's the kind of passenger ferry that tootles around the harbour on sunny days rather than the massive 40000 tonne things I play with on a daily basis. Something like this:
I got the ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast around this time last year. It's twice daily each way. Cars go on the top deck, which means having to drive up an extremely slope ramp before taking a sharp turn at the top, within inches of having got back level.
Not really a ship. Well not nearly a ship, but this is usually parked round the corner from our place and yesterday the cover was off. Looking at the engine it must go like the proverbial off a shovel:
Good to see new ships still being built in Britain. Have fun.
If only, it's fresh from a shipyard in China.
It's the first vessel Brittany have had built there and follows the typical economics, first ships built in France, more recently Poland and now this. They still maintain all French crews which is something.
Not really a ship. Well not nearly a ship, but this is usually parked round the corner from our place and yesterday the cover was off. Looking at the engine it must go like the proverbial off a shovel:
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