It’s OK to desire the finer things in life, but at what point do you
draw the line between luxury and exorbitance? Probably somewhere well
before this insane 60m long mega-yacht from CRN called the J’ade, which
features a built-in garage that smaller boats can drive right into.
Larger boats carrying smaller boats isn’t a new trend by any means;
they usually serve as tender craft carrying passengers to shore when the
yacht is simply too big to pull into a dock. But those boats are often
raised and lowered using cranes. The J’ade is the first luxury yacht to
feature an actual garage that floods, allowing an 8m speedboat to be
driven right inside.
Once the smaller boat is secured, the flooded garage can be drained
in just three minutes, reducing the weight the yacht’s pair of massive
1500kW engines has to push around.
As for pricing, if you have to ask you’ll want to just move along.
This isn’t the kind of toy you order at your local boat show. It’s the
kind of thing that’s custom-built and delivered to anywhere in the world
you need it. But with capacity for 13 crew members and 10 guests, maybe
you can find 22 friends who are willing to split the cost with you, and
then work out a sort of time-share deal. Just remember that fuel costs
alone are probably more expensive than just the speedboat this massive
craft is designed to accommodate.
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