So far, wealthy people have spent more than £ 1 billion on super yachts in 2021 as they try to escape COVID and travel restrictions, according to publisher Live. Luxury styl Boat International said this year's increase will make it the biggest one in terms of secondhand sales.But Oxfam said it was "indecent" that that wealth was not spent on vaccines.For the cost of those superyachts, Nepal's population can be fully vaccinated, the charity said.The trend of buying the super yacht, which started last summer, is a "The hottest sales trend in history," said Boat International.It defines yachts that are more than 24 meters long and they generally need a crew.
'Avoid the land'
Most of these smaller super yachts can be as tall as 180 meters, เล่น xo typically costing between € 1 million and € 5 million (£ 860,000 to £ 4.3 million) for second-hand and crew expenses of around 200,000. Euros per year, mooring fees, and said Stewart Campbell, Boat International's editor-in-chief.They can be decorated with a pool, spa, sun deck, gym or whatever else the owner wishes.Sales spiked by It is a "very wealthy group" who want to get away from travel restrictions and blockages associated with COVID by purchasing a yacht, Campbell said.While the pandemic made it harder for the rich to travel to the Mediterranean and cruise around, he said. "It is a slight inconvenience to perform the operation.He said more than 50% of yacht sales are in the United States, so people there can cruise in U.S.
waters, avoiding travel restrictions.Many yacht owners "I don't want to go close to shore" due to the outbreak, Campbell added.He said it was a misconception that all superyachts belonged to oligarchs and that most people who owned them were ethically paid and many of them donated to charity.Yacht owners are also involved in the boat building and tourism industries in places like Germany and the Caribbean, he said.The three biggest yachts sold for sale this year are the Solo, priced at over £ 54m, the Elixir with an offering price of £ 33.5m and Lady Sheridan with a bid of £ 24.7m.But as the superyachts progress, they are the racers. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' super yacht is estimated to cost around $ 500 million (£ 350 million).
'pornographic'
Oxfam said £ 1 billion spent on second-hand superyachts in 2021 was enough to vaccinate the entire country.Max Lawson, Oxfam International's head of inequality policy, said: “The £ 1 billion spent last year by billionaires aboard a super yacht was more than the cost of full vaccination in Nepal, where COVID was more than the cost of a full-fledged vaccination. Is doing heavy damage.It is lewd - a global sign of grossly wrong priorities - with so much wealth in poor countries unable to get the vaccines needed to protect their people.
