bezos $500 million, 3 mast yacht - stymied by Dutch values.

[empedocles]

The Dutch public emotionally stopped the historic landmark alteration, needed by bezos, despite bezos and his money.

" . . . It’s unclear how the yacht, now known as Y721, will be completed. In February, the City Council’s municipality liaison, Marcel Walravens, was quoted in the media saying that it was impractical to float the mast-less yacht to another location and finish it there.
. . . ''


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/bezos-yacht-rotterdam.html

[unweird]

1. "impractical to float the mast-less yacht to another location and finish it there"

Hell, seems to me it was impractical to build it upstream from existing infrastructure that limits its transit.

[ripcord]

2. I wonder if the yacht company will go under after this refund?

[maxsolomon]

3. the yacht manufacturer knew that bridge was the only way out.

there has to be a solution, a way to leave the masts off and finish it at another shipyard.

again, it is essentially an unused bridge, a historic remnant.

[mathematic]

4. What a dumb story. Takes two days, bridge not in use, last done in 2017

Is shipbuilding not an important industry for the area? Nobody's even inconvenienced by this!

[Mysterian]

5. Good for the Dutch!

No need to step and fetch it for billionaires. Protect your history.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. This implies that if there was ever a problem with one of the masts, this would be the only yard

in the world capable of fitting a new one. Which seems highly implausible. Not to mention a huge design flaw.