On 12/23/2020 9:41 PM, Jonathan Clark wrote:
> Here in the US there's a series on cable TV called "Selling Yachts".
> Guess what it's about?
> Anyway, it's on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXYMmZ5KjJI
> Might give some ideas about design, features, and so on. They're not
> quite up to the 100 servants mentioned by the OP, but it's a start.
> Also I have no idea whether the show is real, fake, scripted, or fantasy.
If you look at some of the largest megayachts, they can easily hit the
100 crew/service crew level. When you add security personnel, which
aren't usually on yachts 24/7, the number can go higher.
Yes, on the Hampshire, some security personnel were provided for but if it was *really* needed, well, the tweenies would have to double bunk... ;-)
> 2) What's the point? AFAICT there are three reasons to be on such a
> craft:
2D: It is the ultimate "home turf" if you're traveling to do business.
Anyone with a credit account can rent a suite of rooms at a 5 star
hotel, but setting down at the starport and requiring a berth for
something in the colonial cruiser size range and costing four figures in
MCr is going to make a statement like no other. Local factor called into
your office on a yacht like that would be like a wannabe gangster being
called in front of the local godfather...
Absolutely. THIS ^. As they say.
The Hampshire was all about 'statement'. If you've ever seen Downtown Abbey (actually Highclere Castle if you want to google it. It's not far away and we're planning on visiting it when next allowed 'out'), imagine *that* in space. With a Jump drive. :-)
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