Love it! It kind of takes you back to when the first 50 meter boat was seen among the giant 30 meters that looked so awesome in the marina. Where will it end?
Which brings up a good point. Does anyone know when the Swift 141 will splash and start sea trials? It should make these yachts look like tenders.
And the pontoons! I remember back in 1973 when the newly built Nefertiti (now Absinthe) took up her mooring in Port Vauban, Antibes. At 61.3 meters, she was the biggest the Marina had ever seen – apart from the long, sleek Sarina (now Haida G) who, at 71 meters had her own personal berth betwixt the marina and the harbour wall – now extended into the IYC.
Back in the 70's on my first visit to Ft Lauderdale we were walking the docks at Pier 66. When we got to the 'big' (for that era) boats I was in awe of the first 80' Broward we passed. Then as we walked down the dock the boats got bigger and at the end was some huge euro built thing that was larger than anything being built in the U.S. at that time, and I remember thinking man, if I owned that Broward I would keep it someplace else!
