# Bizarre superyachts proposed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873 "2009-07-31T15:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/61 "2021-07-05T14:10:36Z")
Bumped. How will they choose where to go? Majority vote? > **[World's first 'yacht liner' unveiled](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/somnio-worlds-first-yacht-liner-unveiled/index.html)** > > Somnio, which means "to dream '' in Latin will be fitted with 39 apartments across six floors, as well as restaurants, bars and an onboard beach club. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/62 "2021-07-05T16:22:48Z")
Surely votes should be weighted by the net worth. Really, these are just luxury condos that aren’t always in the same geographic location. ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/63 "2021-07-05T17:51:58Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > If we reactivated [HMS Belfast](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hms_belfast) we could take the lot of 'em. **It is not an urban myth** that if HMS Belfast’s forward 6-inch guns were loaded and fired they would take out Scratchwood Services on the M1 motorway (famous to generations of students as the place to hitchhike north out of London, and to generations of rock musicians as a late-night hangout). > **[Why Do The Guns Of HMS Belfast Point At A Motorway Service Station?](https://londonist.com/2015/02/why-do-the-guns-of-hms-belfast-point-at-a-motorway-service-station)** > > What has the ship got against Scratchwood? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/64 "2021-12-13T13:53:02Z")
I like this one. > **[Skyscraper at sea: The high-rise superyacht concept](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/skyscraper-superyacht-concept/index.html)** > > Gigantic superyachts have long been nicknamed "floating skyscrapers," but this new innovative concept from studio Rodriguez Design has taken that notion to an entirely new level. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/65 "2023-06-02T14:13:05Z")
An interesting account: > **[Secrets of a superyacht and private jet chef | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/grace-dvornik-superyacht-private-jet-chef/index.html)** > > Grace Dvornik spent her twenties cooking up a storm on superyachts, rustling up meals for the 1%. Now she works on corporate private jets, preparing and serving meals to high fliers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/66 "2025-09-05T14:15:15Z")
Well, that’s not good: > **[Luxury yacht sinks minutes after launching in Turkey | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/world/video/luxury-yacht-sinks-dolce-vento-turkey-vrtc)** > > A luxury yacht sank off the coast of Zonguldak, Turkey on Tuesday, minutes after it entered the water, according the SuperYacht Times. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/67 "2025-09-05T14:27:46Z")
**Yard Worker #1** : I thought _you_ put the big cork in the bottom. **Yard Worker #2** : No. I thought _you_ put the big cork in the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/68 "2025-09-05T15:12:19Z")
Luxary submarine! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/69 "2025-09-05T19:13:20Z")
Did those guys used to work in North Korea? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/70 "2025-09-05T20:25:07Z")
Just like the [Vasa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873/71 "2025-09-10T13:16:43Z")
Hopefully this one won’t capsize on ya: > **[Have $100 million burning in your pocket? Consider this mega yacht the...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/mega-yacht-amadea-russian-oligarch-us-government-sale)** > > For sale: A 348-foot mega yacht with an infinity pool, eight staterooms, a sauna and helipad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873.md?page=3)