TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
I can't believe this is actually real.
Quote : | "$4.5 billion gold-plated super-yacht the History Supreme brings bling to the high seas
The 30m History Supreme yacht is adorned with 100,000kg of gold.
A gold-plated super-yacht that is claimed to be worth a staggering £3 billion ($4.5 billion) has taken the title of the most expensive in the world.
UK designer Stuart Hughes claims that the 30-metre long History Supreme yacht is adorned with 100,000 kilograms of gold and platinum that covers more than half its surface and even comes with a statue made from the bone of a T-Rex dinosaur.
The base of the yacht as well as the deck, dining areas, rails and anchor are wrapped in solid gold and the sleeping areas are covered in platinum.
There is also a wall feature in the master bedroom that is made from meteoric stone and an aquarium made from 68kg of 24 carat gold.
Also on board is a luxury liquor bottle featuring an 18.5ct diamond, one of the world’s rarest.
Designed by jeweller Stuart Hughes, the “mammoth” project took over three years to complete.
The vessel even outshines Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s $450 million yacht Eclipse, which has its own missile defence system and a submarine.
It is claimed the History Supreme was completed in Malaysia two weeks ago for an anonymous businessman." |
http://www.news.com.au/travel/holiday-ideas/bn-gold-plated-superyacht-the-history-supreme-wows/story-e6frfqf9-12260988729007/21/2011 12:31:35 PM |
afripino All American 11379 Posts user info edit post |
Q: How can you eclipse and eclipse?
A: With a ballin' ass boat 7/21/2011 12:34:23 PM |
pryderi Suspended 26647 Posts user info edit post |
He's a JOB CREATOR! 7/21/2011 12:35:49 PM |
Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
ibtIMONABOAT 7/21/2011 12:36:06 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
i would LOVE to see this in person 7/21/2011 12:37:31 PM |
catalyst All American 8704 Posts user info edit post |
7/21/2011 12:43:05 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
What. The. Hell.
How anyone can be rich enough to afford 4.5 billion for a damn yacht is lost on me. I also hope they plan on sailing with a full-on armada of protection, or they're going to lose that thing (and their lives) in a hurry. The idea of something like this probably has every pirate in the world salivating. Hell, one diver with a saw and chisel could probably make off with quite a haul of gold.
Though, it can also be said that he's really investing the money in gold, just in an odd way. 7/21/2011 12:46:28 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "How anyone can be rich enough to afford 4.5 billion for a damn yacht is lost on me." |
i thought this too.7/21/2011 12:47:22 PM |
puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
It can't be real.
100,000kg of gold at roughly $50/gram would cost $5billion on its own. 7/21/2011 12:48:50 PM |
David0603 All American 12764 Posts user info edit post |
Maybe its for corporate use.
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM. Reason : ] 7/21/2011 12:49:45 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
^^maybe you get a break buying in bulk
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM. Reason : ^] 7/21/2011 12:49:58 PM |
Time Veteran 595 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The vessel even outshines Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s $450 million yacht Eclipse, which has its own missile defence system and a submarine." |
Give me the missile defense and submarine...and some T-Rex Bone Earrings. Vastly superior.7/21/2011 12:50:43 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "T-Rex Bone Earrings" |
hell yeah7/21/2011 12:52:24 PM |
Skwinkle burritotomyface 19447 Posts user info edit post |
I don't think I will ever understand people. 7/21/2011 12:52:29 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
http://stuarthughes.com/newdawn/product_info.php?products_id=107 7/21/2011 12:52:34 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
FYI this is what Abramovich's 170m long yacht looks like: (at over 500 ft how can you call that a yacht?!)
7/21/2011 12:54:20 PM |
jtw208 5290 Posts user info edit post |
come on board, ya broke mothafuckas
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM. Reason : puck_it said it first ^^^^^^^^]
7/21/2011 12:56:02 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
I also don't think it's real. I mean, maybe it's real...but the person who paid for this thing would have to be mentally compromised.
And I normally don't like to judge people's financial decisions or whine about how the money could have been better spent, but we're moving into some really screwed up territory here....4.5 billion dollars could have done a tremendous amount of good.
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM. Reason : ] 7/21/2011 12:57:47 PM |
DivaBaby19 Davidbaby19 45208 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "100,000kg of gold at roughly $50/gram would cost $5billion on its own." |
They never said when he bought the gold.7/21/2011 1:08:44 PM |
jtw208 5290 Posts user info edit post |
^i don't follow you
Quote : | "claimed to be worth a staggering £3 billion ($4.5 billion)" |
the boat by itself (without the gold) is probably still worth $50 million
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 1:12 PM. Reason : 0000]7/21/2011 1:11:17 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
They could have bought the gold when it was cheaper. 7/21/2011 1:12:53 PM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
110 tons of gold
yeah i doubt that 7/21/2011 1:13:15 PM |
HCH All American 3895 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "4.5 billion dollars could have done a tremendous amount of good." |
Yeah, maybe he could have donated it to the people in a poor country. Like Malaysia.7/21/2011 1:13:29 PM |
DeltaBeta All American 9417 Posts user info edit post |
If I'm spending that kind of scratch, I'm ponying up an extra $1.6bn and gettin' myself one of these:
7/21/2011 1:13:40 PM |
DoubleDown All American 9382 Posts user info edit post |
7/21/2011 1:13:51 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "They could have bought the gold when it was cheaper." |
It doesn't say the boat cost 4.5 billion, it says it's worth 4.5 billion.
I think this story is fake TBH, or at least greatly exaggerated. Doesn't look like it's that big of a yacht, adding 100 tons of gold would be sure to give it serious displacement problems.7/21/2011 1:30:01 PM |
raiden All American 10504 Posts user info edit post |
Bill gates can afford this. 7/21/2011 1:34:14 PM |
crazy_carl All American 4073 Posts user info edit post |
how well would gold hold up in salt water?? 7/21/2011 1:35:28 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Very well 7/21/2011 1:36:16 PM |
stategrad100 All American 6606 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " come on board, ya broke mothafuckas" |
I have tears in my eyes from laughing7/21/2011 1:37:11 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
^The Dave Chapelle skit is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this article.
Damn, that boat has 1% of the world's gold supply (of what has been mined since the dawn of civilization)
Quote : | "how well would gold hold up in salt water??" |
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 1:39 PM. Reason : gold is not corrosive]7/21/2011 1:38:02 PM |
crazy_carl All American 4073 Posts user info edit post |
well i guess i was thinking more the ocean than salt water, i mean if he takes it across the Atlantic then would he have to worry about some pretty harsh waves beating against it 7/21/2011 1:44:44 PM |
stategrad100 All American 6606 Posts user info edit post |
I just got this exclusive photo of the captain of the vessel
and you people think the illuminati don't exist 7/21/2011 1:45:03 PM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
I don't believe this really exists, as is being described:
Quote : | "UK designer Stuart Hughes claims that the 30-metre long History Supreme yacht is adorned with 100,000 kilograms of gold and platinum
" |
built for an "anonymous businessman" so none of said claims can be verified. if it is real, i hope pirates take it.
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM. Reason : .]7/21/2011 1:45:43 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "well i guess i was thinking more the ocean than salt water, i mean if he takes it across the Atlantic then would he have to worry about some pretty harsh waves beating against it" |
Fair statement, but I'd imagine the gold is not used in a structural capacity.7/21/2011 1:49:51 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Wonder who this "anonymous businessman" is
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 2:02 PM. Reason : Probably an internet media mogul like **** ****] 7/21/2011 1:56:04 PM |
Time Veteran 595 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The 30m History Supreme yacht is adorned with 100,000kg of gold." |
Quote : | "UK designer Stuart Hughes claims that the 30-metre long History Supreme yacht is adorned with 100,000 kilograms of gold and platinum" |
Something (else) is wrong here. Anyway, I just want to know how big the t-bone weigh.7/21/2011 1:56:04 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
well the gold won't corrode...so if its plating and not too soft and not structural, I'd think it would be ok in general.
5.18 m^3 of gold is a lot...a sphere with a 7ft diameter...
I highly doubt this is real, and if it is the photoshopper still did a bad job 7/21/2011 1:59:44 PM |
stategrad100 All American 6606 Posts user info edit post |
bunch of people who don't know anything about boating or naval architecture ITT
stategrad100 takes a stab at this: the sacrificial cathodic protection usually reserved for vessels of a metallic hull wouldn't apply to a gold plated vessel, and the durability of a fiberglass hull typically seen in vessels of this magnitude would be forsaken in the name of conspicuous consumption. Use of the gold in itself as a plated keel would be very susceptible to disruption by sea life such as buildup of barnacles, algae, so forth. The plating would have to be at a certain thickness as a function of draft mark, and the architects may have determined a line where the plating should remain exposed at the expected mean water draft mark.
While the chemical composition of the sea water itself wouldn't affect the gold, external influences such as sea life, bilge, etc. would quickly tarnish the appearance of the hull, which is why white fiberglass is usually the perferred material.
It would have to be drydocked in a secure facility at all times and not used often, as a result of the raw material value and as the vulnerability of the veneer.
This is also impractical as most megayachts maintain a 24 hr crew to maintain the vessel, at least a skeleton crew or full time maintainer to keep the vessel running.
Safely crossing the Atlantic is more of a function of the draft than of the composition of the hull, assuming the material meets minimum tinsel-strength requirements. 7/21/2011 2:01:00 PM |
Pikey All American 6421 Posts user info edit post |
I want to torpedo this thing to the bottom of the ocean. 7/21/2011 2:02:11 PM |
mildew Drunk yet Orderly 14177 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Hughes, who also built a diamond-wrapped £5 million iPhone" |
I find the iPhone owner to be more outrageous than the yachtsman7/21/2011 2:02:30 PM |
Jax883 All American 5562 Posts user info edit post |
1) Its a little tough to move a 30m boat that weighs 110+tons
2) Don't fuck up scraping barnacles off that hull 7/21/2011 2:13:02 PM |
jtw208 5290 Posts user info edit post |
i sent it to snopes
they'll get to the bottom of this 7/21/2011 2:22:26 PM |
0EPII1 All American 42535 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Damn, that boat has 1% of the world's gold supply (of what has been mined since the dawn of civilization)" |
you are off by an order of magnitude. it actually comes to less than 0.1%, roughly 0.07%.
all the gold ever mined can be made into a cube just under 20 m on each edge. that's 8,000 m^3 of gold, and at 19.3 tons/m^3, that's about 150,000 tons. and this boat has a 100 tons.
still impressive, err, i mean, outrageous.
i don't believe it, though. if the dude is having it made so he can keep it inside his palace, then maybe yeah. but you can't really expect to take it to water.
Quote : | "How anyone can be rich enough to afford 4.5 billion for a damn yacht is lost on me." |
why is that hard to believe? you know there are many people in the world with more than $15 billion, right? this is just a third of their money. when you have that much, you can spend/give away 90% and still live like a king.
Quote : | "Wonder who this "anonymous businessman" is" |
HAS to be an:
Arab or Indian or Russian or Chinese
billionaire. they like to show off their wealth, like holding $60 million weddings for their daughters, buying 100s of luxury cars, mansions all over the world, etc., unlike American/European billionaires in general.
he will be outed soon (if it is real).7/21/2011 2:24:38 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "you are off by an order of magnitude. it actually comes to less than 0.1%, roughly 0.07%. " |
True you are! I was quoting the below from an article on the ship and didn't bother checking the math:
Quote : | "According to the World Gold Council, some 165,600 tonnes had been mined at their last estimate in 2009, meaning that the craft has nearly one per cent of the world’s gold." |
That's what I get for relying on shoddy journalists! 7/21/2011 2:29:03 PM |
0EPII1 All American 42535 Posts user info edit post |
somehow, 0.1% is "nearly 1%"
i guess they meant to say/should have said "nearly 0.1%". (even though 0.06% is NOT "nearly 0.1%").
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 2:31 PM. Reason : ] 7/21/2011 2:30:34 PM |
stategrad100 All American 6606 Posts user info edit post |
^ True
I highly recommend this book
It opened up the whole world to me about the commodities market and how the supply/demand markets of precious minerals/metals are truly artificial, and it provides an answer to the water/diamond paradox.
My favorite mind-blower is that gold is more valuable than silver because silver is more abundant in the marketplace than gold. Yet in nature, it is determined that more gold exists on earth than silver. However, the price amounts are a result of the fact that man has extracted more silver than gold from the crust, so the market responds by setting prices at comparative scarcity, although when all mineral deposits are completely extracted in a theoretical world, it is expected that silver is much more scarce on this planet, and would be presumably priced as such.
Similarly, the book describes how DeBeers controls the diamond market and threatens potential competitors with dumping a glut on the market to slam down diamond prices and crush competition before they can establish a foothold on the marketshare. They can depress prices at a net loss for a long enough time to squash any competing company.
Really makes you think. 7/21/2011 2:34:27 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "the sacrificial cathodic protection usually reserved for vessels of a metallic hull wouldn't apply to a gold plated vessel" |
How so? Gold can be coupled with nearly any other metal to have a sacrificial cathode. Not to mention it is highly corrosion resistant on its own.
Quote : | "Use of the gold in itself as a plated keel would be very susceptible to disruption by sea life such as buildup of barnacles, algae, so forth. " |
Source? I don't think gold is susceptible to biofouling, but I can't confirm one way or the other. Sunken gold coins at least don't appear to have nearly any corrosion at all from a quick google search.
Biofouling sea critters seem to be generally repelled by the use of heavy metals (copper, zinc, nickel) in biofouling control paints, so its reasonable to assume that gold would serve in this function as well; that is, preventing any sea life from attaching or growing on the boat hull. There seems to be an understandable lack of information on the use of gold in seawater applications.
I also doubt the bilge would tarnish gold. You have more to worry about from objects impacting the vessel and puncturing the gold plating to expose whatever is underneath.
Quote : | "tinsel-strength " |
lawl7/21/2011 2:45:29 PM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
so basically buying diamonds makes you an asshole and a terrorist
SORRY BABE 7/21/2011 2:47:09 PM |
stategrad100 All American 6606 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Source? I don't think gold is susceptible to biofouling, but I can't confirm one way or the other" |
this.
apply this to everything you said. You really don't know one way or the other.
But tell me when your gold plated hull is still shiny after taking it on a trip.
tensile
sorry - but I actually have done some naval architecture shit It's its own body of knowledge and the stuff's been adjusted and you won't actually get the correct numbers or information by googling around
Quote : | "sacrificial cathode. Not to mention it is highly corrosion resistant on its own. " |
If I have to explain to you why corrosion resistant gold doesn't need a sacrificial cathode then I automatically win the internet.
[Edited on July 21, 2011 at 2:53 PM. Reason : ]7/21/2011 2:49:08 PM |