[Vic West] Victoria International Marina | Built - completed in 2018
#61
Posted 15 May 2008 - 06:43 PM
Picture from http://www.boatingsf...oto=1287&co=375
Or this?
Picture from http://www.palmbaymiami.com/marina.htm
Or this?
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Or this?
Picture from http://www.worldtrav...ice-France.html
These big boats do tend to look very similar to one another. I wouldn't want to look at a parking lot full of white Hummers so why should I want to look at at a bunch of identical white yachts? And, of course, the Songhees buildings right behind this marina are white. I'm really not sure what I think about this one.
#62
Posted 15 May 2008 - 06:59 PM
#63
Posted 16 May 2008 - 08:33 AM
#64
Posted 19 May 2008 - 07:22 AM
http://www.independe...ons-830582.htmlThe Russian billionaire owns a fleet of yachts, nicknamed "Abramovich's navy". His super-yacht, the 377ft Pelorus, has a staff of 40, a helicopter, helipad and a cinema. Worth £100m, it is usually moored in Malta – Abramovich prefers to keep his boats in the Mediterranean, although he can sometimes be spotted in the Caribbean. His other yachts include the Sussurro and Ecstasea, while in 2006 he gave Le Grand Bleu to a business associate. According to reports, he will soon add the world's largest private yacht to his fleet, the 550ft, £200m Eclipse, which is said to have two helipads, six guest suites, five VIP suites and a 5,000 sq ft owner's cabin, as well as an aquarium, a disco, a spa and a half-indoor, half-outdoor pool.
Abramovich is also reported to own not one but two submarines. His first, a 118ft Seattle 1000, commissioned from the leading manufacturer US Submarines, cost £13m to buy and a further £1m a year to run. With two deck levels, separate living areas for guests and crew, dining rooms and staterooms, the boat is capable of diving to a depth of 1,000ft and can remain submerged for two weeks. He is said to have a second sub on order from US Submarines, a smaller 65ft Nomad 1000, which cost £3m and will dock on the Eclipse.
I think that's what people buy when they have more money than they know what to do with.
#65
Posted 11 June 2008 - 07:20 AM
#66
Posted 11 June 2008 - 07:37 AM
Steel pilings will be driven to help prepare the final design
Carla Wilson, Times Colonist
Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Heavy-duty equipment is expected to start driving the first steel test pilings into the seabed at 8 a.m. today for a proposed mega-yacht marina at Songhees in Victoria harbour.
#67
Posted 11 June 2008 - 09:03 AM
#68
Posted 11 June 2008 - 11:04 AM
#69
Posted 14 June 2008 - 05:27 PM
Songhees marina seabed tests finished
Carla Wilson, Times Colonist
Published: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Seabed testing for a proposed 48-berth luxury marina in Victoria harbour was completed yesterday.
The seabed was deeper than expected in some areas, where pilings went to depths of 90 and 100 feet, said developer Bob Evans, a partner in a planned $20 million marina targeting large yachts. He hopes to open the marina in front of the Songhees this time next year. (more...)
#70
Posted 15 June 2008 - 09:43 AM
#71
Posted 15 June 2008 - 09:53 AM
#72
Posted 15 June 2008 - 10:39 AM
#73
Posted 15 June 2008 - 11:29 AM
...by the definition every single house, condo, and townhome in victoria is 'luxury' and if that is the case the word has lost all meaning.
Only if it's new. There's nothing luxurious about a 1200 square foot penthouse condo in an older building in Harris Green or James Bay. Or a $2 million house in Fairfield or Oak Bay or Broadmead. Especially so if you've owned the place since before 1999 or so. That's not luxury, that's roughin' it.
#74
Posted 16 June 2008 - 12:27 PM
#75
Posted 16 June 2008 - 12:53 PM
IMO anything that blocks my view of the older buildings at Songhees is a good thing. Thankgod the Shutters went in there and livened it up today.
Also on the big oil thing. Pretty much everything anyone does is an example of the control of big oil. Grocery Stores, almost all housing, transit, styling your hair, using a computer.
Until all petrochemical products come from alternate source and we are all building our own cob cities there is little we can do.
Perhaps there will be some sail powered mega-luxury yachts using the marina. Would that be ok?
#76
Posted 16 June 2008 - 12:53 PM
I find owning such huge yacht's to be an almost offensive excess by the selfish idle rich, but some community is going to reap the employment and income from these lumbering symbols of greed so why not make it ours? And if squeezing some cash out of these yachts results in a more active and interesting waterfront for everyone, that's a bonus.
#77
Posted 16 June 2008 - 01:07 PM
#78
Posted 16 June 2008 - 03:03 PM
#79
Posted 16 June 2008 - 03:34 PM
#80
Posted 16 June 2008 - 03:48 PM
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