This monster arrived in our small harbour today

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8 May 2017 at 18:00 #25226
mark smith 20
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8 May 2017 at 18:00 #297130
mark smith 20
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For scale the round building behind is a museum. Owned by Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 08/05/2017 18:01:43
8 May 2017 at 18:10 #297132
Neil Wyatt
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"Vot do you think of my aquarium, Mr Bond? I'm afraid it's feeding time."
8 May 2017 at 18:10 #297133
Ed Duffner
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Looks like it has a chimney(steam powered?) and a crows nest next to the radar arrayed bridge – impressive!

Ed.

PS. mine arrives next week…!
8 May 2017 at 18:12 #297135
duncan webster 1
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as he's visiting Whitehaven, he must be going for a ride on L'aal Ratty. I remeber the rope worked incline from Haig Pit down onto the harbour.
8 May 2017 at 18:23 #297141
Adam Phillips
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Stay away you might catch somthing
8 May 2017 at 18:32 #297142
mark smith 20
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Mr Mordashov certainly lives in a different world. I cant understand how anyone can justify £40 million for one large boat,no matter how impressive it appears.
8 May 2017 at 18:52 #297149
alan-lloyd
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In todays paper it says it cost 100 million, and hes the richest man in the world
8 May 2017 at 19:02 #297156
Peter Krogh
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Not at all my idea of a boat or ship. More of a floating piece of modern art. Uggggg.

Pete
8 May 2017 at 19:06 #297157
Nick_G
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Very swish.

But has he got a machine shop segregated area in it.?

Nick
8 May 2017 at 19:25 #297162
KWIL
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Don't knock it, it gave somebody (many) a job building it, work running and supplying it and in the end, he will need another one!
8 May 2017 at 20:15 #297179
SillyOldDuffer
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Posted by Ed Duffner on 08/05/2017 18:10:27:

Looks like it has a chimney(steam powered?) …

Ed.

I think that's like the unfortunate photos I take where mum seems to have a tree growing out of her head. The chimney was an air-vent at Wellington Colliery. There's an old picture of it here and you can get a feel for the 'good old days' by reading the mine's casualty list.

Dave
8 May 2017 at 20:34 #297184
John Gardener
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If I had his money I would buy a proper ship with stuns'ls and stuff.
8 May 2017 at 21:11 #297195
Neil Wyatt
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I'm really sorry to say this, but I like it, and if I had £100M to spare and no good causes to support…
8 May 2017 at 21:25 #297199
Robbo
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It makes me feel physically sick to see this and know that children around the World are dying of malnutrition.
8 May 2017 at 21:48 #297205
Jeff Dayman
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Just another obscene monument to the proceeds of individual greed and large scale corruption.

Any thoughts of piracy / resale / proceeds to charity? I'll sharpen me cutlass and dust me eyepatch if so. (Arrrr……)
8 May 2017 at 21:50 #297207
Rainbows
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Would feel happier knowing I had given mosquito nets to 26 million people rather than having a shiny boat. Then again you don't become Russias richest man by sharing.
8 May 2017 at 22:01 #297210
Boiler Bri
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I think a famous American tried invading there may be the russky will have more luck?
8 May 2017 at 22:06 #297211
MichaelR
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Talks of coal mining again in Whitehaven so we have a Russian steel and coal magnate visiting.
8 May 2017 at 23:40 #297225
nigel jones 5
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and at the end of the day do you think he has any friends …i wouldnt swap for a second (and I honestly have no friends)
9 May 2017 at 01:08 #297227
Diane Carney
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It was parked round the corner from the Queen Mary last week. (The TS Queen Mary, that is.)

Diane
9 May 2017 at 07:25 #297241
Neil Wyatt
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When someone has that sort of money, the problems arise when they DON'T spend it.

He's no doubt got all sorts of tax benefits, but even so a large part of £100M has been put into jobs and specialist industry that wouldn't have been spent otherwise. In the grand scheme of things it is hard to fee fair that so much wealth sits with one person, but he's injected the equivalent of 2-3,000 Range Rovers into an economy, and you could argue that a new Range Rover is as far out of reach for the average person as that yacht.

Equally, how many people does it keep in employment? And no doubt it generates significant income – I might even pay for itself if he uses it instead of staying in Saudi Hotels.

Neil (the born-again capitalist)
9 May 2017 at 07:42 #297242
Dave Martin
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A lot easier access than when Mr Jones visited Whitehaven in 1778

**LINK**

Edited By Dave Martin on 09/05/2017 07:51:44
9 May 2017 at 09:54 #297262
David Standing 1
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Posted by Robbo on 08/05/2017 21:25:26:

It makes me feel physically sick to see this and know that children around the World are dying of malnutrition.

Children around the world aren't dying of malnutrition because Mr Mordashov has a big boat.

Children around the world are dying of malnutrition for many reasons.

Children around the world are dying of malnutrition because the circumstances they are born into cannot support them.

Children around the world are dying of malnutrition because there are 7+ billion people on the planet and it cannot support them.

It is cruel, but it is nature's way of finding a balance.
9 May 2017 at 09:57 #297266
mark smith 20
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I see it was built in the US, I love how the Americans are always going on about how corrupt the Russian state is but are happy to take their money when it suits them.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 09/05/2017 09:59:23
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