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welcome to a world where the super rich compete to on the biggest and most expensive yacht. this is the s. and the 500000000 euro 180 metre long boat is probably the largest privately owned jot and belongs to the mia of abu dhabi if you play in the navy yard on the lake. from to buy to miami. to monaco where we got special access to this secret world. the huge sales swell in the wind the deck the size of the 2. and of course that and

a 12 member crew. we're off the coast of miami aboard one of the world's largest selling yachts the super us. the catch is 70 meters long and was built for the american multimillionaire built to cut the suit is a bit rough today just how he likes it. and admission. taking. place here. this sunday bill invited some friends along for this day trip. crew members in casual sila outfits casey to the guests every need. for lunch a casual selection of sandwiches made from the finest ingredients in fact

everything on board is top quality and expensive. like fish when you get finished with china but the last is all. things like that you know your strength for that is that. every joke. is a rush to the. mirror and what it's like to live on a golf course we're going to bring back the guillotine. if. philip paid $17000000.00 euros for the sketch. after a few hours the boat returns to its port in miami florida.

bill do power has a luxury askant house condominium at the harbor entrance his home covers about 2000 square mazes and is spread out over 3 floors. the interior looks like an art museum there are works by frank stella valdez and joined. on the top floor this is swimming pool the apartment was valued at around $60000000.00 euros bill is proud he developed such a project. you're at in the best apartment in the best building in miami you have the most spectacular views of miami fisher island in the ocean on that side of miami beach and ocean on this side i don't know that anybody else we've done this i don't know that anybody else could have done this i mean i think it's unique apartment it is in my view the best apartment in miami beach it's the

best apartment i think on the east coast. like many ultra wealthy folks bill has an entourage an interior designer piece $100.00 of each drafted the plans for both bill's condominium and the sybaris he only works for bill. 2009 i learned that i had melanoma and that the melanoma had spread to my loved ones. and. you know you certainly begin to think that life is short in a day or 2 after that i called peter and i said that i was going to go forward with this apartment or with the boat. and at the end of that week i said to myself i can't live like that i can't however long i have i can't live without a plan and a a a reason to do something special and so i called him back and i said forget it we're going forward with the boat we're all for with the apartment. building has

started out as a business aware but was found guilty of fraud in 1997 he started over and has since made a fortune in computer software. enjoyed by more rain joy. enjoyment. in every respect. i am. right back. though doesn't go sailing every day but the crew is always on call and earn a yearly salary for example the captain earns between 16022000 euros per month or. there is a total of nearly $1000.00 square metres of living space on board the sybaris including fitness and wellness room. this is the master bedroom there are also 5 sleeping cabins for guests like the apartment the boat is full of works of art

like this francisco inspired by popular picasso's masterpiece. and the. kids especially proud of his custom made storage trunks and also one of the stereo would trace we didn't know we did things that was like. that could be very charming the alligators actually died for $150.00 alligators farmers. farmers very stressful right now in florida there's alligators everywhere they eat our dogs. you can see the. her crocodile down on the crocodiles are in danger of the alligators are not and no this really is this beautiful thing so they're all that oh. another day and bill has invited because friends to visit him on his yacht . david boies is one of america's most prominent attorneys.

allowed to know that i'll still. get to see david and his wife mary also only goss but it hardly compares to this one. is that it's one of a kind of never seen anything like it and i've been on 20 premies over the years. every time mary steps on board a yacht she takes part in an unusual ritual climbing the must i just might not want to hold the life of chair up close and sure all the way to the top. of the. well she got to before i think she's crazy and i thought i would do this is by lawyers their eyes. first a little liquid courage. this is it like. when you do this you feel like a bird. your weight was very high and you see the world in

a very different way the way of her. all the way up there. or spirit or the book put up with. a crew member is sent up 1st. then it's mary's turn to the 73 me time to sing hymns. always worried i. have seen her do this somebody time i never get to see. a list strenuous way to climb. after 15 minutes mary is lowered back to the deck she's happy. to get it. by the body 3 times up with a can of veteran. that evening bill hosts

a cocktail party his sumptuously appointed yacht shows the world that he has once again become financially successful and he enjoys sharing his good fortune with his in a circle of. nice about it all these people think they're all very best lawyers i like to hurt their troyer each other i did have a good time they could see something that they don't normally see this is an opportunity for them to see a new piece of art and. it makes you happy that's all it. took up. at the top of. the bill it doesn't only have friends in america there are also those in europe. so he's having the sybaris sale to monaco.

monaco is located on the french riviera and has been a playground for the ultra rich since the late 19th century. some of the world's largest yachts a mortar this marina and monte carlo most of them cost at least $50000000.00 euros . this is a spin only know one of the world's most renowned yacht designers he's no wage and but his office is here in monaco. on the national dollar bill it's great to have an office that's right here on the harbor about those there are ships as far as you can see this is like the monaco is home to a lot of yachts and also the shipping industry in general more than 300 companies have their offices here salsa city she was young i think you know thing with me. well there's a lot of this is our design office of different projects here in this all.

it's been designed shots that often cost several $100000000.00 euros he employs about 20 engineers and designers. his career was launched by this but the octopus the 1st mega yacht in history the 126 metre long boat was once owned by microsoft co-founder paul allen the ship has to landing pads for helicopters and 3 mini submarines more recently it's been designed the deal which was built at the lucent shipyard in braman and delivered in 2016. it's considered the world's largest yacht by volume. the deal by is owned by a russian billionaire alan scherr man of. when esben

has an idea for a new yacht design he 1st makes a sketch just like other designers do. almost we start with the general plan of the boat which i do by hand and then we make a 2 d. image on the computer and then a 3 d. model through the parts come together like a puzzle it takes between 3 and 5 years to complete a project from the 1st meeting with the client to the actual delivery i want to work with your skill it was a. hispanic is a little like the calm arc of felt if you are saying he manages to give classic design a modern twist. for do you have to hunt for customers. you know they find us we don't even have a website. this is really a small world with a lot of word of mouth it's like

a pyramid them all this the closer to the top you are the fewer people there are and they all know each other it's all on the on in the on the more on the is for this. you know week has been will travel to the dubai international boat show. not far away in monaco interior designers sabrina monteleone was also getting ready for the same event. i got to the point behind by the plates ready yes and the letter samples as well sabrina sells accessories and furniture for luxury yachts branded simply called sabrina monte carlo. one point that if you took a boat in flipped over we do everything that falls out to sea. to kill everything that isn't fixed from teaspoons to sofas to curtains. to. sabrina started out in the fashion industry before switching to luxury decoration

of the 20 years ago she's learned all the cupboards. citizens this way here it's the men who choose it's funny because with houses usually women pick but boats are male domains 80 percent of our clients are men. they're often the only ones who have the money to buy a yacht. and they want complete control over it it's their baby that makes my job a lot easier. as you know it is a. new start dubai situated on the shores of the gulf dubai is the financial center of the middle east when we meet a certain he's working as usual. i can't because i have a client meeting in captaincy on thursday 5 o'clock i'd love to but i'm 430 i can't i'm flying to london on thursday nights at 20 something and then i'm flying to the neighbor in the afternoon we could have a late lunch in london perhaps on friday if he's in london on friday thanks get

back to bite by bite problem. sorry that was a broker who's trying to set up a meeting for me with a client. but it's always been like i'm here when he's there by sobers a martial art but it's a. lesson will be ended by for just 24 hours body couldn't miss the big boat show everyone who's anyone in the offing industry will attend. for more than a quarter of a century the super rich have come to dubai to check out the york market at least half of the world's largest shops are owned by wealthy arabs. the amir of divine sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum arise with his usual contingent of advisors and bodyguards.

but above but rather this is the aft deck. and spin doesn't need to rent an exhibition hall he simply welcomes potential clients on board one of his yachts this one is called the silver fast. it also massive comes up when you sit here you can look out over the water. there's a vote for you to vote shows give us a chance to show our know how so we're very happy we could show this boat here today it's not always the case because the bigger the boats are the more private their owners are gone there's a real federal lives on the sort of so people don't really want to show them an affair. also because it's their home business that's to get going to. surprise the owner of this yacht the german multimillionaire wants to sell it so he

asked esben to put it on display here. the superfast is powered by 23600 horsepower diesel a. engines and can reach a top speed of 27 knots 50 kilometers an hour the original asking price of this yacht was about 18000000 euros that's been says it was designed for a new generation of your highness so it is for about 10 years now we've been designing boats that are more contemporary and that reflects that ship owners are getting younger these days it seems that a lot of people are getting rich more quickly the average age of yacht owners has dropped significantly. 30 years ago when i got started in this business all the owners were at least 60. today our customers are more like 30 to 40 years old can't count. on.

this been continued to meet with potential customers well into the evening. there's not a. necessity to me there's any oh you're the sort. that next to me is a hi michelle i brought some friends with me here if i do if you do the jobs it'll go to. michael michelle braman is the sales director at the world renowned lucent shipyard in braman in northern germany. one of 3 mega yachts comes from this yard the company has established a solid reputation for the quality of its boats and for maintaining the privacy of its clients. i don't know how many boats together let's not tell everyone more than 20 i'm sure we need to talk. as if this is business so no microphones because you're wearing a mike yes. how come you're taken off the mike.

we're talking business owners. and mr. well know that in this world discretion is king. as the by international boat show is an annual event the world's leading shipyards engine manufacturers designers and decorators are represented here and that includes sabrina modeling. she enjoys meeting new clients and old friends. that i see. this everyday are far more one of the more i know you all they can be ready on board or any other end of the it is better to get it yet. not see it bring him out rush it is a wealthy saudi businessman and he owns one of the world's largest yachts and the

smaller pocket that this gentleman owns the lady mora which is usually docked at monaco but i think it's a german shipyard right now for refitting. the lady moura was launched in 1900 it's $105.00 metres long and cost over $200000000.00 euros everybody has to face our rush it has made his fortune in the saudi construction sector he also serves as an advisor to the royal family as would his original gift so yeah but let's know we are missing the boat on the been one eco it is strange you don't you're saying ok with it you know it your fault is a part of of want to cover the park there is a stand she sat exam average british that they did it in 2030 in monaco issued a postage stamp that featured the lady maura. this morning sabrina's waiting for another important client. we turn to sit down he's from kuwait we can't find him

he's out there somewhere. i don't know what happened to him. he's been going around in circles but i guess he'll get here eventually. they'll fix it and this customer visits me in monaco all the time he heard that i was here so he wants to stop by and see me. gone he's a very good customer it's but now he's lost he's been trying to find us for 90 minutes i can't figure it out. they're going to pick. up turn out the kuwaiti is finally located the kid is here with me you know. great michel found in perfect. fine and in my view. that it was just him yeah it's very easy the way that the man flew all the way from kuwait to buy furniture from sabrina she set up a showroom on one of the yachts. everyone think you can see how i

take everything in bits on this what ok so you remember that you have this thing that whole money will send you something like this is this kind of for sure making and they were making all of this then you will win seats and then we will see kids what we. see now is of the time and comes from one of kuwait's wealthiest families . well sexy when. he turns up every year and buys loads of stuff i ship it to him and then he sends me photos of all the new things he wants to buy . now he wants to order some more he's a very nice man but he's disappeared again. well why did. the group. who. live where is her client ended up placing an order with more than 200000 euros well worth the white. thinking also that he's

a great customer he's always happy he sends me what's out photos of what he wants. and if the customers happy i'm happy what's the goal but. alex jiménez isn't rich and he doesn't own a yacht and yet everyone here knows him. that afternoon oh you really self yeah absolutely they also are so you're the yard guy i really enjoy seeing you with the boys you see this thing out of the busy busy show yet sounds like you've been busy oh yeah we get what i'm doing great and so they get their great great great great good essential requests if they are good i know if i'm going to go is making. alex is a social media star and goes when the time they got caught i born in brooklyn he's turned his passion for these luxury boats into a profession and now has nearly a 1000000 followers on instagram his photos and videos of

a popular with people who fantasize about living the good life brands and your companies pay him to post content promoting them. so i'm here thanks to you james the dubai international show who has brought me in all the way from boston to come and bring exposure to the show and selling exposure and selling exposure the majority of the people that follow up probably dream is right and probably young kids but there is if one percent of $1000000.00 people. were potential clients that's still a huge no. so there to pay you just aren't this is how i or my living this is exactly where i live and it's not about living i mean this is great i mean how often you get to travel the world you know visit all these amazing places state spend time on board yachts and get paid for it. right now alex is meeting with

mahmoud attorney marketing and communications manager at an emirate your building. or where are going to go on board and do my thing of which more do you want me to to show on facebook 100 to 100 you haven't done that much on that. and we are now what's up everybody we are live from the dubai international post show so we are going to take a toll on the majesty 100. 1 of the newest lines they just they just launched it and i am here with mahmoud one of. the big guys here he's going to give us a tour and walk us through both write a song go to the let's do it all spin you guys around we're going to follow move. through line 15 minute visit on instagram alex charges nearly 3000 euros on social networks you can check viewer numbers straightaway to warn the only that you were.

was also there was cool also try to form a strategy do you want to catch back up you want to go and do a whole cool photo shoot of this both and then i want to post it on facebook and then i'll catch you with one of our right because it was. perfect so now i get to do it all over again for facebook so this is the province's the things that everybody thinks. oh you've got such a great life you know you're out there just hanging out and not all get in a boat and have to spend time on a boat whereas i have to go through and take photos for one social media thing and then i got to go through it take photos for the next social media thing so. well you know work this is work. alex will probably never be as rich as the owners of the yachts that he photographs but he loves his job. so this is the lifestyle for the one percent not everybody can do this and if you are blessed enough to be

able to do it. for your best that's just that. after sunset dubai turns into a posh e-zine and once again was on the job. growth thank you become alex the gakkai. be arriving today with your guests and a good way to go. thank you very much. thank you. so we are here. coming on board check it out sticks pretty crazy. must be one of the biggest party both here and all of you a. huge. figure out. things that. ilona the owners russian wife gave alex a tour of the yacht called the lotus it has room for up to 1000 people and features a nightclub cinema and dining room.

were on board lotus with the largest fortune all of the virus. placed the device consuming 1000. 1000 people wow. that's one of the biggest mini world and yeah in the middle of a city these guys take party bars to another level. the consumption of alcohol is for didn't in dubai but the lotus has a special fantasy. one last sophie and alex's working day came to an end he left the ship before it set off on a mini cruise.

back to monaco. where we found bill duca as well as his sailing yacht sybaris. there's a special adventure just for today at the local golf club. you got to know i had a brother to. build transfers to a small boat to get to shore he paid nearly a $1000000.00 for this craft. that arrived on the dock he was welcomed by an old acquaintance bernardino santry the yacht club manager we were. nice to see you everything's good and you know that it is already a little slow on this is the the commodore of the monaco yacht club. and that's a commodore but it's not the sort that there for a secretary general same thing i didn't. eat don't have to own

a boat to join the yacht club but you do need to be sponsored by 2 members and able to afford the annual fees rumored to be approximately 9000 euros. the monaco yacht club has only a few female members one of them is pound a tree for oh an attorney from milan this is. this is the official presentation ceremony for her new sailing yacht called the rebel reports say the boat cost around 30000000 euros. the rebel is about 52 meters long and was delivered by the manufacturer to the yacht club marina the hull and superstructure a made of lightweight carbon fiber which makes the ship perfect the competitive price of vacation cruises below is the boat's unofficial godfather.

yes. we're. very good friends. who is the proud owner of this beauty this is sold cabmen that you know as my friend told me how to all spike. in they said they didn't have. anyway. and pallets. powell has invited friends from all over the world to the ship's inauguration and she takes a few of them on a guided tour. overlooking. this step with this goes. is that there is a good thing in the world. and not just based on a case for why does this change what they feel so they don't. have to would bill invites and some of her guests will come aboard the super us.

but i. think. the picture. sorry that i love the gives new tour but maybe 1st it's to start with absolutely the order where you have what. you have to particularly make sure you have a. really. big. really there are that you being about. that if you got this little get together gives bill another opportunity to show off his yacht. while you it's like they want it like the softness of your life and i'm sure that that is our you see it's not the life of.

the guests are impressed as bill knew there would be this is a street artist in new york called. the most famous. film likes to talk about the real estate. we're going to meet her apartment in miami and orlando. new york miami and i have my house in rome for york miami mostly a part of the park with an alum resident in miami beach i have an apartment in new york as well and i have a house upstate new york and then i have a partner to. talk to about an hour the party breaks up and the guests head back to shore. bill's yacht was delivered in 2016 after just 6 months he began daydreaming about of beagle want and put the super us off the sale price tag some $19000000.00 euros.

it's not unusual for the super rich to arrive somewhere by helicopter. this group of visitors is being flown today yosh because it's tied up in a rabbit out of the white location just off the west coast of greenland near the city of italy set. those tourist thank you and there are 9 guests on board today. an experienced crew is here to look after them. the yours is owned by a man for crack dutch boat builder who also. so owns the charter cruise company the ship is called the legend and is just under 78 meters long the legend is actually a converted ice breaker and yun supervise most of its refitting work and self over a period of 2 and a half years the advantage of such an expedition yacht is that it allows access to

hard to reach locations which a growing number of the ultra wealthy a seeking out the former icebreaker now looks like a 5 star hotel complete with a fireplace. the legend has 13 cabins timeless styling and beautiful furnishings create an elegant and comfortable atmosphere on board the yacht also features impressive leisure and entertainment facilities. and wants people to feel comfortable on board his yacht with a bit private guests or passengers who've signed up for a charter cruise. simply to fill the few of the people come on board and i put the shoes out and they're going to sit with their feet on the couch with mr alba and that's the whole idea for and i think that's a perfect holiday and it's a perfect time on a bike. built in one of over the past 25 years yan has owned several luxury yachts

the most bigger but that's off us the boats are about 4 times bigger 5 times bigger even one on the 2140 meter so the whole scale is completely different. down in the ship's hold there's a special piece of equipment. a mini submarine the guests can use to explore the ocean depths one of the guest sons is receiving instructions for turning on to see. if. yes get. the young man in the cockpit is taking a certification test yam flew in the instructor from the netherlands to make sure he'll be saif. this before leaving if and then just to but i think sitting inside that comfortable. 2000000 years. it takes 6 people to

lift the mini sub out of the hold and lower it into the water on. this sub it is powered by 6 thrusters and can dive to a maximum depth of 300 meters. i think yeah you read me. diving can begin. but there's not much to see the wood it's pretty murky. here in our fight. visibility is. really really poor.

here you see. the student pilot continues his test. run for. tickets for russia. to open or not. if one of their. asteroids. 'd and he's passed the test he's now certified to pilot a mini sub. back on the surface his parents surprised him with champagne to celebrate. on the last day of the trip yan has organized a special dinner on the day the service manager marilyn is scrambling to get

everything ready. napkins water i love water. ok a lighter. meanwhile the chef is prepared to deal with any spontaneous requests that young might have everything has to be perfect it's a real challenge for maryland she's up to the job she's from south africa and speaks 4 languages. can we have a bread knife i'm going to venture to. clemens clemens merriment. brad was telling stern's wire that the staff members talk to each other via radio but there's just one frequency and that can cause chaos to do things we. all face here we all talk on the same channel right now people are just babbling away jet

ski ship captain so you really have to keep it short. if you saw a little more pussy real food. anything else or more desperate right tacos not have to do that. the guests are already why she in the lounge. but there's no sign of the host. allowed to view the rules we had planned to start dinner around 6 but the boss decided to go diving. so we're just waiting around on standby. the party won't start until young gets here he's the host and others friends are here so they should all celebrate together if the fit is also. after 30 minutes marilyn finds out that young man is on his way back to the yacht. to do solo commuters an indication is the key when you hear will be there in 2

minutes everyone knows what to do. next year but the staff have to talk to each other so that we'll have towels ready for the pass and we can start the barbecue on time. it's important for everyone to work as a team. the you're welcome back girl who had snow. here to welcome however those with the 'd. goal of a lot of the right. time to start serving dinner and there was a lot of different foods to choose from it was the perfect way for yon to wrap up his trip to the arctic. to be with. one of the guests are enjoying eating outside in the cold and having

a barbecue in 4 degree weather that is absolute luxury. that little salt. has since sold the legend but you can still charter it for around 500000 euros a week. the plastic lid. is it harmful to humans. more and more micro particles in the ocean are entering our food chain. to the folks not only is it hurting the empire but is it also bad for our. german scientists warn

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