Friday, January 14, 2005

I can't sail in them, but . . .

Vema III; Mouette; Nyala; Northern Light; Nereus; Vim; Seven Seas; Columbia; Dorothee; Constellation; Intrepid; Valiant; Courageous; Enterprise; Spirit of America; America II - All of them 12-meters and all of them designed by Sparkman & Stephens, who just happen to be a tenant of ours at 529 Fifth Avenue. I met with them yesterday and just walking around, looking at the plans/models/photographs, was awesome. There was a photograph of one of their yachts under sail - it goes for a cool $10 million. The spinnaker alone costs $25,000 (apparently they were out one time, sailing it with the owner in heavy winds . . . they recommended taking the spinnaker down . . . the owner disagreed . . . a few moments later, the spinnaker ripped to shreds . . . oops!). I made a preliminary offer on it - they said they'd consider a trade in of the sunfish!

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