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...Three days later, as the beleaguered and sleep-deprived response team was still trying to ascertain the identities of the British victims and survivors, the island's volcano erupted, sparking a riotous evacuation scenario in which frantic locals fought with shell-shocked British citizens for spots on the rescue boat. Sandwiched between the two events was a rotating cast of corrupt customs officials, traumatized crash victims, a blood-lusty press corps, unidentified bodies showing up in the morgue, ill-equipped local doctors with a penchant for amputation, grieving family members and looters...
British yachtmaker Sunseeker launched its biggest boat yet at last year's London Boat Show: an $18 million, 121-ft. (37 m) superyacht. So far, it has built three of them; two are under construction at its boatyard in Poole, England; and eight more are on order. That kind of demand surprised Robert Braithwaite, managing director. "If we had sold five or six by now, I would be very happy." At this year's show, the company unveiled two more big boats, a $4.8 million 89-footer (27 m) and a $14 million 112-footer (34 m)--smaller than last...
...rising-sales tide isn't lifting all boats. Sales of smaller yachts are somewhat adrift. For instance, demand for Sunseeker's $550,000, 44-ft. (13 m) Superhawk 43 is languishing. "The top end is pulling the industry along," says Ed Slack, editor of International Boat Industry...
There are more superrich than there are superyachts to go around. Damn. "Production capabilities are running behind demand," says Joel Plasco, CEO of Collins Stewart, the private banking group that sponsors the London Boat Show. But scarcity doesn't hurt this industry. The small number of yachts it builds makes it less vulnerable to economic upheaval: manufacturers need only rely on a handful of customers. "It's more difficult for luxury-goods makers who have to sell hundreds of thousands of items," Cannatelli says...
...common, and some of the bigger yachts even have swimming pools. There are also megayacht toys such as small helicopters, minisubmarines, diving bells, and tenders that can accommodate sailboats and speedboats. Annual running costs--including maintenance, crews and berthing fees--tend to be 10% to 20% of the boat's price...