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THE STANDARD

THE STANDARD is a 24.38 m Motor Yacht, built in Taiwan by Ocean Alexander and delivered in 2007. She is one of 13 80 models.

Her top speed is 18.0 kn, her cruising speed is 15.0 kn, and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 1100.0 nm at 12.0 kn, with power coming from two Caterpillar diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 6 guests in 3 staterooms, with 2 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 96.0 GT and a 6.1 m beam.

She was designed by Ed Monk Jr. , who also completed the naval architecture. Ed Monk Jr. has designed 64 yachts and created the naval architecture for 149 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.

Her interior was designed by Fujita , who has 6 other superyacht interiors designed in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with a Teak deck, a GRP hull, and GRP superstructure.

THE STANDARD is one of 5708 motor yachts in the 24-30m size range.

THE STANDARD is registered under the United States of America flag, the most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1615 yachts registered

Specifications

• Name: THE STANDARD
• Previous Names: MICK
• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Semi-displacement
• Builder: Ocean Alexander
• Naval Architect: Ed Monk Jr.
• Exterior Designer: Ed Monk Jr.
• Interior Designer: Fujita

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Standard Yacht - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

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Start your happily ever after on a multi-million dollar yacht with the San Diego skyline as your background. Cruise past the Coronado and dance the night away with the California sunset. With us, it’s your wedding celebration done your way. We host a number of marriage events - each one is very special and one of its kind - and fully customized to your preferences. You can add flowers, customize, and plan an amazing event with the help of our luxury Yacht crew ready to make your experience unforgettable.

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Experience true luxury onboard for your special day!

The Standard Yacht boat is a 72’ yacht built by luxury US yacht builder Yacht Direct in 2016. This sleek and delightfully decorated yacht is a perfect fit for those seeking a chance to break away from the mediocre events and dive into a pleasure-seeking adventure on the open water.

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Wedding reception, Wedding shower, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour, Engagement party, After party, Luxurious and chic, Fun and festive, Elopement

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Enjoy chef-prepared food with free-flowing champagne, mimosas, and select drinks of your choice on your private yacht. This is the perfect cruise for a natural breeze, good music, tangible sunshine, sightseeing, and gorgeous water views. This cruise will include amazing views of San Diego including the Coronado Bay Bridge, Downtown San Diego, the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum, the Star of India, the Naval Air Station, and many more. Enjoy 360-degree views of San Diego on a yacht while you celebrate your day!

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• Pet friendly
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I had a great time using Standard Yacht. The captain and the staff were very professional and knowledgeable at what they're doing. Love how there was music, food, drinks, activities for you to do on the yacht. Overall, my experience was amazing.

I had the pleasure of being aboard Standard Yacht this weekend for an incredible time on the water. Captian Clint took us on the smoothest ride around the bay to see all the beautiful sights. We were completely spoiled by our stewardess, Danielle, who made sure our drinks never emptied as we enjoyed an incredible time on this gorgeous yacht. From start to finish The Standard Yacht was an experience of a lifetime!

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Cruising the Moskva River: A short guide to boat trips in Russia’s capital

There’s hardly a better way to absorb Moscow’s atmosphere than on a ship sailing up and down the Moskva River. While complicated ticketing, loud music and chilling winds might dampen the anticipated fun, this checklist will help you to enjoy the scenic views and not fall into common tourist traps.

How to find the right boat?

There are plenty of boats and selecting the right one might be challenging. The size of the boat should be your main criteria.

Plenty of small boats cruise the Moskva River, and the most vivid one is this yellow Lay’s-branded boat. Everyone who has ever visited Moscow probably has seen it.

This option might leave a passenger disembarking partially deaf as the merciless Russian pop music blasts onboard. A free spirit, however, will find partying on such a vessel to be an unforgettable and authentic experience that’s almost a metaphor for life in modern Russia: too loud, and sometimes too welcoming. Tickets start at $13 (800 rubles) per person.

Bigger boats offer smoother sailing and tend to attract foreign visitors because of their distinct Soviet aura. Indeed, many of the older vessels must have seen better days. They are still afloat, however, and getting aboard is a unique ‘cultural’ experience. Sometimes the crew might offer lunch or dinner to passengers, but this option must be purchased with the ticket. Here is one such  option  offering dinner for $24 (1,490 rubles).

If you want to travel in style, consider Flotilla Radisson. These large, modern vessels are quite posh, with a cozy restaurant and an attentive crew at your service. Even though the selection of wines and food is modest, these vessels are still much better than other boats.

Surprisingly, the luxurious boats are priced rather modestly, and a single ticket goes for $17-$32 (1,100-2,000 rubles); also expect a reasonable restaurant bill on top.

How to buy tickets?

Women holding photos of ships promise huge discounts to “the young and beautiful,” and give personal invitations for river tours. They sound and look nice, but there’s a small catch: their ticket prices are usually more than those purchased online.

“We bought tickets from street hawkers for 900 rubles each, only to later discover that the other passengers bought their tickets twice as cheap!”  wrote  (in Russian) a disappointed Rostislav on a travel company website.

Nevertheless, buying from street hawkers has one considerable advantage: they personally escort you to the vessel so that you don’t waste time looking for the boat on your own.

Prices start at $13 (800 rubles) for one ride, and for an additional $6.5 (400 rubles) you can purchase an unlimited number of tours on the same boat on any given day.

Flotilla Radisson has official ticket offices at Gorky Park and Hotel Ukraine, but they’re often sold out.

Buying online is an option that might save some cash. Websites such as  this   offer considerable discounts for tickets sold online. On a busy Friday night an online purchase might be the only chance to get a ticket on a Flotilla Radisson boat.

This  website  (in Russian) offers multiple options for short river cruises in and around the city center, including offbeat options such as ‘disco cruises’ and ‘children cruises.’ This other  website  sells tickets online, but doesn’t have an English version. The interface is intuitive, however.

Buying tickets online has its bad points, however. The most common is confusing which pier you should go to and missing your river tour.

“I once bought tickets online to save with the discount that the website offered,” said Igor Shvarkin from Moscow. “The pier was initially marked as ‘Park Kultury,’ but when I arrived it wasn’t easy to find my boat because there were too many there. My guests had to walk a considerable distance before I finally found the vessel that accepted my tickets purchased online,” said the man.

There are two main boarding piers in the city center:  Hotel Ukraine  and  Park Kultury . Always take note of your particular berth when buying tickets online.

Where to sit onboard?

Even on a warm day, the headwind might be chilly for passengers on deck. Make sure you have warm clothes, or that the crew has blankets ready upon request.

The glass-encased hold makes the tour much more comfortable, but not at the expense of having an enjoyable experience.

Getting off the boat requires preparation as well. Ideally, you should be able to disembark on any pier along the way. In reality, passengers never know where the boat’s captain will make the next stop. Street hawkers often tell passengers in advance where they’ll be able to disembark. If you buy tickets online then you’ll have to research it yourself.

There’s a chance that the captain won’t make any stops at all and will take you back to where the tour began, which is the case with Flotilla Radisson. The safest option is to automatically expect that you’ll return to the pier where you started.

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The Gold Standard

What’s more, many of my favorite yachts are all designed by the same Pacific Northwest legend, Bainbridge Island-based Ed Monk Jr. Of the 157,000 nautical miles I have logged as a long-range motoryacht delivery captain, 55,000 of those miles are in vessels designed by Ed Monk Jr. We of the Pacific Northwest can boast of a long line of very well-designed and very well-built boats that share the common heritage of Ed Monk Jr: Tollycraft, McQueen, Nordlund, Christensen, and Westport among them. His designs have gotten me through a variety of intense situations, drawn here from my log:

May 1996. Northbound in Puget Sound. I just left Shilshole with an Ocean Alexander 456 Cockpit Motoryacht. I am on day one of a three-day trip around to Portland, Oregon. The wind is out of the north at 25 knots pushing a three-foot chop with occasional fours.

June 1998. Southbound between Point Arena and Bodega Bay, California. I am in a 65-foot Tollycraft Cockpit Motoryacht. The wind from Point Arena to Point Reyes was forecast to be northwest 10 to 15 knots. Because of the not-forecasted cape effect, within the first five miles the wind goes from 10 knots to 30 plus pushing a short period of a six- to eight-foot following sea.

August 2005. Northbound off Gold Beach, Oregon. I am running a 43-foot Tollycraft aft cabin from Alameda, California to Anacortes, Washington. The wind is out of the northwest at 15 knots, gusting to 20. I beat into a two-foot chop with occasional threes.

May 2010. Southbound between Cape Flattery and Cape Alava, Washington Coast. There is a 10-foot swell from the west at nine seconds with a two- to three-foot chop on top from a northwesterly wind at 15 knots. I left Neah Bay early that morning in a 54-foot Ocean Alexander Trawler after waiting two days for the weather to calm down.

April 2015. Northbound off Cape Mendocino, California. I am four weeks into a delivery from La Paz, Mexico to Seattle, Washington. I am just three miles off the beach trying to stay inside the north wind which had been blowing for the past week. I was taking advantage of a 24-hour window where the higher winds had moved a bit further offshore leaving a leftover three- to five-foot chop at eight seconds. My vessel? An 80-foot Nordlund.

December 2015. Colon Panama to Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Distance 825 nautical miles. I have been waiting on the Caribbean side of the Canal for ten days for the northeast trade winds to subside. I am running a 78 Ocean Alexander from Seattle, Washington to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This vessel carries 2,000 gallons of fuel and burns 1.7 gallons per mile at 10 knots. I plan to arrive in Isla Mujeres with no less than 600 gallons on board. Running at 9.5 knots will ensure I stay within that limit. I depart at 0800 hours with a planned arrival approximately three days later mid-afternoon.

In each of the cases I previously mentioned, I am running at approximately 10 knots and burning between 1.5 and 1.7 gallons per mile. I am enjoying a relatively comfortable ride that enables me to stand unsupported at the helm, arms crossed, gazing respectfully out at the open sea ahead of me. In the motoryacht world, from about 60 feet length overall and up, 1.5 gallons per mile at 10 knots is about as good as it gets. The yachts from my anecdotes have different sizes, manufacturers, and styles pitted against completely different sea conditions and locations. But all are designed by Ed Monk Jr.

In 1977, Alex Chueh of Taiwan teamed up with Ed Monk Jr. to create Ocean Alexander, now known as Alexander Marine. To this day, Alexander Marine is the only production boat builder still building Ed Monk Jr.-designed motoryachts. It was on an Ocean Alexander that I first was introduced to the design of Ed Monk Jr. and I consider myself very fortunate that the majority of my deliveries to this day are on Ocean Alexanders. My first introduction to Ed Monk Jr.-designed vessels was back in the mid- 1990s.

In 1996, I was out of the Coast Guard for five years and had a couple of full-time yacht jobs plus a couple of commercial gigs under my belt. I started running Ocean Alexanders for the Seattle dealer between their stores in Seattle and Portland, Oregon. After the first few minutes of the first trip, I learned and began to appreciate the virtues of good hull design. I became a disciple of Ed Monk Jr.

From my years in the U.S. Coast Guard, as a corporate pilot, and now as a long-range delivery captain, I come from cultures of safety and reliability built on a foundation of good design, engineering, construction performance, and seakeeping. I also had the opportunity to run a great number of different vessels from a variety of builders in the offshore environment: steel, aluminum, wood, and fiberglass; large and small; multi- and mono-hull; one engine and two. I’ve experienced engineering and construction that is rock solid and also piloted builds that leave me scratching my head asking, ‘What were they thinking?’ Boats are not created equal.

Out of all these characteristics and hundreds of combinations, it is design that will dictate what you will end up with. It is design that will separate the good from the bad and design is the first and most important element upon which a boat is built. Start with a poor design with great engineering and construction, and you will still have a poorly-designed vessel in the end.

Number one on my list and the vessel by which I compare all others is the 65 Tollycraft Cockpit Motoryacht. For me, the 65 Tolly embodies the best combination of design, engineering, construction, performance, and seakeeping. There is no mistaking the look of an Ed Monk Jr. hull design with the fine entry of the bow and classic lines. The look of the 65 Tollycraft is the epitome of his style and a heritage that is shared by every vessel that started life on his drawing board.

Fuel economy/performance and seakeeping are the most important elements that I deal with. The average leg on a typical West Coast delivery can run from 240 to 480 nautical miles. On a coast-to-coast trip through the Panama Canal, I can see legs up to 800 nautical miles. The average motoryacht does not carry a lot of fuel and doing these legs efficiently at 10 knots in relative comfort is extremely important (especially for someone who makes a living doing it).

When I consider any vessel for a delivery, my first thoughts go to the overall design and construction of that vessel. How heavily is she built? What are her seakeeping characteristics? What speed will I be able to cruise her at? From there I will develop a set of limits by which I determine the weather conditions I pick for the trip. The lighter the vessel and corresponding seakeeping characteristics, the better the weather I need. Next, I will look at what her fuel capacity and expected fuel burn is for the planned 10 knots I hope to run.

There is little correlation between the weight of the vessel and her fuel burn, rather fuel efficiency comes down to hull design. For example, take two 65 footers side-by-side that have the same length, engine power, and basic weight, but different hull designs. The better hull design will be up to 20 percent more fuel efficient at the same speed. I have run very lightly built vessels that have had poor hull designs with lousy fuel consumption.

I have a deep-seated appreciation and respect for the beauty and power of the sea. I endeavor to work with her, not against her, and strive to pick the best of her weather for my clients and my journeys. Ed Monk Jr. designs boats that seem to flow as easily through the water as well as with the sea. Design is the foundation upon which all vessels are built, and when it comes to performance and seakeeping, Ed Monk Jr. designs are my Gold Standard.

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Chris Couch

Captain Chris Couch is a successful Pacific Northwest-based delivery captain who has been widely used by companies like Alexander Marine for the last 26 years. Couch enjoyed a 14-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard that took him around the country to the East Coast, Gulf, and West Coast on all kinds of vessels. He has been at the helm through the Panama Canal five times and for four transpacific crossings. His book, The Checklist, is enjoyed by and distributed to yachts owners and is a fantastic resource that covers just about everything relevant to a PNW Boater. You can buy The Checklist, check out his other publications, or contact him at compassheadings.com.

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The superyacht world is speculating that Mark Zuckerberg just bought this 118-meter boat

• The 118-meter superyacht Launchpad made her maiden voyage last week.
• The yacht world is speculating that her owner is Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
• Here's what we know about the luxury vessel.

In the world of superyachts , privacy is the most valuable asset. It can be next to impossible to discern the details of a superyacht transaction — and that's particularly true if the vessel in question is worth nine figures.

Yet some in the boat blogging world are speculating that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the new owner of Launchpad, a megayacht currently moored in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after she made her maiden voyage from Gibraltar to St Maarten last week. Launchpad clocks in at 118 meters long, about nine meters shorter than Jeff Bezos' superyacht Koru .

The transaction could not be confirmed, with yacht world insiders declining to share what they know and representatives for Zuckerberg not responding to a request for comment from Business Insider. In the past, reports about Zuckerberg owning superyacht Ulysses have proven false.

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"It is Feadship's standard policy to never divulge any information about our yachts with reference to ownership, costs, or delivery, etc," Feadship, the ship's builder, wrote to BI. "Whether it is an 18-meter Feadship from the 1960s or a 118-meter Feadship from the 21st century, we do not share private information."

But Zuckerberg's name has been connected to Launchpad for a few months now, beginning in December when reports swirled that he visited Feadship's shipyard in the Netherlands.

Then, earlier in March, yachting bloggers like eSysman SuperYachts and Autoevolution started speculating that he officially snagged the boat, originally built for a sanctioned Russian businessman, at a $300 million price tag. (While that's a seemingly huge amount, it's still less than 0.2% of Zuckerberg's $177 billion net worth.)

Another clue that might point to US ownership is that the yacht bears the flag of the Marshall Islands, a US territory and commonplace for American buyers to register their ships, according to public marine tracking.

If Zuckerberg were to have bought Launchpad, he would join a cohort of superyacht-owning tech billionaires . Along with Bezos, the likes of Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison and Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have purchased impressive boats with even more impressive amenities.

SuperYacht Times , an industry publication and intelligence platform, has some of the best images of the yacht. Photos show a swimming pool on her main deck and a large helipad.

While less is known of the interior, a vessel of her size can likely sleep dozens of guests and crew and may have amenities like an expansive gym where Zuckerberg could practice his jiu-jitsu or a spa with a massage area. We suspect there's also space for plenty of toys — which could include his viral hydrofoil foil .

Do you have any details about Launchpad or any other superyachts? Email reporter Madeline Berg at [email protected].

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'Yachts and strippers': laws to curb unexplained wealth

Organised crime bosses and career criminals who spend big on flashy cars and yachts will be stripped of their ill-gotten cash under bolstered laws.

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Legislation introduced into Victoria's parliament on Tuesday would make it harder for criminals to enjoy their unexplained wealth without losing it.

Authorities can already confiscate wealth when police and prosecutors believe it has been illegally acquired.

But the changes capture assets bought in a partner or relative's name, along with gifts, consumable wealth and wealth that has been gifted, disposed of or expended.

"Organised crime bosses think they can have the fancy cars, flash yachts, spend their money on hotels and strippers," Police Minister Anthony Carbines said.

"If you draw attention to yourself, Victoria Police will be after you and will be able to use their laws to crack down and reclaim those ... ill-gotten gains."

Under the reforms, prosecutors could apply to a court for an unexplained wealth order if there are "reasonable grounds" to suspect a person's total wealth exceeded what they had lawfully acquired by at least $200,000.

Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes said Victoria Police had complained about barriers to demonstrating a known crook's wealth was directly connected to criminal activity.

"You will have to demonstrate that you obtained it by legal means," she said.

"It's very likely, unless they won TattsLotto and they can show their winning ticket, they probably were doing illegal activities to obtain their wealth."

Victoria's existing laws typically arise after other criminal charges are laid and police look through finances, with the defendants then having to prove their assets are legitimate.

"(With) this, the only difference appears to be that they're facing this outside the realm of an offender or an owner of property having to be subject to a criminal charge," prominent Melbourne barrister Zarah Garde-Wilson told AAP.

"It's a way to access (a) partner's income (and) family members' incomes, because a lot of income is siphoned out of their own personal name to protect it."

The laws would allow a broader range of property to be seized and appeared to be in the public interest, Ms Garde-Wilson said.

However, she cautioned defendants should not be liable for court costs on unsuccessful applications and anticipated prosecutors could have a tough time chasing money that was already spent.

"If the money is not there, the money is not there," she said.

Monash University faculty of law professor Liz Campbell, an expert in organised crime and corruption, said police could opt to pursue unexplained wealth orders against people instead of criminal charges.

"It ostensibly (would be) more straightforward to go down this route due to the burden of proof on the individual and the standard of proof required," Prof Campbell told AAP.

"(They would) still need to obtain adequate evidence, though, which isn't always straightforward."

The government said a court could order offenders to pay the state the value of anything they cannot prove was lawfully acquired.

Criminals who do not pay in time would not be arrested as it is a civil scheme.

But the state can still take measures to recover the amount, including selling off property and assets restrained under existing powers.

Victoria has modelled the laws on those in Western Australia and they are similar to NSW, which last year boosted police powers to seize and freeze wealth and assets without a specific offence.

Opposition Leader John Pesutto indicated in-principle coalition support for the changes but questioned why the crackdown had taken so long when the government had been in power for 10 years.

Australian Associated Press

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