Casino Royale Yacht Sold
The yacht boasts an efficient semi-displaced GRP hull with a ranked bulbous bow and is RINA classified. MIRABILIS has a nearly 25-foot (7.52m) beam and two Caterpillar C32 12V 1,600hp engines that give her a top speed of 17 knots and a cruising speed of 12 knots. Casino Royale amounted to a “very fun project”, says Foggia (Christensen’s president). “John Staluppi’s team was great to work with—and we’re already looking at the next Millennium project.” Read Full Article. Carrying flashlights, Trey Cruz, 20, and his pal Justice Mejias, 16, allegedly raided cabinets for beer inside the “Casino Royale,” a $42 million James Bond-themed megayacht at the North Cove. Christensen motor yacht Casino Royale sold 8 November 2017 By Malcolm Maclean The 50 metre motor yacht Casino Royale, listed for sale by Joe Foggia at Northrop & Johnson, has been sold in-house with Kevin Merrigan and Wes Sanford representing the buyer. A Triumph Bonneville Scrambler 1200 motorcycle demonstrates remarkable traction, leaping high up a cliff, and the new model Spirit Yacht (the one used in Casino Royale recently sold second hand for.
Wilson Fittipaldi Jr., the Brazilian race car driver turned yacht builder, faces arrest the next time he comes to the United States. It stems from a lawsuit over an unfinished megayacht constructed by his now-defunct Fittipaldi Yachts.
A U.S. District judge in Miami issued the warrant in March. This follows the same judge holding Fittipaldi Jr. in contempt of court in October 2016. The judge further imposed a related fine of $100 per day. The contempt ruling and fine resulted due to Fittipaldi Jr. failing to appear in court last July. He was ordered to appear due to a nearly $7-million default judgment against him, from September 2015.
That judgment, in turn, resulted from charges filed in 2013 for breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation, and more, over the above-mentioned yacht. The yacht was hull number one of a 110-foot (abut 33.5-meter) motoryacht series. According to court documents, Brazil-based Fittipaldi Yachts started construction on the megayacht more than a decade ago. In August 2007, Fittipaldi Jr. and his company sold the partially built yacht to a buyer, Casino Royale LLC, agreeing to complete her. In addition, Fittipaldi Yachts agreed to acquire all documents and pay all fees required for exporting the yacht.
Despite Casino Royale making milestone payments, it states in court filings that Fittipaldi Yachts did not pay suppliers contributing to the build. It also states that Fittipaldi Yachts’ license to import equipment tax-free expired in late 2007, but that the yard didn’t reveal the expiration until months later. As a result, Brazilian customs authorities began seizing items that Fittipaldi Yachts ordered for import beginning in January 2008. Casino Royale claims that the shipyard revealed in April 2008 that it wouldn’t be able to finish the 110-footer due to owing millions to creditors and in back taxes to the Brazilian government. Fittipaldi Yachts requested adjusting the original payment terms.
Before the adjustment could be worked out, Casino Royale claims, Fittipaldi Yachts sold the yacht’s engines and other equipment, without notice. The owner of hull number two in the 110 series reportedly purchased them. Despite this, Fittipaldi Yachts allegedly pledged in October 2008 that it could complete Casino Royale’s yacht by June 2009. That did not happen. Fittipaldi Yachts defaulted on its lease on the shipyard property in August 2010. Fittipaldi Yachts ceased business by March 2012. And, according to Casino Royale, the megayacht was never completed. Furthermore, it claims, neither Fittipaldi Yachts nor Fittipaldi Jr. provided documents allowing Casino Royale to move the yacht elsewhere.
The arrest warrant from March is valid only on U.S. soil. Fittipaldi Jr. does visit family in Florida, however. For example, his brother Emerson, the renowned Formula One driver, lives there.
Fittipaldi Jr. did not respond to our requests seeking comment.
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Spirit Yachts will be displaying the stunning Soufrière at this year’s London on Water show, which takes place at St Katharine Docks from 4 – 7 May.
The beautiful Spirit 54 had quite the role when she starred alongside Daniel Craig and Eva Green in James Bond’s 2006 film Casino Royale.
Daniel Craig and Eva Green on the Soufrière in Casino Royale, 2006.
Following her film debut, Soufrière was sold and enjoyed subsequent years’ cruising and participating in competitive racing. She was then returned to Spirit Yachts to complete a refit and is now for sale through Spirit’s brokerage department for £600,000.
Spirit Yachts CEO and head designer Sean McMillan comments, “Soufrière was designed specifically for Casino Royale© following the production company’s search for a classically elegant, unique, British built yacht. The scene in which Daniel Craig and Eva Green glide into Venice onboard Soufrière granted her a place in British film history. What better place to re-launch her to the public than London; the home of James Bond?”
Describing the filming of Casino Royale©, McMillan adds, “Probably the most challenging voyage for Soufrière came during filming in Venice when we had to take the rig in and out ten times; she was the first sailing yacht to go up the Grand Canal for 300 years.”
Soufrière was recently given a fresh coat of paint on her elegant ice blue coloured hull and all external varnish was stripped and re-varnished where necessary. The interior woodwork has been re-varnished where required and all equipment from the engine to the rigging has been inspected and serviced. She will be on display in berth C09 at the London show.
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Also on display at the London show in berth C10 will be the Spirit P40, a sophisticated 12 metre power boat whose clean lines and impeccable design are synonymous with Spirit Yachts’ modern classic style.
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