A Tour of Andrey Melnichenko's $300-million, Philippe Starck-Designed 'A' Yacht - WSJ.com

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But Bruce, She's still just a stink pot! I'd rather have my Cal 24 any day! Jerry --- On Sat, 4/17/10, Bruce Stirling <br… [at] stirlinglaw.com> wrote: From: Bruce Stirling <br… [at] stirlinglaw.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] A Tour of Andrey Melnichenko's $300-million, Philippe Starck-Designed 'A' Yacht - WSJ.com To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 5:40 AM Link: http://online. wsj.com/article/ SB10001424052702 3036956045751819 11796253780. html?mod= WSJ_hp_mostpop_ read (via shareaholic. com)

I am thinking of lining the Cal 28 interior with mirrors on all sides. On 4/17/10, Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > But Bruce, > She's still just a stink pot! > I'd rather have my Cal 24 any day! > Jerry > > --- On *Sat, 4/17/10, Bruce Stirling <br… [at] stirlinglaw.com>* wrote: > > > From: Bruce Stirling <br… [at] stirlinglaw.com> > Subject: [Cal_Boats] A Tour of Andrey Melnichenko's $300-million, Philippe > Starck-Designed 'A' Yacht - WSJ.com > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 5:40 AM > > > > Link: http://online. wsj.com/article/ SB10001424052702 3036956045751819 > 11796253780. html?mod= WSJ_hp_mostpop_ read<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303695604575181911796253780.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read>(via shareaholic. > com <http://shareaholic.com>) > > > -- Robert Bruce Stirling, II, Esq. 602.254.6638 602.460.5631 [Cell] 602-507-9445 [Fax] 520-302-5206 [Tucson] br… [at] stirlinglaw.com http://www.stirlinglaw.com/lawyers The information in this e-mail communication is Privileged and Confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the undersigned sender immediately and then delete this e-mail.

Gerald Sobel wrote: > > > But Bruce, > She's still just a stink pot! > I'd rather have my Cal 24 any day! > This is the essential difference between "tycoon" and "sailor." The tycoon needs the look-at-me, mine-is-bigger-than-yours affirmation, and is driven by it. We ordinary sailors lack that compulsion, and we find our pleasure in making our boats go, not hiding in them. I will agree that sometimes there is a trickle-down effect for the rest of us from innovations in materials, engineering, and design in the ultra-mega-yacht field, but it's hard to be jealous of people obsessed with ostentation in that way. Would I rather be sailing my Cal 20 or lounging amid the mirrors of the Russian's yacht? The answer is simple. Chris Campbell >