$60 Million SuperYacht Abandoned & Left to Rot | Ep156 SY News 

The 51 mete super yacht that went up for auction is a Trinity Tri deck. And is currently in Gulfport Mississippi, USA.

Interesting news as always. Many thanks for all the hard work

Insane money to abandon it. Crazy!! Keep us updated on MYA please.

The unfinished yacht is in Mississippi, USA. It was being constructed at the former Trinity yard in Mississippi.

The world resort looks more like sand piles not a resort

By the way I’m Hair Designer and your hair looks extra good today,I never understood why people made crappy remarks about your hair and never looked bad

...Serafsa...such a beautiful name...maybe the feminine of 'seraph'... shining angel...she sure needs a loving make over to restore her to former glory...the Royal House of Saud: the richest in the world?...surely a pittance to restore this lovely Yacht...once again eSysman, thanks so much for your wonderful reporting...always so good to see you & hear from you...

You did a good job on the update my brother !! From Ohio USA 🇺🇸 !!

Sam Bankman-Fried might interested in buying if it's moored somewhere without an extradition treaty.

This yacht needs to be rescured and brought back to a decent condition. Shame to see nice boats like this left without any maintenance. Another excellent video, straight forward info.

Sad to such a fine boat in bad condition......Thanks very much my friend 👍 Shoe🇺🇸

Sort of hurts to see beautiful boats and yachts - like the Riva - left to decay.

Great reporting; thanks.

great update 2x👍

Interesting video 📹 🤔 👀. Thank you.

It's interesting they called that build 40% finished. Looks to be significantly more work ahead before it's in presentation condition. Hard to believe Monaco would allow this to remain in their harbor. They do have an image that's quite important to them I would believe. Goes to show how much upkeep it really takes.

1:25, I initially thought this was the Bella T, an unfinished 45m superyacht recently auctioned in Cape Town after having been a landmark (out of the water) in the harbour for many years.

@eSysman, can you do a story on why MY Illusion Plus is unable to sell? It's been for sale for five years and the price is now reduced to $79 million USD which is honestly an incredible price for a yacht of it's size. Usually yachts of that size sell for three to four times that amount. Is this because it was build by a Chinese yacht builder?

Brilliant video.

The derelict yacht in Monaco could have been moved out temporarily because of the Show you were attending. It wouldn’t have been an appealing visual for those looking at all the other well-maintained super yachts.

The abandoned yacht may just have salt build up from sea air. It looks crystalline and might be flushed off with pressure hose. Maybe they will give the yacht to whoever agrees to pay their tens of millions dock fees.

This is a challenge as a lender in the yacht industry; even with ironclad paperwork, if a borrower or guarantor decides not to pay, the multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy or foreclosure process is a nightmare, especially if it’s a Royal at the end of the line. American or Western borrower and you’d end up with something closer to Axioma or a quick distressed sale.

Apparently, the patina look is not just for cars. 😁

Motor Yacht, Eh Good day eh. Me and my brother Doug hope you're gonna have great holidays this year. You could start with the Hoser's 12 days of Christmas by Bob and Doug Mackenzie. Merry Christmas eh.

When people have this kind of money , they do not deserve to have this kind of money !

Good!

last one off, please pull the drain plug. lol

@eSysman I just watched the (heartbreaking) video from 3 years ago about the Riva you found in disrepair. We're you ever able to follow up with it? I would love to hear that it was a situation similar to what you called the best case scenario, and that it was revived and taken proper care of.

Ha loveing the chanel, Over the past 18 months/2 years it seams that more Italian built yachts are having fires on board and sinking than other yacht manufacturers is this the case if so are Italian yachts safe. Thank Andy (Portsmouth Uk)

Special request: (Unless I've missed them) I haven't seen any bloopers recently...maybe throw 1 or 2 in once in a while. Cheers!

Are there two yachts named Sarafsa? I delivered the rib tenders to a yacht named Sarasfa at Amels shipyard in Holland whilst it was under construction and later to the yacht in Cap D'Ail near Monaco. It had a Burgundy hull with Cream superstructure.

Thank you my super yacht's spokesperson. You rock on up to date information. I will give an example from my own experience with just a 26 foot (Larson) $7000 bill on basic outdrive yearly maintenance. Sitting in salt water takes its toll on parts, had to replace Hydraulic lift cylinders, that corroded right through, leaking OIL., New throttle cable.repaint with bottom paint. Hull waxing done by me and wife with help from my mini Australian Shepherd. He likes to take my polishing rags When in the boat repair yard, there were workers cleaning WAXING other vessels hulls. Just saying this as a small time example. But just looking at your photo shows. The Hull must be in ship shape, continued cleaning all the time. Million dollars expensive on upkeep I'm trying to sell my ( Larson) right now.

In juli and august MV Sarafsa was in Portisco, Sardegna

MY SARAFSA was in sardinia dock outside porttisco by the filling station for a long time.

The paint on the hull looks like it was clear coated, as you would a car paint job. The clear coat is failing and is shedding and peeling, which makes it look very tacky. Except for the areas where the fenders didn't protect the hull at the waterline, the actual preservation properties of the paint on the boat look to be sound. Not a $60 million dollar yacht any more, though. The shipboard systems that make it go require a lot of maintenance, so I expect the engineering systems are pretty much ruined by now.

Always knew that Monaco was nothing more than a well disguised council estate, for burnt out cars read motor yacht Sarafsa. But seriously what a sad state it is in, looks much better in the pictures on the broker site, surprise surprise.

Just to clear abit up. The abandoned yacht was at former Trinity Yachts yard on France rd in New Orleans. Trinity ran into alot of money issues really from jump. State kicked in money for the yard as long as certain employee numbers were met. Long and short of it, Trinity was making a full move to Gulfport, MS and mothball France rd site. Governor Blanco stepped in and said, " we want our money back". Yard stayed with a skeleton crew at best until Katrina hit. That gave Dane his get out of jail free card. Mothballed and left for Gulfport. The yacht in question has sat since about 1-2 years ago where is was finally moved to gulfport. Insurance paid. Trust me, I often looked at it and wanted to scrap LOL. That would have been a nice junk of change during the recession when metals went sky high. 😁

@eSysman - I'm pretty sure your 40% built yacht is in Cape Town. Timelines, size and looks match what was / is quite a landmark here...

Feel sorry for the crew stuck in Dubai, must be bored out of their minds.

The auctioned off yacht you are looking for seems to be in a dry dock in Cape Town. Will confirm with photo tomorrow.

Burgess Yachts has pictures of M/Y Sarafsa. One of them shows stained carpeting in one of the salons. No idea when the photos were taken.

I'm sure we'll see a few more in that state by this time next year.

I was moored next to Sarafsa in June 2022 in Portisco Sardinia. I was wondering what was up with it and now I know.

Easy come , easy go .

Observation: I think that M/Y Victory should be anchored inside the World Islands just off the Dubai Island. (get it?)

The incomplete yacht is at the now defunct Trinity shipyard in Gulfport Mississippi.

What a shame. I actually watched the hull being laid at Appledoor yard before the hull ws towed to Deveonport

i would appreciate your opinion in the new film "triangle of sadness", the story goes on a luxury superyacht. Its a satire black comedy, but after seen so many of your videos, lot of the things in the movie i could spot that were really wrong and never would've happend.

I see an open canvas for spray cans and murals or camouflage. Lol!

I have a close friend who works in private finance in Monaco. There is a story doing the rounds that Prince Fahd is operating under an order of constraint which limits severely his ability to move money around. The order was (allegedly) issued by a court in Saudi Arabia in response to a case brought by a creditor who "got tired of waiting for Fahd to pay his debts", and there are rumours that the creditor is another member of the Al-Saud royal family. My source describes the story as plausible, and if it were true, it would explain a number of other strange occurrences in the principality.

so the boat rotting in monaco, no monies to pay for upkeep etc.............and apparently no owner, so who is paying the berth fees?

I saw Sarafsa in Sardinia during the season looked terrible!

I would ve painting the bottom of that boat as it sits to protect it as much as possible then put a lean on it might get a new owner for cost of paint lol

The yacht being left to rot brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, disposable income.

Safafsa is for sale through Burgess for €65m at present, I guess the owner will be open to offers given its condition!

Yay, Rotting Yachts News!!

Sad to see something of such value left to get into disrepair particularly in Monaco of all places surely if its moored in Monaco it was moved when the boat show etc was on, someone will take it on and put it back to how it should be as what's happening is a crime in theory.

I think we should all pitch in and buy it.

Maybe they started building that yacht on the receding shores of the Red sea😂 back in the days.

What a shame...

Mississippi but ,Palmer Johnson have a similar yacht in the shipyard

The generality of the 10% of the cost of the vessel equates to the annual running costs is so bland and variable as to be somewhat meaningless. It depends greatly on the operational cycle of the vessel (single season, 2 season, guests all the time or very occasionally, the usual routes or far flung places, anchored out or in expensive berths). The first 5 years are generally much less than 10% as there are no major surveys, no major repairs and no updates. For the next 10-15 years costs go in peaks and troughs on a 5 yr cycle due to surveys and intermediates at 2.5 years. Paint jobs are usually done at 7 years or split top & bottom at half intervals. A major update and perhaps replacement of generators at 15 years may be needed depending on hours and how well they have been maintained. Hull thickness reduces from 15 yrs old and onwards and major plate-work may be required from 20 yrs on. Then you have to consider is the 10% based on current value or original value. 20 years ago $25m was a lot, now its not so much and refit costs, fuel and wages are more expensive so the proportion changes. As the yacht gets older the value depreciates but costs go up. Inflation is never taken into account.

SO SAD TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL BOAT IN THAT DECLINING STATE, SAD..... 😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😦😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😢

I can't believe I witness my first rat-yacht !🤣😂🤣

The yacht that was 40% complete was in Cape Town for a long time

FYI: The $78M loan is for a mansion in Surry and the yacht. The yacht is valued at $48M.

Probably end up in Alang or Kandani for scrapping Sail Yacht A the huge silver lump is probably rotting somewhere too.

Sarafsa was in loano in mid october then it came to MYS

How do crew stick around when yachts are in limbo like MY Sarafsa (or MY Axioma)? Who is paying them? If I was unsure about the future of the vessel or the owner, I would resign and move onto another gig. If someone has any insight on this aspect please comment. Thanks!

So 228k subscribers! If 120k of us put in £500 each we'll get a super yacht to spend some time on!

I will take it!

Saving money and superyacht are not often in the same sentence.

The perfect Homeless Shelter!

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I get main stories and be stories from my google browser on my phone, and your video came up. I had already watched it, but i thought that was cool. It's normally abcnews, cnn, businessinsider and things like that Also, does anyone keep an interior like that if they bought it? The Saudis have a distinct flavor to put it mildly

Yachts are a maintenance nightmare the upkeep expenses are atrocious sometimes its not worth throwing good money after bad been there done that best day of ownership is the day you buy and sell..unless you are a big corporation who can write it off as expenditures

It is a trinity yacht and I believe it is in Louisiana in the US

There a article in The Times of Malta about MY Golden Odyssey super yacht sold at auction

She is for sale at Burgess asking 65 mill.

they should rename the abandoned yacht 'the Entropy', or perhaps the 'Dorian Gray'

It looks like the hull had been sanded and sections had been faired out. If that's all damage it sure looks strange.

I hope price drops enough so I can buy. But I probably can’t afford docking fees and repairs.

How much a day to leave a yacht that size in Monaco a day??

There is another Yacht PJ World which sat from 2009 and is now being finished

A bargain to be had if you can make the prince an offer and for the bank to accept the offer, kind of like real estate when buying someones home who is doing a short-sale.

Very apt site to ditch it

Sarafsa seems to be for sale at burgessyachts

i'm going to have super yacht built based on a guppy.

i think that boat was in Alabama it was on a sight i think world yachts for sale

How very sad

Its Trinity. Louisiana 🇺🇸 Golf Port Mississippi USA 🇺🇸 Trinty went out of business i believe in 2008.

Do you know anything about Eclipse ?

Sat since 2007… that’s insane

Much of the required maintenance is safety related. So the fact that is in port next to other ships and with a crew onboard I wonder how is that minimum maint. being accomplished as to not be a hazard to life and property?

NO INFO ON THE YACHTS, BUT 🤔 I AM WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOUR CAR 🚙 DEAL 😎💚💚💚

Going off the 10% rule for maintaining and staffing super yachts. What would an owner operated super yacht / large yacht cost to maintain?

I guess not everyone has the money to buy someone else's boat, if it isn't ready to be used.

It’s aluminum so can’t get that bad just have to sand back to join parts and is better than being steel

Mr bearing what's your thoughts

Amazing that shipyard space could have so little value that they allowed fifteen years of dead space on their property, not to mention the use of a cradle and facilities. I would have thought it would long since have gone for scrap. Someone must have been paying the rent all along?