Some blame Les Wexner. The billionaire founder of the Limited clothing stores—and client of Jeff Epstein—built the Limitless in 1997, and the 315-foot super yacht is said to set off the craze for oversized sea-farers among the world’s corporate titans. Business week brings you all the yacht porn you can handle—Larry Ellison’s Rising Sun, Paul Allen’s Octopus, and the yachts of a couple of Russian guys who made money in the mobbed up “go go” nineties.
My Yacht Is Bigger than Yours [Business Week]
Posted by Richard Graves , Aug 23, 2006 7:32AM
I don't know what all the fuss is about. J.P. Morgan,the first Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, had a yacht back in the twenties "Corsair" that was over 400 feet. Many of the the yachts of the "Golden Age Of Yachting" were just as elegant in their time.
Dick Graves