With kleptoyacht Solaris tucked up alongside a cruise liner berth in Bodrum, kleptoyacht Eclipse has now moored against similar facilities a few bays to the south in Marmaris.
Longer term, these vessels will not be able to earn their keep by chartering out in traditional areas like the West Indies and the Med (Libya anyone?) and paying for their huge crews will be increasingly problematic. Insurance may be unobtainable. And they will not be able to get spares to maintain their huge engines, electronics and other vital systems. Obtaining fuel will eventually become the least of their problems.
Interesting that these two sister yachts have to some degree split up. Much harder to coordinate arrest/detention at two locations simultaneously.
I think you are right GW, in that fuel will (hopefully) soon be the least of their worries.
Insurance (if indeed they are insured) will likely be thru London.
I doubt that there is much Russian machinery/equipment onboard, hence spares should become an issue.
As to crews, they can cut the numbers of hotel staff quickly and easily, while retaining only the marine core-crew...and if you can truly "afford" these sorts of toys, then a few months wages doesn't really amount to much!
Bear in mind the headline figures for costs that we see are very much the tip of the iceberg (rather like some of us might tell our wives about our "yachting" expenses?)
I have a pal who is a Chief Engineer on these sorts of things; he once told me that they had an orginal Picasso, and a Matisse onboard his yacht. So, interiors and "objet"worth several more tens of millions....and then there is the vault.
Apparently millions of pounds worth of watches and jewelry...and other "investments".
