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Jeez, this much be the gazillionaire version of buying a Venter trailer because your spouse has too much luggage.

Jeff Bezos has splashed out on a $75 Million (R1.4 Billion) support vessel to follow his $500 million (R9 Billion) megayacht Koru around, just so that his girlfriend has a place to park her helicopter.

As difficult as this is to understand for us mere mortals, it does raise the question of why a megayacht like Koru doesn’t have a helipad. Not having a place to land your helicopter is so ‘millionaire’.

The worlds-second largest sailing boat Koru is accompanied by a support ship by Damen Yachting. At 247 feet, Abeona is the largest custom-built shadow yacht. Koru boasts triple masts reaching 230 feet – making the sailing yacht nearly half the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Jeff’s girlfriend is the lovely Lauren Sanchez, a trained helicopter pilot and founder of Black Ops Aviation, the first female-owned aerial film and Production Company.

 

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It must have been embarrassing for Jeff to admit his yacht has no space for her chopper, despite the Koru having a swimming pool, theatre, spa, and gym amongst other amenities.

Bezos started dating Sanchez after the tabloid-crazy divorce from his previous wife, a split that cost the richest bald guy in the world billions. It doesn’t seem to have held the guy back though.

Abeona is named after the goddess of voyages and departures. In addition to a helipad, it has a hangar that can carry a D14 value helicopter. It can comfortably accommodate 45 people, and can carry a host of toys, including water scooters, sea bobs, and even a submarine.

Luckily Sanchez is not an Aeroplane pilot otherwise Bezos would have had to splash out on an aircraft carrier, and those things cost a lot.

These guys operate in a world that none of us will ever understand. The best we can hope for is a roof rack that doesn’t destroy your Corolla’s fuel efficiency.

[source:luxurylaunches]