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A Head-Turner Visits the Bay

Bay Area sailor Tim Dick wrote in this morning about an unusual observation on the Bay yesterday:

Looking a bit otherworldly, the 118-ft Wallypower turned heads on the Bay over the weekend, as did her 235-ft mothership Kogo.

© 2015 Tim Dick

"From the 0.001% desk… Sausalito Yacht Club Hot Chili Midwinters race participants might have momentarily thought they were in St. Barth (except for the 50F temperature) when the 17,000-horsepower, jet-powered, 118-ft Wallypower rafted up to its 235-ft mothership Kogo, anchored off Sausalito’s Hurricane Gulch area.

"It’s an astonishing sight when the Wally — which is the world’s fastest superyacht capable of over 60 knots in the ocean — looks as small as a Cigarette boat when rafted up against the larger vessel. The Wally’s immaculate and nearly featureless carbon fiber hull and tempered glass superstructure give little sense of scale — our crew guessed it was 50 feet initially — except when seen against another vessel, or an apparently Lilliputian crew member appears briefly on deck. We can assure you, however, that these "men in black" (because they were men in black) are life size.

"We vote the Wally 118 as ‘best tender of 2015’ but it’s still only January 4 so we’ll see. For a view rarely seen in SF Bay at any time, especially winter, the Wally is now anchored out at the mouth of Richardson Bay (again looking remarkably small) while Kogo remains anchored off Hurricane Gulch.   

"Conspiracy theory department: Press reports suggest that these vessels appear to be owned by the CEO of TAG (of wristwatch fame) and McLaren backer Mansour Ojjeh. Could it be Mr. Ellison might be having a re-think about the America’s Cup site?" asks Tim.

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