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ROCKET Yacht – Epic $10 Million Superyacht

ROCKET yacht is a luxurious yacht that is built by the Dutch shipyard Heesen Yachts , a company that has created ground-breaking yachts with exceptional standards of engineering and meticulous attention to detail. 

Built to perfection, she is designed by Omega Architects with superior in-house Naval Architecture and interior as a result of Omega and Domus Nova collaboration.

She is the 34th-largest yacht built by Heesen and featured in 10 yacht news articles.

She was also on display at Red Sea Week and Dubai International Boat Show . 

ROCKET yacht interior

Her living areas are enhanced by a unique interior designed by Domus Nova to compliment her outstanding exterior features.

ROCKET has a large main deck saloon with a dining table and a one-of-a-kind custom-designed Sky lounge, complete with 270-degree views and a huge TV with surround sound for movie night.

With lots of open deck space, the ROCKET boasts an amazing Spa Pool on the 20-meter split-level sun deck, as well as a partly shaded bar and a sunbathing area with steamer chairs.

Additionally, the yacht is also equipped with a helicopter landing pad for easy access.

ROCKET yacht exterior

ROCKET yacht features a gorgeous external design and an array of opulent living rooms that are laid out in an attractive manner to create a warm and welcoming environment aboard.

She is the ideal luxury charter boat for friends and family to enjoy a wonderful vacation together.

ROCKET yacht accommodation

Her 5 cabins can accommodate up to 10 guests, and she has a staff of 9 to ensure that their every need is met.

Her accommodations include a master suite, one VIP suite, two double cabins, and two twin cabins. 

ROCKET features outstanding facilities that are flawlessly incorporated, such as Wi-Fi access to allow guests to remain connected and air conditioning to ensure comfort regardless of weather conditions.

She is also equipped with water toys such as jet skis, wakeboards, water skis, a floating swimming pool, Apple TV Communications, Creston AV System, and a V-SAT Satellite TV. 

Given her distinctive design and special features, which include a one-of-a-kind staircase, glass doors on the split-level sun deck that screen visitors from the weather, and a large Jacuzzi tub forward, there is little question that she will be a popular charter option in the coming years.

ROCKET yacht specifications

She is constructed of an aluminum hull and superstructure with a semi-displacement hull, she maintains great seakeeping while reaching amazing speeds.

Propelled by two MTU engines , she travels easily at 19 knots and can achieve a top speed of 23 knots. 

She has a range of up to 3,200 nautical miles from her 68,800-liter fuel tanks while traveling at 12 knots.

An innovative stabilization system on board lowers the side-to-side roll of the boat, allowing passengers to enjoy extraordinary levels of comfort at anchor or when underway.

ROCKET yacht price

ROCKET yacht was bought at $10 million and has an annual running cost of $1 million.

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Ice Angel belongs to the Heesen’s 50-metre semi-displacement all-aluminium series. Sophisticated naval architecture, combined with Heesen’s weight reduction expertise and a pair of 2.720kW MTU engines have combined to create a yacht with a range of 3.200nm and top flight fuel economy.

Twelve guests are accommodated in 6 cabins, 5 of which (including a VIP suite which occupies the yacht’s full beam) are located on the lower deck, while the owner’s suite, that also occupies the full-beam, is located forward on the main deck.

The main deck houses a formal saloon and dining area, while the upper deck is dedicated to more informal social areas. Here, an alfresco dining table can seat 16 guests in comfort while, adjacent, the extravagantly glazed circular sky lounge offers magnificent 270º panoramic views.

Extraordinary amounts of open deck space are a particular feature of this yacht’s design. The 20-metre split-level sun deck features a luxurious Jacuzzi at its forward end, aft of which is a partially shaded bar and a sunbathing area equipped with steamer chairs.

The Owner has appointed Omega Architects and Domusnova for the interior design.

Carlo Manzoni comments: “Powerful, elegant and fast - these are the main physical characteristics of this 50-metre semi-displacement vessel, so the owner asked us to extend them into the design of the interior, which was to be warm, refined and rich.

This is a yacht that is designed to sail on the seven seas, in every season and in all weather conditions, and we at the domusnova group made sure that these abilities were encompassed in the interior. The design of this ‘home away from home’ is far from the usual, incorporating handmade wood panelling on the walls, sculptured furniture and a private deck dedicated to the owner with a library and a bronze fire place. All these elements define the personality that the owner seeks in this prestigious yacht.”

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The Rocket One is an exquisite superyacht designed for exclusive escapes and effortless entertainment. This magnificent 37m vessel has been meticulously crafted with a strong emphasis on luxury, performance, and comfort, tailored to the owner's preferences. With its commanding lines and distinctive profile, the Rocket One boasts the iconic signature windows of its design. The extensive incorporation of glass establishes an unparalleled connection to the outdoors, complemented by a sleek and stylish ornamental glass railing design made possible by its low bulwarks.

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• Timeless and elegant interiors
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With her Feadship craftsmanship and elegant, yet cosy interior styling, luxury yacht ROCK.IT is the perfect charter yacht for socializing at sea.

The 60.35m/198' 'Rock.It' motor yacht built by the Dutch shipyard Feadship is available for charter for up to 11 guests in 5 cabins. This yacht features interior styling by Dutch designer Sinot Yacht Design.

Offering an abundance of social and dining options, as well as a highly attentive crew, luxury charters aboard motor yacht Rock.It are set to be truly magical whatever the destination.

Guest Accommodation

Built in 2014, Rock.It offers guest accommodation for up to 11 guests in 5 suites comprising a master suite located on the main deck, two VIP cabins, one double cabin and one twin cabin. The supremely spacious full beam master suite features extensive storage space provided by the dressing room benefits from a his and her bathroom. She is also capable of carrying up to 14 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht charter experience.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Keeping comfortable and entertained on Rock.It is easy thanks to the available amenities, notably a state-of-the-art movie theatre for movie nights.

Rock.It benefits from some excellent features to improve your charter, notably Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing you to stay connected at all times, should you wish. You can stay comfortable on board whatever the weather, with air conditioning during your charter.

Performance & Range

Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she offers greater on-board space and is more stable when at anchor thanks to her full-displacement hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 12 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 15 knots with a range of up to 5,300 nautical miles from her 126,000 litre fuel tanks at cruising speed. Rock.It features at-anchor stabilizers providing exceptional comfort levels.

Onboard Rock.It has a range of toys and accessories to keep you and your guests entertained on the water throughout your stay. Take to the sea on the Jet Skis offering you power and control on the water. Also there are towable toys offering fun and adventure. Additionally, there are six waterskis that are hugely entertaining whether you are a beginner or a seasoned pro. If that isn't enough Rock.It also features a seabob, wakeboards, scuba diving equipment, paddleboards and snorkelling equipment. When it comes to Tenders, Rock.It has you covered - with two tenders, including a 15.85m/52' Spencer Chase Tender.

Book your next the Caribbean luxury yacht charter aboard Rock.It this winter. She is already accepting bookings this summer for cruising in the Mediterranean.

This ocean-going luxury charter motor yacht carries up to 14 professional crew who will cater to your every need.

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For your relaxation and entertainment Rock.It has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

Rock.It is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

• 15.85m  /  52' Spencer Custom Chase Tender with 2 x CAT
• 7.01m  /  23' Pascoe Tender Mercury 250 HP engine

For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

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• The World Superyacht Awards 2015 Displacement Motor Yachts of 500GT to 1,299GT Finalist
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€425,000 p/week + expenses Approx $461,000

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€450,000 p/week + expenses Approx $488,500

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Mediterranean France, Italy, Monaco

HOT SPOTS:   Corsica, French Riviera, Sardinia

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$395,000 p/week + expenses

$425,000 p/week + expenses

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Cruising the Moskva River: A short guide to boat trips in Russia’s capital

There’s hardly a better way to absorb Moscow’s atmosphere than on a ship sailing up and down the Moskva River. While complicated ticketing, loud music and chilling winds might dampen the anticipated fun, this checklist will help you to enjoy the scenic views and not fall into common tourist traps.

How to find the right boat?

There are plenty of boats and selecting the right one might be challenging. The size of the boat should be your main criteria.

Plenty of small boats cruise the Moskva River, and the most vivid one is this yellow Lay’s-branded boat. Everyone who has ever visited Moscow probably has seen it.

This option might leave a passenger disembarking partially deaf as the merciless Russian pop music blasts onboard. A free spirit, however, will find partying on such a vessel to be an unforgettable and authentic experience that’s almost a metaphor for life in modern Russia: too loud, and sometimes too welcoming. Tickets start at $13 (800 rubles) per person.

Bigger boats offer smoother sailing and tend to attract foreign visitors because of their distinct Soviet aura. Indeed, many of the older vessels must have seen better days. They are still afloat, however, and getting aboard is a unique ‘cultural’ experience. Sometimes the crew might offer lunch or dinner to passengers, but this option must be purchased with the ticket. Here is one such  option  offering dinner for $24 (1,490 rubles).

If you want to travel in style, consider Flotilla Radisson. These large, modern vessels are quite posh, with a cozy restaurant and an attentive crew at your service. Even though the selection of wines and food is modest, these vessels are still much better than other boats.

Surprisingly, the luxurious boats are priced rather modestly, and a single ticket goes for $17-$32 (1,100-2,000 rubles); also expect a reasonable restaurant bill on top.

How to buy tickets?

Women holding photos of ships promise huge discounts to “the young and beautiful,” and give personal invitations for river tours. They sound and look nice, but there’s a small catch: their ticket prices are usually more than those purchased online.

“We bought tickets from street hawkers for 900 rubles each, only to later discover that the other passengers bought their tickets twice as cheap!”  wrote  (in Russian) a disappointed Rostislav on a travel company website.

Nevertheless, buying from street hawkers has one considerable advantage: they personally escort you to the vessel so that you don’t waste time looking for the boat on your own.

Prices start at $13 (800 rubles) for one ride, and for an additional $6.5 (400 rubles) you can purchase an unlimited number of tours on the same boat on any given day.

Flotilla Radisson has official ticket offices at Gorky Park and Hotel Ukraine, but they’re often sold out.

Buying online is an option that might save some cash. Websites such as  this   offer considerable discounts for tickets sold online. On a busy Friday night an online purchase might be the only chance to get a ticket on a Flotilla Radisson boat.

This  website  (in Russian) offers multiple options for short river cruises in and around the city center, including offbeat options such as ‘disco cruises’ and ‘children cruises.’ This other  website  sells tickets online, but doesn’t have an English version. The interface is intuitive, however.

Buying tickets online has its bad points, however. The most common is confusing which pier you should go to and missing your river tour.

“I once bought tickets online to save with the discount that the website offered,” said Igor Shvarkin from Moscow. “The pier was initially marked as ‘Park Kultury,’ but when I arrived it wasn’t easy to find my boat because there were too many there. My guests had to walk a considerable distance before I finally found the vessel that accepted my tickets purchased online,” said the man.

There are two main boarding piers in the city center:  Hotel Ukraine  and  Park Kultury . Always take note of your particular berth when buying tickets online.

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Even on a warm day, the headwind might be chilly for passengers on deck. Make sure you have warm clothes, or that the crew has blankets ready upon request.

The glass-encased hold makes the tour much more comfortable, but not at the expense of having an enjoyable experience.

Getting off the boat requires preparation as well. Ideally, you should be able to disembark on any pier along the way. In reality, passengers never know where the boat’s captain will make the next stop. Street hawkers often tell passengers in advance where they’ll be able to disembark. If you buy tickets online then you’ll have to research it yourself.

There’s a chance that the captain won’t make any stops at all and will take you back to where the tour began, which is the case with Flotilla Radisson. The safest option is to automatically expect that you’ll return to the pier where you started.

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The Skyrocketing Costs Driving Cheeseburger Prices Up—And Restaurant Owners Out

A $16 bacon cheeseburger may not be enough to save your neighborhood bar and grill.

Independent restaurants are on financial life support, owners say, squeezed between escalating payroll costs and diners’ dwindling tolerance for ever-higher checks. Wages for waitstaff, table bussers and line cooks will grow more expensive for many eateries this year, with 22 states in January raising the minimum wage for hourly workers.

The industry’s economic strains can be seen on the appetizer plate at Chef Zorba’s Restaurant in Denver. Owner Karen LuKanic recently swapped Greek giant beans for homemade stuffed grape leaves to save money, and switched to cheaper shoestring potatoes from thick-cut fries. Denver has increased its minimum wage annually since 2020, most recently in January to $18.29 an hour, while Colorado has expanded paid sick leave and other employee benefit requirements.

“We are just keeping our head above water,” said LuKanic, who estimated about half her restaurant’s sales now go to payroll and other employee-related costs.

Chef Zorba’s charges $15.75 for a bacon cheeseburger, $5 more than in 2018. Even at those prices the 78-seat restaurant can’t turn a profit. LuKanic said she would consider closing if her Small Business Administration loan wasn’t guaranteed by her house.

American restaurants emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic to find their traditional economics no longer work. After struggling to stay afloat through lockdowns, restaurant operators endured surging food costs and supply chain shortages. Restaurateurs raised menu prices. In January, prices for food eaten away from home were up 30% compared with the same month in 2019, Labor Department data showed.

Restaurants’ food bills have stopped their pandemic-era surge. But payroll costs are still climbing.

In January, 59% of small-business owners reported higher labor costs were their biggest source of inflation, according to a survey of more than 425 entrepreneurs conducted for The Wall Street Journal by Vistage Worldwide, a business-coaching and peer-advisory firm.

Customers’ postpandemic habits add to challenges. At Johnny Roger’s BBQ & Burgers in Concord, N.C., dinner traffic can be uneven, which means sometimes paying employees who may be idle. Owner and chef Barrett Dabbs tried cutting one front-of-the-house position last year, but ended up bringing it back: “That’s the place where I don’t want to make cuts to save money, something that is directly customer facing.”

Takeout orders account for about 80% of Johnny Roger’s dinner business, up from 20% prepandemic. Dabbs figures it costs him $1 per customer every time someone places a to-go order, because of the extra expense of packaging. To offset costs, he’s raised prices and now asks customers if they want utensils and condiments instead of automatically putting them in the bag.

A Johnny Roger’s bacon cheeseburger now costs $12.50, up from $8.50 when the restaurant opened in 2018. Dabbs hopes to hold the line there. “Customers aren’t going to come visit you if you are charging $14, $15 or $16 for a burger.”

He offers a daily lunch special, priced at $8 plus $1 for a beverage, as a loss leader.

Long-term winners

By some measures, U.S. restaurants are booming. The National Restaurant Association, an industry trade group, forecasts U.S. food-service sales will hit a record $1.1 trillion this year, up 5% from 2023 levels. Employment in restaurants and bars, which fell around 2.4 million jobs at the end of 2020 after the pandemic struck the U.S., have returned to precrisis levels, Labor Department figures show.

McDonald’s, Chipotle and other takeaway-oriented chains have emerged as long-term winners, while many sit-down establishments struggle. Such full-service dining operations haven’t regained all the workers they had before the pandemic, Labor Department data show, while fast-food restaurants are again fully staffed. Sales for fast-food and other limited-service restaurants grew by more than a third from 2019 to 2023, around twice the rate as sit-down restaurants, according to National Restaurant Association estimates.

The surge in restaurant and bar worker wages since 2021 followed years in which their hourly earnings ticked up by an easier to manage 2% to 4% annually.

For independent restaurants that make food from scratch, higher labor costs are particularly painful.

Evan Kelamis, owner of breakfast and lunch spot Savoy in Tulsa, said his labor costs increased by more than 16% in 2023 alone—though the minimum wage in Tulsa has stayed at $7.25 per hour—because he has to pay more to attract and retain workers.

“There’s tremendous competition with the gig economy,” said Kelamis, a fourth-generation restaurateur. Potential employees can also work for Amazon, Uber or Instacart, he said.

Kelamis expects to raise prices again this year to help pay for meals Savoy workers largely make with their own hands, including items such as shareable half-pound cinnamon rolls. With higher labor costs, his traditional method of pricing menu items——food costs equal roughly 28% of what the customer pays——no longer works. He hasn’t yet figured out what will.

Carving up chicken tenders

At Johnny Roger’s BBQ & Burgers, owner Dabbs is scouring every cost. He recently yanked the television from his restaurant, eliminating an $80 a month cable bill. He found a cheaper source for dishwashing chemicals. Since that supplier delivers monthly instead of weekly, Dabbs for a while stored the extra inventory in his garage until he shifted to a storage space.

He shaved $50 off the $90 monthly storage bill by catering co-marketing events and providing free meals for the storage space’s employees.

“The profit percentages are so low,” said Dabbs, who owns Johnny Roger’s with his wife, Sarah. “For that $50, I’d have to do $600 in sales.”

Dabbs, who spent years as a food and beverage director for locally owned businesses before opening Johnny Roger’s, now buys jumbo chicken tenders and splits them in-house because the per-pound price of precut tenders has more than doubled. He swapped Heinz ketchup packets for a less-expensive brand. The restaurant, known for its family-recipe barbecue rub and homemade sauces, added a food truck last year, generating more sales with little extra overhead.

For years, desserts such as the “Breakup Sundae,” laden with vanilla ice cream, candy pieces, caramel, chocolate and whipped cream, drew families to the restaurant’s patio on warm evenings. Dabbs put the soft-serve ice-cream machine in storage during the pandemic, then kept it there because it required too much labor to maintain. The restaurant now offers banana pudding, chocolate mud pie pudding and brownies, items that can be prepared in bulk once a day. He pulled homemade onion rings, another favorite, off the menu last year, allowing him to trim kitchen staffing.

Johnny Roger’s labor costs are up about 25% since 2019, Dabbs said, but workers still struggle. “Our employees are right on the poverty level,” he said.

Dabbs runs a holiday coat drive at his two restaurants; some of the coats he collects go to children of employees.

Paycheck to paycheck

Alex Wagner, the restaurant’s operations manager, now earns $17.35 an hour, up from $9.25 when he started at the restaurant six years ago.

Yet expenses have gone up more than pay, said Wagner, 33. “I still live paycheck to paycheck.” Wagner said he would like to buy a car and repair his credit, but can’t because it is difficult to save on his salary.

Dabbs cosigned the lease for the house Wagner shares with his wife, two sons and a roommate. “I am the operations manager. I still need help,” Wagner said.

As a percentage of sales, restaurants rely on labor more than other retail sectors, making the rise in wages particularly draining on profits, according to industry economists. It takes 12 employees to generate every $1 million in restaurant sales versus roughly three employees at grocery, general merchandise and clothing stores, according to analysis by the National Restaurant Association.

Independent restaurants are less able to spread out administrative costs and command volume discounts. Labor costs have been rising faster and longer at independent restaurants than in the economy as a whole, with full-service restaurants seeing the biggest increases over the last year, according to an analysis by Gusto, a small-business payroll and benefits provider.

Ed Doherty, a franchisee for Applebee’s and Panera Bread who also runs a handful of pubs and wine bars, said he had to re-engineer the menus of his independent establishments to reduce costs in the last year. His chain restaurants, in comparison, had healthy profit margins.

“That’s the advantage of being with Applebee’s and Panera,” he said. “You are able to negotiate prices better than an independent can get.”

About 4,590 more independent restaurants closed than opened last year through November, according to food-industry market-research firm Datassential.

Denver doldrums

When LuKanic first bought Chef Zorba’s from its second-generation Greek owners in 2018, she measured her business against 17 other Denver-area diners. Only eight remain, she said.

The restaurant has operated in a residential section since 1979, where regulars order gyro sandwiches, chicken and rice soup and homemade baklava. With Chef Zorba’s prices up 8% from 2019 levels, some now grumble when they see their checks.

LuKanic knows how they feel. The restaurant’s real-estate taxes have increased 60% since 2019, and energy costs 30%. Theft has added costs: Thieves have carted off Chef Zorba’s propane tanks, outdoor heaters, a $600 storage shed and racks the restaurant had chained up outside. Even rubber floor mats have disappeared while drying behind the restaurant.

In addition to minimum-wage increases, LuKanic now spends thousands of dollars a year for paid sick leave and other employee benefits. She said she’s increased salaries of her managers to around $65,000 a year to remain in line with her hourly workers’ additional pay.

Some of Chef’s Zorba’s 37 workers still feel pinched.

Natasha LaPlante, a 41-year-old server at Chef Zorba’s, said she appreciates her current pay of $18.29 an hour plus tips from a restaurant-wide pool after making $6 an hour when she started waiting tables in Oklahoma decades ago. But LaPlante and her wife are struggling to pay off debts. She said that if her wife lost her job, the family, which includes her wife’s two children, wouldn’t be able to live off her salary alone.

“It’s not like we go out shopping a lot,” said LaPlante.

Lifting prices further would help LuKanic get closer to breaking even, but she worries about scaring away customers used to the restaurant’s average check of $17.25.

LuKanic’s original business loan attached a lien to her house. In 2022, she tapped a federal program for small businesses still trying to recover from the pandemic, which eliminated the lien, but added a personal guarantee for her debt. LuKanic’s house and all her assets now back the restaurant’s financing, and she has little in the way of retirement savings.

“I could go belly up,” said LuKanic, who has a 16-year-old daughter. “I’ve worked my whole life to get where I am.”

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