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The 233-foot yacht owned by Charles Simonyi, the Microsoft billionaire and Martha Stewart love-muffin, has been spotted in the Hudson River. For a sense of scale, the helicopter, painted to match, can be clearly seen perched on the helipad. (True story: the only time I've flown in a helicopter, Simonyi was the pilot). I'm sure that with Stewart's help, the whole thing is quite tastefully decorated — if only to remove the stank of the Danish girlfriend whose pet name for Simonyi was "skat." That's also the name of the yacht, according to Wikipedia. (Photo by Eric Etheridge)
Charles Simonyi policing Hudson river, close enough for girlfriend Martha Stewart to wave a handkerchief
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12:20 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Jackson West
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I'm looking at it right now, docked off the driving range at Chelsea Piers. The thing looks like it needs a 20mm cannon mounted on the bow.
The name "Skat" for a yacht really doesn't do crap for me frankly. I side with Prince Jefri of Brunei's choice of names for his colossal floating testament to male virility and the benefits of misappropriating your country's vast oil reserves for your own purposes ... "Tits."
Story suffers from NATJ and JWSR ("nothing after the jump" and "Jackson West self-references"). I want to be critical but I am just too exhausted to type. From now on can I just use these acronyms please?
Is her boyfriend the man or the yacht?
That's not a yacht, that's a goddamn frigate.
I raise my glass to you, Mr. Simonyi.
@WagCurious: I don't work for Gawker Media, but you do have my permission to use the acronyms. Not sure how far that'll get you, but there you go. I actually have no idea who Simonyi is, but I have met Martha Stewart.
Oh my god, this Yacht gorgeous. I just found my new carrot.
I also raise my glass to you, Mr. Simonyi.
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