NMTA in the Seattle Times: One of world’s largest private yachts ties up on Elliott Bay

NMTA weighed in on the floating economic-stimulus package that arrived in Seattle over the weekend in today's Seattle Times:

SEATTLE - One of the biggest yachts in the world is moored in Elliott Bay.

The Serene, a $330 million, 440-foot private yacht belonging to a wealthy Russian vodka distributor, pulled into Seattle’s Pier 90 over the weekend, right by the Interbay neighborhood.

The yacht’s owner, Yuri Scheffler, controls SPI Group, which distributes Stolichnaya vodka internationally.

The 2-year-old yacht, made in Italy by Fincantieri, has a 52-person crew and has been in Vancouver, B.C., for the past few months. The Serene flies the flag of the Grand Cayman Islands and illuminates the water with bright-green lighting at night. This is its first time in Seattle, and as the ninth-largest privately owned yacht in the world,according to Boat International magazine, it is likely the biggest one ever to enter Seattle’s waters.

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