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LADY SANDALS
LADY SANDALS is a 40.11 m Motor Yacht, built in Netherlands by Feadship and delivered in 1985.
Her top speed is 16.0 kn, her cruising speed is 13.0 kn, and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 3250.0 nm at 11.5 kn, with power coming from two Caterpillar diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 8 guests in 4 staterooms, with 7 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 342.0 GT and a 8.26 m beam.
She was designed by Frits De Voogt , who also completed the naval architecture. Frits De Voogt has designed 53 yachts and created the naval architecture for 67 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.
Her interior was designed by Dee Robinson , who has 37 other superyacht interiors designed in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with a Teak deck, a Steel hull, and Aluminium superstructure.
LADY SANDALS is in the top 30% by LOA in the world. She is one of 618 motor yachts in the 40-45m size range.
LADY SANDALS is currently sailing under the Cayman Islands flag, the 2nd most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1414 yachts registered. She is known to be an active superyacht and has most recently been spotted cruising near United States of America. For more information regarding LADY SANDALS's movements, find out more about BOATPro AIS .
Specifications
- Name: LADY SANDALS
- Previous Names: SEA GHOST,GALLANT LADY,TOY WON,LADY KATHRYN,MS. BARBARA ANNE,VICTORY LANE
- Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
- Builder: Feadship
- Naval Architect: Frits De Voogt
- Exterior Designer: Frits De Voogt
- Interior Designer: Dee Robinson
- Refits: 1994
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Live life passionately, experience a yacht dinner on the amazing lady sandals.
January 29, 2021
Experience a Yacht dinner on the amazing Lady Sandals. She is the yacht that belongs to Sandals’ former Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart.
We were very fortunate and had the privilege to be invited in Aug 2018, when the yacht was visiting Tampa Bay. As Sandals Select Loyalty members , we get a few perks now and then, and this was one of those moments. If you are becoming a loyalty member, you should sign up to join the special group on Facebook – Official Sandals Select Loyalty Group , as this is where the special events are posted. An invitation was posted a month prior, and we sent an RSVP request straight away.
Normally, it takes about a 1.5-hour drive to Tampa from where we live. The drive ended up taking over 2.5 hours due to extra heavy traffic and a non-working GPS. It became a race against time, and we thought we may not make it in time for sailing.
We parked our car and ran to the harbor, and there she was in front of us. Lady Sandals. A stunning yacht. Deep breath. We had made it & would be the guests for the evening.
Once we boarded and removed our shoes, we received a glass of champagne. Time to relax, enjoy & explore this yacht! It was so exciting.
THE LADY’S EXTERIOR DETAILS
She is a stunning yacht and was built in 1985. Her length is about 40m long, and her width is about 7 m. Lady Sandals is registered in the Cayman Islands. The yacht has had multiple owners, one was Nicholas Cage. There are multiple decks. She looked immaculate.
THE INTERIOR OF LADY SANDALS
The interior of Lady Sandals was also immaculate. There were multiple sitting areas, a dining room, and there are a total of 4 cabins. The yacht dinner on the amazing Lady Sandals was fantastic. They had set up a buffet with beef tenderloin, amazing shrimp, and amazing sides. Like the Sandals resorts, the food was 5-star.
We spent a couple of hours onboard the yacht, and we cruised within Tampa Bay. The sunset was stunning. The yacht dinner on the amazing Lady Sandals was wonderful, and we enjoyed the relaxing & fun evening.
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Lady Sandals Yacht: Travel Professionals at Sea
One of the many perks of working as a travel booking professional is having the opportunity to attend informative and entertaining events put on by major players in the tourism industry. This year, the Lady Sandals Yacht made its way around the nation where chosen Travel Advisors from Travel Planners International were invited to come aboard to enjoy an evening at sea.
All About the Lady Sandals Yacht
Owned by Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the Chairman and Founder of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts, this stunning vessel has every amenity a person may desire and was once owned by actor Nicholas Cage. The yacht is staffed by live-in employees who travel the world and know the boat inside and out.
This October, the Lady Sandals yacht made its last stop in Virginia Beach, where some of our leading Travel Advisors boarded after being invited by Local Business Development Manager Courtney Taylor. Their VIP invitation gave these select agents a chance to learn about some of the new developments at Sandals and Beaches.
Of course, our agents already know Sandals Resorts is a top choice for couples, and Beaches Resorts is a top choice for the ultimate family vacation. Most are familiar with the resorts’ many perks, including:
- unlimited gourmet dining
- unique bars serving premium spirits and wines,
- every land and water sport, including complimentary green fees at our golf resorts
- PADI®certified scuba diving.
Plus, if you’re looking to tie the knot, our experienced agents can connect you with a wedding planner at any of the Sandals Resorts, the leader in Caribbean destination weddings and honeymoon packages.
Some of the new and exciting resort information shared with our agents aboard the Lady Sandals yacht included:
- A new 600ft crystal lagoon pool at Sandals Halcyon Beach
- The Grande Re-Opening of Beaches Turks and Caicos
- The new dining options at Sandals Montego Bay, which include Butch’s Steak and Seafood, The Soy Sushi Bar, and the Latitudes Over-Water-Bar
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One of the key points made at the Lady Sandals event was that Sandals Resorts always prefers and encourages guests to book through professional travel agents rather than generic booking sites online. That way, guests can get expert information to pick a getaway they will genuinely enjoy, and they can also call an actual travel agent for assistance if something goes wrong with their plans. Travel Planners International is the top agency in Florida when it comes to booking Sandals Vacations and is among the top 10 in the entire world. Travel Planners International has won the “Best of The Best” Agency award year after year at the annual Sandals STAR Award ceremony.
Perks of Being Associated With Travel Planners International
Boarding the beautiful Lady Sandals yacht is a perk in and of itself, but travel agents with Travel Planners International get to experience all types of benefits. At this particular event, guests dined on a lavish meal prepared by the professional on-board chef, with food items including salmon, crab Caesar salad, lamb chops, and more.
Sandals also hosts F.A.M. trips, or Sandals Educational Experiences (S.E.E.), for travel agents who want to tour the luxury Resorts where they experience gorgeous tropical settings and exquisite beaches in Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Antigua, The Bahamas, Grenada, and Barbados.
By inviting agents associated with Travel Planners International to a Lady Sandals yacht event, Sandals Resorts provides a wealth of information to help them meet the needs of their clients in the future.
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LADY S Yacht – Astonishing $180M Superyacht
LADY S yacht is a 93-meter (305.1 ft) luxury yacht built by the Dutch shipyard Feadship in 2019.
She was delivered to her owner, the American billionaire, for a reported price of US $180 million.
LADY S is currently available for charter and is ranked in 69th place on the list of the largest yachts in the world.
Lady S | |
93 m (305 ft) | |
12 in 6 cabins | |
29 in 14 cabins | |
Feadship | |
Michael Leach Design | |
Michael Leach Design | |
2019 | |
18 knots | |
2,999 ton | |
US $180 million | |
US $10 – 15 million |
LADY S yacht interior
Reymond Langton Design worked on the interior of LADY S. The London-based design duo has worked on superyachts such as AVIVA and KISMET in the past.
LADY S yacht can welcome twelve guests in seven cabins, including a spacious master suite, four VIP cabins, and two twins, making her a fantastic family-friendly yacht.
Onboard LADY S guests can enjoy features such as a basketball court, a glass-bottom pool, a steam room, an IMAX cinema, and a gym.
Each cabin features 8k flatscreen TVs and modern entertainment systems. 31 crew members are available to tend to the needs of guests and fulfill their every wish on board LADY S.
LADY S specifications
The LADY S yacht is 93 meters (305.1 ft) long with a 14.1 meter (46.3 ft) beam and a 3.9 meter (12.1 ft) draft.
Her cruising speed lies at 14 knots, and her maximum speeds go as high as 18 knots. The weight of LADY S is 2,999 tons, and she is powered by twin CAT engines.
The high-profile designer Michael Leach worked on the exterior of LADY S. The yacht has a large helipad on the top deck, while the bow is reserved for sunbathing or storage if required.
She has a jacuzzi on the aft as well as a spacious beach club that can be opened on several sides to provide a seamless transmission between indoor and outdoor living.
LADY S carries at least two Tenderworks tenders both painted red to match the color of Snyder’s NFL team .
LADY S is an all-white yacht with large tinted windows which allow guests to have complete privacy while on board.
The owner of LADY S purchased the superyacht for a price of US $180 million in 2019.
She generates a further US $10 to 15 million in running costs every year depending on usage. She is currently available for charter at a rate of US $1.47 million per week.
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LADY SANDALS yacht NOT for charter*40.07m / 131'6 | feadship | 1985 / 2007.
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The 40.07m/131'6" motor yacht 'Lady Sandals' (ex. Gallant Lady) was built by Feadship in the Netherlands at their Aalsmeer shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house Paola D. Smith & Associates and she was completed in 1985. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of De Voogt and she was last refitted in 2007. Guest AccommodationLady Sandals has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 8 guests in 4 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 7 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience. Range & PerformanceLady Sandals is built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by twin diesel Caterpillar (3512-TA) 1,165hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 14 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 16 knots with a range of up to 3,743 nautical miles from her 39,570 litre fuel tanks. Her water tanks store around 9,760 Litres of fresh water.
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Advertisement Supported by France Confronts Horror of Rape and Drugging Case as 51 Men Go on TrialA man is accused of drugging his wife and then inviting dozens of men to rape her over almost a decade. The questions raised by the case have unsettled the country. By Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris For years, she had been losing hair and weight. She had started forgetting whole days, and sometimes appeared to be in dreamlike trances. Her children and friends worried she had Alzheimer’s. But in late 2020, after she was summoned to a police station in southern France, she learned a far more shattering story. Her husband of 50 years, Dominique Pelicot, had been crushing sleeping pills into her food and drink to put her into a deep sleep, the police said, and then raping her. He had ushered dozens of men into her home to film them raping her, too, they said, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade. Using the man’s photographs, videos and online messages, the police spent the next two years identifying and charging those other suspects. On Monday, 51 men, including Mr. Pelicot, went on trial in Avignon, in a case that has shocked France and cast a spotlight on the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse and the broader culture in which such crimes could occur. The accused men represent a kaleidoscope of working-class and middle-class French society: truck drivers, soldiers, carpenters and trade workers, a prison guard, a nurse, an I.T. expert working for a bank, a local journalist. They range in age from 26 to 74. Many have children and are in relationships. Most are charged with raping the woman once. A handful are accused of returning as many as six times to rape her. The victim, Gisèle, who has divorced her husband and changed her surname since his arrest, is now in her 70s. Since his arrest, Mr. Pelicot, 71, has “always declared himself guilty,” said Béatrice Zavarro, his lawyer. “He is not at all contesting his role.” Other defendants have denied the rape charges, with some arguing that they had the husband’s permission and thought that was sufficient, while others claimed they believed the victim had agreed to be drugged. When the police showed Gisèle some of the photographs they say her husband had carefully classified and stored, she expressed deep shock. She and her husband had been together since they were 18. She had described him to the police as caring and considerate. She had no memory of being raped, by him or the other men, only one of whom she recognized, she told the police, as a neighbor in town. The first time she will consciously witness the rapes, her lawyer Antoine Camus says, will be in the courtroom when the video recordings are played as evidence. The trial comes at a moment of heightened scrutiny of the handling of sexual crimes in the country. Rape is defined in French law as an “act of sexual penetration” committed “by violence, coercion, threat or surprise.” A number of feminist lawmakers want to amend that wording to say explicitly that sex without consent is rape, that consent can be withdrawn at any time, and that consent cannot exist if sexual assault is committed “by abusing a state impairing the judgment of another.” “There is a kind of naïveté on the topic of predators in France, a kind of denial,” said Sandrine Josso, a lawmaker who led a parliamentary commission into what is known in France as “chemical submission” — drugging someone with malicious intent. She started the commission after she says she became the victim of a drugging last year. A senator is being investigated on accusations that he slipped Ecstasy into her Champagne . Ms. Josso hopes that the Avignon trial will draw attention to the use of drugs to prey on women, and also shed light on the wide profile of predators. “They could be your neighbors, without falling into paranoia,” she said. Mr. Pelicot seemed like a classic man next door. He was a trained electrician, an entrepreneur and an avid cyclist. His middle child and only daughter, Caroline Darian, her pen name, described him as a warm and present father in a book published in 2022 about the case, “And I Stopped Calling You Papa.” She tried to turn her family trauma into action, forming a nonprofit association, “Don’t Put Me to Sleep,” to publicize the dangers of drug-facilitated crimes. Her father, she wrote, was the one who drove her to school, picked her up late from parties, encouraged her and consoled her. Her mother was the stable breadwinner, working as a manager in a Paris-area company for 20 years. When Gisèle retired, they moved to a house with a big garden and pool in Mazan, a small town northeast of Avignon. The couple regularly hosted their three children and grandchildren for summer vacations peppered with late dinners on the terrace, where the family debated, held dance competitions and played Trivial Pursuit. “I think of us as happy,” his daughter wrote. “I thought my parents were.” None of them harbored any suspicions. Then, in 2020, three women reported Mr. Pelicot to the police for trying to use his camera to film up their skirts in a grocery store, and he was arrested. The police seized his two cellphones, two cameras and his electronic devices, including his laptop, before releasing him on bail. On the devices, the police say they found 300 photographs and a video of an unconscious woman being sexually assaulted by many people. They said they also found Skype messages in which the man boasted of drugging his wife and invited men to join him in having sex with her while she was unconscious. Over the course of their investigation, the police found more than 20,000 videos and photographs, many of them dated and labeled, in an electronic folder titled “abuse.” The timeline they built began in 2011. The list of suspects grew to 83. Two months after his initial arrest, Mr. Pelicot was arrested again and charged with aggravated rape, drugging and a list of sexual abuse charges. He is also accused of violating the privacy of his wife, daughter and two daughters-in-law on suspicion of illegally recording, and at times distributing, intimate photos of them. If he is found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison. During interviews with the police, the details of which were included in an overview of the case by the investigative judge, Mr. Pelicot said he began drugging his wife so he could do things to her, and dress her in things, that she normally refused. Then he started inviting others to participate. He said he never asked for or accepted money. He met most of the men, the investigating judge’s report stated, in a chat room on a notorious, unmoderated French website implicated in more than 23,000 police cases in France alone from 2021 to 2024. It was finally shut down, and its owner arrested, in June after an 18-month investigation stretching across Europe. The chat room where most of the men met Mr. Pelicot was called “a son insu,” which means “without their knowledge.” Over the years, Mr. Pelicot told the police, he developed rules for the visitors to ensure that his wife did not wake: no smoking or cologne; undress in the kitchen; warm hands under hot water or on a radiator, so their cold touch would not jolt her. At the end of each night, according to the investigating judge’s report, he cleaned his wife’s body. Of the 83 suspects, the police identified and charged 50. Only one of the men is not charged with rape, assault or attempted rape of Mr. Pelicot’s wife. Instead, that man is accused of following the same model, and drugging his own wife to rape her. Mr. Pelicot is also charged with raping the man’s wife while she was drugged. Five of the men also face charges for possessing child sexual abuse imagery. Mr. Pelicot is also being investigated in the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in 1991 and the attempted rape of a 19-year-old in 1999. He admitted to the attempted rape, according to Florence Rault, the lawyer representing the victims in both cases, but denies any involvement in the 1991 homicide. The story has prompted some soul-searching among doctors, since Gisèle had visited gynecologists and neurologists over a series of mystifying symptoms, but had received no diagnosis, according to her daughter. “What I found disturbing for us doctors was that no doctor considered this hypothesis,” said Dr. Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, a well known obstetrician-gynecologist and expert in violence against women. She and a pharmacist, Leila Chaouachi, have now developed training for doctors and nurses on the symptoms that victims of drug-facilitated assault can experience. Contrary to popular belief, most cases occur at home, not at bars, said Ms. Chaouachi, who runs annual surveys on such offenses in France. Most victims are women, the surveys show, and around half of the victims do not remember the attack, because of blackouts, she said. In the case going to court in Avignon, some of the accused admitted guilt to the police. According to the investigating judge’s report, many claimed that they were tricked into having sex with a drugged woman — lured by a husband for a three-way encounter and told she was pretending to sleep, because she was shy. Several said they believed that she had consented to being drugged and raped as part of a sex fantasy. Some said they did not believe it was rape, because her husband was there and they believed he could consent for both of them. “It sends shivers down the spine regarding the state of affairs in French society,” said Mr. Camus, who is also representing Ms. Darian and many other members of the family. “If that’s the conception of consent in sexual matters in 2024, then we have a lot, a lot, a lot of work to do.” Catherine Porter is an international reporter for The Times, covering France. She is based in Paris. More about Catherine Porter |
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