Homemade Soup or the Rosehearty Yacht

So we are up at our summer home on Cortes Island. We are sitting having lunch on the deck, and I’m commenting on the wonderful soup that Liz put together, thinking I should write a blog about it. Then all of a sudden Liz burst out “Holly Cow” and just points to the water.

Rosehearty Yacht

Rosehearty Yacht

Rightfully so, there is the “Rosehearty” making a loop in the bay (Smelt Bay) and dropping anchor. This baby is huge, 56 meters or 184 feet in all and a 11.5 meter (38 feet) beam. This luxury sailing yacht is an aluminum masterpiece from Perini Navi with hull lines from Ron Holland and an interior by French designer Christian Liagre.

The Rosehearty is a powerful sailing yacht owned by Rupert Murdoch. This ship is outfitted with carbon furling booms and is powered with two Deutz TBD616 V12 engines. The cruise speed is 13 knots and a max. speed of 15 knots.

The Rosehearty is for charter in locations like, Windward Island, Tuscany, St. Martin, St Tropez, St Barths, Sardinia, Naples & Capri, Monaco, Mediterranean, Leeward Islands, Italy, French Rivera, France, Florida, Europe, Cote d’Azur, Corsica, Caribbean, Cannes, British Virgin Island and Amalfi Coast.

Rosehearty Yacht Anchoring in Smelt Bay, Cortes Island, Canada

Rosehearty Yacht Anchoring in Smelt Bay, Cortes Island, Canada

You will be very comfortable on this ship, room for 10 guests in 5 cabins and 9 crew. I know you would ask, how much will this cost me. Well it’s like this, one week will set you back €220,000 or $341,316.   #%@&## ….. That’s what I thought you would say.

Rememer Carl Sandburg’s quote, “Nothing happens unless first a dream”

For more pictures and a movie got to our Picasa Web Album “The Rosehearty Drops Anchor in Smelt Bay” , click on “Slideshow” in the top left corner of the photo album to watch them scroll.

Wine recommendations: Something really expensive like Dom. Romane Conti 1997. This French red Burgundy smells of berries, spices and leather. Dark in color, it hints at flavors of soy sauce, flowers and licorice. The aroma is rich and penetrating without being too profound. The Romane Conti is a rare wine that has carved a niche for itself along the years.

At over fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) a bottle, it no longer has anything to prove. Consistently, the Romane Conti fetches prices around the thousand dollar mark no matter the vintage.

Kiss the cook,

Karl