Late designer Giorgio Armani's $60 million superyacht could be considered the epitome of excess, down to every last outrageous, sun-defying detail.
Maìn, the 213-foot extravagant ⁘super-palace⁘ yacht built in 2008, features six cabins, a cinema, a spa pool, an indoor gym, and a spacious sundeck, all furnished with custom designs, according to Luxurylaunches . Having a sundeck at all may come as a shock, considering that the superyacht's shutters were reportedly specialized to accommodate Armani's distaste for the sun.
The article described Armani's musings on typical chartered yachts, as told to Architectural Digest, as ⁘too white, too much lighting, too much marble and crystal.⁘ To counter typical boat interiors apt to be bright from sun exposure, Maìn was designed to be the exact opposite, even going so far as to mitigate open-water glare.
⁘He treated light as another material to be sculpted, no less important than fabric on a runway,⁘ the Luxurylaunches writer, Sayan Chakravarty, wrote.
In fact, a European yacht owner emits as much carbon in one year as an average person would over 585 years, according to Oxfam. To make the disparity more alarming, the irresponsible pollution created by the ultra-rich affects lower-income families and vulnerable communities more than others, as they experience a disproportionate share of the repercussions of extreme weather and public health concerns directly related to rising global temperatures.
Thankfully, companies such as Silent Yachts are striving to make luxury yachting more sustainable, specializing in solar-powered vessels. There's still a long way to go before it becomes mainstream, but eco-friendly options featuring alternative energy sources are on the rise and could mitigate the damage that's more massive than the fuel-chugging yachts themselves.
What's the most you'd pay per month to put solar panels on your roof if there was no down payment?
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