Letters + Celebrities Speak

Life is better if you own a yacht.


“Sunset last night . . . isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus. I’m hoping everybody is staying safe.”
 — David Geffen, film studio executive

“Instead of asking for one or two steaks on a tray, a customer will buy the whole tray. Then they’ll move on to shrimp, and buy all the shrimp, and then they’ll buy all the salmon steaks.”
 — Joe Gurrera, founder of upscale supermarket chain Citarella

“One family has taken a yacht for nine weeks, and we have also had two long-term bookings for yachts of 130 ft and 230 ft . . . Clients are arranging for their children to be schooled on board, with cooking lessons from the yacht’s chef and time with the crew in the engine room learning about technology.”
 — Jonathan Beckett, yacht broker

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