{"id":72807,"date":"2025-10-11T22:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/72807\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:49:09","slug":"eric-smidts-521m-superyacht-infinity-turns-heads-on-auckland-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/72807\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Smidt\u2019s $521m superyacht Infinity turns heads on Auckland waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Intrepid does usually have a helicopter on the back of it, but this was offloaded below Stanley Point on September 20 and cannot currently be seen at the marina. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The super yacht Infinity is valued at $521 million. Photo \/ Samuel Sherry\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The super yacht Infinity is valued at $521 million. Photo \/ Samuel Sherry<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">The super yacht was constructed by Dutch building company Oceanco and set sail in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Oceanco said it is the company\u2019s largest motor yacht to date and is the largest yacht ever built in the Netherlands. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Infinity's support vessel Intrepid can reach speeds of 20 knots. Photo \/ Samuel Sherry\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Infinity&#8217;s support vessel Intrepid can reach speeds of 20 knots. Photo \/ Samuel Sherry<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">The yacht has seven decks, a wellness area that includes a spa, sauna, gym, and yoga studio, and there\u2019s space for up to 16 guests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Superyacht Times said the Infinity has a maximum speed of 18.5 knots, slightly slower than its support vessel which can reach 20 knots although it is smaller with a length of 69.15m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Smidt\u2019s Infinity is valued at about $521 million (US$300m), making it the most expensive yacht docked in Auckland since Australian billionaire James Packer\u2019s IJE, which is reportedly valued at $357m.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"James Packer's $350 million superyacht IJE at Wynyard Quarter in Auckland.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>James Packer&#8217;s $350 million superyacht IJE at Wynyard Quarter in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">The 108m-long IJE was tied up at Wynyard Quarter in April after arriving from Tahiti and has been described as a \u201cfloating palace\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Intrepid does usually have a helicopter on the back of it, but this was offloaded below Stanley Point&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[57328,57325,51,1558,138,13633,57329,46351,7799,57327,12469,2190,4486,11692,111,139,69,90,1642,57330,57324,45608,57326,32951,42580],"class_list":["post-72807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-117m","tag-521m","tag-auckland","tag-been","tag-business","tag-catching","tag-docked","tag-eric","tag-heads","tag-infinity","tag-interest","tag-long","tag-month","tag-nearly","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-online","tag-onlookers","tag-smidts","tag-sparking","tag-superyacht","tag-turns","tag-waterfront"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}