Thousands Pledge To Egg Jeff Bezos’s Mega-Yacht As It Passes Through Rotterdam Bridge, Sarah Rose Sharp, Hyperallergic

Oh the poor man!… crying big crocodile tears…

Here is a classic problem we can all relate to: Isn’t it the worst when you build your mega-yacht SO big that it can’t fit under bridges? Such are the pains of being Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who faces a conundrum about how to get his 417-foot boat, known as Y271, out to open water from the port city of Rotterdam, where it is being built. Standing in the way is the 144-year-old Koningshaven Bridge — known locally as De Hef — which cannot accommodate the three 229-foot masts atop the $485 million vessel.

… this brings to mind the movie Fitzcarraldo… didn’t Herzog actually drag a boat over the hills (mountain?), using local, indigenous labor and causing the deaths of many of them?… the article suggests a similar strategy for Bezos now that his route is blocked through the intransigence of locals…

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