Damen launches "La Datcha"

The largest format in the SeaXplorer series to date was styled by Azure Yacht Design, we reported. Damen announced at the launch that Vasily Shprits is working on the interior. Shprits is the house architect of "La Datcha" owner Oleg Tinkov and has already designed the private properties that Tinkov markets via a website of the same name. Interested parties rent his properties on the Caspian Sea and in Cabo San Lucas or the chalets in Valthorens and Courchevel via this website. The SeaXplorer 77 will set sail from September 2020 for 690,000 euros a week. After the Monaco Yacht Show, it will sail via Greece to Madagascar and Thailand. Of course, Kamchatka is not to be missed, where the owner will be on board for heliskiing tours with the two helicopters parked in hangars. Tinkow comments: "The earth is so big and our lives so short that we need to explore as much as possible. Two helicopters give us the freedom to explore any area, no matter how remote." Born in Siberia, Tinkov founded an import company at a young age, then a beer brewery and finally a direct bank. Until 2016, the 52-year-old ran a cycling team that took part in the Tour de France.