On the Money: Boats, Bangkok, Birkin bags and more

On the Money: Boats, Bangkok, Birkin bags and more
A superyacht that is hard to miss. (Image: Pattrick Smellie/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
On the Money is our weekly newsletter of general frippery from the worlds of business and government.Even an unobservant person crossing the Auckland Harbour Bridge these days would be likely to notice two extraordinarily tall masts poking above the Ponsonby/St Mary’s Bay ridgeline.They belong to Aquijo, which also just happens to be the world’s largest sail-powered superyacht, recently parked up on one of Orams Marine’s berths on the tank farm side of the Westhaven marina.This photo on the "Superyachts in Auckland"...

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