Agreed. Reminds me of the rich people's catered Burning Man experience, everything done by the help.

Bought as opposed to made, done or planned yourself. The latter is fine, at a certain point sonit becomes somewhat pathetic.

Edit: The M5 owner doesn't fall into the bought category so, he was very involved in the refurbishment process and knows his way around his boat. Which does look rather gorgeous.

it's luxury, not sailing

Owner in this case does seem very into the technical detail of the boat and enjoying sailing, not just partying on water and paying someone to move it about occasionally.

sure but the environmental footprint is still huge

Sure, but.. wrong thread? I thought you and the parent were saying this isn't proper sailing, how dare he use the same name for it as my hobby sort of thing?