3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina

[Tony_FLADEM]

Witnesses at the Tahoe Keys Marina say they heard screeching, the sound of tearing metal, and a passenger yell "oh, no!" late Sunday night.

By about 3 a.m. Monday, a three-story, $3.2 million yacht so big that it has its own helicopter pad was sunk, one end of it touching the South Lake Tahoe marina bottom at a Titanic-esque tilt.

It's still not clear what sent the Sierra Rose to the lake bed, where it remained partially submerged Tuesday and waiting for a private contractor to remove it sometime within the next few days.

Witness Heather Contreras, who was visiting the marina from Turlock, Calif., told the Tahoe Daily Tribune that more than a dozen people were on the vessel at the time of the screeching noise. The luxury liner didn't immediately sink, and some people stayed on it for more than an hour after the apparent mishap, she said.


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[HooptieWagon]

1. I looked up some pictures of the boat.

It is butt ugly. A houseboat, but really just a luxury home tacked on top of a steel barge. I couldn't find the reason it sunk... although actually its only partially submerged.
Particulars: length 86', beam 27', draft 4', 3 floors (i cant justify calling them decks), twin diesel engines, speed 7 knots.

[joshcryer]

2. Wow, you weren't kidding.

Butt ugly boat. Why would it cost so much? Location?

[Cerridwen]

5. $2000 per night or $8000 for 4 hours to rent.

On Monday, a big-screen TV, leather couches and floating slices of bread were visible inside the partially submerged watercraft, which was billed as the largest noncommercial boat on Lake Tahoe as recently as 2006.

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A website detailing the three-room, three-bathroom Sierra Rose for potential renters says it's inspired by the streamlined luxury vessels of the 1930s, but with state-of-the-art amenities. Features include granite counters, remote-controlled fireplaces, mahogany floors, a spa and custom crystal and china.

The boat rented for $2,000 a night, according to a brochure from 2008-09, or $8,000 for four hours.

For those who think roughing it is giving the maid and butler the day off; or for really 'cool' graduation parties?

My favorite line comes at the end of the article; "Tahoe Keys Property Association front desk clerk Ron Parker said, according to the newspaper. 'My idea is it was so ugly someone had to sink it.'"

edit to add: I noted it was missing a car elevator. *snort*

[HooptieWagon]

8. Car elevators are for "commoners", this has a helipad!

[Cerridwen]

9. Oh geez. You're right. My bad.

I just "don't understand" that kind of thing.

[HooptieWagon]

10. Nor do I.

Its described in brochures as being "classically styled"... but no matter how much of the Neiman Marcus catalog is crammed inside, it still looks like a house tacked on a steel barge.

[HooptieWagon]

6. Location is probably one reason.

The other is all the ostentatious extras: Italian leather furniture, marble counters, wedgewood china with the boats name embossed, heated floors, etc. But it still looks ugly.

[Skidmore]

12. That's a yacht??

Looks like a tugboat minus the barge. It was definitely spoiling that view.

[Raine]

3. I saw it on my local news, my first thought "butt ugly", proof that money can't buy good taste. nt

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[wickerwoman]

4. GOB strikes again...

Was the screeching sound "The Final Countdown" playing in the background?

[thelordofhell]

7. It hit an iceberg

[NBachers]

11. "There's Gott To Be A Morning Afterr" Theme from Poseidon Adventure by Maureen McGovern

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. "tearing metal"?

Does anyone remember the scene in "Superman" where he spins into the street?

I mean, the Nazis called themselves supermen too, and they were fascist....

......naw,.....no way.....