Childhood memories are precious. And sometimes, people can move mountains for that one opportunity to relive and cherish them.
This man from Hong Kong decided to give a passenger ferry a new life because he had a lot of memories associated with it.
The 762-seater ferry, formerly called Golden Star, started the business back in 1988 in Hong Kong but ceased to operate in 2011 and was sold via a private sale. That somewhere made this anonymous Hong Kong man emotional who had several fond childhood memories associated with it. Hence, he decided to buy and refurbish the old ferry into a glamorous weekend home, reported Mail Online.
After 18 months of working on the now 154ft (47m) long vessel at the Leung Wan Kee shipyard in Zhuhai, China, he transformed it into a boat that has amenities better than any luxury hotel.
The luxury yacht, now known as DOT, has a living space spread across 6,000 square feet. It houses four en-suite staterooms that can accommodate up to eight guests, each of which has a bath and standing shower.
Along with it, DOT also has two office spaces, a galley, a ginormous salon, and a mezzanine level with space for a 14ft Christmas tree that houses the largest sofa in Hong Kong, reported Business Insider.
According to Ocean Independence, the brokerage service listing the boat, the fully air-conditioned yacht also boasts of a kitchen cum dining area with large sliding doors and a separate cinema.
If all this attracts you then we have a piece of good news for you. DOT is up for grabs for $2.7million (Rs 19.7 crore approx.)
The British-born Hong Kong resident also enabled the boat with more than 1,800 square feet of solar panels, a large battery tank, and a water catchment system.
“She was designed to have very large living spaces, with bedrooms and bathrooms of the scale one would expect onshore. We didn’t want to fight her industrial history, but rather to celebrate it. These goals drove much of the layout,” the anonymous owner said adding that DOT still moves beautifully through the water.
He further said that the boat parked at the Tai Tam inlet in Hong Kong has been about his three wonderful children. “Watching them jump from the roof into the sea; stargazing with them top side; games of charades as the sunsets after dinner. She was designed to create great memories for my children, and she has delivered them in spades. DOT was always imagined as a weekend home rather than a yacht that moves around, even though she can reach Australia with her 100,000-litre fuel tanks,” he divulged.
Hats off to this man who values memories and emotions more than money.