. This is why, he decided to sell it. The story would have gone unnoticed if brokers didn’t summon him by demanding 615,000 pounds (about 800,000 Euros) as overdue amounts.
Pisarev bought the yacht in 2010 but some time later he realized it was too small, so he sold it to another Russian billionaire in 2012 and he commissioned a new 55-metre yacht. Meanwhile, Pisarev used it between Montecarlo and Caribbean, with his family, customers and partners.
Now, the broker company which had managed the purchase, provided the equipments and showed the yacht to the Russian billionaire who then bought it from Pisarev, claims for the payment of old commissions. Pisarev answers that the new owner had bought the yacht from him and that the agency was involved for the sale only after the new owner had seen the boat. Consequently, he has nothing to pay. Brokers’ demand was rejected two years ago and now the matter will be discussed at the Court of London.
For the moment, the boat (called 4YOU) is used for boat charter, so we can see photos and videos to understand the compare the space perception of the Russion billionaire with ours: built in Holland in 2009, the yacht is 47 m long and it has a 9-metre beam, cabins for 12 guests, jacuzzi, gym, tender and water motors garage and 85 square metres on the deck, where you can sunbathe, have lunch or do anything else. Of course, it is small for a tennis court….