Grand ambition
Subtitle: an extraordinary yacht, the people who built It, and the millionaire who can't really afford It
By: G. Bruce Knecht
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781416576006; 9781416576280
Subjects: Boating industry; Venture capital; Lady Linda (Yacht); Trinity Yachts (Firm); Yachting; Capitalists and financiers; Boatbuilding; Boatbuilders; Yacht building; Biography; History
Description: Tells the story of Doug Von Allmen's plan to build an extraordinary yacht and the way that the 2008 financial crisis threatened the project and the livelihood of the one thousand employees of the shipyard where it was built.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Making plans; title: I want to be an accountant; title: The sky is the limit; title: Grinding it out; title: Flying above the clouds; title: Gilded barges; title: Free fall; title: Righting the ship; title: Never enough space; title: Cash crunch; title: Blinded by thirst; title: Pulling the trigger; title: Too many boats; title: Disaster; title: I'd rather be surfing; title: Sell everything; title: Another fall; title: Bring on the sun beds; title: Smooth but unlawful; title: Forget the green; title: A box within a box; title: It's not my fault; title: We're going home!; title: It's not just copying; title: An extreme hardship; title: Let's roll!; title: Chasing dreams.