To everyone complaining about the cost - do you think the money he spent disappeared in to thin air? Like he said earlier; at one point over 250 people were working on this yacht. 250 people who were getting paid handsomely, plus the crew it takes to operate a boat like this, and the companies in which supplied the various creature comforts, electronics, etc. This money didn't just disappear. It went to other peoples pockets.
I agree with you, if God blesses you with the ability to achieve these dreams it does far more than bless you... it ultimately spills out to bless so many more people because you did what many millions of people wouldn't. Creating wealth can't help but benefit other people.
Many of us benefitted working for Mr. Washington as he gave everybody a chance to build experience and move upward and onward in their career. He is a hard-working individual who seized the moment in construction, mining, railroading, acquisitions, etc. At the time his modus operandi was paying lower wages but he did allow profit-sharing (reference NBC Today Interview 1989 by Debra Norvelle). If others followed his business plan there would be no need for any type of QE. If the government would follow it they could easily slash 1/2 of their payrolls, eliminate waste, and balance the budget. Dennis operated "lean & mean" -- he inherently taught us not only how to survive, but to operate beyond anybody's expectations. Dennis, Phyllis, Kyle, and Kevin deserve everything they have worked for and my family and I have always been grateful for them.
+Mcpsagent King This guy made his fortune in highway construction. His client was the Federal Government (they're the only ones building highways after all) and his fortune is almost entirely tax payer funded. It's a good thing he's in other businesses now, because funding for highway infrastructure has been gutted to pay for tax cuts for rich guys like him. So to recap - he extracted wealth from the taxpayers, then rich people funded lobbyists rigged the system so that he would not have to contribute to the tax base that made him rich. So you know that big chunk of your paycheck the government takes? This guy gets to spend part of that money on quarter billion dollar hobbies like this luxury yacht. God Bless him indeed.
I worked on the Attessa IV a couple of years ago replacing the three main generators. Beautiful vessel! I’m happy to have had the experience and the paycheque along with it.
Spending money and putting it back into the economy is nothing to be ashamed of. It is a form of 'sharing' your wealth. You are keeping people employed. I admire someone like this,instead of those just sitting on their wealth. And not contributing to the economy through purchasing hard items that involve blue collar labor.
I love this guy... He deserves to spend his money any way he pleases... I'm sure he does more for others than for himself... Everyone can learn from this man...
This looks like an amazing time. It's great to see people really dedicated to their craft. Washington didn't just go an buy the most expensive yacht out their, but found the best built one for his needs and truly incorporated every detail he needed into it.
I saw this boat Moored in Bitter End this June. I looked all over the web and I was surprised to find it on TH-cam. If you get a chance to see it in person it is truly incredible!
This is a beautiful boat, the paintjob on the outside is amazing. It's quite a sight when it's docked at the bottom of Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver.
I was one of the special service workmen on this ship. Video doesn't even come close to how amazing it is. Dennis is a non pretentious kind of guy. Really easy to talk to. His wife's boat is nice too. It is the Atessa III. BTW. Word was that it was WAY more than 250Mil. I won't disclose what I heard the CDN dollar value actually was, as Dennis is modest. There was a Monet painting in the board room that was like 3 Mil alone. Looked like a toddler drew it with a pencil, but hey! It was an original Monet. Also, there was a cool golden wall that ran up the whole stairwell that was 1/2 Mil. Onyx statues, gold sink in his quarters, James Bond style Italian 60's race boat... The list goes on and on... Superb job. All that said, it would be nice to just say hi to the man again. I didn't even know he was Christian!
What an inspiration! Extremely hard working, ambitious and true to his morals. A few years back I attended the Christian camp in Oregon a that he funded, and had an absolute blast. This is exactly the way I wish to live my life; pursue my dreams and ambitions and then give back to great causes. Very cool!
I just got back from San Diego and our hotel was right in front of his yacht ..I was truly was truly fascinated with watching the crew working and dreaming of being on it..even just a quick tour....oh well
Only a fool would think that the top 1% earning 20% of the money but paying 40% of all the taxes is not enough. Only a fool would think that you have more of a right to another man's money than he does, yet you call him greedy...?? Only a fool would think that him having a certain amount of money affects the amount of money you have, or that he doesn't deserve it. He created that money and can do damn well what he pleases with it. Even if he DID only pay 13%... That's $650 MILLION in taxes!!!
I love hearing passionate people like him: passion makes hard work easy. When it's easy you excel, and when you excel, you make proper money. Good for him.
It makes my Beneteau 393 look like a little row boat :-( I guess it's like Sir Richard Branson said to me once "it's all relitive" I like the fact that he doesn't want to discuss the cost of his yacht. Good man...
I agree that people who earn rather then people who are given, deserve respect. The question is: how much is enough, even if you earned it all?? Where do you stop buying, and when do you start giving??
Seems like a decent guy, he's done well. Wish I'd seen opportunities in my youth I know now I had. That's a beautiful boat that would never exit without the rich
I think some of u miss the point that this man worked his junk off to achive this level of wealth ... I bet a million bucks he was not lazy like todays youth... We misunderstand this boat... He sweat and bleed he youth away ... This boat is his reward ... And he shares it with family and friends ...
I saw this yacht in San Diego last spring and always wondered who it belonged to. Even better is that I am affiliated with Younglife as a volunteer leader and its AWESOME to see who funded the overhaul of Washington Family Ranch! I thought it to be a coincidence that I saw it and to now know the real-world connection.
I once met an old guy at a Starbucks where he wanted a coffee, but Starbucks wasn't taking credit cards and the old man didn't have cash. I paid for his coffee and little did I know, he owns about 50 Golden Corrals restaurants. To pay me back for the coffee, he offered a ride on a Rolls Royce Phantom to my office. He was the coolest and must humble guy I have met.
A little fun fact is that when you own a yacht, you have to spend 10% or more per year for operating costs, then you have to pay the crew, cleaners, and other expenses, so you are looking at paying 12-14% of the total price of this yacht every year you own it :D
I met Dennis Washington several times when I was working in the aviation industry in the early nineties. I cool guy for sure. For fun, I model his railroad SRY in Canada. Cheers ~ Boomer.
There needs to be a common ground. Working people shouldn't have to carry dead beats who want to be lazy. On the other hands the incredibly rich are sucking the middle class dry and we need to stop that as well.
let's say that who ever pays a doctors salary decides to agree with you and he says, "alright, you are a harder worker than Carlos Slim, you deserve more money than him because you save lives" it's impossible because the money does not just appear. I don't know enough English to explain but the only way you can "combat wealth" is to distribute it with each other by force, which takes away a big part of our freedom, and freedom is one of the reasons why this is one of the best country's.
Some airlines might sell you an old 747 for that price, however it is a lot more expensive to maintain than even a yacht. Plus, this guy spent (assuming the guestimate is approximately correct) $200 mil on refurbishing it. You would likely have to spend much more on a plane. If you want a plane, stick to the commercial jets.
being a student who has completed an AP macro-economics course at the high school level, i am moderately knowledgeable to say the least. Let us look where unregulated markets have gotten humanity (until of course markets were regulated and controlled by unions of citizens [governments]) Slavery, slave wages for the working class, a rotunda of mutual debt, etc. Our modern society has arisen out of the efforts of unions and governments to regulate markets, not out of the markets themselves.
How wonderful. Here is a man who has worked his butt off to realise his dream. And, WOW! what a magnificent reward he has. I wish him all the very best with this beautiful machine he really deserves it. This is capitalism at its very best.
I think it's a little bit different when you have a quarter billion dollar yacht with remote control shades, tv, etc, than has one singular 17 inch tv with a remote control. But you can feel rich if you would like to! There's nothing wrong with that.
Yeah. It'd be interesting to experience that kind of wealth and income. If so I'd have a yatch built that was bigger then abramovic's, say 163 or 193 meters long, and the hull would be in maroon, with gold letters for her name.
1,Just because you took a course in economics, does not mean you understand it very well, there's a difference between being educated and being intelligent, that much is apparent. 2.Slavery and the free market are two different things, one is economical and the other is political, don't confuse the two. 3.There are no such things are "slave wages" such a term is paradoxical. slaves don't earn wages, if people want to move on from where they are, they are free to do so in time
Oh, wow, INCREDIBLE! Yep, no doubt he worked super hard for that...but...sadly there's lots of other people who work their butts off for peanuts. At least Mr. Washington does a lot of good for people, like the kids' camp they talked about here. Good for you, Mr. Washington! Cheers!
"He didn't want to talk about how much he spent on this yacht, because he felt it would be crass." BUT YOU NAMED THE VIDEO, "QUARTER BILLION DOLLAR YACHT." Great job!! ahem.
To everyone complaining about the cost - do you think the money he spent disappeared in to thin air? Like he said earlier; at one point over 250 people were working on this yacht. 250 people who were getting paid handsomely, plus the crew it takes to operate a boat like this, and the companies in which supplied the various creature comforts, electronics, etc. This money didn't just disappear. It went to other peoples pockets.
I agree with you, if God blesses you with the ability to achieve these dreams it does far more than bless you... it ultimately spills out to bless so many more people because you did what many millions of people wouldn't. Creating wealth can't help but benefit other people.
Many of us benefitted working for Mr. Washington as he gave everybody a chance to build experience and move upward and onward in their career. He is a hard-working individual who seized the moment in construction, mining, railroading, acquisitions, etc. At the time his modus operandi was paying lower wages but he did allow profit-sharing (reference NBC Today Interview 1989 by Debra Norvelle). If others followed his business plan there would be no need for any type of QE. If the government would follow it they could easily slash 1/2 of their payrolls, eliminate waste, and balance the budget. Dennis operated "lean & mean" -- he inherently taught us not only how to survive, but to operate beyond anybody's expectations. Dennis, Phyllis, Kyle, and Kevin deserve everything they have worked for and my family and I have always been grateful for them.
I was told it costs 10% of the yachts worth just to run it every year considering fuel, maintenance, staff, helicopter and pilot.
How wonderful to see a generous and compassionate man, helping children with a beautiful camp. God bless him....
And THIS is one of the ways wealthy people CREATE JOBS and keep people employed..!!.GOD BLESS THEM...Dont resent them :)
+Mcpsagent King This guy made his fortune in highway construction. His client was the Federal Government (they're the only ones building highways after all) and his fortune is almost entirely tax payer funded. It's a good thing he's in other businesses now, because funding for highway infrastructure has been gutted to pay for tax cuts for rich guys like him. So to recap - he extracted wealth from the taxpayers, then rich people funded lobbyists rigged the system so that he would not have to contribute to the tax base that made him rich. So you know that big chunk of your paycheck the government takes? This guy gets to spend part of that money on quarter billion dollar hobbies like this luxury yacht. God Bless him indeed.
+oggyreidmore I like your take on this :)
I worked on the Attessa IV a couple of years ago replacing the three main generators. Beautiful vessel! I’m happy to have had the experience and the paycheque along with it.
Spending money and putting it back into the economy is nothing to be ashamed of. It is a form of 'sharing' your wealth. You are keeping people employed. I admire someone like this,instead of those just sitting on their wealth. And not contributing to the economy through purchasing hard items that involve blue collar labor.
Where is the video of the actual boat, you spent longer talking about your flying route then showing it...wtf.
He came from nothing, earned lots of money by hard work, and gives back with a 65 million dollar childrens camp...Who could fault that?
The children’s camp is a tax write off nothing more
Hay seres maravillosos en este mundo todavía ❤️🙏
I liked his interview !! Seems like a cool down to earth guy for being super loaded !! :-)
+Monica Dirocco Yeah, he also seemed like he still gets his hands dirty fixing 'machines'.
+Monica Dirocco So you have to be poor to be down to earth?
OMG..really ?
Werdna regninnen how do you know he doesn't also donate to charity?
i love watchin rich people, it gives me motivation
without this dude there would probably be lots more starving people in the world. Bless this man and bless his boat.
I love this guy... He deserves to spend his money any way he pleases... I'm sure he does more for others than for himself... Everyone can learn from this man...
This looks like an amazing time. It's great to see people really dedicated to their craft. Washington didn't just go an buy the most expensive yacht out their, but found the best built one for his needs and truly incorporated every detail he needed into it.
hard work dedication and doing what you love. he earned it .
its right that a man should enjoy the rewards of his labour,,just never forget where you come from,,,,this guy has not forgotten....
man all these forbe representatives are so boring to listen to
Better than 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.
Anyone here because of the GTA update coming out this Tuesday? I'm Sooooo excited!!!
I admire people like that, who worked their asses to achieve this. Much better than filthy drug lords and corrupt politicians.
This man is very humble sounding we need more people like him in the world rich or poor
So glad I got to see it today in San Diego. Astonishing and beautiful.
I worked on it for two years
nothing like polishing stainless, scrubbing teak, and waxing.
Must of been quite an experience!
I saw this boat Moored in Bitter End this June. I looked all over the web and I was surprised to find it on TH-cam. If you get a chance to see it in person it is truly incredible!
AMAZING!!!
seen this beautiful boat in cabo San Lucas las week.... just amazing
This is a beautiful boat, the paintjob on the outside is amazing. It's quite a sight when it's docked at the bottom of Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver.
I was one of the special service workmen on this ship. Video doesn't even come close to how amazing it is. Dennis is a non pretentious kind of guy. Really easy to talk to. His wife's boat is nice too. It is the Atessa III. BTW. Word was that it was WAY more than 250Mil. I won't disclose what I heard the CDN dollar value actually was, as Dennis is modest. There was a Monet painting in the board room that was like 3 Mil alone. Looked like a toddler drew it with a pencil, but hey! It was an original Monet. Also, there was a cool golden wall that ran up the whole stairwell that was 1/2 Mil. Onyx statues, gold sink in his quarters, James Bond style Italian 60's race boat... The list goes on and on... Superb job.
All that said, it would be nice to just say hi to the man again. I didn't even know he was Christian!
What an inspiration! Extremely hard working, ambitious and true to his morals. A few years back I attended the Christian camp in Oregon a that he funded, and had an absolute blast. This is exactly the way I wish to live my life; pursue my dreams and ambitions and then give back to great causes. Very cool!
I just got back from San Diego and our hotel was right in front of his yacht ..I was truly was truly fascinated with watching the crew working and dreaming of being on it..even just a quick tour....oh well
I liked the kids camp. That was a great thing for him to do.
Only a fool would think that the top 1% earning 20% of the money but paying 40% of all the taxes is not enough. Only a fool would think that you have more of a right to another man's money than he does, yet you call him greedy...?? Only a fool would think that him having a certain amount of money affects the amount of money you have, or that he doesn't deserve it. He created that money and can do damn well what he pleases with it. Even if he DID only pay 13%... That's $650 MILLION in taxes!!!
I like this guy, very humble.
I love hearing passionate people like him: passion makes hard work easy. When it's easy you excel, and when you excel, you make proper money. Good for him.
These guys I love, they make it on their own.
North Vancouver!!!
I love to see people like that how make there dreams come true god bless him and give him happiness
I like this guy. He's a rural kid at heart who loves to tinker with machinery. Seems like Anakin Skywalker with Palpatine's expense-account
his lil boat puts all those new towers in the middle east and south asia to shame. very beautiful style, and classy.
That Yacht is beautiful! It's amazing how much money these people have.
Its kinda nice to see a rich person so humble
He was parked across from my resort in Cabo last week. Glad I got to see the inside with this video
It makes my Beneteau 393 look like a little row boat :-(
I guess it's like Sir Richard Branson said to me once "it's all relitive"
I like the fact that he doesn't want to discuss the cost of his yacht.
Good man...
Family!!! Wish you saw your employees as friends and family. My grandmother told me a different side of the rags to riches story.
Dennis Washington seems like quite a nice bloke.
There is nothing wrong with that. He earned his money working hard since he was young, and now he deserves to spend it the way he wants.
I sod this Yacht in North Vancouver back in 2010! really awesome!
worked as a sheetmetal worker on the boat for a year and a half, amazing boat!
Totally agree. The title of this was misleading.
I agree that people who earn rather then people who are given, deserve respect. The question is: how much is enough, even if you earned it all?? Where do you stop buying, and when do you start giving??
Dennis sounds like a man of pure class.
HER VOICE REMINDS ME OF THAT OLD MICROSOFT WINDOWS NARRATOR... DAMN !!!
really enjoying your videos :)
He seems like a nice guy. Cool boat, I wish him well.
awesome, was a pipefitter/welder on that thing for 2 1/2 years, great to see it all finished up!
puts my one bedroom flat to shame.what a fantastic life stiyle,,,nice to have even a slice of welth..wow
Seems like a decent guy, he's done well. Wish I'd seen opportunities in my youth I know now I had. That's a beautiful boat that would never exit without the rich
Im in front of the yatch right now (port of miami)
I'm in san diego watching this video and this boat is right next to me
"just a a great machine" he says. Well, he is level.
I think some of u miss the point that this man worked his junk off to achive this level of wealth ... I bet a million bucks he was not lazy like todays youth... We misunderstand this boat... He sweat and bleed he youth away ... This boat is his reward ... And he shares it with family and friends ...
I saw this yacht in San Diego last spring and always wondered who it belonged to. Even better is that I am affiliated with Younglife as a volunteer leader and its AWESOME to see who funded the overhaul of Washington Family Ranch! I thought it to be a coincidence that I saw it and to now know the real-world connection.
Saw this boat in SD simply stunning
Where do you find a pick up truck big enough to tow it to the lake.
i agree ...a down to earth guy who made money the hard way unlike alot of billionaires who robb from people
Sick ass ride, Bro.
Strange. I met his dad a decade ago, his son seems like a cool dude.
Lovely! 💫❤️
If I had that thing, I would never walk on land again.
I once met an old guy at a Starbucks where he wanted a coffee, but Starbucks wasn't taking credit cards and the old man didn't have cash. I paid for his coffee and little did I know, he owns about 50 Golden Corrals restaurants. To pay me back for the coffee, he offered a ride on a Rolls Royce Phantom to my office. He was the coolest and must humble guy I have met.
A little fun fact is that when you own a yacht, you have to spend 10% or more per year for operating costs, then you have to pay the crew, cleaners, and other expenses, so you are looking at paying 12-14% of the total price of this yacht every year you own it :D
same. I dont hate rich people, i strive to be successful like them!
I don't know Dennis Washington, but he knows how to live large,.
I met Dennis Washington several times when I was working in the aviation industry in the early nineties. I cool guy for sure. For fun, I model his railroad SRY in Canada. Cheers ~ Boomer.
True, and your definition of fun changes as you get older anyway and tends not to involve things like wakeboarding, skiiing etc.
Corrupt politicians are a disease to this world.
If the zombie apocalypse happens, I´m going straight for that boat.
There needs to be a common ground. Working people shouldn't have to carry dead beats who want to be lazy. On the other hands the incredibly rich are sucking the middle class dry and we need to stop that as well.
Ha, I have never thought of it that way. You are right and must be pretty sharp minded.
wish I had a church I call it the church of the yahts
let's say that who ever pays a doctors salary decides to agree with you and he says, "alright, you are a harder worker than Carlos Slim, you deserve more money than him because you save lives" it's impossible because the money does not just appear. I don't know enough English to explain but the only way you can "combat wealth" is to distribute it with each other by force, which takes away a big part of our freedom, and freedom is one of the reasons why this is one of the best country's.
Beautiful boat.
Some airlines might sell you an old 747 for that price, however it is a lot more expensive to maintain than even a yacht. Plus, this guy spent (assuming the guestimate is approximately correct) $200 mil on refurbishing it. You would likely have to spend much more on a plane.
If you want a plane, stick to the commercial jets.
being a student who has completed an AP macro-economics course at the high school level, i am moderately knowledgeable to say the least. Let us look where unregulated markets have gotten humanity (until of course markets were regulated and controlled by unions of citizens [governments]) Slavery, slave wages for the working class, a rotunda of mutual debt, etc. Our modern society has arisen out of the efforts of unions and governments to regulate markets, not out of the markets themselves.
i love the renovations to the new boat!! WOW! i think shes a keeper! xd
4:04 the TV is remote controlled?! Damn, I wish I had one of those futuristic things...
I like this guy, seems like a good humble dude
good on you sir make the most , it make me so happy to the success , have fun
Great.
thats Vancouver BC in the back ground to bad i didnt get to see this boat
How wonderful. Here is a man who has worked his butt off to realise his dream. And, WOW!
what a magnificent reward he has. I wish him all the very best with this beautiful machine
he really deserves it. This is capitalism at its very best.
I think it's a little bit different when you have a quarter billion dollar yacht with remote control shades, tv, etc, than has one singular 17 inch tv with a remote control. But you can feel rich if you would like to! There's nothing wrong with that.
I will to have a boat like this very soon...yeah right!
thats the kind of yacht i want to buy second hand like when he sells it
Yeah. It'd be interesting to experience that kind of wealth and income. If so I'd have a yatch built that was bigger then abramovic's, say 163 or 193 meters long, and the hull would be in maroon, with gold letters for her name.
Waow! I love the interior of this super yacht. Not too outlandish but very lovely.
good for this dude.. I'm super frikkin jealous.!!
"Made his money the old fashioned way"
That means you inherit it.
1,Just because you took a course in economics, does not mean you understand it very well, there's a difference between being educated and being intelligent, that much is apparent.
2.Slavery and the free market are two different things, one is economical and the other is political, don't confuse the two.
3.There are no such things are "slave wages" such a term is paradoxical. slaves don't earn wages, if people want to move on from where they are, they are free to do so in time
Inspired.
He could have saved the S.S. United States and have the biggest fn yacht of all time!
Oh, wow, INCREDIBLE! Yep, no doubt he worked super hard for that...but...sadly there's lots of other people who work their butts off for peanuts. At least Mr. Washington does a lot of good for people, like the kids' camp they talked about here. Good for you, Mr. Washington! Cheers!
"He didn't want to talk about how much he spent on this yacht, because he felt it would be crass." BUT YOU NAMED THE VIDEO, "QUARTER BILLION DOLLAR YACHT." Great job!! ahem.