Ah Well, Didn’t Like It Anyway.

May 25, 2009 at 3:57 pm


From the ever-odd Croatian Times we learn that:

“Former Yugoslav communist leader Tito’s once-luxurious yacht Galeb is set to get a new lease of life.

The yacht, for years abandoned at the Viktor Lenac shipyard on Croatia’s northern Adriatic coast, was bought by the city of Rijeka last Friday.

The Rijeka commercial court has confirmed the yacht’s sale for $150,000 (£94,200), according to news website T-portal.

A lawyer for former Greek owner John Paul Papanicolau has objected to the sale, but the court has yet to consider his complaints.

Galeb – once one of the largest most-luxurious yachts in the world – was used by Tito to entertain a host of politicians and celebrities, including Hollywood legends Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

The Rijeka city government had planned to turn Galeb into a floating museum before its sale.”

Ho hum, now TheEye has to look for another dead murdering dictators ex-gin palace for those long weekends. Maybe MadAss Hussein had a couple knocking about. Che was probably too busy killing people to own a boat but if anything turns up on E-Bay then please let us know.