"VF-15" - Early Morning Arrival
A 2009 160-foot-long Christensen Yacht with interior design by Carol Williamson & Associates, “VF-15″ has three decks and can accommodate 12 guests in four double and two twin cabins with a bed configuration of two Pullman bunks, 1 King, 3 Queen and 2 Double.
VF-15″ weighs 491 gross tons with a draft of 7.91 feet. She holds 15,240 gallons of fuel, 3,690 gallons of water, and a crew of 9. Each of her two 2,041-horsepower MTU 12V 4000 M60 Diesel engines consumes 146.7 liters of fuel per hour at rated power. She can cruise at a speed of 14 knots with a maximum speed of 18 knots. She has a range of 4,500 nautical miles.
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he flies the flag of the Cayman Islands, home port George Town. Her owner, Jack Taylor of St. Louis MO, age 87, is the founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company, the largest rental car company in North America. He flew as a naval aviator with Navy Fighter Squadron (“VF”) 15 in World War II, ergo “VF-15″, and served on the aircraft carrier “Enterprise”, ergo Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. With an estimated net worth of about $9.5 billion in 2009, Taylor was ranked by Forbes as the 18th-richest American and the 40th-richest person in the world.
A 2009 160-foot-long Christensen Yacht with interior design by Carol Williamson & Associates, “VF-15″ has three decks and can accommodate 12 guests in four double and two twin cabins with a bed configuration of two Pullman bunks, 1 King, 3 Queen and 2 Double.VF-15″ weighs 491 gross tons with a draft of 7.91 feet. She holds 15,240 gallons of fuel, 3,690 gallons of water, and a crew of 9. Each of her two 2,041-horsepower MTU 12V 4000 M60 Diesel engines consumes 146.7 liters of fuel per hour at rated power. She can cruise at a speed of 14 knots with a maximum speed of 18 knots. She has a range of 4,500 nautical miles.
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he flies the flag of the Cayman Islands, home port George Town. Her owner, Jack Taylor of St. Louis MO, age 87, is the founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company, the largest rental car company in North America. He flew as a naval aviator with Navy Fighter Squadron (“VF”) 15 in World War II, ergo “VF-15″, and served on the aircraft carrier “Enterprise”, ergo Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. With an estimated net worth of about $9.5 billion in 2009, Taylor was ranked by Forbes as the 18th-richest American and the 40th-richest person in the world.
