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The yacht Lady May was built by Feadship as Como for New Zealand automotive millionaire Neville Crichton. Crichton now owns the Heesen Como (ex Lady Petra)
Lady May is a 46 meter semi-
She is designed by Dubois Naval Architects who focused on maximizing the use of glass.
She has very large windows in the hull and side panel, so that the owners stateroom gives uninterrupted views. Lady May can accommodate 8 guests in 4 staterooms and has a crew of 8.
Como was sold in May 2015 and renamed Lady May. The owners previous motor yacht, an Alloy Yacht also named Como, has also been sold and is now named Polly.
The yacht Como is not available for charter.
Who is Neville Crichton?
He is an automotive entrepreneur. He owns the New Zealand based companies Ateco Automotive LTD and European Automotive Imports (EAI).
Both companies are importing cars to Australia and New Zealand. Ateco Automotive is the importer and distributor for Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Citroën, Fiat and Chery vehicles in Australia and New Zealand. The group has a turnover of more than AUD$ 1 billion a year.
European Automotive Imports owns Australia’s largest Ferrari dealership Ferrari Maserati Sydney.
Neville Crichton started as a Ford car salesman. He was successful and in 1972 he acquired a used car business in Auckland, which grew to be the largest used car dealer in New Zealand.
He sold the company and moved to Hawaii where he bought a stake in Tony Shelly’s Mazda dealership. This company also grew quickly, adding other brands such as BMW and becoming the world’s largest Mazda dealership.
Later he sold his stake and moved back to New Zealand where he bought all the shares of the stock listed Australian Tractor and Engineering Company, the company now known as ATECO.
Crichton also owns a number of hotels and other properties in Queensland and New South Wales. Crichton was successful in car racing, but later moved his attention to sailing.
He founded both Sensation Yachts and Alloy Yachts, but sold his stakes in both yacht builders. He remained a loyal client to Alloy, who built several yachts for him.
His latest yacht, however was built at the Dutch yacht builder De Vries of Feadship. Next to Como, Crichton owns and has owned several sail yachts named Alfa Romeo.
Neville Crichton’s net worth is estimated at more than USD 200 million.
In 2017 Neville Crichton sold his Sydney house for US$ 60 million.
Crichton and his girlfriend Nadi Hasandedic now live in a US$ 33 million house once owned by Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch. The house has a amazing views, a pool, an elevator and a car turn table to easy maneuver cars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Crichton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_I
The yacht Lady May, built as Como for automotive millionaire Neville Crichton
Neville Crichton’s yacht Como
The side boarding ladder
The designer Dubois used a lot of glass
The yacht in Antibes, France
The Heesen yacht Lady Petra, now named Como
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