2022 New Years Eve
An early arrival was Jan Koum with his yacht Moonrise and her support vessel Nebula.
Also Herb Chambers arrived early with his yacht Excellence.
We also spotted Chris and Sarah Dawson with their Benetti yacht TRIUMPH.
And we saw Philip Green’s yacht Lioness V.
Missing: Most notable Roman Abramovich, which normally came every year with his yacht Eclipse.
2021 New Years Eve
Yachts include Roman Abramovich’s Eclipse, Herb Chambers’ Excellence, Jan Koum’s Moonrise, a UK hedge fund manager’s Arbema, Ivan Shabalov’s Soaring, Shahid Khan’s Kismet.
Further, we spotted Eyal Ofer with his Olivia O, Jonathan Rothberg with his Gene Machine and Beau Wrigley with his yacht Unbridled.
2020 New Years Eve
Lionel Richie and his daughter Sofia chartered the 116-meter yacht Ulysses. They were spotted by a photographer of the Daily Mail.
2019 New Years Eve St Barths
Many yachts arrived for the 2019 New Years Eve
More billionaires and celebs than ever for a St Barths Holiday
2018 New Years Eve St Barths
We spotted these yachts for the 2018 New Years Eve
Le Grand Bleu – Euvgeny Shvidler
Martha Ann – Warren E Halle
Seven Sins – Hugo Verlinden
Blue Moon – Richard Duchossois
Silver Shalis – Larry Silverstein
Deniki – Marcel Boekhoorn
Naia – (we are not sure who owns the yacht Naia)
Minderella – Glenn Sterns
Dancing Hare – do you know who owns Dancing Hare? Send a message
Atlantic Goose – Lord Ashcroft
Coral Ocean – Peter Lurssen
Here Comes the Sun – Alexander Dzhaparidze
Phoenix II – Sebastian Kulzcyk
One More Toy – Gary Markel
Big Eagle – Estate of Bernie Little
Skyfall – Roy E Carroll
Hasna – John Symond
Teleost – Nathan Paul Myhrvold
Caryali – Robert Grossman
Polar Star – built for John Risley
Galaxy – Hans Thomas Gross
Mia Elise II – Terry Taylor
2017 New Years Eve
On December 17th 2017, Eclipse arrived at Port Gustavia in St Barths.
Abramovich flew with his US$ 75 million Gulfstream G650 private jet (LX-GVI) to Princess Juliana International Airport in St Maarten. He then transferred with his Eurocopter AS.365-N3 (M-LVIA) to Eclipse. And further to his St. Barth mansion.
We spotted the following yachts in St Barths
Le Grand Bleu – Eugene Shvidler
Keri Lee – Trevor Lee
Gene Machine – Jonathan Rothberg
One More Toy – Gary Markel
Lazy Z – Mortimer Zuckerman