investigation - the Butterfly McQueen

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The Butterfly McQueen        Revised Sept 2003

In 1990s, the Teachers Group ordered a luxury yacht, the Butterfly McQueen (left) from a Danish boatyard.    Butterfly McQueen was built to the highest specifications and has made many luxury cruises.    It is now up for sale (since January 2003) at $3.295m.

The following two links provide detailed descriptions and pictures of the Butterfly McQueen:

    Fraser Yachts Catalogue  (For all the images, click 'slide show'.  Scroll down for the description.)

    Butterfly McQueen (Extensive sales pitch with many photographs)

When it was built the Butterfly McQueen, at 39.7 metres, was reportedly among the world's biggest glass fibre hulled yachts, with a computerised sailing system and luxury accommodation.

There is accommodation for 12 guests and seven crew.  Cabins are fitted out with cherry wood and Italian marble, with multi-system entertainment centres.  The master stateroom has a king size four poster bed and en-suite bath.   The salon boasts four Italian leather sofas and the dining room has an ebony-framed table.

The boat was moored for many years off Miami, near Amdi Petersen's luxury Fisher Island apartment.   According to the sales catalogue the BMQ has sailed 25,000nautical miles since 1998, through the Panama Canal, to china and the South Pacific.   She is now in Fiji.

The sales details comments:  "A three (3) year cruise through the South Pacific finds her in Fiji where the owners have put her on the market following completion of their dream cruise."!!  Who was on this 'dream cruise', we wonder.   Tvind, of course,  is believed to have property, farms or commercial interests in Fiji.   (We have one listed company, Pacific Farming Ltd.  Two Fiji residents,  both Teachers - Peter Kjaer and Lilian Ekbom - are associated with Tvind as signatories of a Swiss trust, Gaia.  We would like more information).

In January 2003, Danish television TV2 reported that the BMQ was moored in the harbour at Aukland, New Zealand and up for sale.     Mooring charges were reportedly $24,000 (14,000) a month.   The yacht is valued at $7.3 million (4.5 million), but for sale at a bargain $3.3 million (2 million).

Leslie writes:   The official explanation for the existence of "Butterfly Mcqueen" is as follows.  At one time Tvind did a lot of sailing and they found that the repair costs were becoming expensive. They solved this in the Tvind manner by buying a ship-repairers.    Then, since they had built the world's biggest windmill, they decided to build the world's biggest yacht. It has been sailing in the Caribbean on charter since then and is now up for sale. Naturally, Amdi has not been near it.

If I remember correctly, Butterfly McQueen was the first black actress to win an Oscar - for her role in "Gone With The Wind". Her award had to be picked up by somebody else because of the racial discrimination which existed at the time. I think I have that just about right but it does not explain why it should be chosen by Tvind as the name for their yacht.

During my stay at Holsted most of the students would look at Tvind Alert from time to time. This sometimes resulted in long discussions with Anne Marie  where they received the standard answers-e.g., the banana workers are being trained, the Florida property is so hard working Tvindies can have a holiday, the yacht has not been used to give Amdi a luxury lifestyle etc.  These discussions took place in the school office which was adorned with a large framed picture of "Butterfly Mcqueen". After yet another of such meetings Anne Marie was seen carrying the picture out of the office. It was never on public display again!

August-September 2003

The sales details comments:  "A three (3) year cruise through the South Pacific finds her in Fiji where the owners have put her on the market following completion of their dream cruise."!!  Who was on this 'dream cruise', we wonder.   Tvind, of course,  is believed to have property, farms or commercial interests in Fiji.   (We have one listed company, Pacific Farming Ltd.  Two Fiji residents,  both Teachers - Peter Kjaer and Lilian Ekbom - are associated with Tvind as signatories of a Swiss trust, Gaia.  We would like more information).

In January 2003, Danish television TV2 reported that the BMQ was moored in the harbour at Aukland, New Zealand and up for sale.     Mooring charges were reportedly $24,000 (14,000) a month.   The yacht is valued at $7.3 million (4.5 million), but for sale at a bargain $3.3 million (2 million).

Leslie writes:   The official explanation for the existence of "Butterfly Mcqueen" is as follows.  At one time Tvind did a lot of sailing and they found that the repair costs were becoming expensive. They solved this in the Tvind manner by buying a ship-repairers.    Then, since they had built the world's biggest windmill, they decided to build the world's biggest yacht. It has been sailing in the Caribbean on charter since then and is now up for sale. Naturally, Amdi has not been near it.

If I remember correctly, Butterfly McQueen was the first black actress to win an Oscar - for her role in "Gone With The Wind". Her award had to be picked up by somebody else because of the racial discrimination which existed at the time. I think I have that just about right but it does not explain why it should be chosen by Tvind as the name for their yacht.

During my stay at Holsted most of the students would look at Tvind Alert from time to time. This sometimes resulted in long discussions with Anne Marie  where they received the standard answers-e.g., the banana workers are being trained, the Florida property is so hard working Tvindies can have a holiday, the yacht has not been used to give Amdi a luxury lifestyle etc.  These discussions took place in the school office which was adorned with a large framed picture of "Butterfly Mcqueen". After yet another of such meetings Anne Marie was seen carrying the picture out of the office. It was never on public display again!

August-September 2003

Leslie writes:   The official explanation for the existence of "Butterfly Mcqueen" is as follows.  At one time Tvind did a lot of sailing and they found that the repair costs were becoming expensive. They solved this in the Tvind manner by buying a ship-repairers.    Then, since they had built the world's biggest windmill, they decided to build the world's biggest yacht. It has been sailing in the Caribbean on charter since then and is now up for sale. Naturally, Amdi has not been near it.

If I remember correctly, Butterfly McQueen was the first black actress to win an Oscar - for her role in "Gone With The Wind". Her award had to be picked up by somebody else because of the racial discrimination which existed at the time. I think I have that just about right but it does not explain why it should be chosen by Tvind as the name for their yacht.

During my stay at Holsted most of the students would look at Tvind Alert from time to time. This sometimes resulted in long discussions with Anne Marie  where they received the standard answers-e.g., the banana workers are being trained, the Florida property is so hard working Tvindies can have a holiday, the yacht has not been used to give Amdi a luxury lifestyle etc.  These discussions took place in the school office which was adorned with a large framed picture of "Butterfly Mcqueen". After yet another of such meetings Anne Marie was seen carrying the picture out of the office. It was never on public display again!

August-September 2003

 
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