Jade 959 in London, September 2019
London regularly plays host to lots of large private motor yachts. Motor Yacht Jade 959 visited London in late August 2019, mooring in front of Shad Thames on the Southwark side of the River Thames.
On 1st September 2019, at the same time as the Round the World Clipper Race set off from St Katherine’s Dock, Jade 959 slipped her moorings and sailed down the River Thames and out into the North Sea.
The yacht, completed in 2014, was built in Taiwan and hosts 12 guests in six suites looked after by a crew of 10.
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