This is the 158 foot S/Y Legacy, an Italian-built Perini Navi super yacht, the property of
American tycoon Peter Halmos.
Hurricane Wilma carried the yacht onto salt flats near the Florida Keys on October 25, 2005. 31 July 2006 - Plan to
refloat Legacy started - Triton Megayacht News
article.
January 2007 -
Read the Vanity Fair magazine article here (4.4mb pdf download)
Aerial photos for the Vanity Fair article
here.
3 Feb 2007 - Palm Beach Post story.
6 May 2007 - Another Palm Beach Post story.
Listen to the owner speak, with more photos
here
11 July 2007 - Latest news from US Fox news
here
6 October 2007 - Salvage operations begin, St Petersburgh Times
article
28 February 2008 - Yacht stuck for 2 ˝ years finally free - Miami Herald story.
Floating free after salvage, here.
3 March 2008 - Sailing Yacht Legacy Free at Last - Megayacht News
here.
26 March, 2008 - After two years of trying, Legacy floats free - The Triton
article.
18 April 2008 - Bryan Burrough: The Legacy Sails Away - Vanity Fair
here.
24 December, 2008 - Halmos: Legacy ‘doesn’t want to leave’ - Triton Megayacht News
article.
31 May 2009 - Waterworld - Keysnews.com here.
17 August 2009 - Article in Mad Mariner website
here (slow to load)
26 August 2009 - Fitting S/Y Legacy out for the long term -
The Triton
15 September 2009 - Legacy has her own website: freelegacy.org
6 July 2010 -
S/Y Legacy moves to the Bahamas - The Triton
17 May 2011 - Yacht salvage trial nears an end - Florida Keysnews.com
The pictures below appeared in a Sailing Anarchy
thread beginning in mid November 2005
Another lengthy thread
at YachtForums.com
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