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  1. Inside the private pain haunting Packer

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  2. Kerry Packer's famous $100million luxury yacht Arctic P is now

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  3. Annette Sharp: Gretel Packer hires out her dad’s beloved yacht, Arctic

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  4. Mariah Carey and James Packer have his 'n' hers yachts

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  5. Billionaire James Packer works out on his superyacht in Saint-Tropez

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  6. Miranda Kerr boards James Packer's luxury super yacht in Spain

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  1. Inside the adventures of the 87m explorer Arctic P

    Arctic P has been used as a private yacht since Australian businessman and media proprietor Kerry Packer AC (Gretel's father) bought and converted her in the 1990s. When Gretel took over ownership from her brother James Packer in 2018, she decided to repurpose her for charter. "The owner is extremely passionate about Arctic P. We've done ...

  2. ARCTIC P Yacht • Gretel Packer $80M Superyacht

    Ownership: Gretel Packer's Iconic Superyacht. The owner of the yacht Arctic P is Australian businesswoman and philanthropist Gretel Packer. Daughter of the late media tycoon Kerry Packer, Gretel Packer is known for her business ventures in media and real estate, as well as her philanthropic work through the Packer Family Foundation.

  3. Kerry Packer's $100million luxury yacht is now available for hire

    Kerry Packer's beloved $100million yacht, the Arctic P (above), will be available to hire in Europe this summer. It was said the Arctic P held a lot of sentimental value to Gretel but it seems the ...

  4. Fact file: five things you didn't know about converted explorer yacht

    Arctic P is a classic explorer yacht that has circumnavigated the globe, broken a Guinness World Record and sailed to the furthest reaches of the Antarctic. ... Australian billionaire and media tycoon Kerry Packer AC (Gretel's father) is to thank for Arctic P's iconic conversion, an inheritance that has been eagerly accepted by the next ...

  5. GRETEL PACKER • Net Worth $2 Billion • House • Yacht

    The yacht was originally an ocean-going tug, turned into a superyacht by Gretel's father Kerry Packer. The yacht was first owned by Gretel's brother James Packer. But ownership was transferred to her, in a settlement of their father's estate. James Packer is the owner of the $200 million superyacht IJE.

  6. Yacht ARCTIC P, Schichau-Unterweser

    She could be considered a classic converted private yacht. Arctic P was converted and owned by Australian businessman Kerry Packer, who died in 2005. At the time of his death, Packer was reported to be the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia. The Construction & Designing relating to Luxury Yacht ARCTIC P

  7. Inside James Packer's Luxurious Superyacht Called Arctic P

    2 of 7. Built by German company Schichau Seebeckwerft back in 1970, the Arctic P can cover a maximum distance of 18,000 nautical miles at 20 knots speed. The vessel measures 287 feet and can ...

  8. 45: Arctic P

    In fact, Australian media mogul James Packer, who inherited the yacht along with an ancestral fortune from his father Kerry Packer, brought in $500,000 to benefit the Nevada Cancer Institute in 2007 when he donated a week-long Tahitian cruise aboard the ship to an auction in support of the charity. ...

  9. MySmartYacht

    The 88m (287') M/Y Arctic P began its life in 1969 as an ocean going salvage tug built by Schichau Unterwesser. The ship was later purchased by prominent Australian businessman Kerry Packer and converted into a private super-yacht with the ability to go where few other vessels are capable. With a steel hull that includes plating as thick as 50mm in certain spots Arctic P is capable of and has ...

  10. World's 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #20: Arctic P

    #20: ARCTIC P—288'7"Sixty-eight-year-old Australian media baron Kerry Packer, who owned this converted commercial craft for a little more than a decade, died last December. Hundreds of people, including several titans of business from around the world, attended his funeral, and some people, such as British financier Joe Lewis, were put up on the yacht.

  11. Explorer yacht Arctic P refitted with luxury amenities

    18 June 2015 • Written by Risa Merl. The extensive seven-month refit of Arctic P has given the 88 metre explorer yacht some luxurious new amenities. The most significant change is the redesigned beach club, where a swimming pool, Jacuzzi and dining table have been installed to make the area the yacht's new entertainment hub. 3 images.

  12. Tycoon's superyacht steams in

    Her length of 87.5m made her Germany's largest tug. She was converted into a yacht for the late media baron and casino owner Kerry Packer, formerly Australia's richest man.'' The New Zealand Herald reported last year that the superyacht - the 50th largest yacht in the world - had been in Auckland for an expensive refit.

  13. Annette Sharp: Gretel Packer hires out her dad's beloved yacht, Arctic

    The listing comes after the 87m yacht — which, according to pundits, is worth between $80m and $100m — changed hands within the Packer family when Kerry's daughter Gretel bought the boat ...

  14. Australian media magnate Packer dies at 68

    Kerry Packer, the Australian media magnate, has died, unexpectedly, aged 68. Mr Packer was the country's richest man with an estimated fortune of $4.5bn. His death, on Boxing Day, leaves his son ...

  15. Kerry Packer

    Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer AC (17 December 1937 - 26 December 2005) was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century. [2] The Packer family company owned a controlling interest in both the Nine Network and the publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later merged to form Publishing and ...

  16. Remembering The Worlds Greatest Gambler

    Gambling was Kerry Packer's passion in the way that other men of great means develop big-budget obsessions with yacht racing or art collecting. Fitting for one with enough cash to roll as high as the moon, Packer wagered at the largest stakes the casinos would allow. ... That Kerry Packer, a brilliant entrepreneur, an astute stock market ...

  17. GRETEL PACKER • Net Worth $2 Billion • House • Yacht

    The yacht was originally an ocean-going tug, turned into a सुपरयॉट by Gretel's father Kerry Packer. The yacht was first owned by Gretel's brother जेम्स पैकर. But ownership was transferred to her, in a settlement of their father's estate. James Packer is the owner of the $200 million superyacht IJE.

  18. After only a week at sea, Packer yacht crewman axed for being annoying

    The Arctic P was bought by Mr Packer's late father Kerry in 1995. The family spent $20 million upgrading the work vessel into a luxury toy, complete with a cinema, helipad and swimming pool.

  19. Kerry Packer

    Our highlight-reel of this at http://KerryPacker.info now has 100,000 views, so we thought we'd make the source footage available (which we have permission t...

  20. JAMES PACKER: The Business Tycoon Behind Crown Resorts

    James Packer, son of Kerry Packer, is an Australian billionaire and former media mogul. He inherited Consolidated Press Holdings Limited and transformed it into Crown Resorts. ... James Douglas Packer was also the owner of the yacht EJI. She was delivered by Amels Yachts in 2018. Packer more or less immediately put her for sale.

  21. On board Slipstream with owner Jack Cowin

    Thankfully for Cowin, help was at hand in the form of Phil Stevens, who was working on Kerry Packer's yacht in Sydney at the time. Today, Stevens captains Cowin's larger 60-metre yacht Slipstream, while Steve Smith now helms his first boat, but at the time Stevens was the guiding hand that led Silver Dream around the Maldives, the Caribbean and Thailand.

  22. Kerry Packer

    Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, tycoon and transformer of cricket, died on December 26th, aged 68. BEFORE 1977, the words "cricket" and "commerce" had never been put together. The game ...

  23. kerry packer yacht

    The 88m (287') M/Y Arctic P began its life in 1969 as an ocean going salvage tug built by Schichau Unterwesser. The ship was later purchased by prominent Australian businessman Ke

  24. Astrology and natal chart of Kerry Packer, born on 1937/12/17

    Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC (17 December 1937 - 26 December 2005), son of Sir Frank Packer, was an Australian media tycoon whose family company owned controlling interests in both the Nine television network and leading Australian publishing company Australian Consolidated Press (which were later merged to form Publishing and ...