As they settle into Sydney life, Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch have added a famous $30million classic yacht to their fleet as they await arrival of their secretive $175million superyacht.
The billionaire family’s new 59.7 metre luxury Royal Huisman sloop, described as ‘one of the most iconic sailing superyachts afloat’ is believed to be worth £100million (A$175million) and include ‘a beach club’.
The identity of the owners of the ultra-rich ‘Project 404’ – also dubbed MM597 after its naval architect Malcolm McKeon – has been a closely guarded secret but recently the Murdochs were revealed as the carbon-fibre superyacht’s buyers.
As they settle into Sydney life, Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch have added a famous $30million classic yacht to their fleet as they await arrival of their secretive $175million superyacht (the couple are pictured at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscara Party)
Having bought a $38million ‘boathouse’ at Point Piper, the Murdochs are expanding their fleet of luxury vessels. Their newest addition is the rebuilt 42metre 1954 motor yacht ‘Istros’
The luxury performance yacht will be ‘one of the most iconic sailing superyachts afloat’ when launched this year, McKeon said of the boat being completed in Vollenhove, The Netherlands.
It is likely to be moored in Sydney, where the family have moved and recently purchased a $38million ‘boat shed’ at Wunulla Road, Point Piper.
While no photo of the completed vessel has been shared publicly, it is believed to resemble the Perni Navi superyacht the Seahawk.
The yacht’s interiors have been designed by exclusive French design studio Liagre, which fits out homes and boats for the world’s ultra-rich families.
While no photo of the Murdoch’s top-secret carbon-fibre sloop, worth an estimated $175million, has been shared publicly, it is believed to resemble the Perni Navi superyacht the Seahawk (pictured above)
The billionaire family’s new 59.7-metre luxury Royal Huisman sloop, described as ‘one of the most iconic sailing superyachts afloat’, will include room for 12 guests and 10 staff, will have an al fresco dining area, a wet bar and multiple entertaining areas
Until their new cutting edge superyacht arrives, the billionaire couple have added the rebuilt 42-metre 1954 classic Istros to their fleet
It has room for 12 guests and 10 staff, will have an al fresco dining area, a wet bar and multiple entertaining areas. But that’s not all.
According to Royal Huisman, the ‘unique and truly inspiring yacht’ will house ‘an expansive, lavish beach club’, which is a luxury open-air pool and seating.
Lachlan Murdoch, CEO of Fox Corporation, co-chair of News Corp and executive chairman of Nova, is believed to be worth $3.82billion.
Last week he was guest speaker at the launch of Centre for the Australian Way of Life last week.
In the speech, hosted by the Institute of Public Affairs, he slammed the ABC and claimed Australian identity is under siege as ‘media elites’ discredit the nation’s inherent sense of fairness.
His model and TV presenter wife Sarah is believed to be worth more than $100million.
The couple relocated to Sydney in 2021, living at their Bellevue Hill compound, Le Manoir.
It was believed they would host a delayed 90th birthday celebration for family mogul Rupert this year, although the News Corp chairman and CEO has now turned 91.
Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch now own properties in Sydney, Los Angeles and Colorado, as well as a $90million Gulfstream G650 private jet.
He uses the private jet to regularly fly between the US and Australia for work.
Rupert Murdoch (centre) is pictured with his son Lachlan (right) and daughter-in-law Sarah in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Lachlan Murdoch arrives in Sydney in March 2022 after returning from the US on his Gulf Stream private jet (pictured). Lachlan and Sarah are proud parents to sons Kalan Alexander, 17, Aidan Patrick, 15, and daughter Aerin Elisabeth, 11
Rupert Murdoch (left) is pictured speaking with his eldest son Lachlan in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA in 2018
They also own a fleet of yachts including the Sarissa, which they paid $30million for but is now believed to be available for charter.
Lachlan Murdoch is an enthusiastic sailor, having raced his 24-metre sail yacht Swan 82, Ipixuna at Hamilton Island in early 2021, and even entered the Sydney to Hobart back in 1997.
Last year the couple paid $38million for a boat shed at Point Piper.
The Murdoch’s three children – sons Kalan Alexander, 17, Aidan Patrick, 15, and daughter Aerin Elisabeth, 11, attend a Sydney private school.
It is believed Kalan could be learning to drive in a family Tesla after one was seen leaving Le Manoir with L plates, Nine newspapers reported.
A report last year claimed the family moved after the US political climate shifted with Joe Biden assuming power. The pro-Republican family’s children apparently experienced ‘a rough’ time, Nine newspapers reported.
Until their new cutting edge superyacht arrives, the billionaire couple have added the rebuilt 42-metre 1954 classic Istros, once once by the Pappadakis shipping dynasty, to their fleet.
The motor yacht, which also cost them $30million, is considered an iconic vessel.
It won the grand prize for the best restored vessel at the Monaco Yacht Club Prada Classic Yacht Show in 2001.
But it fell into disrepair and was little more than a rusting hulk when it was rescued from a Maltese port in 2015, salvaged and rebuilt.
The interiors were redesigned in ‘chic Scandinavian style by Van Geest Design’, the Robb Report said.