Megayacht Le Grand Bleu in Öresund

The megayacht Le Grand Bleu passed by early this morning (about 04.00 AM). The ship is probably one of the most expensive personal gifts in recent times. In 2006 oligarch Roman Abramovic (net worth USD 12,9 billion) gave the ship to his somewhat less rich Russian-American friend and business partner Eugene Shvidler (net worth 1,6 billion USD) after a gamble.

"Le Grand Bleu is one of the largest private yachts in the world at 113-metre (371 ft) in length. She was built at the Bremer Vulkan yard in Bremen, Germany, and was launched in 2000. She was designed by Stefano Pastrovich and constructed by Kusch Yachts. She was previously owned by John McCaw, Jr., an American businessman, who sold her to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich in 2002. Abramovich had her refitted to his own preferences by HDW in Kiel, Germany. This included an internal refit and the addition of a 5-metre (16 ft) swim platform.

In June 2006, Abramovich gave Le Grand Bleu in a gamble to her current owner, friend and business partner Eugene Shvidler."
(Wiki)

"The yacht has a crew of 65 and carries a veritable arsenal of tenders and watertoys, both on her aft decks and in her extensive below-deck garage, where there is a large aquarium. Her watercraft include a 22 metre Dubois-designed sailing yacht, Bellatrix; a 21 metre Sunseeker motor yacht; two 11 metre, 60-knot Buzzi sports boats; and a landing craft to carry a 4x4 Land Rover used for excursions ashore." (Boat International)

Sail training ship Danmark in Öresund

The Danish sail training ship Danmark passed by tonight. A tall ship 

actually sailing is always a beautiful sight!

"Danmark is a full-rigged ship owned by the Danish Maritime Authority and based at the Maritime Training and Education Centre in Frederikshavn, Denmark.  

Danmark is 252 feet (77 m) in overall length with a beam of 32 feet (9.8 m) and a depth of 17 feet (5.2 m), with a gross tonnage of 790 tons. She was designed for a crew complement of 120 but in a 1959 refit this was reduced to 80. Although she is equipped with a 486-hp diesel engine capable of 9 knots (17 km/h) in other respects she retains many primitive features: for example, the steering gear lacks any mechanical assistance, and the stock anchors are raised by a capstan rather than a powered windlass. The permanent crew has berths, but the trainees sleep in hammocks." (Wikipedia) 

An interesting private garden in Höganäs

I hope you also like this small private garden in Höganäs: 

Some favorites at the Sofiero Classic 2019

Here are some of my favorites at this year´s Sofiero Classic in Helsingborg: 

A bee swarm on my neighbor´s pergola

A bee swarm today landed on my neighbor´s pergola. I have never seen one before. You can go quite close to the swarm without any problems, because the bees are non-aggressive as they have no hive to protect.

Here is some background information from Wikipedia:

"In most climates, western honey bees swarm in the spring and early summer, when there is an abundance of blooming flowers from which to collect nectar and pollen. In response to these favorable conditions, the hive creates one to two dozen new queens. Just as the pupal stages of these "daughter queens" are nearly complete, the old queen and approximately two-thirds of the adult workers leave the colony in a swarm, traveling some distance to find a new location suitable for building a hive (e.g., a hollow tree trunk). In the old colony, the daughter queens often start "piping", just prior to emerging as adults,[12] and, when the daughter queens eventually emerge, they fight each other until only one remains; the survivor then becomes the new queen. If one of the sisters emerges before the others, she may kill her siblings while they are still pupae, before they have a chance to emerge as adults."

The colorful Sofiero castle park

The Sofiero castle in Helsingborg has a large botanical park and garden

 full of summer colors this time of the year ... :-)

Allium

An allium "ball" in Hittarp: