“Polished teak panels, steamer chairs and deep red tones” is how the specialist magazine “Club Yacht” begins its portrait of the yacht “Anatolia”. Around fifty meters long. Manufactured in the Turkish luxury boat shipyard Proteksan Turquoise Yachts, which specializes in individual designs with a subtle retro style.
All of this would normally be more interesting for design aficionados or very well-heeled customers. Toys for the upper class. Under the subheading “Captain Depp”, the yacht specialists immediately reveal the secret of the ship, which was later renamed “Vajoliroja”. Because Depp is not only the most famous film pirate of the present time, but also a private skipper.
Long before his first tête-à-tête with Amber Heard, Johnny “Jack Sparrow” Depp walked his own planks. In 2007 he transferred the “Vajoliroja” to his legendary private island in the Bahamas, Little Hall’s Pond Cay. The technical papers state that the Depp ship will reach a moderate speed of 13.2 knots. So in a moped swing of 25 kilometers per hour through dream waters.
The name “Vajoliroja” came from a combination of names from the comparatively turbulent Depp era with the French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis: “Va” stood for Vanessa, “Jo” for child Johnny, “Liro” for daughter Lily-Rose and ” Yes” for Jack. Internet research foxes will still find some photos from this time, which pretend to be a healed jet set world.
In 2015, the year of his marriage to Amber Heard, Depp renamed the boat. The new name “Amphitrite” refers to the mermaid of the same name from the Greek legend. An anticipation of Heard’s film role in the deep-sea milieu. The Amphitrite, which has since been renovated, was said to have been a wedding gift to Amber. The trend words “sustainability” and “recycling” are now moving in completely different dimensions.
But the eventful story of “Anatolia/VajolirojaAmphitrite” is far from over. Soon after what we now know was a tumultuous and tragic marriage to Heard, Depp sold his pearl to Harry Potter poet JK Rowling for an estimated $25 million. She got to know and love the good piece on a trip to the Caribbean. She was liquid enough for such transactions anyway.
But this love affair didn’t last long either. At a loss of a few million US dollars, the Depp boat went to a businessman who has remained anonymous to this day. It is now called “Arriva” and according to maritime information is said to be bobbing around in the US port of Palm Beach.
What sticks next to the rather snobbish treatises on the design taste of the international pop jet set is the breathtakingly decadent environment in which Depp/Heard’s spectacular love and marriage war took place. Couldn’t have dreamed up a better Netflix writing team. Note: money and a yacht alone do not (also) make you happy.