Who Bought Kevin Costner’s Trimaran?
It’s the kind of advert that doesn’t exactly go unnoticed. For a start, a 60-foot trimaran on offer (even when it’s dismantled into its individual parts like a jigsaw puzzle) for just $26,000, is not something you see every day. And when you discover that the multihull in question was one of the props for the film Waterworld starring Kevin Costner, then it’s worth telling the story in our Golden Oldies section...
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Published on 26/09/2024
By
Emmanuel van Deth
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“For me, the Waterworld adventure began with an initial encounter with Jeanneau America in January 1993,” recalls Bruno Belmont, Product Development Manager for the Bénéteau Group. Kevin Costner’s agency was looking for information on Pierre 1er, Florence Arthaud’s trimaran built in 1990 by Jeanneau Techniques Avancées and winner of the…