The $90 million superyacht owned by the chairman of the world’s largest cruise line operator has left Mount Desert Island for Boothbay Harbor.
Multibillionaire Micky Arison, chairman of Carnival Corporation, departed Bar Harbor Tuesday morning after being spotted cruising the harbor in a tender on Monday. The Sixth Sense, Arison’s 242-foot motor yacht, is scheduled to arrive in the Lincoln County port by 6 p.m., according to VesselFinder, a live boat tracker.
While Arison’s megayacht spent two days at anchor off Bar Harbor, Carnival’s largest cruise ships, most of which carry more than 2,000 passengers, cannot dock in Bar Harbor during July and August due to the town’s controversial cruise ship passenger cap. Those restrictions have no bearing on the cruise line mogul’s private activities.
Arison’s summertime MDI visit is not the first time the Tel Aviv-born businessman, who has a net worth of $9.7 billion, has navigated Maine’s coastline.
One Reddit user reported seeing the megayacht in Portland on July 12. The ship arrived in Portland on July 10 and stayed for just under 10 days, according to VesselFinder.
In July 2023, the super yacht was spotted off Colony Beach in Kennebunk, according to social media posts at the time.
Arison is not the only professional sports team owner to anchor megayachts off Bar Harbor in recent years. In early May, billionaire James Ratcliffe, who is co-owner of the Premier League’s Manchester United, anchored his $100 million, 233-foot superyacht off the northern edge of Bar Island, close to Bar Harbor.
In 2015, a $350 million superyacht owned by Mark Cuban, who formerly held a majority share of the Dallas Mavericks, was anchored in Frenchman Bay, according to the Mount Desert Islander. Cuban sold his majority share in 2023 to multibillionaire Miriam Adelson and her son-in-law Patrick Dumont. He now retains a 27% stake in the franchise, according to ESPN.
Arison was elected chair of the NBA Board of Governors — the basketball league’s governing body —- in mid-July. After serving 31 years as the Miami Heat’s franchise representative, Arison is the second-longest tenured league governor, according to the NBA.
Arison also owns the Mylin IV yacht, a $50 million vessel that can travel up to 20 knots and accommodate 10 guests and 15 crew members, according to SuperYachtFan, a yachting database. The 61-meter vessel was built in 1992 by Dutch shipyard Royal van Lent for Arison’s father, Ted Arison, who founded Carnival and helped establish the Miami Heat in South Florida.
The Mylin IV is now moored in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, according to VesselFinder. The ship, named after Ted Arison’s second wife, Lin, spent 32 days anchored in Miami, Florida, before its arrival in Canada on June 30.