fifty-metre Westport superyacht SeaQuest, owned by the family of U.South. Secretarial assistant of Didactics Betsy DeVos was damaged, while she was moored at a Huron dock. $40-1000000 SeaQuest was moored at the Huron Boat Basin, co-ordinate to a police report. The helm of the l-metre superyacht, chosen law at almost vi a.thousand. Sunday, telling them that he and the coiffure realized at sunrise that someone had untied Seaquest from the dock, setting it adrift.


The crew somewhen got control of the yacht, only not before it struck the dock, causing an estimated $5,000 to $10,000 in harm from large scratches and scrapes, according to the police report. Officers were searching for surveillance video that may testify who untied the yacht.


Betsy DeVos is the daughter of Edgar Prince. She married Richard DeVos, Jr., whose father started the Amway corporation, a multi-level marketing company.


SeaQuest is ane of 10 yacht endemic by the wholefamily. It is registered to RDV International Marine LTD. The Devos family is actually a shareholder in the Westport yacht edifice company.


SeaQuest is a 49.93-metre luxury motor yacht. She was built by Westport in 2008. With a beam of nine.3 m She is powered by engines giving her a maximum speed of 24 knots and a cruising speed of 20 knots. The motor yacht can accommodate 12 guests in cabins. The yacht was designed by Donald Starkey.

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