$150k a steal for week of luxury

The $42.9 million superyacht Drumbeg offers luxury staterooms for up to 10 people and a range of pleasurecraft for guests' amusement. Photo / Steven McNicholl

Fancy a week on one of the world's most luxurious superyachts, which is currently moored in the Viaduct Harbour in Auckland? No problem, but it will cost you up to $151,300.

Axel Clark, captain of the Drumbeg, said the seven-man crew brought the $42.9 million luxury sailing superyacht down from Fiji for the tournament.

"We arrived on Saturday and unfortunately didn't make it for the [Rugby World Cup] opening ceremony because of some bad weather.

'But it sounds like it was pandemonium on the docks so we were probably better off without it," Mr Clark said.

The crew were getting the yacht ready for its English owner who is set to arrive in New Zealand on October 1 for the last part of the tournament.

"So hopefully for him, the English team stay in the cup a little bit longer," he said.

"Then there'll be a good few guests kicking around and having a few parties and things like that so it'll be quite good."

The owners and their guests are set to stay on the Drumbeg for about three and a half weeks when they'll get taken out around the Hauraki Gulf.

The yacht has five staterooms that can hold up to 10 people and is advertised to provide a 6.2m Castoldi Jet tender with 260hp engine, a 4.7m Zodiac tender with 40hp engine, waterskis, wakeboards, windsurfers, fishing gear and diving equipment for its guests' entertainment.

While the Drumbeg's British owners will be using their superyacht for the World Cup, during other times of the year the vessel can be chartered for up to $151,300 a week during peak season, according to a superyacht website.

Mr Clark said the boat did not really have a home base and frequently moved ports.

"We've spent the last six months coming through the Pacific, then before that we were in the Caribbean, then before that we were in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

"So we're roaming around at the moment."

The captain said the Drumbeg, which was built in Vitters Shipyard in Holland in 2004, would be based in and around Auckland for the next five months while they perform maintenance on the boat.

Berthed next to the Drumbeg in the Viaduct Harbour is the New Zealand-crewed superyacht, Janice of Wyoming.

Owned by American businessman, St Francis YC member Larry Finch and his wife Jan, the Janice of Wyoming was named winner of the ShowBoats International Superyachts Award and was a finalist in another boat competition.

Moored on the other side of the Drumbeg is keen yachtsman and New Zealand rich-lister Neville Crichton's superyacht Como.