It might be the fastest car in the world, but the Tesla Model S Plaid’s build quality leaves a lot to be desired, as this viral video demonstrates…

A new Tesla Model S Plaid owner took to Instagram to demonstrate how concerning the build quality of the highly lauded performance electric car is, showing how interior components like the centre console, dash and headliner are flimsy, poorly installed and creak when touched.

Even worse than that: the driver’s side door trim doesn’t seem to have properly adhered to the door frame, and the panel gaps on the rear of the car where the tail lights meet the trunk have a panel gap so wide, you can stick a whole pen into them.

Pretty shocking for a car that allegedly cost US$155,000…

Tesla has long faced criticism about its build quality, as well as for its notoriously unhelpful customer service. They’re often called ‘the Apple of cars’ and that’s not actually a compliment.

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It’s a shame because the Model S Plaid is otherwise a rather impressive car. Indeed, it’s the world’s fastest production car by acceleration, capable of 0-60mph in an eye-watering 1.98 seconds, a top speed of 200mph and a peak output of 1,020hp.

Although under the circumstances, being that fast while being that poorly built is a rather terrifying prospect…

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Broccoli is high in protein but health writer, Max Lugavere has taken to Instagram to debunk a popular claim in the broccoli vs meat protein debate.

Anyone who spends a fair amount of time on social media, especially Instagram, has undoubtedly come across the picture that claims broccoli contains more protein than meat, and therefore, meat-eaters should definitely become vegetarians/vegans if protein intake is the only thing holding them back.

Most of these images are accompanied by the statistic that 100 calories of broccoli contains more protein than 100 calories of beef, which is true but is also completely misleading, as Max Lugavere – a New York Times bestselling health and fitness writer – pointed out recently on Instagram.

Lugavere wrote, “You’d only need to eat 1.5 ounces of beef to get 100 calories, whereas you’d need to eat 10 ounces of broccoli to get 100 calories! I made this post to show just how silly it is to compare plants to animal foods.”

Along with Lugavere’s caption is an infographic that highlights his point.

The picture emphasises that you’d have to eat six whole cups of broccoli to get the same amount of protein as one small chicken breast – for context, the recommended vegetable intake is two to three cups, per day.

Lugavere went on to clarify that he believes broccoli is healthy but it shouldn’t be the only food people eat; it’s all about balance.

“Broccoli IS healthy… Eat broccoli if it agrees with you. Just don’t kid yourself into thinking it would be easy to get all of your protein, iron, zinc, or any number of other important micronutrients with it. On the other hand, broccoli provides vitamin C, fibre, folate… you’d be hard-pressed to find those super important ingredients in beef!⁣”

Max Lugavere

The Genius Foods author, who is known for criticising plant-based and vegan diets and promoting low-carb diets of grass-fed beef, free-range chicken and eggs, also wrote that people should only promote “nutritional ideologies” with facts.

“Both [animal products and broccoli] are healthy. You NEED nutrients found in both. How you get them, well that’s up to you! But let’s try to be a little more truthful with our campaigning for our respective nutritional ideologies, how bout it?”

Max Lugavere

We applaud Lugavere for asking for more transparency on social media, although we do wonder if these people who promote swapping out meat for broccoli are actually satisfied with their eating habits… As Homer Simpson wisely once said, “you don’t make friends with salad.”

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Anyone who trains regularly should understand there will eventually come a time when you experience a plateau. This is the phenomenon of your body fully adapting to your current training program, causing muscle gain to be minimised to the extreme.

The scientific name given to plateaus is homeostasis, which was discovered by Hans Selye. He came up with the theory of General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS), which as Healthline states is “the three-stage process that describes the physiological changes the body goes through when under stress.” The three stages were termed Alarm, Resistance and Exhaustion.

Alarm is the initial reaction your body experiences to stress (all beginner weightlifters will experience this); Resistance refers to your body beginning to adapt to this new stress, a process that occurs over an extended period of time; and Exhaustion refers to the moment your body is no longer able to resist the stress and you can end up draining your physical, emotional and mental resources.

It’s also important to remember that nutrition plays a big role in determining how much muscle you gain or how much body fat you lose. To gain muscle, not only do you need to be training, but you need to be a caloric surplus. To lose fat, you need to be in a calorie deficit.

GAS isn’t applied solely to fitness, it should be known, but in response to any type of stressful event. With regard to fitness, however, when your body reaches the exhaustion stage, a good way to prevent it from happening or to minimise the effects, is to go through a rest or de-load week.

Adaptation Training

To help avoid your body from adapting to the training program you put it through on a regular basis, it’s always recommended to employ some variety and one of the most commonly preached methods is to change your workout program on a regular basis.

Fitness trainer Ron Jones has recently taken to TikTok to offer his two cents in relation to your workout split. He says for him, he has a “grab bag of different exercises to input all throughout the week.”

“Every 6 to 8 weeks, change the split completely. This is why the idea of optimal exercises is a terrible concept. All throughout each week I’m adding and taking away different exercises. The focus is the same for that day,” i.e. he will still perform a range of upper body exercises, or leg exercises, depending on his goal for that day, “but I’m doing it in a different way each time.”

“Every 6 to 8 weeks I change the split totally. That gives my body enough time to physiologically respond to that workout split.”

So, is changing your program every 6 to 8 weeks the best way to ‘shock’ the body and break through the plateau?

Best Ways To Program Your Workouts

DMARGE reached out to personal trainer and Myprotein Ambassador and Transformation Coach, Josh Williams, to find out the method(s) he thinks work best.

Off that bat, Josh tells us “It’s not so much about changing the exercises, but more so, how the resistance is being applied to these muscle groups. Whilst changing exercises can have its benefits, it’s not really the most practical nor sustainable way to train.”

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“At the end of the day, there are only so many new exercises you can perform, and there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. The human body hasn’t changed in thousands of years and we already know the exercises that work best for muscle growth.”

With different fitness professionals having their different opinions and there being no hard and fast rule, what then, are people doing in the gym?

For Josh, he says “people aren’t changing their workout structures enough. Most people are finding a routine they enjoy, then sticking to that consecutively, week after week.”

“You get the odd person trying something new from some video they watched online, but for the most part, they’re not implementing any new training variables/protocols and therefore, not maximising their potential in the gym.”

When Josh refers to variables and protocols, he’s not just talking about changing your program, but highlighting the idea of things like progressive overload or time under tension. These are just a couple of new training methods you can employ to help boost your gains.

Josh explains this a bit further, adding, “Incorporating new exercises do have its benefits, contrarily, there are some fundamental exercises that you should never really be removed from a client’s program.” Here’s looking at you, deadlift, back squat and bench press.

“The notion that changing exercises periodically, comes from the fact that, with unique movements, the body is put under new stress that it’s not familiar with.”

“Theoretically, this is true as it then forces the body to grow. However, there is a much more sustainable, and practical way to confuse the body the same way without actually changing the exercises themselves.”

So, what does Josh suggest?

Progressive Overload Is Essential

“The human does not want to, nor does it care to grow. Human adaptation is a huge component when it comes to people hitting plateaus and not making progress.”

“You have to force the body to grow by confusing it, and the only way to achieve muscle growth consistently, is through progressive overload and we don’t need to necessarily change exercises to achieve this.”

“What we focus on with our clients at Limitless Warrior, is implementing new training protocols that stimulate muscle receptors by applying resistance in a unique way which thus, forces muscle growth.”

“A few examples of this are HVT (High Volume Training), GVT (German Volume Training), Tabata, TUT (Time Under Tension) training and many more. We do this every 4 weeks as some people will adapt faster than others, so we prefer to be on the safe side to achieve complete program optimisation.”

“This way we’re not overcomplicating things and running in equipment limitations, mobility hazards and can focus on injury prevention by keeping things safe and simple, yet effective.”

“Ultimately, you can easily achieve continued muscle growth by conducting the same exercises, they just need to be implemented in a unique way.”

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Water sloshes. Caves glimmer. A metal ladder gleams. The wind caresses your back. You roll over, throw a tee shirt over your face, and continue to bask in the sun. Welcome to Gozo.

With peak tourist season in Europe heating up, many people are seeking out alternatives to the more crowded sites of alcohol necking and sun burning. But while some are trading Magdaluf for Malta, Lagos for Lipari, Ibiza for Interlaken – you get the picture – might we suggest yet a further alternative? Trade Malta for Gozo. That’s right: even though Malta is a beautiful, quieter alternative to somewhere like Magaluf, Gozo is even quieter than Malta (and it’s right next to it).

This in mind, here’s your ultimate guide to Gozo – Malta’s cooler sister. From where to go when it’s windy, to where to go for a fancy dinner (or a more casual beachside pizza), as well as advice on the best mode of transport (so you don’t end up spending hundreds on Ubers, or walking 10km in the burning sun, like I did), here’s your low down.

What Is Gozo?

Gozo is an island. It’s 13km long and 7km wide. It sits north (and a little bit to the left) of Malta. It’s a great place to relax, and has an incredible history. The main languages spoken are Maltese and English. It is separated from Malta by water. Between them sits Comino, an even smaller island with an incredible Blue Lagoon.

History Of Gozo

Gozo’s history goes back to 5000 B.c. when a group of people from Sicily crossed over on some kind of boat or raft. These people are said to have lived in caves around Il-Mixta on Ghajn Abdul Plateau on the outskirts of San Lawrenz village, to the north-west of Gozo. Since then, various people have taken over Gozo, from the mysterious ones that built the Ggantija Temples, which are documented as the oldest free-standing structure in the world, to bronze age people, Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Europeans, the Knights of St John, the French and the British.

Malta and Gozo became formally a British crown colony in 1813 and the island became a fortress colony, now best known for its resistance to the Axis bombardments during the second World War.

According to the Gozo Tourism Association: “Malta and Gozo became a sovereign independent state within the commonwealth on 21 September 1964 and were declared a Republic on 13 December 1974.

The website adds: “Though ruled from Malta from time immemorial Gozo has had semi-autonomous governments several times in its history, the last being the Gozo civic council between 1961 and 1973.”

“The island is now governed like any other part of the Maltese islands. The executive functions of the central Government are carried out through the Ministry for Gozo, established on 14 May 1987.”

How To Get To Gozo

Gozo is accessible via either a Fast Ferry or a (slower) car ferry from Valetta (the main port in Malta). The fast ferry takes 45 minutes. The car ferry takes a bit longer. The fast ferry operates 63 times a week, with one leaving roughy every hour. It stops operating occasionally is the wind is extremely strong. But this is pretty rare (and in those cases you can just get the slower ferry). Essentially: to get to Gozo, fly to Malta, then get the fast ferry to Gozo, from Valletta port.

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Best Places To Visit In Gozo

Gozo is home to incredible sites of natural beauty, as well as mind-blowing ‘stone henge esque’ historic monuments. There are also some great places to eat and drink. Here are the best ones to visit.

Hondoq ir-Rummien

If you like sunbathing, cliff diving, drinking “pineapple with any alcohol,” people watching, kayaking or waterskiing then this is the spot for you. It’s also a place where a lot of the Scuba diving and boating tours leave from. Top tip: if you walk (or swim) around the rocks to the right (when looking out at the ocean) you’ll find a much less crowded area where you can swim and snorkel away from the crowds. There are also some cool caves to carefully swim inside.

Calypso Cave

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Calypso Cave is a cavern at the top of a cliff, overlooking Ramla Bay. It was mentioned in Homer’s Odyessy, and features in thousands of Instagram posts (like the epic photo above, taken by @rhystthehuman_). You can get to it by walking about a kilometre (first across the beach, and then up the cliff trail) from the entrance to Ramla Bay beach. Or you can drive to the top (which I realised after I had walked up) and walk down through the back entrance to the cave. From inside Calypso Cave you have expansive views over the beach and the coast.

The Inland Sea

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An inland lagoon at Dwejra in Gozo is connected to the sea by a jaw dropping, almost 80 metre long canyon. It’s a great place to have a coffee, sunbake, swim, snorkel and jump off the rocks. A bit of a microcosm of the rest of your Gozo trip, probably.

The Azure Window (What’s Left Of It, Anyway) & The Blue Hole

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Around the corner from the inland sea at Dwejra used to be one of the most famous natural attractions in the world – The Azure Window. Unfortunately, it collapsed in 2017. Now it is a collapsed natural arch, which you can still go and have a look at. The nearby rock pool (The Blue Hole) is quite a nice spot too, if the waves aren’t too big. Oh and did you know part of Game of Thrones was filmed near here? Once you visit, you’ll see why.

Bonus tip: if you want to see a non-collapsed arch, check out Wied il-Mielah, which is located about 15 minutes away from The Azure Window.

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The Salt Pans

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The Xlendi Salt Pans are another must-see part of Gozo. A popular wedding spot during the evening, they are great to check out during the day (and there are also a few beach kiosks somewhat nearby to have a drink and a pizza afterwards). They make you feel like you are in Star Wars’ Tatooine… if Tatooine had an ocean next to it.

The Citadella

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If you want to check out the city from up high, or if you are a history enthusiast, this is a great spot to visit. Oh, and there is free wifi all over the place in bars and cafes nearby. Bonus points if you buy a postcard (there is also a post office nearby).

Ggantija Temples

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This world heritage site is a bit like Stonehenge. They are amongst the earliest free-standing stone buildings in the world and, UNESCO considers them “remarkable for their diversity of form and decoration.”

Per UNESCO: “Each complex [of the Megalithic Temples of Malta] is a unique architectural masterpiece and a witness to an exceptional prehistoric culture renowned for its remarkable architectural, artistic and technological achievements.”

The Blue Lagoon

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Though not technically on Gozo (the Blue Lagoon is on Comino) you can’t currently stay on Comino, so Gozo is probably your best bet to visit the Blue Lagoon. You can either do this via a boat tour or by Kayak (or by Jetski). The Blue Lagoon looked like a bit of a party boat spot when I visited (think: slides from boats into the water, music, etc.), but there are also quiet areas around the Comino island where you can swim and snorkel in peace.

Top Tips For Visiting Gozo

Hire A Quadbike Or Scooter

Though Gozo has some rather terrifying drivers, if you are happy to take your chances with a quadbike or scooter, you will save yourself a lot of time and hassle. I tried getting around on foot on day one, walking 10km from my accommodation to the Azure Window (and getting sunstroke in the process).

I then got an Uber home which took a while to arrive to Dwejra (Uber had only just been introduced to the island) and was expensive. On day two I used public transport which was ok, but slow (and still meant to get to a lot of the places I wanted to go, I had to walk a fair bit, as the bus rarely drops you right at the beach).

Then on days three and four I got a scooter and had a blast. If you are just visiting the island for two days, I highly recommend getting a quad bike from where you arrive on the ferry. You will save yourself a lot of money on taxis, and it’s a lot easier to get to the coolest attractions than it is on public transport (and means less walking up hills).

Download eCabs and Bolt

Uber has only just been introduced to Gozo (as of June 2022), so your best bet for rideshare hailing is to download all three (from what I understand Bolt and eCabs are slightly cheaper than Uber, and substantially cheaper than hailing a cab).

Go to Qbajjar Restaurant Gozo

My favourite restaurant on the island by far.

Stay On The North Side Of The Island

Save your money by staying on the north side of the island, where it’s a bit cheaper than the centre or the south, and then use that money to rent a scooter or quad and explore all over. Also – if it’s super windy on whatever side of the island you’re on, if you pop over to the over side you’ll probably find a protected cove somewhere.

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There’s nothing more satisfying than kicking off your sneakers after a long run or hard day’s work… But Nike has told off its customers for doing just that.

The sportswear giant and prized sneaker purveyor recently shared a video made in collaboration with marathon runner and Nike EKIN (that’s what Nike calls some of their brand ambassadors/employees) Joe Micheli where he shows you how to ‘properly’ take off your runners.

“Unlace them first… doing so will help your shoes last for as long as possible,” they say. It’s part of their ‘Move To Zero’ sustainability campaign. Good on them for trying to extend the life of their products rather than just encouraging us to buy more sneakers, but I don’t know… There’s something deeply satisfying about kicking off your creps without unlacing them. It just hits different.

Of course, Nike has actually come up with a sneaker that’s actually designed to be put on and off like this. The Nike GO Flyease is a ‘hands-free sneaker’ created with accessibility in mind that features a unique “bi-stable hinge” that, when you kick the shoe off, locks into place for easy re-entry. Then, when you step in, the shoe forms itself around your feet.

It’s a deceptively simple design that takes advantage of the natural way people slide into or kick off their shoes – even the box design lets you put the shoes on without using your hands. We reckon it’s also the perfect pandemic sneaker: in this age of hyper-vigilance and hand sanitiser, not having to touch your grubby shoes seems rather alluring.

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Alternatively, just go full ‘concrete cowboy’ and wear R.M. Williams boots everywhere. No laces, no worries…

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Want to go to space at least once in your life? This firm is planning to offer space travel to the public for relatively affordable prices. Plus, the flights commence in just two years…

In 1961, the first human – Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin – ventured to space. In the sixty years since then, people everywhere have dreamed of travelling to space themselves. And now, we are closer than ever to that reality.

Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos with their respective aerospace companies, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, are in the process of making space tourism accessible… Or, at least, having fun flexing in zero gravity.

But currently, the tickets are rather pricey; according to USA Today, a Virgin Galatic ticket for a 90-minute return flight to space costs US$450,000.

However, there’s a cheaper option available for those wanting to travel to space in the near future. World View is now offering commercial flights, which are slated to take off in 2024, to the “edge of space” for $50,000 per seat.

The flights will range from 6-12 hours in terms of total duration. It’ll take 2 hours to ascend and then passengers will be able to take in the incredible view of Earth from space while the aircraft – which is a stratospheric balloon – floats at an altitude of roughly 100,000 feet for 3-4 hours before it then returns to Earth.

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After the launch, passengers will be able to stand and move around the craft, which features a pressurised, climate-controlled cabin, oversized windows for 360-degree viewing and ergonomic fully reclining seats as well as custom dining options and full beverage service. We wonder how good the peanuts are in space…

World View flights will depart from state-of-the-art spaceports located in various iconic places. In 2024, passengers can fly to space from either the Grand Canyon in the US or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Then from 2025 onwards, passengers can also choose to depart from Serengeti in Kenya, Norway’s Aurora Borealis, Amazonia in Brazil, Egypt’s Giza Pyramids, or the Great Wall of China in Mongolia.

If you’re keen to tick ‘going to space’ off your bucket list, World View may be the cheapest option for quite some time. Especially considering that there are financing options available and you can reserve a ticket with a deposit of just US$500.

Plus, how cool would it be to listen to David Bowie’s Space Oddity or say Buzz Lightyear‘s catchphrase – “to infinity and beyond” – while in space?!

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The bear market is officially here and share portfolios around the world are only just beginning to plunge into the red – learn how to cut your losses like a pro with investment manager James Whelan.

No one ever wants to sell at a loss, but with the way things are going in global markets right now, losing money is a brutal reality that many investors are about to face.

As conflict rages on in Ukraine and central banks double down on interest rate hikes to subdue surging inflation — Wall St. has declared that the dreaded “bear market” is officially upon us and there’s a good chance it’s here to stay…

So, in the face of a stock market that looks set to decline for the foreseeable future, how can investors hope to minimise their losses and save as much money as possible?

To answer this burning question DMARGE spoke to James Whelan, a financial expert and investment manager at VFS Group.

When should you sell?

James kicked things off by saying that investors should only ever sell if something major has shifted in the fundamentals of the shares they own.

“I’ve got a saying with selling that you only need to sell if the narrative has changed or something has fundamentally changed in the stock. If you bought a [stock] because you saw growth numbers were going to stay consistent and now because the world (the narrative) has changed then there’s not the same reason for holding that [stock].”

“If you own a graphite stock and for some reason the world will stop using graphite then there’s your answer. If, however, the stock is the same and the narrative is the same and the only thing that’s changed is the price then maybe put your big boy pants on and buy some more.”

“That being said, please don’t delude yourself on the growth numbers of some tech stocks. They were driven by duct tape, unicorn farts and a shed load of good will.”

What’s the difference between retail selling and institutional selling?

When asked whether or not retail investors should look to big institutions for guidance on selling, James said that investors need to remember that “time frame” is everything.

“Institutions usually have a set framework for buying and selling stocks that revolves around time frame. Everyone forgets time frame. A bunch of gassed up hedge fund bandits will flick stocks around like tic tacs. They don’t care because they’re only in it for the short term.”

“Longer term value guys will sit on a loss for a decade as long as the rest of [their portfolio] is helping ease the pain. If you can get 6/10 calls right then you’re a great investor, but it’s all about time frame.”

What about tax-loss harvesting?

With tax time just around the corner up, many investors are wondering whether now is the ideal time to cut the losers loose and do some good ol’ tax-loss harvesting.

James re-emphasised the importance of not panic selling because of a temporary change in price. While he pointed out that he doesn’t advise on tax issues, James added that selling at a loss to claim an “offset” against future gains can be a good idea, but once again, it ultimately depends on the financial circumstances of each investor.

Final thoughts

Offering up some timeless advice, James recommended the following quick tips to investors that are looking to minimise upcoming damage and cut their losses like a pro.

“For the value investors: check timeframes, check the narrative, check that the stock is still where it needs to be. Buy more or sell it. Then turn off your damn computer and go outside.”

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Have you ever wondered what happens to a superyacht after it dies? What’s the process in the aftermath of a fire? DMARGE spoke to a luxury yacht manager to get the lowdown.

Fires are now rare on boats. This is thanks to the sophisticated alarm systems that now exist (which mean that fires don’t end up getting out of control as often as they once did). For this reason, fires come in at number 10 on Yachting & Boating world’s list of the most common boat insurance claims (behind more frequent issues like theft, collision with underwater object, collision with another vessel and sinking).

However, although boat fires are rare, when they happen they can totally anihilate a boat (or superyacht). A boat fire can occur due to myriad reasons. Electrical faults, explosions, a billionaire passing out on the helipad with a cigar in hand after a 48 hour Mykonos bender, you name it…

Fires can cause enormous damage to a vessel – and particularly when it comes to superyachts, the costs can be immense to put the boat right (or it could even result in a write-off, depending on how bad the damage has been, and where the fire takes place).

Various superyachts have been burnt to the water this past year, making headlines all over the world. The beautiful multi-million dollar 27 metre Sanlorenzo SX88, for instance, was turned into ‘crispy paella’ in Valencia in April after a blaze reportedly began due to a fault from the lithium batteries.

The yacht, which was carrying about 8,000 litres of fuel, and which weighed about 82 tonnes, was left semi-sunk by the destruction caused by the blaze (fire fighters came to put out the fire, but in the end were unable to stop it, settling instead for preventing it from spreading elsewhere in the marina, containing it to the doomed yacht).

In January, too, there was a harrowing incident for anyone fond of superyachts. A fire at Ferretti Shipyard in Cattolica destroyed what appeared to be the Ferretti Yachts 1000, with as many as five fire brigades being called to the scene.

But what happens to these yachts in the aftermath? What is the lifecyle of a destroyed-by-fire yacht? As the news cycle moves on, leaving these magnificent beasts half sunk in the water, we were left wondering what happens to them next? Is it straight to the scapyard? To the back garden of some yacht-curious millionaire’s house? Or are they restored?

These burning questions in mind, we got on the phone with founder of BLC Yachts, Candas Balci. Candas, who has previously worked as a marina manager and a luxury yacht manager, told DMARGE exclusively there are “long procedures and trainings to avoid fires breaking out on board, but at the end of the day all yachts are highly flammable.”

He continued, explaining the protocol in the case of a fire: “If it is fire you can put out in 3-5 minutes, it is always better to move the boat outside of [the] marina, far from other yachts and people, and continue your fire fighting somewhere safe.”

“Generally, this ends up with the yacht sinking, due to all the water pressured to the yacht to put down the fire. After the yacht is capsized, insurance companies come and check if it will be covered. Generally they do, and lift out the burnt yacht in some dry dock to investigate the fire.”

“But they have some items on their policies to not pay the coverage, therefore everything on your yacht must be legal, starting from the flag registry, manning on board and crew certificates. Otherwise, there will be hard days for the owner to get his money from insurance.”

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There you have it: fire-ravaged superyachts are not left half sunk in the water. They are pulled out onto the dock and pawed over by insurance companies like it’s an episode of CSI… From there whatever can be salvaged or sold is taken back to a work station or storage facility, and whatever can’t be is off to the skip.

That’s unless the owner (or insurance company) is willing to pay to restore the yacht, naturally.

As for the lifecycle of a yacht, it really comes down to the wishes of the owner. As this Quora thread explains, if a superyacht is maintained well, and its health is invested in, it can go on sailing indefinitely. But if it is neglected, it can quickly fall into disrepair. So it all comes down to the owner.

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Chris Hemsworth has found himself as being one of the most famous Australian men on the planet. Catapulted into the limelight thanks to his casting as Norse God Thor in the Marvel movies, Chris is a man men want to be, and women want to be with.

But, believe it or not, there is more to Chris Hemsworth than a few muscles and a winning smile and he also has an established acting career aside from his portrayal of Thor. Here’s everything you need to know about Chris Hemsworth, including his net worth, movies, family, workouts and more.

Chris Hemsworth Quick Facts

Name: Christopher Hemsworth
Age: 38
DoB: 11 August 1983
Nationality: Australian
Height: 6 ft 2 in / 1.91m
Weight: 95kg
Relationhip Status: Married
Wife: Elsa Pataky
Net Worth: $130 million (estimated)
Instagram: @chrishemsworth – 55m followers
Twitter: @chrishemsworth – 7.8m followers

Who Is Chris Hemsworth?

Chris Hemsworth is an actor from Melbourne, Australia, who was born on 11th August 1983. His parents are father Craig Hemsworth – a social-services counsellor – and mother Leonie Hemsworth (neé van Os) – an English teacher. Chris has an older brother Luke Hemsworth and a younger brother Liam Hemsworth. Both Liam and Luke Hemsworth are also actors.

Being a true Aussie, Chris was brought up between both the city of Melbourne and the Outback of the Northern Territory. Perhaps it was this upbringing that gave him the toughened mentality required to play hard-hitting characters such as Thor and Tyler Rake in Extraction.

Acting Career

Home and Away

Chris Hemsworth began his acting career on Australian television and, after a few appearances on the likes of Guinevere Jones and Neighbours, Chris was eventually cast as Kim Hyde in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away. He ultimately appeared in 171 episodes and left the cast in 2007.

Thor

After a few more minor roles, Chris was cast as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His first appearance as the Norse God of Thunder was in the first Thor movie, released in 2011. The rest, as they say, is history. Chris reprised the role of Thor in The Avengers film franchise, two more Thor movies: ‘The Dark World’ and ‘Ragnarok’, along with the most recent release, Thor: Love & Thunder. Both the latest movie and Thor: Ragnarok, were directed by New Zealand director, Taika Waititi.

Other Hollywood Success

Aside from his role as Thor, Chris Hemsworth has racked up several other successful acting credits. These include portraying the late British Formula 1 racing driver James Hunt, in Ron Howard’s 2013 move, Rush – which happens to one of the best movies on Netflix right now – along with the horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, and Snow White and the Huntsmen.

Chris was also cast in the all-female remake of Ghostbusters and while Chris’ performance was well-received, the movie as a whole was ultimately considered a little unnecessary.

Chris has also appeared as lead character Tyler Rake in the Netflix action movies Extraction, and its upcoming sequel, Extraction 2.

Chris Hemsworth Wife & Kids

Chris Hemsworth is also noted for being a true family man. He has been married to Spanish model and actress Elsa Pataky since December 2010 and together, the couple has three children: a daughter born in 2012 and twin sons born in 2014.

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Chris and his family currently live in a mega-mansion in the coastal town of Byron Bay. Chris’ brothers live nearby too, and in doing so, have been influential in the rise in property prices in Byron Bay. This has been dubbed ‘The Hemsworth Effect.’

Chris Hemsworth Net Worth

Chris Hemsworth’s net worth as of 2022 is an estimated $130 million. He also owns half of the property in Byron Bay. Go him!

How much did Chris Hemsworth get paid for Thor?

He is said to have received $20 million for Thor: Love and Thunder. However, he is also said to have earned ‘just’ $150,000 for the first Thor movie. His earnings for the second and third Thor movies are estimated to be $37 million and $30 million, respectively, but these include back-end points (a percentage of the profits from the movie’s earnings).

How much did Chris Hemsworth make for Avengers Endgame?

Of course, Chris Hemsworth also received rather large payouts for his appearances in The Avengers movies. His salary for the final instalment, Avengers: Endgame, is said to have been around $15 million. But, when back-end points were added on, his earnings skyrocketed to an estimated $76.4 million.

It’s a similar story for Avengers: Infinity War, which again saw him take home $15 million in salary earnings, but a total of $64.5 million.

Chris Hemsworth Centr

Chris Hemsworth is also known for consistently staying in incredible shape. He trains regularly with his personal trainers and friends, Luke Zocchi and Bobby Holland. Bobby often steps in as Chris’ stunt double in his movies.

RELATED: Chris Hemsworth Workout: Get Chris Hemsworth’s Thor-Like Body

It’s this commitment to fitness that prompted Chris, Luke, Bobby and a host of other fitness and nutrition professionals to release the Centr app in 2019. With the Centr app, customers can gain access to a range of curated workouts by Chris and his team, with the goal to get as physically huge as the man himself.

There’s certainly plenty of evidence to suggest the Centr app works, if these body transformations are anything to go by.

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