ITALIAN STYLE

Venice, Italy-based Nuvolari Lenard designed the interiors and exteriors on Azteca. There are alfresco dining areas on the main and bridge decks, with a bridgedeck pantry to allow the crew to cater larger parties. Inside, the yacht reportedly has extra-large sofas, bespoke free-standing furniture and a grand piano. The owner’s stateroom is said to include its own massage and media rooms. An elevator is available for those who prefer it to the spiral staircase. another client, and he asked me if I was drinking some kind of weird alcohol. But with the owner of Azteca, I think he is trying to attract the attention of the new, rich, young guys. The IT industry understands bitcoin, and those guys might make an offer if you talk in their language.” ¶ Azteca’s owner already has a team of bitcoin-savvy attorneys, and they’re advising Nicholson, who says accepting bitcoin is the owner’s prerogative. ¶ “We have a boat to sell, and the client can accept any kind of thing,” Nicholson says. “He can accept 10,000 pigs or a painting.” ¶ The bitcoin option just might work. At the Monaco Yacht Show in September, Nicholson says, an American flew over specifically to see Azteca. “He was talking about bitcoin—he was talking about it a lot,” Nicholson says. “I think he’s in his 40s. It might happen, it might not, but I don’t believe it’s a fantasy.”