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The fabulous life of billionaire Netscape founder Jim Clark

Silicon Valley legend Jim Clark made it big when Netscape, the web browser company he founded with Marc Andreessen, went public in 1995.

Twenty years later, Clark is  worth an estimated $1.5 billion , thanks in part to large timely investments in Apple, Facebook, and Twitter.

Clark lives the life one would expect of a billionaire, with multiple mansions, racing yachts, private jets, and a model wife. 

Clark is a high-school dropout from Plainview, Texas. After getting his GED, B.S., and Ph.D., he went on to become a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford. He founded the visual-effects company Silicon Graphics in 1982 and Netscape with Marc Andreessen in 1994.

james h clark yacht

Source: The Almanac

With the success of Netscape and its incredibly popular Navigator browser, Clark and Andreessen became the first to capitalize on the World Wide Web. Clark's wealth grew after the company's extremely successful IPO in August 1995. He later became a billionaire thanks to timely investments in Apple and Facebook.

james h clark yacht

Source: Forbes

Clark has developed numerous expensive hobbies in the 20 years since Netscape's IPO. As a former Navy man, Clark is perhaps most passionate about sailing. His latest watercraft is the new 100-foot monohull sailboat he named "Comanche." Though he hasn't shared how much the boat cost to build, he told the Australian Associated Press, "Boats of this type are sort of like building a Formula 1 car. They are expensive."

james h clark yacht

Source: Daily Mail

"Comanche" faced its first test in December, when Clark's crew competed in a 630-mile race from Sydney to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. Though the boat finished second in the race, Clark has big plans for the next few months. "I do think it will break quite a few records," he said to the Australian Associated Press.

james h clark yacht

Source:  Daily Mail  

Clark's first yacht was "Hyperion," which he customized to essentially be a computer on the water. The 157-foot J-class yacht, which has since been sold for an undisclosed amount, has 22 touch screens and 40 miles of wiring.

james h clark yacht

Source: Wired , "The New New Thing"

He also owns two other J-class yachts: 136-foot "Hanuman" and 295-foot "Athena." He listed them for a combined $113 million in 2012, though the listing price for "Athena" recently dropped to $75 million from $95 million.

james h clark yacht

Source: Forbes , Yachting

Clark has been married four times. He married current wife Kristy Hinze in an exclusive ceremony on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands in 2009. Hinze, 35, is an Australian model and TV personality who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and the Victoria's Secret catalogue. The couple has two young daughters together.

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Source: Palm Beach Illustrated

To celebrate Clark's 70th birthday last year, Hinze threw a three-day party at the luxurious Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic. The soiree included a live performance from Jason Mraz.

 Source: Daily Mail

Clark's family has many connections to the tech community. Kathy Clark, his daughter from a previous marriage, is married to YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley.

james h clark yacht

  Source: Time

Clark is also well known in some Hollywood circles. He was the executive producer of "The Cove," a documentary that exposes secret dolphin-hunting practices taking place in a hidden cove in Taiji, Japan. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary in 2009. Here he poses with actor Ben Stiller at a special screening of "The Cove" in New York City.

james h clark yacht

Source: The Cove

Clark certainly has the real-estate portfolio one would expect from a billionaire. He recently paid $37 million for the Upper East Side townhouse that previously belonged to Listerine heiress Bunny Mellon.

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And last month the New York Post revealed that the Netscape billionaire was the mystery buyer of Ron Howard's Armonk, New York, home, which he paid $37.5 million for in July. The home has plenty of luxurious amenities, including a pool, sports facility, barn, greenhouse, and observatory.

james h clark yacht

Source: New York Post

In 1999, Clark paid $11 million for the opulent Il Palmetto estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Originally built in 1930 by noted architect Maurice Fatio, the mansion has been extensively renovated by Clark.

james h clark yacht

Source: New York Times , Palm Beach Illustrated

Clark also previously owned a 6,200-square-foot apartment at Miami's posh Setai Resort and Residences. He sold the penthouse for $21.5 million in 2011.

james h clark yacht

Source: Business Insider , Miami New Times

Though Clark spends much of his time in Florida and New York and on the high seas, he previously made his home in the ritzy Silicon Valley town of Atherton. According to local legend, Clark once had to come up with a creative solution when he discovered that his neighbors could see directly into his home. He wanted to build a taller fence, but because that would be against Atherton zoning rules, he brought in enough dirt to build a hill in his backyard, raising the height of the fence.

james h clark yacht

Source: Businessweek

But homes aren't the only things this billionaire collects. A longtime wine connoisseur, Clark has a collection that is rumored to contain as many as 40,000 bottles, mostly from the Burgundy region of France. "I may have gotten overly enthusiastic about it," Clark told Sotheby's. "I have more wine than I can ever drink." In November he sold a selection of wines that fetched nearly $2.6 million at a Sotheby's auction.

james h clark yacht

Source: Sotheby's , Sotheby's

Clark also has an extensive art collection and is rumored to own pieces by such big names as Monet, Matisse, Picasso, and Van Gogh.

james h clark yacht

Source:  Forbes

Clark owns a Gulfstream jet, which he uses for both business and pleasure.

james h clark yacht

Source: Daily Mail ,  "The New New Thing"

According to a particularly memorable account from Michael Lewis' book "The New New Thing," Clark owned a McDonnell Douglas helicopter that he learned to fly. According to Lewis, Clark loved the helicopter so much he had considered buying the company that made it.

james h clark yacht

Source:  "The New New Thing"

Clark is a noted philanthropist as well. In 1999, he donated $150 million to fund a biomedical engineering center at Stanford. That donation remains one of the largest gifts the university has ever received. He also makes yearly donations to New York's Perlman Music Program.

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Source: Stanford News Service

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The fabulous life of billionaire Netscape founder Jim Clark

Source: The Almanac

Clark is a high school dropout from Plainview, Texas. After getting his GED, B.S. and ph.D., he went on to become a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford. He founded visual effects company Silicon Graphics in 1982 and Netscape with Marc Andreessen in 1994.

james h clark yacht

Source: Forbes

With the success of Netscape and its incredibly popular Navigator browser, Clark and Andreessen became the first to capitalize on the World Wide Web. Clark's wealth grew after the company's extremely successful IPO in August 1995. He later became a billionaire thanks to timely investments in Apple and Facebook.

With the success of Netscape and its incredibly popular Navigator browser, Clark and Andreessen became the first to capitalize on the World Wide Web. Clark's wealth grew after the company's extremely successful IPO in August 1995. He later became a billionaire thanks to timely investments in Apple and Facebook.

Source: Daily Mail

Clark has developed a number of expensive hobbies in the 20 years since Netscape's IPO. As a former Navy man, sailing is perhaps his number one passion. His latest watercraft is the new 100-foot monohull sailboat he named "Comanche." Though he hasn't shared how much the boat cost to build, he told the Australian Associated Press, "Boats of this type are sort of like building a Formula 1 car. They are expensive."

Clark has developed a number of expensive hobbies in the 20 years since Netscape's IPO. As a former Navy man, sailing is perhaps his number one passion. His latest watercraft is the new 100-foot monohull sailboat he named "Comanche." Though he hasn't shared how much the boat cost to build, he told the Australian Associated Press, "Boats of this type are sort of like building a Formula 1 car. They are expensive."

"Comanche" faced its first test in December, when Clark's crew competed in a 630-mile race from Sydney, Australia to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. Though the boat finished second in the race, Clark has big plans for the next few months. "I do think it will break quite a few records," he said to the Australian Associated Press.

"Comanche" faced its first test in December, when Clark's crew competed in a 630-mile race from Sydney, Australia to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. Though the boat finished second in the race, Clark has big plans for the next few months. "I do think it will break quite a few records," he said to the Australian Associated Press.

Source: Wired , "The New New Thing"

Clark's first yacht was "Hyperion," which he customized to essentially be a computer on the water. The 157-foot J-class yacht, which has since been sold for an undisclosed amount, has 22 touchscreens and a total 40 miles of wiring.

Clark's first yacht was "Hyperion," which he customized to essentially be a computer on the water. The 157-foot J-class yacht, which has since been sold for an undisclosed amount, has 22 touchscreens and a total 40 miles of wiring.

Source: Wired , "The New New Thing"

Source: Forbes , Yachting

He also owns two other J-class yachts: 136-foot "Hanuman" and 295-foot "Athena." He listed them for a combined $113 million in 2012, though the listing price for "Athena" recently dropped from $95 million to $75 million.

He also owns two other J-class yachts: 136-foot "Hanuman" and 295-foot "Athena." He listed them for a combined $113 million in 2012, though the listing price for "Athena" recently dropped from $95 million to $75 million.

Source: Palm Beach Illustrated

Clark has been married four times. He married current wife Kristy Hinze in an exclusive ceremony on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands in 2009. 35-year-old Hinze is an Australian model and TV personality who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and the Victoria's Secret catalogue. The couple has two young daughters together.

Clark has been married four times. He married current wife Kristy Hinze in an exclusive ceremony on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands in 2009. 35-year-old Hinze is an Australian model and TV personality who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and the Victoria's Secret catalogue. The couple has two young daughters together.

To celebrate Clark's 70th birthday last year, Hinze threw a three-day party at the luxurious Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic. The soiree included a live performance from Jason Mraz.

To celebrate Clark's 70th birthday last year, Hinze threw a three-day party at the luxurious Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic. The soiree included a live performance from Jason Mraz.

Source: TIME

Clark's family has many connections to the tech community. Kathy Clark, his daughter from a previous marriage, is married to YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley.

Clark's family has many connections to the tech community. Kathy Clark, his daughter from a previous marriage, is married to YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley.

Source: The Cove

Clark is also well-known in some Hollywood circles. He was the executive producer of "The Cove," a documentary that exposes secret dolphin-hunting practices taking place in a hidden cove in Taiji, Japan. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2009. Here he poses with actor Ben Stiller at a special screening of "The Cove" in New York City.

Clark is also well-known in some Hollywood circles. He was the executive producer of "The Cove," a documentary that exposes secret dolphin-hunting practices taking place in a hidden cove in Taiji, Japan. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2009. Here he poses with actor Ben Stiller at a special screening of "The Cove" in New York City.

Click here to see the townhouse »

Clark certainly has the real estate portfolio you'd expect from a billionaire. He recently paid $37 million for the Upper East Side townhouse that previously belonged to Listerine heiress Bunny Mellon.

Clark certainly has the real estate portfolio you'd expect from a billionaire. He recently paid $37 million for the Upper East Side townhouse that previously belonged to Listerine heiress Bunny Mellon.

Click here to see the townhouse »

Source: New York Post

And last month the New York Post revealed that the Netscape billionaire was the mystery buyer of Ron Howard's Armonk, N.Y. home, which he paid $37.5 million for in July 2014. The home has plenty of luxurious amenities, including a pool, sports facility, barn, greenhouse, and observatory.

And last month the New York Post revealed that the Netscape billionaire was the mystery buyer of Ron Howard's Armonk, N.Y. home, which he paid $37.5 million for in July 2014. The home has plenty of luxurious amenities, including a pool, sports facility, barn, greenhouse, and observatory.

Source: New York Times , Palm Beach Illustrated

In 1999, Clark paid $11 million for the opulent Il Palmetto estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Originally built in 1930 by noted architect Maurice Fatio, the mansion has been extensively renovated by Clark.

In 1999, Clark paid $11 million for the opulent Il Palmetto estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Originally built in 1930 by noted architect Maurice Fatio, the mansion has been extensively renovated by Clark.

Source: Business Insider , Miami New Times

He also previously owned a 6,200-square-foot apartment at Miami's posh Setai Resort and Residences. He sold the penthouse for $21.5 million in 2011.

He also previously owned a 6,200-square-foot apartment at Miami's posh Setai Resort and Residences. He sold the penthouse for $21.5 million in 2011.

Source: Businessweek

Though he spends much of his time in Florida and New York and on the high seas, he previously made his home in the ritzy Silicon Valley town of Atherton. According to local legend, Clark once had to come up with a creative solution when he discovered that his neighbors could see directly into his home. He wanted to build a taller fence, but since that would be against Atherton zoning rules, he brought in enough dirt to build a hill in his backyard, raising the height of the fence.

Though he spends much of his time in Florida and New York and on the high seas, he previously made his home in the ritzy Silicon Valley town of Atherton. According to local legend, Clark once had to come up with a creative solution when he discovered that his neighbors could see directly into his home. He wanted to build a taller fence, but since that would be against Atherton zoning rules, he brought in enough dirt to build a hill in his backyard, raising the height of the fence.

Source: Sotheby\'s , Sotheby\'s

But homes aren't the only things this billionaires collects. A longtime wine connoisseur, he has a collection that's rumored to contain as many as 40,000 bottles, mostly from the Burgundy region of France. "I may have gotten overly enthusiastic about it," Clark told Sotheby's. "I have more wine than I can ever drink." In November 2014, he sold a selection of wines that fetched nearly $2.6 million at a Sotheby's auction.

But homes aren't the only things this billionaires collects. A longtime wine connoisseur, he has a collection that's rumored to contain as many as 40,000 bottles, mostly from the Burgundy region of France. "I may have gotten overly enthusiastic about it," Clark told Sotheby's. "I have more wine than I can ever drink." In November 2014, he sold a selection of wines that fetched nearly $2.6 million at a Sotheby's auction.

Source: Sotheby's , Sotheby's

He also has an extensive art collection and is rumored to own pieces by such big names as Monet, Matisse, Picasso, and Van Gogh.

He also has an extensive art collection and is rumored to own pieces by such big names as Monet, Matisse, Picasso, and Van Gogh.

Source: Daily Mail , "The New New Thing"

He owns a Gulfstream jet, which he uses for both business and pleasure.

He owns a Gulfstream jet, which he uses for both business and pleasure.

Source: Daily Mail , "The New New Thing"

Source: "The New New Thing"

According to a particularly memorable account from Michael Lewis' book "The New New Thing," Clark owned a McDonnell Douglas helicopter that he learned to fly himself. According to Lewis, Clark loved the helicopter so much he had considered buying the company that made it.

According to a particularly memorable account from Michael Lewis' book "The New New Thing," Clark owned a McDonnell Douglas helicopter that he learned to fly himself. According to Lewis, Clark loved the helicopter so much he had considered buying the company that made it.

Source: "The New New Thing"

Source: Stanford News Service

Clark is a noted philanthropist as well. In 1999, he donated $150 million to fund a biomedical engineering center at Stanford. That donation remains one of the largest gifts the university has ever receieved. He also makes yearly donations to New York's Perlman Music Program.

Clark is a noted philanthropist as well. In 1999, he donated $150 million to fund a biomedical engineering center at Stanford. That donation remains one of the largest gifts the university has ever receieved. He also makes yearly donations to New York's Perlman Music Program.

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Originating from the Royal Huisman ship building company in the Netherlands the ATHENA is 90 m 295 (ft) in length. Completed in 2005 the comparatively recent interior design and decor confirms the capabilities from Rebecca Bradley Interior Design and their approach to interior yacht design. Superyacht ATHENA is able to accommodate up to 12 passengers with 22 crew. She is a recent triple masted schooner. She will reach a maximum speed of 19 knots.

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James H. Clark

James Henry Clark (born March 23, 1944) is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist . He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics , Netscape , myCFO , and Healtheon . His research work in computer graphics led to the development of systems for the fast rendering of three-dimensional computer images .

Early life and education

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In 1998, Clark was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the development of computer graphics and for technical leadership in the computer industry.

Clark was born in Plainview, Texas , on March 23, 1944. He dropped out of high school at 16 and spent four years in the US Navy , where he was introduced to electronics. Clark began taking night courses at Tulane University 's University College where, despite his lack of a high school diploma, he was able to earn enough credits to be admitted to the University of New Orleans . [ citation needed ] There, Clark earned his bachelor's and a master's degrees in physics , followed by a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah in 1974. [1] [2] [3] [4]

After completing his doctorate, Clark worked at the New York Institute of Technology 's Computer Graphics Lab . He served as an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1974-1978) before moving to Stanford University as an associate professor of electrical engineering (1979-1982). Clark's research work concerned geometry pipelines , specialized software or hardware that accelerates the display of three dimensional images. The peak of his group's advancements was the Geometry Engine , an early hardware accelerator for rendering computer images based on geometric models which he developed in 1979 with his students at Stanford.

In 1982, Clark along with several Stanford graduate students founded Silicon Graphics (SGI). [5] The earliest Silicon Graphics graphical workstations were mainly terminals, but they were soon followed by stand-alone graphical Unix workstations with very fast graphics rendering hardware. In the mid-1980s, Silicon Graphics began to use the MIPS CPU as the foundation of their newest workstations, replacing the Motorola 68000 .

By 1991, Silicon Graphics had become the world leader in the production of Hollywood movie visual effects and 3-D imaging. Silicon Graphics focused on the high-end market where they could charge a premium for their special hardware and graphics software. [6]

Clark had differences of opinion with Silicon Graphics management regarding the future direction of the company, [ citation needed ] and departed in late January 1994. [7]

In February 1994, Clark sought out Marc Andreessen who had led the development of Mosaic , the first widely distributed and easy-to-use software for browsing the World Wide Web , while employed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). [8] Clark and Andreessen founded Netscape , and developed the Netscape Navigator web browser. The founding of Netscape and its IPO in August 1995 launched the Internet boom on Wall Street during the mid-to-late 1990s. Clark's initial investment in Netscape was $4 million in 1994; he exited with $1.2 billion when Netscape was acquired by AOL in 1999. [9]

In 1995, Clark became interested in streamlining the paperwork associated with the health-care industry. The resulting start-up, Healtheon , was founded in early 1996 with backing from Kleiner Perkins and New Enterprise Associates . [10] Although Clark's original idea of eliminating the paperwork and bureaucracy associated with medical care was ambitious, it did lead to successes in administrative streamlining of medical records technology. However, an Atlanta , Georgia startup company, WebMD originally focused on medical content was also making similar in-roads. Knowing WebMD had financial backing from Microsoft , Clark decided to merge Healtheon with the original WebMD to form the WebMD Corporation (NASDAQ: WBMD). WebMD is a leader in health information on the Internet. [11]

In 1999, Clark launched myCFO , a company formed to help wealthy Silicon Valley individuals manage their fortunes. In late 2002, while Clark served on the board of directors, most of myCFO's operations were sold to Harris Bank and now operate as Harris myCFO .

Clark was chairman and financial backer of network-security startup Neoteris, founded in 2000, which was acquired by NetScreen in 2003 and subsequently by Juniper Networks .

Clark was a founding director and investor in the biotechnology company DNA Sciences, founded in 1998 to unravel the genetics of common disease using volunteers recruited from the Internet launched August 1, 2000 (see The New York Times). In 2003, the company was acquired by Genaissance Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Clark was the subject of the 1999 bestseller The New New Thing : A Silicon Valley Story by U.S. author Michael Lewis .

Clark was a notable investor in Kibu.com , an Internet website for teens, which received approximately $22 million in funding. [12] The website shut down in 2000, returning its remaining capital to investors.

Clark coproduced the 2009 movie The Cove . His funding made possible the purchase and covert installation of some high-tech camera and sound-recording equipment required to capture the film's climactic dolphin slaughter. [ citation needed ] The film addresses the problem of whale and dolphin killing in Taiji, Wakayama , Japan.

Clark sits on the board and is one of the primary investors in the consumer facing mobile technology company Ibotta . [13]

In 2017, Clark announced the launch of CommandScape, a cyber secure building management and automation platform. [14]

Clark received the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award in 1984. In 1996, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement . [15] He was a recipient of the 1997 Kilby International Awards , which honored him for his computer graphics vision and for enabling networked information exchange. [16]

In 1988, Clark was an Award Recipient of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Northern California Region. [17]

Clark was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (ScD) from the University of East Anglia in 1998. [ citation needed ]

Clark has been married four times and has four children. The divorce from his third wife of 15 years, Nancy Rutter, a Forbes journalist, is reported to have cost him $125 million in cash and assets in the settlement. Soon afterwards he began dating Australian model Kristy Hinze , 35 years his junior. Hinze became his fourth wife when they married in the British Virgin Islands on March 22, 2009. [18] She gave birth to a daughter, Dylan Vivienne in September 2011, and later, Harper Hazelle, in August 2013. In 2000, his daughter by a previous marriage, Kathy, married Chad Hurley , a co-founder of YouTube, [19] they were divorced in 2012. [20]

In 2022 he made the largest residential real estate sale in Florida history, selling a 22-acre property in Manalapan, Florida to Larry Ellison for approximately $175 million. Clark had previously acquired the property in 2021 from the Ziff publishing family for $94 million. [21]

Clark is an enthusiastic yachtsman but cannot sail in rough ocean races such as the Sydney-Hobart due to an arthritic condition in his ankles [22] and prefers one-day regattas on the smoother waters of the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and off Newport, Rhode Island. In 2012, however, he commented that "after 28 years of owning boats, I'm over it." [23] [24]

He is the past owner of two important sailing yachts:

  • Hyperion , the world's largest sloop when she was launched in 1998 at 47.5   m (156   ft) in length. She was designed by Germán Frers and built by Royal Huisman . With an air draught of 59   m (194   ft) , she briefly featured the world's longest carbon fiber spar. Clark developed her own chartplotter and SCADA system to control vessel operation remotely, as well as automate sailing operation and optimize sailing performance using a large bank of sensors and SGI processors. Clark sold Hyperion in 2004.
  • Comanche , a 30.48   m (100   ft) carbonfiber maxi yacht designed by VPLP and built by Hodgdon Shipbuilding [25] for line honours victories in offshore races. She lost line honours to Wild Oats XI in the 2014 Sydney-Hobart race but returned and won in 2015. She also won line honours in the 2015 Transatlantic race in which she set a new 24-hour speed record for monohulls. In 2016 with Skipper Ken Read and Stan Honey navigating, she set the Newport to Bermuda Race record, shaving five hours off the previous fastest time recorded in the 635 mile race. [26] In December 2017, Comanche was sold to Australian Jim Cooney . [27]

He remains the current owner of two other large sailing yachts:

  • Athena , a 90   m (295   ft) three-mast gaff -rigged aluminum schooner built by Royal Huisman . Athena has been listed for sale since July 2012, originally with an asking price of US$95 million, reduced to $59 million as of February 2017. [28] [29]
  • Hanuman , [30] a replica of the 42.1   m (138   ft) J-Class Endeavour II , built by Royal Huisman . [31] Hanuman has been listed for sale since May 2012 with an asking price of US$14.9 million as of 2021. [32] [33]

Clark is a pilot who enjoys flying helicopters, gliders (built in Germany) and acrobatic aircraft (such as the Extra EA-300). [34]

Clark has contributed to Stanford University , where he was an associate electrical engineering professor. [35] In 1999, he pledged $150 million toward construction of the James H. Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and related programs for interdisciplinary biomedical research. [36] At the time, it was the largest-ever contribution to Stanford, other than the university's founding grant. [37] Construction started in 2001 and was completed in the summer of 2003, as part of Stanford's Bio-X program. [38] In September 2001, Clark rescinded $60 million of his initial pledge, citing anger over President Bush's restrictions on stem cell research. [39] In a New York Times opinion piece, Clark said federal funding is essential for research in the United States, and he was not interested in funding research that could be suppressed for political reasons. [40] President Barack Obama lifted the restrictions in question in 2009. [41] In 2013, Clark pledged an additional $60 million to Stanford for interdisciplinary research in the life sciences, technology, and engineering. [42] His commitment was finally completely fulfilled in 2020. [43] Clark has donated an additional $10 million to fund fellowships at the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. [44]

In 2004, Clark and David Filo of Yahoo! each donated $30 million to Tulane University's School of Engineering for merit-based scholarships to provide education to deserving students regardless of financial situation in the discipline of engineering. [45]

Clark is a board member for the national council of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and contributes towards the organization. [46] The Perlman Music Program has recognized Clark for his continued philanthropic efforts towards their organization and their endowment fund. [47]

  • Catmull–Clark subdivision surface , a 3D modelling technique Clark invented in collaboration with Edwin Catmull

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  • ↑ "KATHY HURLEY AND CHAD HURLEY" . UniCourt . Retrieved December 14, 2021 .
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  • ↑ "She says, he says: couple split overs Sydney-Hobart replay" . The Australian . December 30, 2015.
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  • ↑ "Comanche chops hours from Newport Bermuda line honours record" . June 19, 2016.
  • ↑ "Comanche finds new owner Down Under" . Scuttlebutt Sailing News. December 14, 2017.
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  • ↑ "Gifts and Grants" . The Perlman Music Program . Archived from the original on December 24, 2010 . Retrieved December 29, 2010 .
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Built to win: On board sailing yacht Comanche with Jim Clark

Software mogul Jim Clark wants yacht racing line honours. But does his new radical supermaxi sailing yacht Comanche have what it takes to go up against the best? Marilyn Mower finds out...

Comanche is a superyacht that belongs at the front . The image below shows her tearing along – ahead of Sydney Hobart legend Wild Oats XI , a feat that surprised everyone watching. It was an advantage the brand new 30.5 metre Hodgdon speed machine was able to maintain all the way to the Bass Strait during the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart. But when 30-knot winds failed to materialise, the more slender Wild Oats slipped past Comanche and into the lead, a position she held all the way to Hobart for victory and her eighth line honours . Second place is never going to be good enough for Comanche ’s owner, software mogul Jim Clark, but it was a minor miracle his yacht was there at all. She was only launched in September , so the famously brutal race represented a kind of masochistic shakedown for a yacht designed for one thing – to win.

Think Laser dinghy or 49er morphed with rocket ship and you’ll get some idea of the qualities of Comanche . At the yard, the racer was partially hidden behind two larger yachts with immaculate pedigrees, Meteor and Artemis , but Comanche ’s square bow and carbon sprit jutted out beyond them, drawing the eye away from the varnished teak of her neighbours to a lean sailing machine intended to go as fast as possible powered only by the wind.

Sailing legend Ken Read, who also happens to be the president of North Sails, managed the project from day one for Clark. Built at Hodgdon Yachts in Maine, Comanche had a hand-picked design and engineering team of international experts. It also had a construction schedule that raised eyebrows from the first day Clark talked to_ Boat International_ about the radical project during the America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta in San Francisco, September 2013.

Comanche launched one year later and after stepping the mast in Newport, Rhode Island, and just two weeks of sailing trials, including a 600-mile qualifying sail to Charleston, South Carolina, the boat was packed aboard a cargo ship and sent to Australia to compete in the Sydney Hobart, which starts each year on Boxing Day.

Clark and his Australian wife, Kristy Hinze-Clark, met the boat in Sydney for its short re-commissioning, Hinze-Clark racing aboard the boat in a harbour tune-up event on 9 December 2014, where the yacht placed second despite poor conditions. The tabloids had a field-day, captioning photos with, “The supermodel and the supermaxi” and “She’s got legs” in reference to Hinze-Clark’s modelling career. These days she is a businesswoman, director for the Australian Nature Conservancy and the mother of two girls.

In our exclusive interview with Clark, shortly before the race begins, we ask simply: “Why?”

“It’s a hobby,” he says, “I like the supermaxis, they are like Volvo 60s on steroids.” Clark appears to be done with the J Class – his 42m Hanuman is up for sale – and is not a huge fan of what he calls the “multihull phase” of the America’s Cup with its reduced crew numbers. “The old sailing community is in monohulls and it’s nice to keep the guys engaged – there are lots of good sailors in the supermaxis and the guys are a lot of fun.”

When Clark decided on a supermaxi sailing yacht, his plan was to go for line honours rather than wins on corrected time, and speed/distance records that could be set for yachts with human powered winches. “I don’t want any of that record stuff with an asterisk that says push-button winches,” Clark scoffs. With this target, Clark and Read embarked on a “design experiment” for a yacht that could sail 30 knots or more on a broad reach. The experiment pushed them to some extreme stats, which Clark says were run through CFD tests and simulations time and again.

“The 25-foot (7.6 metre) beam saves weight,” Read says. “By going wider, we can have less weight in the keel to keep the same righting moment, thus we will go faster.” This thinking is carried over into the keel itself, which is solid stainless steel and not welded. With a 6.7 metre draught, the keel can be two tonnes lighter than a comparable keel on a boat with half the draught. The governing factor was the depth of Rhode Island’s Newport harbour where the boat will be based when not chasing records. “With the keel canted to one side we can just get to our berth,” Read says.

The downside to beam is increased surface drag when sailing flat in light air. “Being considerably wider than other boats, we need to be heeling at 11 to 13 degrees to present the same beam,” says Clark. “In light air, we are at a disadvantage. When the wind cooperates, there is no question the boat is explosive.”

Hodgdon, the oldest boatbuilding business in the US, might seem like an odd choice if you don’t know that part of the yard’s annual output is high-tech military vessels and another part is carbon fibre limo tenders. In fact, Hodgdon is quite skilled at innovative construction techniques and when Tim Hodgdon agreed to build an oven to cook Comanche ’s carbon fibre hull, the deal was struck. The yard’s location also made it a good gathering stop for its far-flung team.

Some critics have said the superyacht is too extreme and too powerful to handle, but Clark just laughs at this and suggests we “ask Kenny”. “Yeah, it’s still an unknown but I’m not overly concerned,” he adds. “The hull is well baked and it’s been ultrasounded and X-rayed. There is a fuse in some of the loads so that nothing super bad can happen. But you can’t have a fuse in the rigging… Some of those termination points on the rig are kind of scary,” Clark says.

That rig, which rises 47 metres above the waterline, is more than 50 per cent of the length aft from the bow, a surprising configuration but based on model testing for best all-around performance with the foil and appendages.

Also innovative are the daggerboards outboard of the mast and slightly forward of it. By canting the keel and putting the lee side daggerboard fully down, the boat generates enough lift to keep the angle of leeway to a minimum or crab up to a mark.

The wide cockpit, full of grinder pedestals, hydraulic sail controls and sophisticated LED panels, gives the impression of a workhouse with modern instruments of torture. In a way, that is what they are. Grinders will work these six pedestals to turn the Harken winches. The only push-button winch on board is used to raise the mainsail. Once that sail is up the halyard is locked off and the winch isn’t used.

The winch pedestals are set slightly inboard and Read explains that when sailing on other 30 metre yachts he found that waves coming inboard at 30 knots or so would sweep the helmsman or winch grinders off their feet. “I have fetched up in the corner of the cockpit with pieces of steering wheel in my hands,” he says. Thus, by having 10 feet more beam than other 30 metre boats, there is space to put people and gear in a safer location with the added benefit of space for sails to be temporarily stored outboard of the pedestals on the high side.

Another interesting option is set right into the deck. Small black plugs cover screw holes that allow a dodger to cover both hatches. “On long distance races, we wanted the option to erect a dodger to keep the crew safe when on deck,” Read says. A slot in the cockpit sole just aft of the dodger allows the steering wheel to be moved forward, allowing the helmsman to stand behind the dodger for more protection.

Step below the superyacht's deck and you can see how much weight has been saved. The single-skin carbon fibre hull and foam cored framing is fully exposed. It is mostly black with white non-skid patches. The forward end of the vessel is totally open, to store sails. Directly under the cockpit on either side are the crew berths, which keep the crew centre of gravity aft, close to the position they would be in when on deck; thus the trim of the yacht is not affected by off-watch crew moving around.

Directly under the cockpit sole is the navigator’s area with barely space to sit up. “The only requirement that navigator Stan Honey had was that we made the navigator’s seat 1.8 metres long so that he didn’t have to fight the crew for a berth,” Read says.

Talking to Read one gets a sense he is completely at ease with a project of this magnitude and the commitment it will take to sail it to its potential. He has sailed around the world with several of his present crew and all had input into the new boat’s design. That counts for a lot of experience, in addition to the French design team of Guillaume Verdier and VPLP (Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost). “Without the designers we would probably have built a far more conservative boat,” Read says, “but with their help we have taken a leap forward.”

On deck, Comanche is also radically different. All halyards go to the masthead, where they are locked off in the same style that was pioneered in the 12 Metre Class. But on Comanche, tension is applied on the sail luff by hydraulic rams mounted on the foredeck and by pulling on the sail at the tack. “It reduces weight aloft,” Read explains, “and allows complete sail adjustment from the [safety of the] cockpit.”

Another advanced feature not often seen on smaller sailing craft is that the jib tracks run transversely instead of fore and aft. “The clews for each headsail are in the same place and we might use the same sail for going hard to windward and when easing off onto a reach. With this arrangement all we need do is ease the track car to leeward when coming onto a reach. This enables us to keep power on without altering the shape of the sail when changing course relative to the wind,” Read notes.

The deck-stepped carbon fibre mast has swept spreaders to eliminate the need for adjustable running backstays. In some ways this is a disadvantage in that the masthead cannot be moved fore and aft when sailing up and downwind, but it eliminates the need for checkstays and runners. The masthead position is controlled with backstays to each corner of the transom and lines that are led into the mast from the backstays to control the rig bend.

“I started this boat thinking I could race it,” says Clark wistfully. A degenerative condition in his ankles that makes standing uncomfortable has recently cropped up in his wrists as well. “They made a seat for me where I can drive it,” he says, but he opted out of the Sydney Hobart to make room for America’s Cup-winning skipper Jimmy Spithill to assist Read on the helm.

“I feel confident we’ll start getting line honours and next summer we’ll do the transatlantic race and see how that goes,” promises Clark. “I’m optimistic.”

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James H. Clark is a successful serial entrepreneur and computer scientist, perhaps best known for co-founding Netscape with Marc Andreessen in 1994. Netscape Navigator was the market leader in web browsers in the early days of the internet, becoming the dominant browser in terms of usage share in the 1990s.

Netscape was eventually purchased by America Online (AOL) in 1998, making Clark a billionaire . Clark started Netscape with a $4.1 million investment and exited the company with a $1.2 billion payout.

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  • James H. "Jim" Clark is an entrepreneur best known for co-founding Netscape in 1994 along with Marc Andreessen.
  • Clark is also known for multiplying his wealth through timely tech investments in companies such as Meta, Apple, X (formerly Twitter), and Palantir.
  • He helped start Silicon Graphics, a visual effects company; Shutterfly, a photo-sharing and storage website; and Healtheon, which later merged with WebMD.
  • More recently, Clark started a venture called CommandScape, a smartphone app that controls everything from a building's alarms and cameras to its lighting and thermostat.
  • With a net worth of more than $3 billion, Clark has given millions of dollars in donations to places including Tulane University and Stanford.

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James H. Clark was born in Plainview, Texas, on March 23, 1944, to blue-collar working parents. When Clark was a small child, his parents divorced, and he and his siblings lived with their mother. James rebelled as a youth, misbehaving in school. This led to many disciplinary actions, including suspension. Ultimately, he dropped out of high school and joined the Navy. While there, Clark ran a side business making loans to other sailors.

He later returned to continue his formal education, beginning with taking classes at Tulane University's University College. Although he didn't have a high school degree, he was eventually admitted to the University of New Orleans, where he earned his bachelor's and a master's degree in physics. Clark eventually earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah. Clark went on to become an associate professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University and a major benefactor of the James H. Clark Center, the location of the bioscience research program at Stanford.

In 1991, Clark founded Silicon Graphics (SGI), a company that produced high-quality visual effects for film and 3-D images for engineers. Silicon Graphics counted George Lucas' LucasFilm and Steven Spielberg among its customers and had become a global leader in the production of Hollywood movie visual effects and 3-D imaging. In 1994, he left the company and sold his shares.

Soon after leaving SGI, James Clark, along with Marc Andreessen, founded Netscape, a tech company that introduced the Navigator graphical-interface web browser, one of the most popular web browsers of the 1990s.

Navigator once commanded more than 70% of the market but met its demise when it tried to compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Microsoft included Internet Explorer for free with its Windows operating system, making it the browser of choice. Because it was not free to use, Navigator ultimately lost market share.

The end of Netscape Navigator was central to Microsoft's antitrust trial , the result of which was a ruling that stated that Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer (IE) with the Windows operating system was a monopolistic business practice.

In 1998, AOL purchased Netscape for $4.2 billion, inaugurating Clark into the billionaire's club.

Clark also founded Healtheon, which later merged with WebMD, and he was the original investor and chair of the digital photo-sharing website Shutterfly, founded in 1999.

While Jim Clark is best known as the co-founder of Netscape, he has since multiplied his wealth through timely tech investments in companies such as Meta, Apple, X (formerly Twitter), and Palantir. His latest startup is a venture called CommandScape, an app that controls everything from a building's alarms and cameras to its lighting and thermostat.

As of 2023, Forbes estimates that Clark's net worth is more than $3 billion, making him one of the wealthiest men in America.

An ocean lover, his yachts include the 300-foot sailing yacht Athena and the 100-foot racing sailboat Comanche. He is also a well-known philanthropist, contributing mainly to institutions of higher education, such as Stanford University and Tulane University.

Clark has been married four times. The divorce from his third wife of 15 years, Nancy Rutter—a Forbes journalist—is reported to have cost him $125 million in cash and assets in the settlement. He married Kristy Hinze, a former swimsuit model, in 2009.

Clark has two daughters with Kristy Hinze: Dylan Vivienne and Harper Hazelle.

How Much Did James Clark Make From Netscape?

James Clark received a $1.2 billion settlement for the sale of Netscape to AOL in 1998.

How Many Companies Has James H. Clark Founded?

James Clark first founded Silicon Graphics, a computer hardware and software company, in 1982. After selling his stake in the company nearly a decade later, Clark co-founded Netscape, a computer services company responsible for the widely-popular web browser, Navigator. In 1996, Clark founded Healthscape (later Healtheon), a company that streamlines and automates healthcare transactions.

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‘Athena’, one of the largest private sailboats in the world It was originally built for James H. Clark, an American businessman who founded Netscape and Silicon Graphics. This sailboat has three poles of 58.80 meters each, and the total surface of its sails is 2,623 square meters. M. R. Aguilera Among the many yachts of all types and sizes that annually visit the Bay of Palma, there are always some that go out of the ordinary and attract the attention of locals and strangers alike. This is the case of the Athena, a beautiful sailboat with three masts of 90 meters of maximum length, which is considered one of the largest private sailboats in the world. Every season he visits the island. Without going any further this spring has been docked for several weeks in the Club de Mar. The Athena was originally built for James H. Clark, an American businessman who founded Netscape and Silicon Graphics, at the Royal Huisman Shipyard, in his Vollenhove factory in the Netherlands. This company has great prestige given the quality of its boats.

Previously, Jim had since 1998 the Hyperion, a sailboat of 47.4 meters built in the same shipyard, but decided to have a larger boat, so he ordered the Athena, which reached 90 meters in length, thus constituting one of the largest private sailing yachts in the world. It is said that it cost about 100 million dollars.

Its design stands out for its classic forms and has won several prizes in publications and specialized competitions, such as the best yacht for 40-meter sailing in 2004 or better interiors for a sailing yacht in 2005.

It was the work of the naval architects Pieter Beeldsnijder and Gerard Dijkstra, taking care of the interiors Rebecca Bradley, and evokes the classic sailboats, but without renouncing all kinds of modern comforts and elements, paying special attention to the nautical qualities, energy efficiency and Avoid noises and vibrations. It took four years to build and was delivered in 2004. Subsequently, in 2011, he spent nine months at the Orams Marine shipyard in Auckland, New Zealand, performing maintenance tasks.

characteristics The dimensions of the Athena are length in the flotation, 79.25 meters; Overall length, 90 meters; manga, 12.20 meters; and a displacement of 1,126 tons. It has three poles of 58.80 meters each, with a total area of ​​2,623 square meters of its sails. It can accommodate ten guests in five cabins, one of them from the shipowner, and has accommodation for eighteen crew members, being also equipped with two auxiliary engines, being able to reach speeds of more than eighteen knots. It is built in aluminum, more specifically in alustar, a material 25% lighter than conventional aluminum, its covers being covered with teak. The degree of automation on board is very high, coexisting flat screens for monitoring and navigation aids, with the traditional binnacle and wheel.

There is a library, jacuzzi, a lounge and a large dining room, with all kinds of equipment for water sports and even a decompression chamber for divers.

James H. Clark is famous for having founded Silicon Graphics in 1982 and Netscape in 1994, among other companies. In 2012, Jim Clark put on sale the two yachts available to him at that time, the Hanuman a class J sailboat, replica of the boats that competed in the America Cup for 18 million dollars, and Athena himself, for 95 million dollars.

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Netscape Founder Gives Up $35 Million in Art Said to Be Stolen

“Why would you want to own something that was stolen?” said James H. Clark, who investigators said had been persuaded to buy dozens of looted items by a rogue dealer.

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Over a period of five years, James H. Clark, the internet pioneer whose Netscape browser once commanded that market, spent roughly $35 million, he recalled in an interview, to purchase dozens of Cambodian and Southeast Asian antiquities, many of which he used to furnish a penthouse in Miami Beach.

On Tuesday, federal officials announced he had surrendered the collection of 35 items, now valued at much more than he paid, after investigators convinced him that they were all stolen and that he had been duped by a shady antiquities dealer.

A bronze goddess of motherhood with four arms and elongated earlobes. A massive seated elephant deity in stone bearing a crown and an ornamented trunk. A boat prow with a depiction of a half-human bird of prey astride a mythic serpent.

Items he very much appreciated. Gone. Gone. Gone.

Investigators told him, Mr. Clark said, “my doing this might inspire other people to do the same, but I’m not sure — it’s hard for people to give up something they paid for, but for me, why would you want to own something that was stolen?”

Mr. Clark, who was only identified as a “collector” in court papers filed Tuesday, was described by federal officials as the latest in a line of people taken in by Douglas A.J. Latchford , a British art dealer who died in 2020 while facing charges of antiquities trafficking.

Mr. Latchford, the investigators said, had during the period between 2003 and 2008 persuaded Mr. Clark to purchase the artifacts by providing him “false statements and fake provenance documents intended to hide the fact that the antiquities were the products of looting, and then imported the antiquities through lies on customs paperwork.”

Mr. Clark, 77, a former professor at Stanford who co-founded the Netscape Communications Corporation in 1994, said he had decided to buy the statuary and other relics after travels in Cambodia where he had seen some of the glories of its Khmer Empire, including the 12th-century temple complex at Angkor Wat.

“As a naïve person,” he said, “I had apparently somewhat ignorantly acquired one of the nicest private collections of Cambodian antiquities.”

After the sale of his penthouse, Mr. Clark’s collection had largely been kept for the last 10 years in two South Florida storage units, from which it was taken as part of the seizure by the federal government that he did not contest.

He said he made his decision after reviewing emails, photos and other evidence provided by federal agents who have spent several years investigating Mr. Latchford, who co-authored three books on Cambodian treasures that included images of some of Mr. Clark’s purchases.

The list of items and the allegations against Mr. Latchford were included in a complaint filed by federal prosecutors in United States District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday. In a news release, federal officials made note of the “collector’s” willingness to cooperate voluntarily and promptly.

Mr. Clark said he grew wary of Mr. Latchford, who had come recommended by an interior decorator, in 2008 when Mr. Clark sought assurances about a “beautiful” museum-quality female deity he was being offered for more than $30 million.

“I wanted some Cambodian government authentication of this thing and he would not respond to those messages and I finally just said, ‘There’s something wrong here — this guy is a bit of a crook,’” Mr. Clark recalled. “I had kind of concluded that it was something illicit because he would not respond to those requests.”

The return of the items is part of a global Cambodian effort to recover many hundreds of Khmer-era works that once adorned the nation’s remote temples and shrines. Most of the items were looted during the years of civil war and national upheaval that ravaged the country from the 1970s to the early 2000s.

A year ago, about six months after Mr. Latchford’s death, his daughter, Nawapan Kriangsak, decided to hand back 125 objects he personally owned. In September, the Denver Museum of Art deaccessioned four Cambodian items obtained through Mr. Latchford and agreed to hand them back, while an anonymous private New York collector gave back one item that was considered a national treasure. Cambodia has also been pressing the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the provenance behind at least 45 items in its Southeast Asian collection that it suspects were looted.

Phoeurng Sackona, Cambodia’s minister of culture and fine arts, said she was thrilled that Mr. Clark had cooperated with the return and that the items might one day fill a whole wing of a new national museum. The lawyer representing Cambodia, Bradley J. Gordon, added: “We are thankful for Mr. Clark’s exemplary behavior in deciding to do the right thing and to return these masterpieces. We hope this becomes an example to follow.”

Mr. Clark was philosophical about the monetary loss. “I’m very pleased that they are going to be shown in a museum now where people can really appreciate them,” he said.

In their complaint, officials laid out several methods used by Mr. Latchford to dupe Mr. Clark into believing the artifacts were legitimate. In several cases, they said, he concocted paperwork stating that certain items — among them a bronze seated Buddha and a standing statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu — had left Cambodia legally in the 1960s or had been owned for decades by legitimate overseas buyers.

In the case of the massive statue of an elephant god, or Ganesha, Mr. Latchford claimed he was selling a “near-twin” of a statue that Cambodian officials say is actually one-of-a-kind: a 4,000-pound masterwork that was photographed and publicized by French researchers in 1934.

In an email touting it, Mr. Latchford led Mr. Clark to believe that “the famous published one has disappeared” and that the purported twin “will never be available again, and is fabulous.” Cambodian experts who have seen photos of the sculpture purchased by Mr. Clark say it is in fact the stolen original.

Prosecutors and Cambodian officials say Mr. Latchford obtained the items sold to Mr. Clark from a looting network that had pillaged them systematically for decades and trafficked them through Thailand, where Mr. Latchford was based.

Cambodian officials said they would take custody of 28 of the items, many dating back to the ninth century and the rise of the Khmer Empire. The others belong to India, Myanmar and Thailand, officials said.

Given the value of the items, Mr. Clark said he had wanted to make sure that the evidence of looting and illegal trafficking provided by government officials was persuasive. He recalled a three-hour meeting with investigators where they showed him multiple documents that convinced him.

“I should have been more suspicious,” he said, “and in the end I told them I don’t want any part of this.”

An earlier version of this article misstated the location of a penthouse owned by James H. Clark. It was in Miami Beach, not Palm Beach.

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There’s hardly a better way to absorb Moscow’s atmosphere than on a ship sailing up and down the Moskva River. While complicated ticketing, loud music and chilling winds might dampen the anticipated fun, this checklist will help you to enjoy the scenic views and not fall into common tourist traps.

How to find the right boat?

There are plenty of boats and selecting the right one might be challenging. The size of the boat should be your main criteria.

Plenty of small boats cruise the Moskva River, and the most vivid one is this yellow Lay’s-branded boat. Everyone who has ever visited Moscow probably has seen it.

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This option might leave a passenger disembarking partially deaf as the merciless Russian pop music blasts onboard. A free spirit, however, will find partying on such a vessel to be an unforgettable and authentic experience that’s almost a metaphor for life in modern Russia: too loud, and sometimes too welcoming. Tickets start at $13 (800 rubles) per person.

Bigger boats offer smoother sailing and tend to attract foreign visitors because of their distinct Soviet aura. Indeed, many of the older vessels must have seen better days. They are still afloat, however, and getting aboard is a unique ‘cultural’ experience. Sometimes the crew might offer lunch or dinner to passengers, but this option must be purchased with the ticket. Here is one such  option  offering dinner for $24 (1,490 rubles).

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If you want to travel in style, consider Flotilla Radisson. These large, modern vessels are quite posh, with a cozy restaurant and an attentive crew at your service. Even though the selection of wines and food is modest, these vessels are still much better than other boats.

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Surprisingly, the luxurious boats are priced rather modestly, and a single ticket goes for $17-$32 (1,100-2,000 rubles); also expect a reasonable restaurant bill on top.

How to buy tickets?

Women holding photos of ships promise huge discounts to “the young and beautiful,” and give personal invitations for river tours. They sound and look nice, but there’s a small catch: their ticket prices are usually more than those purchased online.

“We bought tickets from street hawkers for 900 rubles each, only to later discover that the other passengers bought their tickets twice as cheap!”  wrote  (in Russian) a disappointed Rostislav on a travel company website.

Nevertheless, buying from street hawkers has one considerable advantage: they personally escort you to the vessel so that you don’t waste time looking for the boat on your own.

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Prices start at $13 (800 rubles) for one ride, and for an additional $6.5 (400 rubles) you can purchase an unlimited number of tours on the same boat on any given day.

Flotilla Radisson has official ticket offices at Gorky Park and Hotel Ukraine, but they’re often sold out.

Buying online is an option that might save some cash. Websites such as  this   offer considerable discounts for tickets sold online. On a busy Friday night an online purchase might be the only chance to get a ticket on a Flotilla Radisson boat.

This  website  (in Russian) offers multiple options for short river cruises in and around the city center, including offbeat options such as ‘disco cruises’ and ‘children cruises.’ This other  website  sells tickets online, but doesn’t have an English version. The interface is intuitive, however.

Buying tickets online has its bad points, however. The most common is confusing which pier you should go to and missing your river tour.

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“I once bought tickets online to save with the discount that the website offered,” said Igor Shvarkin from Moscow. “The pier was initially marked as ‘Park Kultury,’ but when I arrived it wasn’t easy to find my boat because there were too many there. My guests had to walk a considerable distance before I finally found the vessel that accepted my tickets purchased online,” said the man.

There are two main boarding piers in the city center:  Hotel Ukraine  and  Park Kultury . Always take note of your particular berth when buying tickets online.

Where to sit onboard?

Even on a warm day, the headwind might be chilly for passengers on deck. Make sure you have warm clothes, or that the crew has blankets ready upon request.

The glass-encased hold makes the tour much more comfortable, but not at the expense of having an enjoyable experience.

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Getting off the boat requires preparation as well. Ideally, you should be able to disembark on any pier along the way. In reality, passengers never know where the boat’s captain will make the next stop. Street hawkers often tell passengers in advance where they’ll be able to disembark. If you buy tickets online then you’ll have to research it yourself.

There’s a chance that the captain won’t make any stops at all and will take you back to where the tour began, which is the case with Flotilla Radisson. The safest option is to automatically expect that you’ll return to the pier where you started.

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  • Pruitt Taylor Vince joins James Gunn's Superman cast as Clark Kent's adoptive father Jonathan Kent.
  • Pruitt Taylor Vince is known for his roles a wide variety of TV shows such as The X-Files , The Walking Dead , and Stranger Things .
  • Vince has already played minor characters in the superhero genre: he played Father Hennessy in DC's Constantince movie and Grill in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD .

James Gunn's Superman officially casts Clark Kent's adoptive father, Jonathan Kent, within the DCU continuity. The DC Universe's Superman movie is rebooting Warner Bros.' DC franchise from scratch, allowing every DC character to start anew with a new actor. Besides David Corenswet in the titular role and the rest of the top-tier talent playing superheroes in James Gunn's Superman cast , the first live-action movie in the DCU's Gods and Monsters chapter also includes human characters such as Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, and now Jonathan "Pa" Kent.

As reported by The Wrap on April 16, 2024 , Emmy-winning actor Pruitt Taylor Vince has joined the Superman cast in the role of Jonathan Kent . Vince began his career with roles in prominent films such as Mississipi Burning , Jacob's Ladder , and JFK . Vince has also build a lengthy career in television as a character actor, with small roles in TV shows such as The X-Files , Miami Vice , and The Walking Dead , and with his performance as Clifford Banks in Murder One standing out as the role that earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

Pruitt Taylor Vince Is No Stranger To Superhero Media

The actor previously appeared in agents of shield and the constantine movie.

Pa Kent might be Pruitt Taylor Vince's most high-profile role, but the actor has already dipped his toes in the superhero genre before. In 2005, Vince played the eccentric priest Father Hennessy in the Keanu Reeves-led Constantine , where Hennessy is dehydrated and then drowned to death by a demon. Twelve years later, Pruitt Taylor Vince appeared in Agents of SHIE LD season 5 episodes 2 through 6 as Grill, manager of SHIELD's Lighthouse bunker in the year 2091, who dies when Flint's geokinetic powers awaken.

Why Man Of Steel's Controversial Jonathan Kent Works

As a character actor, Pruitt Taylor Vince is accustomed to minor roles where his characters tend to die quickly or meet an undesirable fate. For instance, Pruitt Taylor Vince's Otis is eaten by walkers in The Walking Dead season 2, and Caspar Abraham dies an unceremonious death in Heroes Reborn episode 9. One of the shows where Vince's character survives despite having the odds stacked against him is Stranger Things, where Eleven spares Ray Carroll's life despite him having worked at Hawkins National Laboratory.

Pruitt Taylor Vince's role as Jonathan Kent in James Gunn's Superman will likely be bigger, both in terms of screen time and popularity, than most of the actor's previous performances. After all, Pa Kent is a key part of Superman's lore and an essential foundation for Clark Kent's hero journey. Yet, Pa Kent is also well known for inspiring Superman in death just as he does in life. Therefore, it wouldn't be surprising if the DCU's version of Jonathan Kent doesn't reach Superman 's final credits alive, either.

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