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Dec 29, 2021 · Joe Machin's yacht, Almost Heaven, has been making a lot of news lately. Here are all the details on his luxury boat insured for $700,000.
- It’s not a yacht. Republicans tried to paint Manchin as yacht-owning “Washington Joe” during his 2018 reelection campaign. Mmmm, not quite: “The vessel is listed as ‘recreational’ on documents,” PolitiFact wrote in a fact-check.
- Its value is relatively modest for a DC residence. Manchin bought the boat at a fire-sale price of $220,000 but insured it for $700,000, PolitiFact reported.
- Manchin lives on a boat because he doesn’t like living here. Yawn to performative Washington-hating, but chagrin about where he’s docked seems to be part of Manchin’s shtick: “‘My worst day as governor was better than my best day as senator,’ ” he told GQ in 2018.
- Senators like to party on Almost Heaven. Pizza, beer, and merlot are often served on the boat, Time reported in 2014: “Manchin routinely invites Senators from both parties out for evening cruises. ‘
Aug 6, 2021 · Washington Post: “Climb aboard the Almost Heaven, which is somewhere between a trawler and a yacht, big and boxy. Step inside the cabin and marvel at the creature comforts: a semicircular, plush-leather couch with a matching ottoman, glass cabinets trimmed with dark wood, a marble dining-room tabl
Aug 6, 2021 · Climb aboard the Almost Heaven, which is somewhere between a trawler and a yacht, big and boxy. Step inside the cabin and marvel at the creature comforts: a semicircular, plush-leather couch with...
- Ben Terris
Aug 6, 2021 · U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, was sporting a bandage on his brow this week for a wound he said he sustained while working on a sink in his houseboat.
- Morgantown, WV
Dec 26, 2021 · The evidence: Manchin drives an Italian sportscar and lives in Washington on a “luxury yacht.” Let’s examine the yacht part.
Aug 7, 2018 · Manchin owns a "$700,000 D.C. luxury yacht," the ad said, illustrating the claim with a photograph showing a docked vessel. pic.twitter.com/GNwdXbFCM4 — The Senate Majority (@NRSC) August 7,...
