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Dec 29, 2021 · Joe Manchin’s boat, Almost Heaven, has drawn a lot of attention in the media in recent weeks. The Washington boat of the Democratic senator from West Virginia is said to be a rustic political getaway where you’ll find beer and pizza but no pretensions.
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. Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford Earlier this year, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., right, slipped while disembarking Almost Heaven, a boat owned by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left.
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Dec 26, 2021 · This Kadey-Krogen 58 is considered a classic among trawler yachts because of her “shippy” good looks. Photo by Kadey-Krogen Yachts. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks to Greenpeace...
Aug 6, 2021 · The U.S. senator from West Virginia was sporting a bandage on his forehead while talking to reporters, an injury he says he sustained fixing a sink, not partying, on the boat.
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- 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 7, 2018 · And a key exhibit for this argument was a pricey boat he owned. Manchin owns a "$700,000 D.C. luxury yacht," the ad said, illustrating the claim with a photograph showing a docked vessel.
Dec 28, 2021 · Manchin’s 65-footer, built in 2001 by Custom Steel Boats of Merritt, N.C., is named Almost Heaven, a reference needing no explanation. The question is whether the vessel is really a yacht and...
