Mariah Carey and Billionaire Fiancé Have ‘His and Hers’ Yachts

September 8, 2016 5:00 am
PORTOFINO, ITALY - JUNE 26:  Mariah Carey, James Packer and Kerry Stokes are seen on June 26, 2015 in Portofino, .  (Photo by Photopix/GC Images)
PORTOFINO, ITALY - JUNE 26: Mariah Carey, James Packer and Kerry Stokes are seen on June 26, 2015 in Portofino, . (Photo by Photopix/GC Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 14: Mariah Carey and James Packer arrive for the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at The Waldorf=Astoria on May 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images)
Mariah Carey and James Packer arrive for the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at The Waldorf-Astoria on May 14, 2016 in New York City. (Rob Kim/Getty Images)
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Mariah Carey’s net worth is at least $225 million and has been estimated as high as $520 million (hey, she’s had 18 #1 singles). She’s engaged to James Packer, an Australian businessman worth $4.2 billion. So it should be no surprise that they share the values of the average couple, while doing things a little differently.

PORTOFINO, ITALY - JUNE 26: Mariah Carey, James Packer and Kerry Stokes are seen on June 26, 2015 in Portofino, . (Photo by Photopix/GC Images)
Mariah Carey and  James Packer are seen on June 26, 2015 in Portofino. (Photopix/GC Images)

Example: In an attempt to ensure each gets some space of their own, they have “his and hers” yachts. (“I think it’s important to have his and her everything,” Carey declares.)

 

Antibes, FRANCE: Australia's richest man, media mogul James Packer (C) stands on a yacht near the Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera, 21 June 2007. Packer, 39, who sits at the head of a media and gaming empire built up by his family over three generations, married the 29-year-old singer Erica Baxter in a 20-minute civil ceremony in the coastal city of Antibes 21 June 2007. AFP PHOTO VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Media mogul James Packer (C) stands on a yacht near the Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera. (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)
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Carey’s yacht is a 16-crew chartered liner named “Capri.” Stretching 192-feet, it has two bars, a jacuzzi, gym, library, and six staterooms. Frankly though, his makes it look a little small.

(AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND OUT) Tom Cruise and James Packer help Cruise's pregnant girlfriend Katie Holmes aboard Packer's yacht Arctic P on Sydney Harbour, 18 February 2006. SHD Picture by ANDREW MEARES (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
Tom Cruise and James Packer help Cruise’s pregnant then-girlfriend Katie Holmes aboard Packer’s yacht Arctic P in Sydney Harbour, 18 February 2006. (Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
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For Packer possesses the “Arctic P,” the seventh largest privately owned vessel in the world. Stretching just over 287 feet, it costs $340,000 a week plus expenses (notably $40,000 a week for fuel).

Antibes, FRANCE: This picture taken 21 June 2007 near the Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera, shows the yacht of Australia's richest man, media mogul James Packer and his wife singer Arica Baxter. Packer, 39, who sits at the head of a media and gaming empire built up by his family over three generations, married the 29-year-old Baxter in a 20-minute civil ceremony in the coastal city of Antibes 21 June 2007. AFP PHOTO VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Packer’s yacht near the Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera. (VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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To read more on this yacht double act, click here. Below, Carey gives a tour of both of the yachts while anchored off the coast of Italy.

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