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The sun shone brightly over the upmarket bistros and restaurants that lined the marina, with the gentle rhythmic sound of the water lapping the ancient stone of the harbour walls. Beautiful boats lined the marina uniformly, like proud soldiers on the drill floor. The smaller ones further in and the larger far more expensive ones to the back. Mostly they were called names like, ‘Serenity’ or ‘Destiny’ but as you moved further down the harbour something peculiar happened to the names of these boats. Gone were the fanciful namesakes. Instead, ‘Pregnant Sergey’, ‘77777777’, ‘1KEOY is FUD’ and ‘Fuck Jannies’ appeared. The locals found this rather strange not only that these boats had such unorthodox names, but the sheer volume of which they all arrived was unprecedented. Heads turned and phones and cameras were trained on this congregation on the water. The crown jewel to it all was a super yacht, “Za Smaragd” the bystanders nicknamed it. Croatian for, “The Emerald” because this ship was painted completely green, and the front had what looked like a cartoon baby frog face. It was so large some locals wondered if it would be able to leave the marina without getting stuck and in turn trapping the hordes of other yachts inside. The local townsfolk may have called it The Emerald but this ship had another unsavoury name along its hull. ASSBLASTER