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let them sail somewhere else then
without rich people
If the yachts already exist anyway and so the carbon footprint will be the same, it seems better for them to exist here where they put a lot of money into the local economy rather than somewhere else. I suppose that has to be weighted against the potential to discourage future yacht construction...
Let em put their money into the local economies of somalia when first world ports no longer welcome them.