Mega-yacht Gene Machine Docks in St. Michaels

 Still a little warm outside to take the westies to dinner

 last night ... they stayed home.

 We met Laura & Cary at the St. Michaels Harbour Inn &

Marina for dinner.  While we were there the

super-yacht Gene Machine came cruising in.

 The Gene Machine is a Westport 130 and she is the

33rd super yacht of this type to have been built by Westport.

In case you're wondering just how far this yachts cruising range

 is - it's 3,000 nautical miles.  She can sleep 10 in 5 staterooms

with additional room for 7 crew members.

 An the owner is:  Jonathan Rothberg 

who is one smart cookie in my book.  

He was on the cover of 'Forbes' magazine for his

 development of the Personal Genome Machine or {PGM}

 which is a DNA decoder.  This machine which is desk-top

size could transform {for example} medicine. 

Rothberg said doctors [in the future] will finger genetic

weak spots in tumors and treat cancer patients with

customized drugs - kids born with rare diseases

will get larger portions of their genome decoded to

pinpoint the cause eliminating guesswork and misdiagnoses.

{Google the Forbes article to learn more.} 

 Cary watching the yacht come in. 

I had no idea spotting this yacht would involve me

learning so much about the owner and what he created.

 We had to wonder what the symbols meant under the 

name.  Wilson came up with the idea to search for the

Rothberg's company name and bingo he was spot on right.

 {See the photo below}

Not that we were invited on board for cocktails

but I did manage to find this picture of the

inside main sitting area.  Pretty impressive!

 Getting ready for docking.  One of my facebook

friends mentioned this yacht was just in Ocean City, MD.

The Selina ... From mega-yacht to small & natural.

 Laura & Cary

 Getting ready for their journey home in the

little red rocket.

 The lighthouse at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

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