Docked at the
marina is Alvin
Wagner's
100-foot
custom-
designed
Brownies Ill, a
vision of sleek
white with
brown trim and
black windows
and shutters.
Photos by
Glenn Triest.
$6,000,000
YACHTS
Wagner's Wonder
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BY MICHAEL WEISS
h, the sea. Since early man
first clambered his way up
a rocky shore and found
himself face-to-face with the
ocean, nothing has captured his spirit
like the rolling waves of the deep blue
sea.
the Great
Welcome to Michigan
Lakes State — the Water Wonderland.
More than 750,000 residents own a
boat, making Michigan the leader in
boat registrations in the United States.
There are boats and there are boats.
When the wealthy want to go play in
the water, nothing quite fits the bill like
a 100-foot custom-designed yacht.
When Alvin Wagner wants to get
away from it all, he goes for a cruise
on the Brownies III.
There's really only one word to
describe the 100-foot custom design-
ed 1983 Broward pleasure boat. That
word is opulent.
The ship sparkles, both inside and
out. The gleaming white exterior with
brown trim and black windows and
shutters looks as though it were just
polished. It was. The ship's crew cleans
and polishes every surface to a mirror
shine every single day.
The heart of the ship is the engine
room. Like the exterior, the engine
room's every surface is polished to a
gleaming white.