Dublin has a new superyacht visitor in the shape of James Berwind’s $85m superyacht Scout, which is currently moored on the River Liffey.

Sightings on social media yesterday (Wednesday 24 May) are confirmed by VesselFinder, which says the 209-footer arrived in the Irish capital on Saturday (20 May).

The Dutch-built vessel was delivered in 2019 for Berwind, a coal industry scion and social entrepreneurship investor whose self-professed passion for animal welfare led him to name the yacht after one of his beloved dogs.

According to Elite Traveler, Berwind and his partner Kevin Clark have intended for Scout to be “a semi-permanent base from which they can explore the world”.

And it’s been attracting plenty of attention from its Dublin city mooring alongside Sir John Rogerson’s Quay — though not all of it flattering.

Conor Reddy, a People Before Profit representative for Dublin North West, describes the yacht’s multi-millionaire owner as “a hypocrite, part of the problem and a direct beneficiary of extractive industries that are killing our planet”.