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LUCKY LADY Yacht – Majestic $35M Superyacht

The LUCKY LADY yacht is a motor yacht built and delivered in 2002 by Oceanco in their Netherlands shipyard.

Launched two decades ago as Lady Lola, she was originally built for the late American newspaper publisher, Duane Hagadone.

He sold the superyacht in 2004 for $90 million and purchased her back in 2011 for $47 million.

Over the past twenty years, she has been refitted a few times, the last one five years ago.

LUCKY LADY Yacht Interior

The LUCKY LADY yacht interior was penned by French studio Zuretti Interior Design.

An exquisite combination of Norwegian birch burl (from Norway), mahogany, and a color scheme with light tones and opaque hues, as well as Lalique crystal panels and gold flourishes.

Her design includes sliding doors, incredible floor-to-ceiling windows, and a massive open upper deck.

She can accommodate up to 10 guests in five staterooms, comprising one master cabin, three double cabins, and one twin cabin.

The upper deck is fully dedicated to the owner, featuring a suite, private dining area, terrace, office, salon, and 270-degree views. She can also host up to 16 crew members on board.

If you are looking for relaxation and entertainment, LUCKY LADY has you covered. Her amenities include a jacuzzi, outdoor cinema, air-conditioning, gym, WIFI, beach club, retractable golf tee, and projector.

Probably one of her main attributes is her pool with a two-level waterfall, a feature seen for the first time on a yacht.

Her toys include wave runners, kayaks, waterskis, wakeboards, sea bobs, towable toys, scuba diving equipment, snorkeling equipment, and fishing equipment.

In 2017, she underwent a full refresh, having a completely new interior refresh.

LUCKY LADY Yacht Exterior

The LUCKY LADY yacht features exterior design by The A Group and naval architecture by Oceanco.

She is built with an arctic white steel hull and aluminium superstructure design with discreet lines.

The superyacht has a Midnight Express Tender and a Novurania landing craft.

LUCKY LADY Yacht Specifications

The LUCKY LADY is a 62.60m motor yacht with a beam of 10.5m, a draft of 3.65m, and a volume of 1,038 GT. She is powered by twin Caterpillar engines (1,651HP).

She cruises at 12.5 knots and reaches a maximum speed of 14.5 knots with a range of 3,100 nautical miles.

The yacht can carry 117,000 litres of fuel and 16,000 litres of water on board.

She is the 25th largest yacht ever built by Ocean, and one of the largest yachts in the world, ranked number 405th.

Some of her awards include the ShowBoats Awards 2002 for Best Full Displacement Motoryacht and the International Superyacht Society Awards 2003 for Best Power Interior.

She was built to comply with MCA and Lloyd’s registration, and currently sails under the Cayman Islands flags.

THE LUCKY LADY yacht is not listed for sale, but she was put for sale in 2015 for 49.9 million EUR. However, she’s currently available for charter.

Her summer cruising regions are France, Italy, Monaco, Amalfi Coast, Corsica and Sardinia. Her weekly rate goes from 310,00 to 355,000 EUR plus expenses.

During winter, she cruises in the Bahamas with a charter price starting from $310,000 per week.

She has a running cost of $1 to $3 million annually and a current price of $35 million.

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Sizzler: Flush-Deck Speedster

Hidden away in Idaho is Duane Hagadone’s Sizzler, one of the most sophisticated daysailers ever built. Photographer Neil Rabinowitz takes us for a ride.

In a distant corner of North America, in Kootenai County, Idaho, is a clear glacial lake, wedged between mountain r anges of Ponderosa pine and the western sky. Lake Coeur d’Alene, at 700 meters elevation and nearly 60 meters deep, is 30 miles long, three miles wide, rimmed with massive trees and boulders — and is hundreds of miles from the Pacific. It is also home to one of the most sophisticated daysailers ever built — a 60-foot flush-deck speedster named Sizzler.

Caged in this small arena, Sizzler tacks restlessly from shore to shore like a corralled thoroughbred, tail up, nostrils flaring, prancing rail to rail, anxious to leap to freedom… But this is where it was built, and on this remote mountain puddle it will stay, hidden to the world.

It is here that Duane Hagadone wanted Sizzler. At 76 he is tall, lean, leathery and bright-eyed, and from his birth on this lakeshore to his development of a massive empire of publishing and real estate wealth he looms like the Ben Cartwright of this western region.

“All four of my grandparents grew up on this lake,” explained Hagadone. “We had no money and lived in a log cabin on the western shore, but we boated all the time, spent every minute of every summer on the water. And after years of sailing small boats on the lake I dreamed of building a boat like the Sizzler.”

Hagadone certainly had the means, with palatial homes around the world, and other boats, including a custom offshore rocket built by Don Aranow and two megayachts — a 120-footer and the 205-foot Lady Lola, with a helicopter on the stern.

“I love sailing, but I do not like all the time required to get the boat ready, so I had been thinking of a design I could sail quietly on the lake by myself, completely automatic, something stylish with a lot of sizzle,” recalled Hagadone.

Richard Hein, owner of Oceanco, the builders of Lady Lola, put Hagadone in touch with yacht designer Tony Castro. They discussed a stable, simple lake boat — but aside from the sporty flush-deck and Wally-like profile, Sizzler has features never before seen on a daysailer, or on any lake boat.

Hagadone’s vision had been fueled by the flush-decked speedsters he had seen while cruising in Europe. When Hein and Castro visited Hagadone to begin planning the concept of a singlehander in the lake’s sheltered waters, they realized the boat would have to be a vehicle for exhilaration because the confinement of the lake meant performance and entertainment were its only purposes. On its lake-sized world there would be no place for travel and destination cruising. This boat would have to leap to life right from the gate, and every particle, curve, and surface had to exude style for the discerning owner.

In true pioneering style Hagadone decided to build the boat right there, in a shop alongside the lake. There was a lakeside history of finely crafted motorboats from nearby small builders, and Hagadone himself owned a fleet of sporty wooden runabouts, so he pulled together a team to work on Castro’s design.

“To make it easier we choose the material his own people had experience with, and that was wood”, said Castro.

They cold-molded an inside layer of Western Red Cedar with three cross layers of mahogany. Epoxy and carbon fiber reinforcements throughout the boat kept the structure light (42,000 lbs.) while retaining some traditional elements of a warm teak deck and cockpit. They brought in New Zealand’s High Modulus to specify a complex laminate schedule, and then Giorgio Cecchinato of America’s Cup support arrived from Italy to assist with carbon fiber technology. The boat is a web of complex hydraulics, so Cariboni provided expertise on developing the systems. In true worldwide cooperation the finest suppliers in the world were accessed to contribute their best work to the design.

But it was still, in essence, a local affair. “That Hagadone had the faith in us to build the Sizzler right here on the lake with local talent, motivated our crew to devote ourselves to doing our absolute best work from start to finish,” said project manager Craig Brosenne. “We had the craftsmen, and were guided by an international team of specialists in carbon-fiber construction, rig technology, and systems who came and helped at different stages. But Hagadone enjoyed the process and takes great pride that his own regional crew could build it to the standards of the finest European builds.”

The boat, which took 30,000 man-hours over 13 months to create, looms like a product from the space program on this quaint western lake. Its lines are sleek and pure — no lifelines, no hardware interrupt the sheer. The design features a flush deck, plumb bow, an open reverse transom with an overhang, a lifting keel with a huge bulb, and a high-aspect ratio rudder. Southern Spars produced a 90-foot carbon fiber rig and wishbone integral vang for a futuristic profile.

Designed for light air and cockpit entertainment on the lake, Sizzler was built for singlehanded push-button operation. Belowdecks, maximum headroom is 5’9”, and there’s not a single berth. Topside, the 25-foot cockpit is fitted with an integral sound system and port and starboard sofas. Twin centerline tables lift out of the deck hydraulically. Just forward is a complete carbon fiber bar layout with icebox, and drawers filled with crystal glasses and decanters.

Recessed cleats with retractable mooring lines, a stern passarelle, and hydraulic fittings present an effortless push-button world, while the force and power of this boat lie hidden in hydraulic systems belowdecks. Its lake home requires no anchor, chain, or windlass system, so it has uncorrupted sheer lines from bow to stern. Joystick-operated bow and stern thrusters allow lateral docking and defensive maneuvers in the tightest confines among speedboats and omnipresent teenage wakeboarders.

The glow of Sizzler’s hull dazzles onlookers. The surface preparation began with the final mahogany layer covered by 16 coats of clear epoxy, followed by four layers of blue-tinted Alex Seal clear coat, and then three more layers of clear buffable Alex Seal and a final waxing. The result is that the mahogany grain shows through from several lit angles with a subtle blue mirrored effect. The hull color shifts from a midnight blue to a translucent light cobalt patterned with the wood grain.

Belowdecks the varnish and clear-coat epoxy reveals the honey-toned laminations of cedar and mahogany. The teak sole has a classic holly inlay appearance, but on closer inspection is actually inlaid with brushed steel. Except for the totally carbon fiber head, sink, and minimalist galley, and one L-shaped settee, Sizzler is purely function and style below. Detailing was the mantra, as even the bilge-mounted stainless tanks are polished.

Powered by a Volvo Penta auxiliary, the hydraulics are the true heart of this beast. They, too, are polished and pedestal-mounted, on proud display like the powerplant of some classic Alfa Romeo. Forward, where sail storage and cabins would normally be, is a showcase of hydraulic rams, batteries, and pumps. A large, round flush-mounted skylight circles the mast base on deck and features a carbon fiber cross beam, allowing abundant daylight below. It’s here the small settee might allow comfort below in a sudden squall. Meanwhile the foul-weather gear locker is stocked with enough Sizzler-emblazoned custom fashion-wear to outfit an entire Volvo crew.

But foul weather is rarely a concern, as this boat is normally a fair-weather vehicle, on its way to dice it up mid-lake or transport friends to a lakefront restaurant. It’s not a year-round boat, either. The water level in Lake Coeur d’Alene fluctuates with the seasons, and while Sizzler carries a 16,000-pound keel that drops from 8 to 12 feet in draft, the harsh reality is that from fall to spring the boat has to be hauled on shore as the lake level drops too low and the water gets very cold.

In this world framed by mountain and desert, as the land cools the warm lake waters pull the breeze from the east, reliably, each sunset — a clockwork-like event known as the Wolf Lodge Express.

Hagadone arrives, pulls the boat from the dock, and points at the sunset, the golden glow receding, the hull sparkling blue, the fresh lake waters rushing over the rails. He sits in silence and recalls his long life on the lake and tacks across the brief stretch once again. He could be anywhere, on any boat, at any time, but it is here that his heart savors the breeze and here, in the one-time shadow of his family’s log cabin that he pushes Sizzler and thrills on a dash from rail to rail.

Neil Rabinowitz YachtWorld Senior Photographer Neil Rabinowitz has photographed and written about all ends of the yachting world—racing, cruising and chartering—from the Caribbean to the South Pacific, and the Mediterranean to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest where he lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Recognized as one of the best, Neil has produced more than 2000 magazine covers and numerous feature stories. He continues to write and photograph for both editorial and advertising clients and has been a contributor to YachtWorld.com since its inception in 1995. View more of his photos on the Neil Rabinowitz website ( https://neilrabinowitz.com/ ).

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Visionary developer Hagadone remembered

It was a bold move to open The Coeur d'Alene Resort in 1986, but Duane Hagadone had the vision that it would succeed.

Early days as a young newspaperman at the Coeur d'Alene Press.

Boats offered a quick reprieve from work and a chance to bring others joy.

Hagadone's father, Burl, a newspaper publisher, was his hero and best friend.

As a young man Hagadone enjoyed sports including golf, but his real passion was always business.

The Lady Lola Ocean Golf Club, first of its kind, had an automated tee box and floating holes.

Harry S. Rinker hands Duane the Horatio Alger Award in 2004.

Hagadone bought his first car, a 1931 Plymouth, with money saved from his lawn business. Decades later, he was delighted to find and restore a car of the same make, model, year and even the same color. Whatever he touched, he always improved.

Lola and Duane relished their boating holidays in the Mediterranean sunshine.

Even as a little guy, Hagadone was always the best organized kid in town.

Hagadone's vision changed the shoreline from a sawmill site to The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course and its famous floating green.

Duane B. Hagadone, a private but devoted family man and an icon of publishing, real estate and hospitality, died Saturday at his winter home in Palm Desert, Calif., at the age of 88.

Born in Coeur d’Alene in 1932 to Burl and Beverly Hagadone, he spent his life investing in project after project in his beloved hometown. Those most notably included the Hagadone News Network, The Coeur d’Alene Resort, The Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, Hagadone Marine Group and a number of restaurants and other properties, most of them beside Lake Coeur d’Alene. It was a place he dearly cherished.

“Since I was a boy, I was drawn to the lake,” he once recalled. “Lake Coeur d’Alene is magic. I’ve always been proud to call this place home.”

A man of few words, he never sought the limelight; he let his work speak for itself. He led by example. He was known for his far-reaching vision, high standards and extra touches he liked to call “sizzle.”

His work ethic and attention to detail was evident in his very first job - caring for his family’s lawn. It looked so good the neighbors asked him to manage theirs, too.

“I made 25 cents, 50 cents, sometimes a dollar a lawn, and I saved it all,” he recalled. “That’s how I bought my very first car, a 1931 Plymouth. I was 16 years old and could get a daylight driver’s license.”

While other boys worked one paper route, Duane shared that he worked three. His customers never missed a paper. When other boys got sick or skipped out, he’d cover their routes, too.

His father was an advertising salesman who became publisher of the Coeur d’Alene Press. Duane Hagadone considered his Dad his hero, mentor and best friend, and he worked at the newspaper after school and on weekends and learned how to run the flatbed press, set type and process photos.

He graduated from Coeur d’Alene High in 1950 and attended the University of Idaho for six reluctant months but returned to join his father in publishing. Burl Hagadone didn’t take it easy on his boy.

First, the young man had to canvass the hardscrabble mining town of Wallace for newspaper subscriptions in a bleak economy. When, against the odds, he excelled at that, he was allowed to sell classified ads for the eight-page Coeur d’Alene Press. He broke every sales record and was soon promoted to advertising salesman.

“I found that if I got in before everybody else, I could get more work done,” he recalled. “I didn’t take breaks, and if I packed a lunch, I could work straight through. I sat at my desk and made phone calls.”

By then his Dad was minority owner of the Coeur d’Alene Press. On weekends, father and son would share long talks about their shared dream of running a chain of newspapers together.

And then the bottom fell out of his world. His Dad was diagnosed with colon cancer, told he had six months to live.

Burl Hagadone never talked about his cancer or about dying. Instead, he made Duane promise to take care of his mom and his sisters. Burl wrote down a list of things he wanted his son to do. When Burl Hagadone drew his last breath, it was an unfathomable loss.

The Scripps brothers, who owned the newspaper, paid Duane Hagadone a visit, and said they’d had their eye on him for some time. Would he consider taking the helm? Perhaps he saw a chance to honor his Dad. Or the sense of work as an antidote. Certainly, it was a way to take care of his mom and his sisters, since he was now the man of the house. As he shook hands with the Scripps brothers, he looked them right in the eye.

“If I fail at this, it won’t be for lack of trying,” he told them.

He was 26 years old, the weight of the world now on his young shoulders. Those words would go on to define his life.

Duane Hagadone did not disappoint. The Coeur d'Alene Press became the most successful newspaper in the Scripps group. In 1976, Hagadone purchased the Coeur d'Alene Press, along with five others from the Scripps Company, and established the Hagadone Corporation, which soon owned 17 newspapers.

“Duane has always done everything first class,” says Jim Hawkins, former Idaho Commerce director and a childhood friend. “He learned everything from the bottom up and understood how it operated before asking anyone else to do it. He was never afraid to work, and nobody ever worked harder or longer than Duane Hagadone. At his desk, on the phone, talking to people all the time. He always had his finger on the pulse.”

In the late 1970s, Duane Hagadone met an exceptional woman named Lola, who quickly became the love of his life. His work schedule was fierce, but every chance he could, he set aside time so they could go sailing. They spent idyllic afternoons on Lake Coeur d’Alene in his Ericson 36 sailboat, and soon they were married.

He bought a cabin in Casco Bay, accessible only by boat, which became the family home. Their children have fond memories of Dad teaching them how to drive a boat, and how meticulously he took care of his craft. Every day, he commuted to work across the lake by wood boat. There was always an intriguing James Bond style about the man who had a telephone in his custom golf cart and who delighted in surprising guests by suddenly veering his amphibious car into the lake.

“The thing that always impressed me most was his vision,” says his retired corporate jet pilot, Al Goodwin. “He could stand back and look at something, and I would see one or two things, but Duane Hagadone would see nine or 10.”

In 1986, that vision resulted in the opening of The Coeur d'Alene Resort, a 338-room hotel on the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene. More than 60,000 people, a crowd equal to half the population of the Idaho panhandle at the time, stood in the springtime rain for a chance to see his handiwork.

The project had been completed at the astonishing speed of 17 months.

“I’m a dreamer,” Hagadone told Forbes at the time. “And I’ve always thought, What a fantastic location for a really classy hotel. It’s been on my mind for the last 15 years.”

That risk was rewarded handsomely. The Coeur d’Alene Resort has had visitors from a majority of the countries in the world and garnered top awards in every leading travel publication.

In the early 1990s, Hagadone unveiled another surprise: A floating golf green, the only one of its kind at the time in the world. The idea came in a sudden brainstorm. An avid golfer, he had watched on TV as Lee Trevino made a hole-in-one on the island green at PGA West in Palm Springs. The next morning, as was his habit, Hagadone drove around to check on his properties with his dog by his side. He had purchased a former sawmill site on the northeast shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene and envisioned a golf course there.

"I looked out on the lake and saw a perfectly round log boom,” he recalled. “A light came on. If they can have an island green in the desert, why can't we have a floating green on Lake Coeur d'Alene?"

That green has since been host to international tournaments, lavishly awarded for its impeccable greenkeeping and recognized throughout the world of golf.

“Duane Hagadone was the most creative genius of anyone I know,” says longtime friend Harry S. Rinker, a fellow self-made man, real estate investor and developer. “Whatever he turned his attention to, he achieved at an extremely high level, whether it was a home, a business or a yacht.”

“They broke the mold when they made Mr. and Mrs. Hagadone,” says architect Guy Dreier, a frequent collaborator. “We always said Mr. Hagadone was a ‘gentleman's gentleman.’ He trusted me and respected my expertise. He was famous for saying, ‘I am going to challenge you’ on every important design problem. It was brilliant, because it made you dig deeper for a solution. He was so good at bringing that out of all of the people involved in these projects.”

In 2004, Hagadone was honored with the Horatio Alger Award by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The award recognizes “outstanding Americans who exemplify dedication, purpose, and perseverance in their personal and professional lives who have often achieved success in the face of adversity.”

The group offers scholarships to high school students who face major obstacles. Hagadone was always pleased to know that the group had awarded $223 million to students, with a 71 percent scholar graduation rate compared to the national low-income graduation rate of 16 percent.

Often quietly, Duane and Lola Hagadone have been major contributors to charity. There are few causes in Coeur d’Alene which have not benefited from his generosity.

“In giving two million dollars to help make the Boys & Girls Club of Kootenai County a reality, he created a true legacy,” says businessman Ron Nilson. “I think about the Kroc Center, the Humane Society, and so many generous donations over the years. I look at a man who’s done so many things for our community, and never stood up to take any accolades.”

In 2006, Hagadone was named the Idaho Business Leader of the Year by Idaho State University. Over the years, untold thousands have worked for him, learning the value of work, punctuality and professionalism.

“Before I ever met Duane, I heard about him by reputation,” says Dennis Washington, owner of The Washington Companies. “His airplane hangar had a unique design, and the cleanliness and quality of construction was outstanding. What a smart guy he was, and what an uncommon eye for detail he had. I’ve always respected Duane for his character and his unique ability to achieve whatever he sets out to create.”

Anyone who knows Duane Hagadone will acknowledge that business was his greatest sport. He took much care to study and understand each of his operations and keep in personal touch with each of his managers. He has left his companies in strong and capable hands.

When he did take spare time, he enjoyed golfing, travel and boating. He designed and built the groundbreaking 205-foot Lady Lola and cruised it to a bucket list’s worth of destinations. He said his greatest pleasure in all those travels was showing his grandkids a bit of the world.

Duane was preceded in death by his first wife Nancy, and granddaughter Teena. He is survived by his wife, Lola, and his children Brad and wife Teresa, Todd and partner Adam, and his stepchildren Dennis and wife Lynn, Paige and husband Steve, sisters Joany and husband Dave, Kay and husband Roy, grandchildren Taj and wife Kandis, Shaila, Madi, Reilly, great-grandchildren Jaxon, Trace, Koraline, Peyton, Bo, and Reilly's faithful German shepherd, Winnie.

All his life, Duane B. Hagadone lived by his own strict personal code of honor. He was a man of habit, precision and accountability. But he was more than that, too.

His survivors speak passionately about the family man they knew and loved, emphasizing that while most people only saw the business or philanthropic side of him, Duane Hagadone relished the time and experiences he shared with his wife, children and grandchildren. The adoration was eagerly reciprocated.

At the end of his life, he could be content in knowing that the list his father gave him, that request to care for family and business, has been carried out one hundredfold. His vision is evident in the things he built and improved, and his heart lives on in the people he helped encourage and build; their careers a living legacy to his greatness.

David Kilmer has worked for Duane Hagadone for 30 years, beginning as a reporter at the Priest River Times in 1991, and has learned immeasurably from the man.

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Super Yachts, Other Water Toys for the Ultra-Rich Surface in Florida

In the market for a super yacht? Then it may be time to take a trip down to Florida.

There will be $4 billion worth of floating real estate on display at the annual Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, which kicked off Thursday. About 1,500 boats and 100,000 people will gather in South Florida for the event, which is considered by many to be the Super Bowl of boat shows.

While some of the world's biggest and most expensive yachts will be on display, the sale isn't limited to high-end yachts. The show also features plenty of toys for the super rich to play with while they're out at sea, including a megayacht-friendly chopper and a luxury submarine.

Here are a few super-rich highlights:

Lady Lola Yacht

Price tag: $53 million

The only thing better than hitting a hole-in-one on the golf course is hitting one off your 200-foot megayacht.

Newspaper magnate, real estate developer and golf aficionado Duane Hagadone is selling his custom-built yacht, which he said comes with plenty of "sizzle."

The most sizzling feature for golfers is an automatic tee system on the top deck. It's accompanied by floating holes that can be released into the water to create an 18-hole wet golf course.

Named after Hagadone's wife, the Lady Lola includes four guest rooms and an owner's suite that takes up an entire 3,000-square-foot deck. There's also a plunging pool, a grand piano and a soundproof office, for days you need to get some work done between rounds of golf.

The yacht's $300,000 custom-made mahogany tender — a smaller boat designed for water activities and shuttling the owner back and forth to shore — does double duty as a very expensive golf cart for crew members to retrieve floating golf balls.

This five-deck yacht is one of the most expensive boats at the show.

Bell 407GX Helicopter

Price tag: $3 million

Bell Helicopter offers a VIP design service that specializes in choppers custom-designed to land on your megayacht.

The 407GX, which Bell bills as a "limousine" in the sky, can be custom built to seat up to six passengers. It can also be customized to include special Bose headsets, in-flight entertainment systems and hand-crafted Italian leather.

This particular model is light enough to accommodate most nautical helipads, special landing pads that allow you to ground your chopper directly on your yacht.

U-Boat Worx Super Yacht Sub 3

Price tag: $1.6 million

Submarine maker U-Boat Worx is hoping to catch the eye of a super yacht owner who wants to take a $1.6 million plunge.

The luxury sub has room for two passengers and one pilot and can dive more than 1,000 feet. The interior is modeled to feel like an underwater sports car — but unlike one of these high-powered vehicles, the underwater vessel includes a wine chiller.

The sleek submarine is designed to fit into a 71-square-foot storage area, making it easy to tuck away inside your super yacht's tender garage. And for the discriminating owner who likes his toys to match his yacht, there are plenty of bespoke options available.

The U-Boat Worx Super Yacht Sub 3 is still in production, but the company said three have already been sold.

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By DAVID KILMER

Captain and author

DBH. If you worked for him, collaborated with him or were friends with him, those initials stood for something.

I worked for Duane B. Hagadone for 30 years in several roles. Out of college, I joined his weekly Priest River Times as a reporter. Even before meeting him in person, I learned his practices were already hardwired into the company's DNA: keep a clean desk, outwork the competition and always take the upper road. I became editor of his CdA Magazine, a role I relish to this day.

More recently, DBH hired me as private captain to his family sailing yacht, a magnificent craft named Sizzler. The name came because he always enjoyed those extra touches he liked to call the sizzle. Sailing his beloved Lake Coeur d’Alene together, I came to know the man behind the legend.

Every time we embarked, I was tempted anew to ask him for his secrets to success. I knew they would make a good book, and could certainly make a better person out of me. But he was not in the habit of giving out advice. Instead, he built excellence through example. As Hemingway said, “The shortest answer is doing the thing.” DBH was that man of action. He studied, he listened and then he did the thing.

So I asked some of the people who knew him best. Those who dug the foundations in the early days. Those who spent a career in his employ. And fellow self-made men, powerful and successful, who despite everything they had built and seen, admired DBH immensely. Here are some of those words, compiled for another project, shared here to help paint a picture of greatness.

And as I reflect back on my own time with DBH, I realize he did teach me those secrets, after all.

By JOHN YOUNG

DBH has had a lasting impact on my life. He had a number of impressive character traits, and at the top I would have to say vision and tenacity.

I admire his behind-the-scenes support of our community. Not everyone is aware of the huge impact he and Lola made every year. I admire that he was approachable, even though the results of his hard work certainly put him in that group that usually doesn't allow people to reach out to them.

I think the Boss was a great man as he was always humble and cared for those people who are part of the companies he was involved with.

Duane made more impacts in my life than I can list, from my time at the Coeur d’Alene Press to Hagadone Construction to his support on community projects.

There is no specific act that I can identify as the most significant. It has all been a huge influence in my life. If I could tell him one last thing it would be, "Thank you for investing in your dreams and the people in our community!’”

By EVE KNUDTSEN

Owner, Knudtsen Chevrolet

My Dad, Wayne Knudtsen, and Duane spoke most every day, from wherever in the world they both might have been. They collaborated on many projects including car advertising and United Way, but most of all on a lifelong friendship.

When our family lived on Stanley Hill, Dad would go over to Duane’s almost every morning early to play tennis with Duane, who always loved starting his day early with some exercise.

Duane was quite the tennis player. My brother and I got to stay in Duane’s cabin at Casco Bay, swimming and sleeping on the screened-in porch. At age 15 I attended a political fundraiser at Duane’s, where I got to meet the man who would become our president, Ronald Reagan. It was truly one of the great moments in my life.

Duane was there for me during the most difficult time in my business life, at the end of the recession during 2009-2010. I told Dad I thought maybe it was time to call it quits. I asked Duane if I could come to his office for some advice. “No, Eve,” he said. “I’m coming to yours instead.”

I can’t tell you what it meant to see that blue Suburban pull up in front of our dealership. Already he had sent our employees a powerful signal. The door opened and out stepped Duane.

He took all the time we needed, looking through the business from one end to the other as only he knew how to do. He helped me find areas to reign in expenses and redefine expectations. He even suggested I was paying him (The Coeur d’Alene Press) too much, and renegotiated our advertising contract.

I followed every piece of advice he gave me and reported our progress to him. Things improved thanks to his incredible wisdom and caring ways.

There’s no way I can ever repay what Duane Hagadone did for all of us, so I’ll just have to pay it forward instead.

By JIM HAWKINS

Former Idaho Commerce director

I knew Duane since we were little kids. He always did everything first class. He worked in every position at that paper, from setting type and all the way through. He learned everything from the bottom up, and understood how it operated before asking anyone else to do it.

He was never afraid to work, and nobody ever worked any harder or longer than Duane Hagadone. He never stopped working. At his desk, on the phone, talking to people all the time. He always knew the pulse of the industry.

By JOHN BEUTLER

Owner, Century 21 Beutler & Associates

In 1984, I was a young Realtor just six years in the business having morning coffee at the Northshore. The front page story of the CDA Press was "Hagadone plans to build a $60 million dollar Resort. Forbes and three other large magazines wrote that the Resort was a poor investment and likely to fail.

The early '80s were very bleak economically.Interest rates were in the 14-16% range, a far cry from today's rates. Lumber and mining were down as well as tourism.

The 775 Realtors we had in 1980 plunged to a mere 110 by 1984. People were leaving and unemployment was at 21%. Coeur d'Alene was just a sleepy little town that needed a serious boost.

In addition to building The Coeur d'Alene Resort, Duane Hagadone along with Tom Richards, John Richards and Dennis Wheeler initially founded Jobs Plus. The main purpose of Jobs Plus was to stimulate economic recovery by recruiting businesses to our area. Today, we have over 100 companies that have relocated here since its inception. So many businesses and developments would not be in place today if Duane had not set the foundation.

He was a visionary with a unique and fascinating mindset. Duane was an inspirational leader. He gave business owners the confidence and courage to do better. Most locals would not be where they are today without his influence and impact.

He had a great passion for Coeur d'Alene. He told me stories about his early days as a paperboy and then selling advertising. He carried that same work ethic and passion from childhood throughout his life. He ran an incredibly strong business empire that generated many jobs.

Duane and Lola have done so much for all of us in this community. We will forever be indebted.

By JOHN BARLOW

Hagadone project manager

I started working for Mr. Hagadone in 1979. At that time, he was only in the newspaper business and wanted to expand his empire and develop some properties.

An interesting aspect was that everything we did he kept for his own portfolio and management. It always was done properly, often without regard for budget.

Mr. Hagadone taught me about attention to detail. Once it gets into your DNA it’s there for good. Everything I do drives my wife crazy because I see things others don’t. Mr. Hagadone is to blame for this. I can honestly say that he changed my life, and that other than my family, he was the most positive influence I have ever had. I feel blessed to have been a part of his team.

By AL GOODWIN

One great example of Duane’s thinking outside the box was the construction of our first Learjet hangar. It later carried on into our Gulfstream hangar. With other hangars, it was always one door to pull the aircraft out for loading and departure, and then the reverse on arrivals. Duane came up with the idea of a drive-through hangar with front and back doors.

I can’t tell you how many times over my 31 years in the North Idaho climate we departed and arrived inside the Hagadone Jetport when everyone else was outside in the rain and snow. I remember that myself, Duane, architect RG Nelson and John Barlow drew up the tentative concept for the Jetport on a napkin at Templins restaurant during lunch.

The thing that impressed me the most about him was his vision. He could stand back and look at something, and I would see one or two things, but he would see nine or 10.

By CRAIG BROSENNE

Marine division leader

Definitely, one of his most amazing attributes is his vision. But what’s highly unusual is the level of detail along with the big picture to back that up.

When we renovated The Resort, we built four test rooms that were totally furnished out. I spent many hours in those rooms with Mr. Hagadone, standing in the shower, standing in the commode. He’d want to know, "How do you reach for the towel? Can you see the lake in the mirrors?"

I have always admired his tenacity and his mentorship. He inspired accountability. He didn’t micromanage. He set you up for success and let you go see if you could do your best.

I never saw him look back. He never held a grudge. He could let it go. That’s a huge trait that most people don’t have. I admire someone who always looks forward. For him, the windshield was a whole lot bigger than the rearview mirror.

By JERRY JAEGER

Former hospitality partner

Duane Hagadone was driven, extremely hard-working, firm, fair and consistent. He loved his family. A perfectionist willing to put his money where his mouth was in keeping his empire strong and in tip-top shape.

He was a great communicator and motivator. He always looked at things as, "What is fair?" I remember once, during tough economic times, he decided to reduce the price of the remaining Terraces. A couple had just bought one at full price and paid in cash. The money was in the bank and the deal had closed.

Living up to his philosophy of what's fair, and with absolutely no requirement to do so, he refunded several hundred thousand dollars they had paid. Amazing! The couple later bought an additional unit as a guest house and sewing room.

Duane motivated me to strive to do my best. I will always hold him in the highest esteem. If I would have written in his high school yearbook I would have picked him Most Likely to Succeed.

By RICK POWERS

Food and beverage professional

Mr. Hagadone was extremely creative. It showed in everything he did. He insisted that we deliver the sizzle in everything we do. Why settle for the ordinary when you can have the extraordinary?

You saw it in everything he touched. With his creativity, he could have been anything he wanted to be. He could have been a brilliant architect, product developer, designer or engineer. When told something was not possible, he would say, "If we can put a man on the moon we can figure out a way to make a floating green."

Mr. Hagadone was charismatic for sure. Watching him address a group was entertaining. He rarely had notes and always delivered his message with so much passion for what he was talking about.

He was committed to the development of his people. Look around through his businesses and you will see that he cared for the people who work for him, from the starting positions to the presidents of each of his companies. Many of them have started with him and have developed and grown with him over the years.

He cared about people, invested in people and demanded that his management staff value each and every member of his team as he did. Never will you find a company that has the longevity that we have with Hagadone Corporation. He understood the importance of hiring, and he never settled.

He once told me, "You can make it easy on yourself or hard on yourself as a manager. The difference is who you hire." He often said, "It’s amazing what can happen when you put the right person in the right position. It is absolutely scary how good it can be.’”

By SYD YOUNG

Boatbuilder

I was always pleasantly intrigued and fascinated by his acute interest in new gadgets and new technology. He introduced me to quite a few things. He was the first man to insist on a bow thruster. Once again, he was right. Hasn’t been a boat built since that time that doesn't have a bow thruster.

I admire what he did in his life, and I always appreciated that he included me in so many things. I admire the way he did things. Everything is first class. Every project, every facility is world class. Great sense of humor. I always got a kick out of listening to him. I admired his passion for doing everything right.

By BILL REAGAN

CDA Resort president

Mr. Hagadone's most impressive character traits were his leadership and integrity. He was a visionary leader always focusing on developing his team. His integrity was second to none and is the foundation of our organization’s culture.

What I admired most was his high level of intelligence, which always kept us on our toes. He was demanding yet generous, optimistic and witty. Most importantly he was adventurous, always wanting to try the latest and greatest.

What made Mr. Hagadone a great person was his desire to see the people he surrounded himself with be successful. He truly cared about our staff and community. His personality was always positive and uplifting. Finally, he strove to do the right thing even if it wasn’t the simplest thing to do.

He taught me to be a better leader by listening to my team and giving each of them an opportunity to be successful.

By RON NILSON

Businessman - and friend

Duane is a giver. When I asked him to be a part of the Coeur d’Alene Boys & Girls Club, he called me a number of times, asked what we were doing and wanted to see all the drawings.

He wanted to be 100 percent involved. So one day he calls me. "Don’t you want to know whether I’m in?"

He said, "I’m going to give you a million dollars." I started to cry, right there on the phone. I told him, "Do you know how many kids' lives you’re going to change with this?"

He said, "Ron, I’m not done yet. I’ll give you a million for the club, and another million to challenge our community to match my money."

He created a true legacy. He could have just written a check, but he wanted this community to experience what it was like to come together, and it did. We ended up at $4.3 million for those kids.

I think about the Kroc Center, the Humane Society, so many generous donations over the years. I look at a man who did so many things for our community, and never stood up to take any accolades. Anything I can ever do to show my love and appreciation, I’m in.

By MIKE PATRICK

Press editor

It might be a stretch to say Duane was a father figure to me, because while my dad kicked my ass good a few times when I was young, he never threatened to fire it.

Duane was one of the few men I ever truly looked up to. Over the past 20 years, Duane and I forged a strong relationship based on respect and sometimes even more than that. Not that every day was easy. I know I gave him more headaches than he deserved. But overall, I did my best to make him proud of me and his beloved newspaper, and I think when we looked each other in the eye, we could say we made a pretty damn good team.

Duane was one of the smartest, wisest people I've ever met. He saw not just what was, but what could be. And he figured out how to get there.

Not many people out-work me, but Duane sure did, even though he would have argued that he's never worked a day in his life. I've tried to adopt that attitude as my own, and for the most part, I think I have. But his work ethic was unmatched and one of the things I most admired about him.

If I had one word to describe what I think his greatest trait was, it would be the same word I hope others might say about me: Fair. Like all great leaders, Duane has made some unpopular decisions. I challenge any critic, however, to point out one that was not fair.

I know I worked for the greatest newspaper owner in the world.

Courtesy photo

Duane and Lola Hagadone are joined by Kathy and John Barlow in Monaco, where Lady Lola had just won its first Yacht of the Year award.

David Kilmer

In June 2019, Duane and Lola Hagadone were among those who celebrated the 60th anniversary of Jim (right) and Gail Hawkins.

Duane Hagadone, Eve Knudtsen and Eve’s dad — and great friend of Duane’s — Wayne Knudtsen.

The cover of ShowBoats International says it all about Duane’s amazing yacht, Lady Lola.

From left: Duane Hagadone, Bill Reagan and Rick Powers on Lady Lola during the America’s Cup in San Francisco.

From left: Duane and Lola Hagadone with Craig, Angie and Cole Brosenne.

To help prepare for building The Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, the foursome of (from left) Duane and Brad Hagadone, Jerry Jaeger and Mike DeLong played St. Andrews in Scotland, one of the finest golf courses in the world.

The first foursome ever to play The Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course, on April 1, 1991, was (from left) Mike DeLong, Jerry Jaeger, Duane Hagadone and John Barlow.

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Owner Duane Hagadone grew up on Lake Coeur d’Alene and took command of his first boat at age 5, a 12-foot Larson with a 5hp Johnson motor. His passion for boats has never ceased, growing over the years to serve as the inspiration and vision for the Coeur Custom team to craft some of the most beautiful boats ever made.

Mr. Hagadone knows how special time spent on the water is, especially for families … and that each boat is a legacy to lifelong memories. He challenges the Coeur Custom team with ideas that bring together the most innovative collaboration of art, talent, craft, and technology.

He has imparted his mark for excellence to the Coeur Custom team, motivating them to get the build right the first time and giving them the motto, “Perfect is good enough.”

Visionary developer Duane Hagadone loved the Lake City

It was a bold move to open The Coeur d’Alene Resort in 1986, but Duane Hagadone had the vision that it would succeed.

Duane Hagadone as a young newspaperman at The Coeur d’Alene Press.

Duane B. Hagadone, a private but devoted family man and an icon of publishing, real estate and hospitality, died Saturday at his winter home in Palm Desert at the age of 88.