While the boss is away, James Packer's Arctic P posse will play - 7th July 2017

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Karl Stefanovic on board Arctic P. Photo: @brettrat/Instagram

by Andrew Hornery

While James Packer may have been averse to having his photo taken during his recent sojourn aboard the family tinnie the Arctic P in Bora Bora, some of his crew are not quite so camera shy.

On the contrary, in fact.

Well, when you have an 88-metre former ice breaker turned floating gin palace at your pleasure, why not make the most of things when the "big fella" is away?

Packer's crew are known as being among the most loyal on the high seas, going that extra mile to protect the privacy of various celebrities who frequently get on board, from Robert de Niro and Mariah Carey to Karl Stefanovic and his new squeeze, part-time model Jasmine Yarbrough.

PS hears Packer's most recent visit to Bora Bora was very much a low-key affair, with his three young children enjoying some downtime with their father, although Packer was clearly sensitive about being seen throwing wild parties while his Crown staff were behind bars in China.

But it is when those Triple A guests have left the ship that the party really gets going, judging by some of the images that have managed to find their way onto social media.

Indeed PS was rather taken with a shot of some of the crew, a posse of beefcake, smoking cigars and wearing their fetching Arctic P bathrobes lounging on the recently refurbished "beach club" deck, no doubt giving the newly installed glass-bottomed swimming pool and jacuzzi a good work out.

Apparently the pool, jacuzzi and a huge dining table are designed to stow flush with the teak deck at the flick of a switch when not in use so the space can be utilised for other activities, such as dancing, which, PS understands, is not quite as common these days now Carey's songs are no longer being played on a loop over the ship's PA system.

PS has confirmed there have been discussions recently between Packer and his sister Gretel about the transfer of ownership to her of the 88-metre vessel, originally built as an ice breaker but converted by the late Kerry Packer into the ultimate pleasure craft, complete with a high-tech communications room that would once have rivalled Air Force One.

Gretel is reportedly keen to keep the 47-year-old ship in the family, while delivery is expected in coming months of Packer's superyacht that PS first wrote about nearly four years ago.

Tipped to be a whopping 120 metres long, it will be even larger than the Arctic P. Packer's personal cruise liner has been under construction in Europe under the watchful eye of Packer's close buddy, former Sydneysider Matthew "Ched" Csidei, who these days calls Monte Carlo home.

Miranda Kerr and her moneybags billionaire

While Miranda Kerr's silence on her "romance" with Malaysian billionaire Jho Low, which last week resulted in her handing over $11 million worth of sparkly jewels from her Los Angeles safe deposit box to US government agents, has been deafening, PS has managed to unearth a few more details about the model and the moneybags' seemingly unlikely connection.

Among the jewels Kerr handed over, according to The Wall Street Journal, was a 11.72 carat heart-shaped diamond pendant, a Valentine's Day gift in 2014 from former "boyfriend" and Malaysian financier Low.

PS can reveal that later that year, in August, Kerr and her Californian-based agent Kristal Fox, enjoyed Low's hospitality aboard his $250 million superyacht Equanimity while it was bobbing off the idyllic coastline of Corfu.

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(The Sydney Morning Herald)