Necker Belle Necker Belle The Necker Belle is a 105-foot (32 m) private charter catamaran yacht, offered through Virgin Limited Edition and based at the resort Necker Island. The "Belle" superyacht is one of the few luxury sailing catamarans in the world. Prior to being purchased by Richard Branson's Virgin, the yacht was called "Lady Barbaretta", and cost £5.3 million for Branson to obtain. It required a two-year refit to emerge as the Belle, operates with a crew of seven, and is currently captained by Captain Piers Helm. The refit won the "2010 best new refit" at the World Superyacht Awards. The
Albertine Necker de Saussure the Coppet to a new generation of Genevese aristocrats, including Adolphe Pictet. The portrait of Albertine sitting next to her knitting basket is considered a most appropriate symbol of a late Enlightenment Genevoise. Albertine Necker de Saussure is one of 999 notable women whose names are inscribed on the Heritage Floor in Judy Chicago's installation piece "The Dinner Party" at the Brooklyn Museum, New York"." She married Jacques Necker (1757-1825), Professor of Botany at the University of Geneva. Their son was the crystallographer and geologist Louis Albert Necker de Saussure HFRSE FGS (1786-1861). Albertine Necker de Saussure Albertine Adrienne Necker