Do the orcas know about this?

Jeff Landry spent his Fourth of July weekend in Bermuda this year.  He sent back a video to tell us about it. 

While standing on the deck of a friend’s yacht last week in Bermuda, Gov. Jeff Landry praised a new Louisiana tax break on boat purchases in a short video he shared to social media.

“Louisiana’s been known as a sportsman’s paradise, but it’s not always treated our sportsmen friendly,” Landry said in the recording posted July 3. 

“This year, we made Louisiana sportsman-friendly by capping the amount of taxes you pay when you buy you a new boat or register your boat in Louisiana,” the governor said as the wake of the multimillion-dollar vessel churned behind him. 

What the governor didn’t mention is the tax break, which took effect July 1, only applies to boats worth $200,000 or more.

The yacht owner hosting Landry, Shane Guidry, is the governor’s close friend, political adviser and top campaign donor. Guidry told the Illuminator he personally suggested the tax break for luxury boats to the governor. 

“I recommended to him a year ago that he should look at them,” he said in a phone interview from the 82-foot Viking yacht he took to Bermuda this month. 

The cool stuff that Landry does with and for his friend Shane is kind of a regular feature in the news now.  Still, this story is worth the little peek into Guidry's boating lifestyle. 

Guidry appears to spare no expense when it comes to his yachts and isn’t shy about showing them off on social media. 

The Team Harvey Fishing Instagram account includes several glamour reels of the 82-foot Viking yacht, which was completed for his team in early June.

One post from June highlights tissue boxes and blankets from luxury fashion brands Hermes and Louis Vuitton decorating the boat’s cabin. Another pans to an ottoman, custom-made for the yacht with Himalayan crocodile skin, according to the post caption. The material is famous because it is used in Hermes’ opulent Birkin bags, which sell for over $50,000. 

Team Harvey Fishing posts are tagged with hashtags like #luxuryyacht #luxurylifestyle #yachtieworld #luxuryliving and #yachtinglife.

#yachtieworld is my favorite.