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orn in Bethesda, Maryland, local artist and gallery owner JoAnne Berkow had never dreamed of living on a boat. But her developer husband, Steve Tendrich, had grown up on the water in Miami Beach and wanted nothing else. After living landlocked during the first year of marriage, in 1995, the couple purchased a 55-foot Viking wide-bodied motor yacht and settled in. “It was actually my idea to do this,” says Berkow, owner of the RosettaStone Fine Art Gallery in Jupiter. “We lived in a small house and had a small weekend boat. I thought it would be fun to sell both and buy a bigger vessel.” The yacht lifestyle suited them so well, they upgraded to an 80-foot Lazzara. The Tampa-based
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The regal interior features marble floors and gold carpets. “Our ceilings are covered with leather and polished wood,” Berkow says. “I use a lot of gold furnishings because it brings out the warmth of the wood and enhances the marble.”
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