Movie star boat caught in tax battle
A megayacht on which Russell Crowe found his sea legs in preparation for his role in the movie “Master And Commander” is at the center of a multimillion-dollar tussle with the tax office.
Australian corporate titan Mark Johnson, the owner of MV Surprise, named after a warship in the classic Patrick O'Brian novels, charters out the luxury vessel in Fiji.
In 2002, Crowe spent a week on the 115-foot yacht — with four en suite cabins over four decks and room for 127 passengers — in the South Pacific researching the role of Capt. Jack Aubrey.
