Fact Check

In early June 2022, an online advertisement claimed, “Tom Brady‘s New Yacht Is Bigger Than the Titanic.” However, this was little more than misleading clickbait.

At the time that we reviewed this ad, Brady, a seven-timeSuper Bowl champion, was the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League (NFL).

We clicked the ad about Brady owning a yacht bigger than the Titanic. It led to a 43-page slideshow article on YourDIY.com. Brady appeared on page 35. However, the page said nothing of Brady owning a yacht bigger than the Titanic. It simply said that Brady owned a Wajer 55 S yacht, which he named Viva a Viva. It measured 55 feet (17 meters) long.

Brady later upgraded to a Wajer 77 model yacht that measured 77 feet (23 meters) long.

By comparison, the Titanic measured more than 882 feet (269 meters) long. The Titanic was more than eleven times larger in length than Brady’s Wajer 77, and that’s before getting into the obvious disparities in width and height. (The voyage of the Titanic ended in April 1912. Its sinking led to the deaths of around 1,500 people.)

Had Brady purchased a boat that truly was bigger than the Titanic, it would have been major news across the world. We’re not ship…