Superyacht blocking Statue of Liberty is for sale for $106M

If you don’t like that superyacht obstructing your perfect view of Lady Liberty, there’s a solution — buy it.

You just need $106 million.

The 240-foot custom-built superyacht, owned by Aussie home-loan king John Symond, went up for sale last month and has been floating in and out of the harbor since — including right in front of the Statue of Liberty.

“It’s incredibly tacky and tasteless,’’ said Oreste Marrero, a 48-year-old worker with the city’s Department of Homeless Services, during his lunch break in lower Manhattan on Tuesday. Marrero said he was trying to enjoy the famed view without obstruction. No such luck. “Just because you have a lot of money, you get to do that? The Statue of Liberty is a landmark. You can’t dock your yacht in front of it,’’ Marrero said.

A woman who identified herself as Jen. P. rode the Staten Island Ferry right past Lady Liberty — and Symond’s yacht — and groused, “We get it, you’re rich.”

The 38-year-old legal aide from the Lower East Side added, “Maybe the yacht isn’t selling, so he figured why not park by a national monument to garner interest?”

Symond, who is believed to be worth an estimated $580 million, made his fortune in peddling non-bank home loans.

The mogul, 72, is married to Amber McDonald, the 47-year-old former wife of the son of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating.

The couple’s floating mansion named Hasna, which sleeps 12 guests and 21 crew members, features an infinity pool, theater, “beach club,’’ salon and an elevator, according to yacht broker Burgess.

Symond’s son, Stephen, has recently been using the yacht to sail between New York City and the Hamptons, according to propertyobserver.com.

Staten Island Ferry worker Julio Montes said Symond shouldn’t be castigated for enjoying his wealth.

“People always dock their yachts in front of the statue — normally, they take a tender boat to the World Trade Center and go back and forth,’’ he said. “More power to the guy.”

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