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[3] [4] [5] It is a three-masted sailing yacht 127 meters (417 ft) long with a navy blue hull. The superyacht is reported to have cost $500 million or more with an additional annual maintenance cost of at least $30 million.
This list of motor yachts by length, is a table of the world's longest active superyachts, with an overall length of at least 75 metres (246 ft) and up. These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length.
The ship was built for Russian vodka tycoon Yuri Shefler for $330m. [4] [5] In the summer of 2014, Bill Gates leased the yacht for US$5 million per week.[6]In 2014, [7] while vacationing in the south of France, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia bought the vessel from Yuri Shefler for approximately €500 million.
A mega-yacht seized by U.S. authorities from a Russian oligarch is costing the government nearly $1 million a month to maintain, according to new court filings.
The U.S. has spent tens of millions of dollars over more than two years maintaining a $230 million mega-yacht it seized as part of efforts to crack down on oligarchs linked to Russian President ...
Gilles Martin-Raget/GettyIn case you weren’t aware, a select club of billionaires from around the world—with their superyachts in tow—have descended upon Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New ...
In interviews for Yachts International and Die Zeit magazines, Starck gave details of the vessel's most innovative features. He described her as a "stealth yacht" with a very smooth hull design, which left almost no wake at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). [23] [24] Its "purity" was, he said, a reflection of its owner, a "young and brilliant ...
Wind at 30 knots and climbing. Chop, steep and shallow. ... At the time, offshore sailboat racing was dominated by wealthy sailors and million-dollar yachts. To buck the trend, organizers designed ...