Everest Gigayacht Offers to Beat Abramovich by 100 Ft.

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Aug 13th 2009 at 7:02PM

Regular Luxist readers have followed the saga of the Eclipse, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's newly launched megayacht which at 557 ft. is the largest private yacht in the world. Now anyone with $500 million to spend can top his triumph by nearly 100 ft. with the 656 ft. Everest designed by Donald Starkey. Rumors about the Everest have been kicking around for a while but it seems the ship, which ushers in a new class of "gigayachts", is actually under construction in Fort Lauderdale and is slated for completion next year, meaning Abramovich has only a few months left to enjoy his naval supremacy. The Everest will be longer than two football fields and have five decks serviced by two elevators, a helipad, a submarine and accommodations for 36 passengers in 17 apartments, including an owner's private penthouse suite on the top deck.

[via JustLuxe]

Tags: Donald Starkey, DonaldStarkey, Eclipse, Everest, Fort Lauderdale, FortLauderdale, gigayacht, megayacht, Roman Abramovich, RomanAbramovich, superyacht, yacht

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing, Wealth

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John Aug 19th 2009 8:31AM

Well, as a Fort Lauderdale captain, this is news to me. There are no shipbuilding facilities in Fort Lauderdale.

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bgstrong Sep 10th 2009 7:34PM

Not only are they building a huge ship in Ft. Lauderdale but they first had
to build a shipyard capable of building a huge ship....Sounds kind of fishy...