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Pelorus Gets the Wrong Petrol

Russian billionaire and yacht fleet owner Roman Abramovitch had a bit of bad luck when the wrong sort of fuel was pumped into his beloved yacht, Pelorus. The costly error will lead to an expensive clean-up and Abramovitch was forced to leave ...

Abramovich Decision Time: The Sports Team, The Yacht or Latvia?

Oh what a week to be Roman Abramovich. As my colleague Jared Paul Stern reported, Abramovich had to cancel his Aspen New Year's Eve party. Now rumors are surfacing that Abramovich may be so crunched by the financial crisis he is looking at selling ...

New Hope For Tamarack Resort?

In May 2009, Tamarack Resort in Donnelly, Idaho officially closed but now there is potential hope for a new buyer. A Salt Lake City real estate investment company, Pelorus Group, has expressed interest in buying the resort which was closed ...

Abramovich Faces Yacht Lawsuit

Oh, Abramovich! It's being reported that our favorite Russian billionaire neglected to pay the bills of the design team that worked on his newest yacht. It has been reported that Roman Abramovich is facing a lawsuit saying he however around ...

Savarona in Malta

Luckily, the Pelorus incident isn't stopping yachts from fueling up in Malta. It has been reported that the beautfiul yacht Savarona, which costs around $350,000 to charter, left Grand Harbour yesterday morning after coming on Monday for ...

A Goverment Inquiry for Abramovich's Yacht Mishap?

The incident regarding Russian multi-billionaire Roman Abramovich's yacht Pelorus has Malta in a tizzy. The 377-foot megayacht was given $216,000 worth of the wrong fuel when it was docked in Malta. Because the mistake caused an expensive ...

Forbes List of Most Expensive Things

Forbes has released their list of the most expensive things of 2004.  Although we have only been blogging here for a month, we've already covered three of them including, the Badminton cabinet, the Henk suitcase, and the Mercedes ...

Abramovich Plans World's Largest Yacht

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is at it again, the Wall Street Journal has a piece on the building of the Eclipse, Abramovich's latest yacht, which when it is finished should be the largest privately owned yacht in the world. As we've mentioned ...

Will Abramovich Finish The Eclipse?

Last month we checked out rumors that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich might be selling his yacht, Pelorus. This month, Sail World questions whether Abramovich will be able to finish his current yacht project, the Eclipse. The Eclipse is set to ...

Abramovich Launches the World's Biggest Yacht

Back in April we reported that despite the economic crisis Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich planned to complete work on the 557-ft. Eclipse, the world's largest and most expensive privately owned yacht. Now the ocean-going behemoth has been ...

Abramovich to Complete World's Largest Yacht

It seems that despite a disastrous economy in which he lost a reported $20 billion, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is pressing on with plans for the Eclipse (above), the $355 million megayacht which will be the world's biggest upon completion ...

Gigayachts?

Have you become tired of the term megayacht? An article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer speaks of the next really big thing, the gigayacht. It's a new way to define the  elite class of 400+ footer. At this year's cruise ...

Abramovich's New $350 Million Megayacht Will Have Missile Defense System

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's new $355 million, 555-ft. Eclipse, designed to be the world's biggest, will have a military-grade missile defense system to keep the oligarch safe. My colleague Deidre Woollard first reported on initial plans ...

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