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Billionaire Buys Art to Decorate World's Biggest Yacht

Filed under: Art

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has ordered a new yacht, the "Eclipse", which is due for delivery from Blohm & Voss sometime this year and is being heralded as the world's biggest private yacht at 560 ft long. Among its many outstanding features are armor plating and a missile defense system, plus a laser shield that shoots bolts of light at cameras to ruin photographs and foil the paparazzi. He must feel safe leaving valuables inside (I guess!) because over the last several months he's been busy buying up art from the Millennium gallery in south England to decorate the yacht's massive interior. Although details on the specific pieces and prices purchased have not been released, we do know it totals 35 pieces so far and the collection is valued at over $300,000 dollars.

I would love to see that interior!

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Is There Anyone Willing To Go Bigger Than Abramovich?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing

Could there be a bigger yacht than Roman Abramovich's planned megayacht Eclipse? The Wall Street Journal covers the listing for Everest, a potential yacht, which if built would take the title of world's biggest private yacht. The 200 meter Everest would have 17 cabins plus an owner's suite. The suites would all have private terraces and there would be an outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna, steam room, cinema and more. The docking area would have room for boats and a small submarine. As the WSJ reports, the yacht would be too big to dock in any standard marina and would have to use a commercial cruise ship terminal. It sounds like if you need this much size it might be more fiscally prudent to just buy and old cruise ship and refit it to your specifications. If you want to build Everest it will cost you 350 million euros.

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