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World's new largest private yacht that is bigger than a cruise ship and cost £800m is built for one
UK Daily Mail ^
| February 12, 2015
| Corey Charlton
Posted on 02/12/2015 6:42:25 AM PST by C19fan
Boasting seven decks, two pools, multiple hot tubs and a 275 square metre master suite, a new record-breaking superyacht is set to redefine the limits of luxury boat building. Costing £788million to build and measuring 222 metres in length, when completed Triple Deuce will be the most expensive and largest superyacht ever constructed. The luxury boat will surpass the remarkable standards set by Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich's 163m Eclipse, and the current record-holding 182 metres-long yacht owned by the President of the United Arab Emirates.
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: rich; yacht
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£800m = $1.2 billion US.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:42:25 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I wonder how much use it will get.
To: C19fan
All the Al Gore types screaming about global warming can’t wait to go on a cruise in this monster.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:46:03 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: C19fan
IOW, your gas money paid for at least some of this behemoth.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:47:01 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: C19fan
No doubt it will be purchased by some Lib billionaire who espouses environmentalism
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:47:35 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: C19fan
This is great. Think of all the jobs this purchase created and will create.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:47:58 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
To: V_TWIN
From the comments at the link:
“JUST ONE TORPEDO” LOL!
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:49:33 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: C19fan
“Although the identity of its owner remains a mystery...”
Ketchup gigolo?
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:49:42 AM PST
by
lacrew
(5th)
To: V_TWIN
What, no cabins with balconies? WHAT A GYP!
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:52:39 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: C19fan
And it’s all for bragging rights........sheesh
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:59:23 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:00:11 AM PST
by
MadIsh32
(In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
To: C19fan
“And believe you me, whoever said the ones in the big hats are the premature ejaculators sure had that one right.”
....the character ‘Emily’ in Tom McGuane’s novel “Something to be Desired”.
To: Hot Tabasco
Craig Timm of 4Yacht, the broker of the building project, said its owner was motivated by boasting rights
Mine is bigger than yours...........................
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:08:53 AM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: C19fan; MeshugeMikey
Pffft. Amateur.
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:09:30 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: C19fan
Just maintaining the crew and resupplying it would be a major expense.
Are there many ports in the world with slots large enough that are not cargo oriented?
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:15:12 AM PST
by
posterchild
(It takes a politician to declare a settled science.)
To: lacrew
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:15:41 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: C19fan
Does this include Phalanx batteries and Vertical-launch Standard-3’s?
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:17:01 AM PST
by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: C19fan
Scotty: All systems automated and ready. A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her.
Kirk: Thank you, Mr. Scott. I'll try not to take that personally.
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:17:53 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: C19fan
It looks like a long haul to bring your fish from the water up to the deck.
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:21:01 AM PST
by
posterchild
(It takes a politician to declare a settled science.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:21:28 AM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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