On board the world's first 'gigayacht': £100m luxury yacht..its own garden, pool and tennis court

The Daily Mail ^ | March 21, 2008

[what's up]

We saw The Octopus cruise into Kona Harbor in Hawaii a few weeks ago.

Very impressive. We watched it sidle up to Allen's estate on land.

[Squidpup]

relax:

[Azzurri]

Now I see where all my gas money went.

The biggest yacht in the world owned by non head of state is the Al Salamah, owned by a prince of Saudi Arabia, pictured here.

[BlueDragon]

Thanks for the pic. I once saw a "camo" looking spar-like thing, which I thought was moving slowly, but it sunk away or otherwise disappeared, before I could get close enough to take a better look. I do recall that it was in moderate seas (9-12 ft. probably at 12-14 seconds, sorta 'close' but not too bad) and due to the swells, I couln't get much more than brief glimpses of it, due to the angle of my perspective in relation to the object, and the periodically obscuring mixed waves & swells running by...

At the time, I'd almost talked myself into "the navy wouldn't choose that pattern", since I never saw any like that when I was enlisted, but now I know better. I guess it was one of ours. It's been so long since the occurance though, I don't remember where exactly offshore California I saw it.

[webheart]

Now put a couple of those Toshiba Micro-nuke power plants in there, and you could live at sea forever.

[ccmay]

Now Paul Allens yacht, the Octopus. Thats a yacht.

That's the one with the submarine and basketball court, right?

[LibFreeOrDie]

These photos? Snopes.com says it’s not Tiger’s house:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/tigerwoods.asp

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

that’s sweet.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

it’s a fake slide show.

[Nailbiter]

Armaments look so out of place on luxury yacht.
Quad .50 and 5in guns are so hard disguise, and really just do nothing for the overall look.
LOL

[2ndDivisionVet]

Much cheaper at $45M USD:

http://www.alibaba.com/offerdetail/13323237/Sell_Mobile_Coastal_Defence_Systems_The_Mcds_Ship.html

[South40]

Close, it’s a 372. And thanks.

[2ndDivisionVet]

What do you do for a living? LOL

[South40]

I own a construction company.

[uglybiker]

I want a submarine.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I knew somehow that you would be a contractor of some kind. People think doctors, dentists and lawyers make the big money: What a laugh! I’m a mortgage loan officer, so I see everyone’s taxes and bank statements, etc. Contractors, business owners and successful salespeople make the real money in our society, as documented here:

http://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Americas/dp/1567315682/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206171079&sr=8-6

http://www.millionaireblueprints.com

[South40]

The money is the only reason I stay in Kalifornia. Once retired I’m gone.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I grew up in Chino. I can’t believe how much lower the cost of living is here in Fort Worth: http://dallas.craigslist.org/rfs/

[South40]

I’ve had projects in Chino. Upland, Ontario, Norco and Corona also.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The “Inland Empire” is what I understand it’s called today. When I lived there (1964-74) it was the dairy capitol of Southern California and just starting to grow as we left. I will inherit land in Lucerne, ever do anything there?