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Donny · 06-20-2004, 10:41 PM

Don't I wish!! This is Paul Allen's Yacht. The largest privately owned Yacht in the world!

Read this:

1. OCTOPUS ? L: 413'4" Y: 2003
Yacht-watchers worldwide have been waiting to catch a glimpse of this behemoth, the latest vessel to join the megayacht fleet of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. (Allen, called the ?accidental zillionaire? in his unauthorized biography, also owns Nos. 3 and 14.) Chatter kicked into high gear this summer when the rumor mill had the yacht planning to arrive in Antibes, France; alas, it was not to be, as some final deck and mechanical work needed addressing at the yard. Thankfully, though, the yacht had spent some time outside of Lürssen?s facility during the spring, shortly after she was launched, so an intrepid shutterbug caught this shot for us. The yard?and, for that matter, seemingly everyone else involved in the project, like the interior design teams from Jonathan Quinn Barnett and Christian Grevstad?is under a strict confidentiality agreement, which prohibits the release of any information, so there?s no official confirmation of Octopus? features. That includes the LOA we have above; we based it on the majority of reports from reliable sources who?ve leaked information (just because a confidentiality agreement exists doesn?t mean everyone follows it, folks). But given the features we know about that are aboard Allen?s other yachts, we surmise that Octopus carries a full complement of dive gear, has a screening room, and, of course, has deck space set aside for a helicopter. And given how he?s had some of his celebrity friends aboard his other yachts, we fully expect that people like tennis great Monica Seles (seen here with Allen earlier this year), glass artist Dale Chihuly, and of course, Bill and Melinda Gates will eventually roam her decks. In fact, they could all be aboard at the same time and never run into one another, given the volume inherent in a vessel equipped with about seven decks and whose beam appears to exceed 30 feet. B: Lürssen, Germany; N: Espen Øino Naval Architects; H: Steel; E: MTUs (hp unknown)

06-20-2004, 10:41 PM
Donny As you wish... Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 13,754	Has everyone had a look at my Yacht?? (Pic) Don't I wish!! This is Paul Allen's Yacht. The largest privately owned Yacht in the world! Read this: 1. OCTOPUS ? L: 413'4" Y: 2003 Yacht-watchers worldwide have been waiting to catch a glimpse of this behemoth, the latest vessel to join the megayacht fleet of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. (Allen, called the ?accidental zillionaire? in his unauthorized biography, also owns Nos. 3 and 14.) Chatter kicked into high gear this summer when the rumor mill had the yacht planning to arrive in Antibes, France; alas, it was not to be, as some final deck and mechanical work needed addressing at the yard. Thankfully, though, the yacht had spent some time outside of Lürssen?s facility during the spring, shortly after she was launched, so an intrepid shutterbug caught this shot for us. The yard?and, for that matter, seemingly everyone else involved in the project, like the interior design teams from Jonathan Quinn Barnett and Christian Grevstad?is under a strict confidentiality agreement, which prohibits the release of any information, so there?s no official confirmation of Octopus? features. That includes the LOA we have above; we based it on the majority of reports from reliable sources who?ve leaked information (just because a confidentiality agreement exists doesn?t mean everyone follows it, folks). But given the features we know about that are aboard Allen?s other yachts, we surmise that Octopus carries a full complement of dive gear, has a screening room, and, of course, has deck space set aside for a helicopter. And given how he?s had some of his celebrity friends aboard his other yachts, we fully expect that people like tennis great Monica Seles (seen here with Allen earlier this year), glass artist Dale Chihuly, and of course, Bill and Melinda Gates will eventually roam her decks. In fact, they could all be aboard at the same time and never run into one another, given the volume inherent in a vessel equipped with about seven decks and whose beam appears to exceed 30 feet. B: Lürssen, Germany; N: Espen Øino Naval Architects; H: Steel; E: MTUs (hp unknown)