Gigayacht Actually More Like a Freaking Personal Floating Island

[aeisbren]

I know it's not for sailing but get a load of this.....

Boats: Gigayacht Actually More Like a Freaking Personal Floating Island

[sailingdog]

Hey TB, we found your next boat...

[TrueBlue]

SD - Even if I had the means for owning a megayacht, believe me, it wouldn't be a Wally-World Gigayacht. That's freeking insanity - scary thing is, some guy will probably put in an order for one, most likely an Arab sheik oil-baron.

BTW - here's another link, that's not corrupted.

I wouldn't mind having one of those Wally 45 ft tenders and sailboats though -

[Stillraining]

I don't know...I can visualize tdw and Greg Norman wacking a few off the port side knockin down a few...little Wombats runnin around...hay Mate?..

[RAGNAR]

zzz

[sailingdog]

You could always buy the boat, and then keep the two 45' tenders and the small sailboats, and then sell the big boat.

Originally Posted by TrueBlue

SD - Even if I had the means for owning a megayacht, believe me, it wouldn't be a Wally-World Gigayacht. That's freeking insanity - scary thing is, some guy will probably put in an order for one, most likely an Arab sheik oil-baron.

BTW - here's another link, that's not corrupted.

I wouldn't mind having one of those Wally 45 ft tenders and sailboats though -

[teshannon]

I think that's more like what CAM's is looking for. Where's the BBQ though.

[Robby Barlow]

What's the draft of that thing?

Could you anchor that anywhere apart from the Atlantic trench?

OTOH, that's about as pretty as a 3 legged woman - so you might not want to!

[FarCry]

The Rising Sun was at the new mega yacht marina in the harbor for many weeks during December and January. It was entertaining watching the crew lower fenders the size of Mini Coopers over the side for docking. FYI from Wikipedia see below.

The Rising Sun yacht, designed by the late Jon Bannenberg, and built by Germany's Lürssen, is currently co-owned by Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, and David Geffen. The yacht is the 5th largest in the world with a length of almost 138 meters (453 ft). It reportedly cost over US$200 million to build.

It is equipped with:

Four MTU 20V 8000 M90 diesel engines giving an output of 36,000 kW (50,000 hp)
Four propellers that enable her to reach a cruising speed of 28 knots
82 rooms on five stories with a total living area said to be in excess of 8,000 square meters
Onyx countertops
Jacuzzi bathrooms
A gymnasium/spa and sauna
An extensive wine cellar
A private cinema with a giant plasma screen
3,300 m² of teak-layered deck space
A basketball court on the main deck (can be used as a helicopter pad if necessary)

[2Gringos]

What! No gimballed, motion compensated, gyro stabilized pool table?

These guys need an engineering consultant...