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lot of yachts impress us with their design, style, interior and
engineering, but for Octopus the list is not so short. The luxury
yacht is property of Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft
and the richest men in the world. The yacht is impressive with overall
length of 126.20 meters, which is about 414 feet and the length
between perpendiculars is 109.96 meters. The super-yacht was built
in the yard of Lurssen Yachts in 2003, which is one of the highest
quality yards, creating some of the most luxury and largest yachts
of the world. The yacht Octopus has beam of 21.00 meters and draft
of 5.66 meters. These measurements are too large for motor-yacht
and definitely can be compared with small ship, but Octopus is one
of the most luxury motor yachts, which were ever built. The guests’
capacity of Octopus is only 26 persons, who will be served by 57
crew members and staff persons. The yacht Octopus is made by steel,
while the superstructure is aluminum. These materials are providing
reliability of traveling, high comfort and decrease of the deadweight.
The yacht has 41 staterooms, divided into 3 categories – Owner
suite, VIP stateroom and Guests rooms. The owner suite is definitely
the most luxury apartment on board, consisted by 2 rooms, large
verandah, and luxury interior created by the interior designer Jonathan
Quinn Barnett. The other staterooms are also quite luxury and highly
comfortable, providing large living area and great sea-view.
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engineering of the yacht should be reliable and powerful, because
otherwise the yacht will lose a lot from her beauty. The main engines
are 8 units Mercedes Benz engines each with power of 2,400 hp (total
19,200 hp or 14,320 kW). These engines are giving for the yacht
enough power to reach cruise speed of 17.2 knots and maximum speed
of 20.0 knots. The yacht has 850 metric tons of fuel capacity and
175 metric tons of fresh water capacity. This bunkering is giving
for the yacht range of sailing of more than 800 nautical miles.
The yacht Octopus was refitted in 2008 and a lot of innovations
were installed on board, for more comfortable and more environmental
traveling. The luxury motor yacht has active and passive stabilizers,
which are decreasing rolling in heavy sea. Also Octopus has AIS,
ECDIS, NAVSAT and etc, which are increasing the safety of navigation
all around the world.
date: 30th October, 2011 |
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