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The 277-foot boat was designed by Ron Holland and built in 2004 in England at the Vosper Thornycroft yard for Joseph Vittoria, the former chairman and CEO of the Avis Rental Car Company. He named it Mirabella V (it has since beeen renamed M5) and chartered it out for $420,000 a week, according to an interview Vittoria gave to the Greenwich (Ct) Times in 2010. more
Vittoria sold the boat in 2012, and according to the website Superyacht Fan, the new owner was Texas-based oil and gas billionaire Rodney Lewis. here
M5’s mast is almost 300 feet tall and the boat has a beam of over 49 feet. The boat has a lifting keel and draws 33.5 feet with it down and 12.5 feet with it up. The sail area is a whopping 25,670 square feet with just the main and a working jib. Vittoria told the Greenwich Times that the boat was capable of sailing at 20 knots in a stiff breeze, but other reports place the top speed at 12 knots. According to BoatInternational.com, M5 is the largest single-masted sailing yacht in the world.
A sailboat reputed to be the largest single-masted yacht in the world was spotted recently cruising along the Maine coast, making stops in Portland and off Camden, where it was too big to fit into the harbor. here
The longest dragon boat is 87.3 m (286 ft 5 in) and was achieved by Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, Prey Veng and Prey Veng Provincial Administration (all Cambodia), in Prey Veng Province, Cambodia, on 12 November 2018. [links]
The dragon boat was used in olden times to defend territory and kingdoms and the attempt was made to preserve the ancient culture of dragon boat production.The dragon boat is human-powered and this one holds 179 oarsmen. At its mid-point the width across the boat measures 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) with a depth of 83 cm (2 ft 8 in). The weight of the dragon boat was estimated to be 12,102 kg (26,680 lb 5 oz).
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If you want to go on the longest boat ride in the world, but you don't have a rudder, what route would you take? Five years ago, a reddit user proposed that traveling overseas from southern Pakistan to northeastern Russia would yield a trip of 32,090.3 kilometers—the longest straight-line journey on Earth. Now, a team of scientists has finally proved him right.
Initially, the researchers tried to brute force the answer by examining every possible great circle on the planet. At 1.8 kilometer resolution, that left them with 233,280,000 possible great circles, with each containing 21,600 points on either land or sea. In total, that meant 5,038,848,000,000 points that would need to be verified, a computation that was just too taxing. more
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When completed, the Crystal Endeavor will feature two helicopters and landing pads, a pair of 7-person submarines, wave runners as well as jet skis.
In short, the Crystal Endeavor by Crystal Cruises will be the kind of yacht that will be boarded by the world's richest travellers. Built specifically to sail along the ends of the earth, the world's first polar megayacht will travel to the Arctic and Antarctic, and follow migratory whales along the coast of the Americas and Europe during winter. more
Measuring 600 feet (183 meters) long, the 25,000 gross ton vessel will accommodate up to 200 passengers in 100 suites, with standard guest suites. Two Owner Suites will also hold the title for the largest guest suites of any megayacht. [links]