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Up to 20 engineers from Blue Ocean Yacht Management were present on site throughout the build, whipping it along to meet the aggressive delivery schedule. Disdale doesn’t recall any sleepless nights – “at least, no more than usual!” he laughs. The pressure of designing what was then the world’s top yacht – both inside and out – did obviously register, though. “It’s a huge responsibility building something of that magnitude, which is going to be under everyone’s magnifying glass. It’s not just ‘doing a job’, this thing is going to be scrutinised and analysed by everyone. There’s a responsibility to yourself as a designer.”

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The pool is a vast entertaining space, with 3.2 metre overheads and a retracting glass sunroof. “The ambience of the pool is as important as how it looks. You’ve got to want to sit by it.” Or dance on it: the blue granite bottom of the pool rises up to sit flush with the deck. It can also be lowered a touch to create a paddling pool. here

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It would be easy to mistake the guest suites for the owner’s own quarters, such is their footprint. There are 18 guest cabins in total, served by 100 crew. From the moment the guests arrive by chopper, mainly on the top helideck, they’re absorbed in the comfort of the boat and have access to the main stairwell and elevator. It’s a transition of which Disdale is particularly proud. “It came from understanding how a boat is used. When you get out of the helicopter, you’re blown to pieces, and then where do you go?” The answer is an intimate lounge, where you can freshen up before entering the interior proper. It also gives pilots somewhere to conduct safety briefings, he points out. Eclipse is able to travel with multiple helicopters on board because one can be housed in the forward hangar, one above it on the retractable platform and another on the sundeck. [links]

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The obvious benefit of a single designer being responsible for the interior and exterior of a yacht is a seamless flow between the two, and that is absolutely true of Eclipse, whose interior conforms to another one of Disdale’s mantras: “beach house not penthouse”. “If you’ve got a dining room with satin on the chairs and gold braid around them, but you live in a T-shirt and shorts, then you’re not comfortable,” he says. here

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Measuring a whopping length of 162 metres, Eclipse is the second biggest yacht in the world. Built in 2010 by Blohm and Voss she was the biggest until April 2013 when Azzam was launched.

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Although she is known as the $1.5 billion yacht, Eclipse’s actual cost price was around $700 million. She is owned by Russian billionaire Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich who is known to be one of the world’s wealthiest people having sold his oil company for $13 billion. He also owns a second superyacht, Solaris which is the 12th biggest yacht in the world.

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Yachting executives say that Azzam, the largest yacht in the world at 590 feet, recently went through its first set of sea trials in the North Sea. The boat hit a staggering 31.5 knots, or about 37 miles per hour. At that speed it's believed to be the fastest yacht longer than 300 feet.

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Fortuna, the yacht built for King Juan Carlos of Spain, hit 68 knots.

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And that's not even top speed. Engineers say Azzam—with 94,000 horsepower driving giant water jets instead of propellers—can go even faster in deeper water. The 31.5 knot speed was recorded in water only about 60 feet deep.

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the most beautiful boats in the world video : Eclipse mega super yacht luxury on youtube. The second biggest and largest super mega yacht private in the world. Eclipse in the bay of Juan les Pins and Cannes in front of the cap d’ Antibes south of France. The Russian businessman Roman Abramovitch yacht is one most expensive private yacht in the world. Price approx US 475 million $. Size 163 meter or 536 ft with one mini submarine, pools, Helipades and 70 crew menbers for 24 guest cabins. The world’s second largest and biggest private yacht. A wonderful and incredible mega super yacht. Pas le plus gros ni le plus grand yacht privé au monde mais le deuxième. Un des yacht les plus prestigieux et le plus luxueux au monde. c ‘est un des yacht prive les plus chère du monde. Il a la taille d’un paquebot mais avec une ligne magnifique. Il possède une technologie fantastique. Son propriétaire est le Milliardaire Russe Roman Abramovitch et aussi un des hommes les plus puissants de Russie. Ce fantastique Yacht se trouve souvent l’été entre Cannes, Monaco et Saint Tropez.

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