The megayacht Octopus
Monday, 28 September 2015 - 07:56 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa General , Superyachts
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Octopus in Venice © Thorongil
🔊 Listen to this Post Octopus is a 414 foot (126 m) megayacht owned by
Paul Allen , the co-founder of
Microsoft . Delivered in 2003, it was believed to be the biggest such yacht at the time of its construction. It is currently the world’s
13th largest superyacht , the fifth largest superyacht not owned by a head of state, and the largest expedition yacht.
Octopus sports two helicopters on the top deck (one in front and one on the back), and a 63-foot (19 m) tender docked in the transom. There are a total of seven tenders aboard. The yacht also has a pool, located aft on one of her upper decks, and two submarines (one of them operated by remote control for studying the bottom of the ocean). Side hatches at the water line form a dock for jet skis.
Eurocopter EC145 off the Octopus at Cambridge Bay Airport © CambridgeBayWeather
The exterior was designed by Espen Øino Naval Architects and built by the German shipbuilders
Lürssen in
Bremen and
HDW in
Kiel . Her hull is made of steel. The interior was by designer Jonathan Quinn Barnett of Seattle.
Allen also owns
Tatoosh , another of the world’s 100 largest yachts.
Read more on
Info Page for Motor Yacht OCTOPUS by Lurssen and
Wikipedia Octopus . Learn more about the
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