One thousand million US Dollars of disposable income to spend on a yacht may sound like a ridiculous idea and a pompous display of extravagant wealth to many mortals but if you are a multi-billionaire like Roman Abramovich (who also owns Chelsea F.C.) it's just another toy your immense riches can enable you to buy.
The 'modest' price tag would have given you a clue that this is no ordinary luxury yacht. It is the most expensive and most sophisticated yacht ever built. Features include two swimming pools (one is not enough, you know!) on the deck, two helicopter pads (again, one just won't do), a dedicated disco hall, around 30 cabins, a submarine (50 meter submerging capability) and an anti-ballistic missile defence system. It also has an armour plating around Abramovich's master suite, bullet proof windows and a laser system designed to dazzle long lens photographers. It is loaded with three launch boats. In addition to the aforementioned, it also has an intruder detection system. It is currently the world's largest private yacht measuring 162.5 meters in length which is 0.5 meters longer than the previous record-holding yacht owned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai.
A trivia about this yacht is its apparent impracticality due its large size.Eclipse is too large to fit in next to all other tycoons' boats moored at ports. It is evident from the fact that it was refused to dock at the French Riviera due to insufficient parking space because of another super-yacht and had to be anchored several hundred feet put at sea. Well, sometimes even billionaires struggle to find space to park!
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