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Russian's new mega-yacht leaves German dockyard one year late
Deutsche Presse-Agentur ^
| Dec 9, 2010
Posted on 12/10/2010 6:47:22 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Russian's new mega-yacht leaves German dockyard one year late
Berlin - The biggest luxury yacht on the planet, the 535- foot Eclipse, on Thursday left the German dockyard where it was built, presumably bound for delivery to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Legends have surrounded the huge white boat ever since its keel was laid down in a Hamburg dockyard. It is being delivered a year late, reportedly because of a dispute with Abramovich over the price.
Some insiders claimed this week the wallpaper was manta-ray leather and the decoration included real fossils. But they denied claims in British tabloids that the boat has its own missile air-defence system and a mini-submarine as a lifeboat.
There was no announcement it had gone, but the dock was empty and port officials confirmed the Eclipse had departed in the afternoon.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: blohmandvoss; germany; megayacht; oligarchs; romanabramovich; russia; shipbuilding; yacht
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The Eclipse
To: sukhoi-30mki
It’ll do, for now, until a real yacht comes along.
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:49:33 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Lowering Kristinn's IQ since May 21, 1999)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I’d name it, “Carbon Footprint.”
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:49:45 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:50:06 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:51:08 AM PST
by
Obadiah
(BHO -- out the door in 4!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Wow! That’s worthy of a James Bond movie villain.
To: Obadiah
Sure, nice yacht. But does he have a miniature giraffe?
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:52:46 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:53:33 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I wish it could have been built in the US.
To: sukhoi-30mki
I would rather have one of these, especially against piracy at sea.
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:54:20 AM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I’d like a refitted luxurious mothballed aircraft carrier...
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:54:27 AM PST
by
GeronL
(#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
To: Obadiah
This ship is the intersection of conspicuous consumption and unlimited resources. Good for them!
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:54:57 AM PST
by
resistance
(abandon all hope and rational thought, become a democrat)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I think they may be stretching the definition of “yacht.”
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posted on
12/10/2010 6:55:02 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The owner:
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posted on
12/10/2010 7:00:27 AM PST
by
Obadiah
(BHO -- out the door in 4!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Yeah but is it nuclear?..
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posted on
12/10/2010 7:07:30 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: Obadiah
Russian billionaire - surely our embassy staff couldn't have been talking about
Russian mafia members enriching themselves?
Nah. Must have been some other dude.
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posted on
12/10/2010 7:07:40 AM PST
by
texas booster
(Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
it reportedly has one or two of these...
To: massgopguy
That commercial cracks me up.
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posted on
12/10/2010 7:09:36 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
A friend of my daughter has been living in Hamburg for the past two years working on the audio/visual wiring of this ship. He was supposed to be home last fall.
To: GeronL
If I was a golf addict so would I.
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posted on
12/10/2010 7:12:16 AM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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