ECLIPSE
$500 MILLION
Roman Abramovich’s famous
yacht was purchased for
$472 million (£342m) in 2011
and has been valued at up
to $855 million (£684m) in
2016. And it’s not hard to
work out why. The second
largest megayacht in the
world at 533 feet, the Eclipse
brings the house down with
25 impossibly luxurious
cabins, a nightclub and
two swimming pools, not to
mention a missile defense
system and mini submarine.
STREETS OF MONACO
$400+ MILLION
This Disneyfied Monte Carlo
on water may look fanciful, but
the 509-foot Streets of Mona-
co is a serious project that just
needs a billionaire backer to
become a reality. The finished
superyacht – all in the best
possible taste – will up the
ante with a go-kart circuit,
three swimming pools, a mini
submarine and extra-large
helipad.
SAILING YACHT
WHITE PEARL
$450 MILLION
The world’s biggest sailing
yacht, Sailing Yacht A, aka
White Pearl, was built by No-
biskrug for Andrey Melnichen-
ko. Even more spectacular
than his Motor Boat A, the fully
bomb-proof vessel is 468 feet
long and 300 feet high, and
features eight sprawling floors.
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SERENE – $330 MIL-
LION (£227M)
The 439-foot Serene was built
in 2011 for Russian vodka
billionaire Yuri Scheffler. It is
currently available to hire via
Yacht Charter Fleet for up to
$4.25 million (£3.4m) a week
(gulp). The most expensive
yacht rental in the world, the
Serene is unsurprisingly the
go-to megayacht charter for
the mega-rich. Bill Gates, for
instance, hired the vessel in
summer 2014.
MOTOR YACHT A
$320 MILLION
Conceived by uber designer
Philippe Starck, this subma-
rine-esque megayacht was
named after the first two
initials of its owners, Rus-
sian billionaires Andrey and
Aleksandra Melnichenko.
The 390-foot vessel was built
by the Blohm + Voss ship-
yard and launched in 2008.
Standout features include a
secret ‘nookie room’ for pri-
vate moments, a disco and
three swimming pools, one of
which is glass bottomed.
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