Ratickle
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With all of the other stuff going on at the games, this is kind of interesting. I've seen Octopus when we were at Little Cayman one time. It's friggin huge, and it's only #10 on the largest yachts list.
And the Brits have a helicopter aircraft carrier guarding the river????
July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Superyachts equipped with helipads and submarines have joined Britain’s biggest warship, more than a dozen tall ships and cruise liners on the Thames River for the Olympic Games.
Octopus, the yacht owned by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, is moored at West India Dock, where the towers housing Barclays Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc reflect in its gleaming blue hull. Next to it is Westfield Group Chairman Frank Lowy’s white ship Ilona, with a red carpet leading to the gangplank and an Australian flag billowing from the stern.
“We’ve seen some big boats here, but nothing of this magnitude,” said Derek Newell, an analyst at Lehman Brothers International, the remnants of the U.S. investment bank that’s in administration, as he pointed up to Allen’s vessel. “It’s like a small ferry.”
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Octopus tied up on July 20, according to port records. At 414 feet (126 meters) in length, it’s the world’s 10th-biggest superyacht on a list compiled by Boat International Media Ltd., a publisher of yacht magazines.
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Stephens declined to say how much the trust is earning from this year’s visitors. The docks will receive 15 boats as much as 175 meters in length during the games, said Fran Read, a spokeswoman for the trust. Mooring cost as much as 9,000 pounds a day, depending on the size of the ship.
Read More Here
http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloo...ryachts-Dock-in-Thames-for-3737488.php#page-1
And the Brits have a helicopter aircraft carrier guarding the river????
July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Superyachts equipped with helipads and submarines have joined Britain’s biggest warship, more than a dozen tall ships and cruise liners on the Thames River for the Olympic Games.
Octopus, the yacht owned by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, is moored at West India Dock, where the towers housing Barclays Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc reflect in its gleaming blue hull. Next to it is Westfield Group Chairman Frank Lowy’s white ship Ilona, with a red carpet leading to the gangplank and an Australian flag billowing from the stern.
“We’ve seen some big boats here, but nothing of this magnitude,” said Derek Newell, an analyst at Lehman Brothers International, the remnants of the U.S. investment bank that’s in administration, as he pointed up to Allen’s vessel. “It’s like a small ferry.”
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Octopus tied up on July 20, according to port records. At 414 feet (126 meters) in length, it’s the world’s 10th-biggest superyacht on a list compiled by Boat International Media Ltd., a publisher of yacht magazines.
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Stephens declined to say how much the trust is earning from this year’s visitors. The docks will receive 15 boats as much as 175 meters in length during the games, said Fran Read, a spokeswoman for the trust. Mooring cost as much as 9,000 pounds a day, depending on the size of the ship.
Read More Here
http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloo...ryachts-Dock-in-Thames-for-3737488.php#page-1
