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Offline Evoss

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Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« on: 01 August 2011, 14:43 »
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Paul Allen's (Co-founder of Microsoft) yacht moored up just off the coast last night, here are some facts:

It cost over $200 million to build, general up keep is $384,000 per week and to fill the tank with diesel costs $767,528 (850,000 liters)

Octopus has a full-time crew of 60, including former Navy Seals.

Octopus' features include two helipads on the top deck (one in front and one on the back, each with a helicopter), a sixty-three foot tender docked in the transom, seven boats, a pool on one of the upper decks, a basketball court, and two submarines: one a ground crawler operated by remote control for studying the bottom of the ocean and the other a 10-man vessel with the capacity to sleep eight for up to two weeks underwater. Side hatches at the water line form a dock for jet skis.






Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #1 on: 01 August 2011, 15:22 »
That's nothing. There's a billion dollar (iirc) yacht on sale that's made from precious metals.

I'll try to find the link.

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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #3 on: 01 August 2011, 15:29 »
Sorry my bad. The yacht actually cost $3 Billion!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3705851/3bn-gold-yacht-is-worlds-most-expensive.html

F**k!!... you wouldn't want that to sink now would you!?  100 tons of gold!  :shocked: :shocked:

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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #4 on: 01 August 2011, 15:36 »
Sorry my bad. The yacht actually cost $3 Billion!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3705851/3bn-gold-yacht-is-worlds-most-expensive.html

F**k!!... you wouldn't want that to sink now would you!?  100 tons of gold!  :shocked: :shocked:

id be learning to scuba dive if it did!! :evil:

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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #5 on: 01 August 2011, 15:41 »
Sorry my bad. The yacht actually cost $3 Billion!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3705851/3bn-gold-yacht-is-worlds-most-expensive.html

F**k!!... you wouldn't want that to sink now would you!?  100 tons of gold!  :shocked: :shocked:

id be learning to scuba dive if it did!! :evil:

I probably just jump straight in!

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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #6 on: 01 August 2011, 17:12 »
worlds most expensive mk3..
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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #7 on: 01 August 2011, 20:30 »
I'd rather have the Maltese Falcon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_%28yacht%29

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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #8 on: 01 August 2011, 20:35 »
 :huh: i thought the maltese falcon was a humphrey bogart film  :huh:

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Re: Paul Allen's (Microsoft) $200million+ Yacht...
« Reply #9 on: 01 August 2011, 20:40 »
worlds most expensive mk3..

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