Pelorus Yacht

Pelorus Yacht

If there were a mega-yacht beauty pageant, Pelorus may win it. Pelorus is such a pretty yacht that even before the yacht's delivery in 2003, the commissioning owner of Pelorus received no fewer than five offers to sell her.

Much of the credit for Pelorus yacht's beauty goes to Tim Heywood Design of Rutland, United Kingdom and Terence Disdale Design of Surrey, also of the United Kingdom who designed its exterior and the interior, respectively, of the yacht.

The bidding war was eventually won by Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch and the owner of Eclipse and Luna who had Germany's Blohm & Voss, the original ship builder, refit Pelorus in 2005 and 2007 with additional functional, protective and esthetic features, including four new zero-speed stabilizers, as well as a second helipad so that his own helicopter does not need to be moved whenever new guests arrived on their helicopters.

Pelorus is 377 feet (115 meters) in length (328 feet or 100 meters in length at water line), weighs over 5,000 tons, carries over a quarter million liters of diesel, and has two 5,000 horse power Wartsila 12v26 diesel engines that give it a maximum speed of 19 knots. It can accommodate up to eighteen guests who are served by a crew of forty-six, who live on board year-round.

The name, Pelorus, by the way, comes from the Greek word, "pelorios", which means "vast". The fact that today, this vast ship that is longer than a football field only ranks as the 20th largest megayacht in the world attests to the acceleration of the ego fest that is leading to bigger and bigger yachts faster and faster.

So back to our original question: how much do yachts like the Pelorus cost and how much should you spend on a yacht of your own?

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