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 ya
cht.
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, re
fit Pel
orus 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 when
ever new guests arrived on their helicopters.
Pelo
rus 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, Pelor
us, 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 yac
hts faster and faster.
So back to our original question: how much do yac
hts like the
Pelo
rus cost and how
much should you spend on a yac
ht of your own?
The answer ultimately depends on your perspectives about your wealth and the
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