On Friday the world’s largest superyacht, otherwise known as the Eclispe, was launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. The 170 meter yacht is being built for the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and costs an estimated EU300 million. The 13,000 tonne luxury yacht has room for 24 guests with 70 crew and can achieve a cruising speed of 22 knots.
Above you can see a time lapse video from Fridays launching.
More information and pictures on the Eclipse can be found at Sail-World.com and SuperyachtTimes.com
PS – If anyone can translate the video above, feel free to do so in the comments section!
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After graduating the Catholic University of America in 2005 with a B.S.B.A. in Finance, Mike went on to Tahoe to help with the launch of gCaptain's sister site, UnofficialNetworks.com. In June of 2008 Mike joined gCaptain.com as the first full-time employee in charge of the day-to-day operations of gCaptain.com and Unofficial Networks, LLC.
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