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(325 feet) "gigayacht" that dwarfs the vast majority of luxury megayachts and reconceives the yacht as a floating personal island, a mobile address that can be used as a home, an entertaining space or even a moving exhibition or show space.
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(325 feet) "gigayacht" that dwarfs the vast majority of luxury megayachts and reconceives the yacht as a floating personal island, a mobile address that can be used as a home, an entertaining space or even a moving exhibition or show space.
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One of its latest creations, the WallyIsland, is 108 meters long and has a 1,000-square-meter forward deck that can be outfitted with a large garden and swimming pool, multiple helipads or any other feature a client desires, earning it the sobriquet of "gigayacht."
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Moguls and oligarchs may seem the least likely people to let others - even at a considerable cost - share their toys, but when we see Roman Abramovich offering his new gigayacht, Eclipse, for private charter at a rate of £1.2 million a week and Sir Richard Branson renting his Balinese-style Australian island, Makepeace Island, for £11,000 a night, it's not so much "the doggy bag mentality" as good old-fashioned business sense.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Moguls and oligarchs may seem the least likely people to let others - even at a considerable cost - share their toys, but when we see Roman Abramovich offering his new gigayacht, Eclipse, for private charter at a rate of £1.2 million a week and Sir Richard Branson renting his Balinese-style Australian island, Makepeace Island, for £11,000 a night, it's not so much "the doggy bag mentality" as good old-fashioned business sense.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Roman Abramovich's gigayacht Eclipse (above), it won't be the world's largest privately owned yacht for very much longer.
Luxist 2010
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Roman Abramovich's gigayacht Eclipse (above), it won't be the world's largest privately owned yacht for very much longer.
Luxist 2010
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Emocean's 200-meter gigayacht touted to be the world's largest
Luxurylaunches.com 2010
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Wally announces new 'floating island' gigayacht: the WallyIsland Genius or lunacy?
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Roman Abramovich's gigayacht Eclipse (above), it won't be the world's largest privately owned yacht for very much longer.
Luxist 2010
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But there are only a hundred-some that meet the definition of a gigayacht—a pleasure craft 295 feet or longer.
A brief history of superyachts Tim Murphy 2024
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