Tatoosh (yacht)
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Tatoosh is a 301-foot (92 m) private yacht owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who also owns the 416-foot (127 m) Octopus. She is now the world's 26th-largest superyacht.[1]
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[edit] History
Originally built for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw, Tatoosh was built at Rendsburg in Germany by Nobiskrug and completed in June 2000.[2]. Design and Construction by Kusch Yachts [3]. She was purchased by Paul Allen in 2001 at a reported cost of $100 million. [4]
[edit] Features and principal dimensions
Tatoosh's features include:
- Five decks;
- a master Greg suite, a saloon and other rooms on the top deck;
- a saloon with a French limestone fireplace, a dining area, staterooms and a ladies' powder room on the main deck;
- a lobster tank;
- a shaded six-foot (1.8 m) deep swimming pool, located aft on the main deck beneath a full overhang;[5]
- a movie theater;
- facilities to transport two helicopters on the top two decks;
- a custom Hinckley powerboat (about a 40 footer (12 m));
- a Hinckley sailboat of about 40 feet (12 m);
- 5 sea doo's
[edit] Principal dimensions
| Metric | Imperial | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 92.40 metres | 303 feet |
| Beam | 14.90 metres | 49 feet |
| Draft | 4.30 metres | 14 feet |
| Displacement | 2300 tonnes | 2260 tons |
| Speed | 35 km/h | 19 knots |
| Crew | 30 member | |
| Engines | 2 x 3300 kW | 2 x 4400 Hp |
[edit] Trivia
Teodorín Nguema Obiang, 35, the extravagant eldest son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, (President of Equatorial Guinea, the 3rd largest oil exporter in Africa) paid £400,000 to hire Tatoosh for a Christmas cruise when he entertained rap singer Eve. She was apparently discomfited to discover that Teodorín's father was a cannibal [6].
[edit] Notes
- ^ See List of motor yachts by length
- ^ a b Nobiskrug - die Werft im Herzen Schleswig-Holsteins
- ^ Kusch Yacht
- ^ McCaw selling houses, planes and boats in downsizing effort (Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - September 28, 2001)
- ^ America's 200 Largest Yachts 2002 - Power & Motoryacht
- ^ "Playboy waits for his African throne". The Sunday Times. 2006-09-03. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2340345,00.html.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Photos of Tatoosh in Cape Town 19 October 2008
- Photos of Tatoosh (yacht-images.com)
- Photos and dimensions of Tatoosh from her builders
- Photos and specifications of Tatoosh from her constructors
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/34360855@N04/3296302832/Docked in New Orleans at the Port of New orleans Feb.20 2009
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