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OCTOPUS superyacht
Launched in 2003, the
127m (416ft) Octopus was the world's number one
largest yacht. Currently, she is the largest
expedition yacht. Octopus cost Paul
Allen--co-founder of Microsoft over US$200
million. She sports an ice-class 1A steel hull,
allowing her to safely traverse the iceberg-filled
seas surrounding the southern-most continent. The
eight decker has a submarine with the capacity to
sleep eight for up to two weeks underwater! Yaht Octopus
needs a US$20 million annual budget and a crew of
60, including several former Navy Seals.
Today, the yacht
Octopus remains one of the largest private yachts in
the world. Her size, however, is surpassed by the
scale of her ambitions. Allen himself famously
described her as “less a Bentley than a Range
Rover,” because of the state-of-the-art equipment on
board.
After the sale in 2021, Octopus yacht has been available
for charter, making the occasion with a two-year
round-the-world tour, which began in January 2022.
The mega yacht spent the first half of the year
visiting costa Rica, Panama, and South America
before starting her journey to the southmost
continent in early December 2022.
Yacht Octopus's 2021 refit boasts an ice class for polar
exploring. In her garage are 7 tenders including her
powerful 54’ Delta ‘tender.’ With a glass-bottom
observation lounge, and a fully equipped dive
center, including an ROV, make the undersea part of
every expedition. A stylish new Beach Club opens to
the sea.
Octopus’ tour of Antarctica voyage is among the
first superyacht expeditions to the region. This
opportunity, often only afforded by researchers and
documentary-makers, will bring intrepid explorers to
face to face with some of the most breath-taking
landscapes and wildlife, opening up the
least-explored continent on earth for ski touring,
ice exploring, polar plunges. Cost? $2.2 million per
person. Limit:12 guests.
We build this primarily
wood Octopus yacht model the following sizes:
34.5"
long (1/144 scale), 41" long
(1/100 scale), and 60" long.
This
Octopus yacht
model
is built per commission only. We require only a
small deposit (not full amount, not even half) to start the process. The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed. Click for
lead time.
Please note: -
Octopus
yacht comes with a shiny black base. A wood inlay base as shown
above is $500 extra.- Light feature is $600 extra. - The model on this page is static
(not remote controlled.)
For another yacht that Paul Allen owned,
click here: TATOOSH
Learn more about the yacht
Octopus here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(yacht)
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