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Who has the biggest boat?
Lake St. Clair Big Boat I don't think any-
Spotted at Gull Island?..nope one around here is
close..., the Eclipse
has the current title
of the largest private
yacht in the world.
The yacht owned by Russian born Roman Abramovich, is 560 feet long,
and was launched June 2009. Mr. Abramovich was #51 on Forbe's top 100
billionaires list in 2009. He lost more than half his fortune in the past year,
mostly due to disastrous performance of Russia's second biggest steel company. An orphan and a college dropout,
Abramovich made his fortune in a series of controversial oil export deals in early 1990s. In 2009, at the age of 42, his
net worth
was at $8.5 ● 410 Boat Wells
billion.
● 40 Covered Wells
The Eclipse ● Gated Security
is 36 feet
longer than ● Restrooms with
the world's Showers
previous
biggest ●Video Surveillance
yacht,
Dubai, 24600 Jefferson Avenue St Clair Shores, MI 48080 ● Power & water hook-
which IN THE HEART OF THE NAUTICAL MILE up at each well
belongs
Ph: 586-775-0852 www.michiganharbor.com
to Sheikh
Mohammed,
the ruler of
Dubai. Her ● Secured Outside
initial cost Storage
was estimat-
ed at $485 ●115,000 Sq. Ft.
million, but Inside Heated Storage
a September KEN'S FAMOUS BURGERS ● The 70 ton travel lift
2009 report is the largest on the
indicated Ken's Marine-Fuel Dock &
that final Convenience Store Nautical Mile.
costs could Beer & Wine
Gas & Diesel Fuel & Pump-out
approach
$1.2 billion.
Eclipse has two helicopter pads, 11 guest cabins, two swimming pools, several hot tubs and a disco hall. She also
comes equipped with three launch boats, and a mini-submarine that is capable of submerging to 50 meters. Approxi-
mately 70 crew members are needed to operate the yacht.
For security, Eclipse is fitted with intruder detection systems and a German-built missile defence system. The win-
dows in Abramovich's master suite and the yacht's bridge are also fitted with bullet-proof glass and both are armor
plated. The yacht is also equipped with an anti-paparazzi shield in the form of lasers that sweep the area, and when
detected, fire a bolt of light right at the camera to obliterate any photograph.
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