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Tatoosh (yacht)
Tatoosh (yacht)
M.V. Tatoosh[2] Metric Length Beam Draft Displacement Speed Crew Engines 92.40 metres 14.90 metres 4.30 metres 2300 tonnes 35 km/h 30 member 2 x 3300 kW 2 x 4400 Hp Imperial 303 feet 49 feet 14 feet 2260 tons 19 knots
In the harbour of La Rochelle 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]
Docked at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town • Five decks; • a master 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
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. As of November 25, 2008 she was moored in the Port of St. Petersburg, FL.
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As of March 15 2009, she is currently anchored in Key West, FL. As of March 27 2009 she is back in St. Pete. As of April 21, 2009, she is docked in New Orleans, La. on the Canal St. wharf on the Mississippi River.
Features and principal dimensions
Tatoosh’s features include:
Principal dimensions
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Tatoosh (yacht)
Business Journal (Seattle) - September 28, 2001) [5] America’s 200 Largest Yachts 2002 Power & Motoryacht [6] "Playboy waits for his African throne". The Sunday Times. 2006-09-03. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/ 0,,2089-2340345,00.html.
In the harbour of Valletta, Malta
See also
• • • • Octopus Yacht List of motor yachts by length Yacht Yachting
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].
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
Notes
[1] See List of motor yachts by length [2] ^ Nobiskrug - die Werft im Herzen Schleswig-Holsteins [3] Kusch Yacht [4] McCaw selling houses, planes and boats in downsizing effort (Puget Sound
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