531 feet make the mega yacht Dubai the largest private yacht in the world. Originally named Platinum 525, this yacht was commissioned by Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei in 1996, but a lack of funds caused the project to be abandoned a couple of years later. Then, in 2001, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, then Crown Prince and now ruler of Dubai, took over the yacht project, renaming it Golden Star. The mega yacht was finally completed in 2006, and at 300 million dollars (US) it was the most expensive yacht ever built. It was then renamed Dubai after its country of residence, where the yacht is currently kept by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, and the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates … Details & Pictures
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As demonstrated this week, a high-tech speedboat is no match for a Japanese whaling vessel. After being sliced in half in Antarctic waters, anti-whaling ship Ady Gil sank to an inglorious death at the bottom of the ocean after being hit by a Japanese whaling ship. RIP, we say. It was pretty cool ship while it lasted
This week’s face-off between whalers and anti-whaling activists in the Antarctic Ocean was a deep-sea battle straight out of a comic book. As seen in video filmed by both sides, a 171-foot Japanese whaling vessel bore down on an enemy speedboat that resembled a stealth fighter crossed with Batman’s car … Details
A video released by Sea Shepherd showing the ramming from the vantage point of their new vessel, the Bob Barker. It appears that the Bob Barker was sitting parallel to the Ady Gil before the incid…Â Â Â
A space age 78 foot trimaran, the round the world speed powerboat record holder Earthrace, latterly a New Zealand protest ship is said to have been severely damaged by a Japanese vessel as clashes over Japan’s whaling activities in Antarctic waters continue to escalate.
The Sea Sherperd anti-whaling group’s boat, Ady Gil, formerly known as Earthrace, has been almost three metres cut from its carbon fibre bow by a Japanese security vessel Shonan Maru near Commonwealth Bay earlier today, Wednesday and the New Zealand-registered vessel is in danger of sinking …Â Details & Picture
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