Photo Gallery Yacht Fever
The seriously rich are living it up in decadent style on luxury yachts. And they particularly value German craftsmanship. Shipyards like Lürssen and Blohm & Voss are backed up by dozens of companies that seem capable of nearly anything -- even on-board showers that squirt champagne.
The Eclipse, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, was built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg.
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The 163.5-meter yacht was the longest in the world when it was built, but has since been eclipsed by even longer boats.
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Abramovich with his girlfriend Daria Zhukova. His new yacht has its own mini-submarine.
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The Octopus is owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
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The yacht was built by the Lürssen shipyard, based in Bremen, northern Germany.
Lürssen also built the Carinthia VII.
The inside of a yacht at the Hamburg boat trade show.
Yachts gathered for the International Monaco Yacht Show.
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The interior of the Phoenix, another product of the Lürssen shipyard.
The staircase in the Phoenix.
The interior of the Skat, built by Lürssen.
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