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[Dilek DALYANCI]

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When you’re a super-rich celebrity, a standard car to get around won’t suffice, 

you might as well go all out and buy a boat, too…

 

 

Roman Abramovich’s Eclipse was previously the biggest luxury sea vessel ever 

built and cost him a staggering $1.5 billion. The one-of-a-kind vessel has its own 

missile defense system, submarine, and helipad. It’s one of the greatest yachts 

ever designed.

Look familiar at all? You might recognize the yacht as the one recently purchased 

by JK Rowling, and you’d be right. Johnny Depp sold the yacht to the writer. Under 

his command, it was initially named Vajoliroja and later called Amphitrite.

Johnny Depp has kept the antiquated interiors of his boat, fitting for the days 

in which troublesome pirates took to the seas…

Nichole Kidman owns a $4.5 million yacht called the Hokulani. Though it must 

be an incredibly luxurious thing to ride on and looks stunning, it angered Sydney 

residents when the actor left it moored at a wharf, blocking their views.

Beyonce and Jay Z have enjoyed holidays on the Galactica Star, a yacht which 

is worth $50 million and reportedly costs $900,000 a week to rent. The couple 

will have enjoyed the beach club, Jacuzzi, helipad and gallery which are all 

on board.

Bill Gates is a busy man and so usually rent yachts worth up to $330 million. 

The above vessel is owned by Russian vodka mogul Yuri Scheffler and was 

rented by Gates for $5 million a week. It has a nightclub, 24 cabins, a climbing 

wall and a submarine.

The mega-yacht La Regina d’Italia is owned by the world famous designers 

Dolce & Gabbana. As well as being used for holidays and luxury trips around 

the Mediterranean, the yacht has also hosted fashion shoots and runway events.

Tiger Woods is a world famous golfer who’s as well known for his tumultuous 

personal life as he is for time on the golf course. His private luxury yacht is 

fittingly called ‘Privacy’.

Sir Philip Green is one of the most hated men of 2016. He’s being investigated 

for the collapse of shopping line BHS. With MPs petitioning to have him stripped 

of his knighthood, the businessman must be reconsidering his yacht called 

‘Lionheart’.

Leonardo DiCaprio might be a generous actor who dedicated his Oscar awards 

speech to pursuing better a greener future, but that didn’t stop him from hiring 

a luxury yacht out in 2014 to watch the World Cup with his friends.

The guitarist of the band U2, best known as The Edge, bought himself a $12 

million yacht in 2008. The yacht might not be the biggest but it’s a moderate 

140-foot vessel which contains six generous cabins and can sleep up to 

12 guests.

The Va Bene is a luxury yacht which has been owned by guitarist Eric Clapton 

since 2005. The yacht reportedly cost $9 million and was built in 1992 by Kees Cornelissen. It’s 156 ft 9 in long and powered by Intrepid Tender engines.

Eric Clapton loves playing his guitar inside this luxury living area. It’s spacious 

and looks very inviting.

Okay, well Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Yas might not be the most 

well-known celebrity but we had to include him due to his incredible yacht Yas. 

It’s 463 ft long, can accommodate 60 guests and 56 cabin crew, and reaches 

speeds of 26 knots.  

While news circulated in 2014 that Hollywood’s power couple Brad Pitt & Angelina

jolie had bought a £250 million yacht, the evidence to the contrary would suggest 

that the couple simply preferred to rent vessels for their family holidays. 

We wonder if they’ll take trips to sea out separately now they’re divorcing?

Roberto Cavalli owns a yacht fittingly named ROBERTO CAVALLI (RC), which 

measures 134ft long and can accommodate eight guests and four crew members. 

The vessel is fast and travels up to 29 knots, generating a total 7400hp.

Even the royals are at it! Prince William & Kate Middleton have had more fun 

than most on yachts, cruising around on holiday with Pippa Middleton and friends, 

and, more recently, racing in Auckland – Kate won.

The CEO of GoPro bought himself a 180ft yacht worth $50 million back in 2015. 

The multi-millionaire bought the boat for far over the standard price for a similarly

-sized vessel, leading to widespread speculation about its contents.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson clearly have great taste in boats as the couple 

rented the world’s largest sailing yacht. It’s called Phocea and it measures 

246ft long it’s a truly stunning four-sailed masterpiece. No castaways here!

Larry Page owns a $45 million 193ft-long luxury yacht complete with a helipad 

and gym and multiple sun decks. The founder of Google bought the 1999 boat 

Senses in 2011. It has 10 suites and requires a crew of up to 14. 

Steven Spielberg’s yacht is one of the best, or it was until he sold the $184 million 

vessel. It was a 282-foot vessel, with a  15-foot glass movie screen, helipad and 

infinity pool. The last news was that Spielberg was looking to upgrade…

if that’s possible.

Pro Basketball player Latrell Sprewell sold his $1.5 million yacht after he couldn’t 

return the payments on it and was facing repossessions. It’s a good lesson to all 

you aspiring basketball players out there – don’t buy a yacht if you can’t afford it!

Amazingly, the 2016 Rio Olympic park was not completely finished when the 

athletes turned up. Some sports stars had no electricity in their rooms or flooding. 

So we had to include the huge cruise ship the entire team had at hand during 

the games.

Even Piers Morgan has got his holiday rest and relaxation on a luxury yacht, 

as it’s very much the done thing for the celebrity classes. Sometimes you’ve 

just got to sit back and really pray that Jaws is real…

Sure it’s not a yacht but it’s Richard Branson for goodness sake, what more do 

you want? The Virgin owner has a luxurious 32-meter catamaran called the 

Necker Belle. It can reportedly be rented to the public for $110,000 a week

David Geffen owns the 138-meter Rising Sun yacht, which has been rented by 

many notable celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio. The yacht is worth an 

estimated $300 million and can carry 16 guests and 30 members of the cabin crew.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is often cited by the media as having bought a 

yacht, however, she’s more often than not cruising on one of her wealthy friends’

 boats.

We had to include Bono’s ‘yacht’, which was widely publicized in the media. 

The vessel is actually owned by The Edge who went out of his way to say:  

“It’s not Bono’s yacht at all, it’s mine. Bono doesn’t know a thing about boats.”