Tatoosh (yacht)

"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 20th-largest superyacht.See List of motor yachts by length]

History

Originally built for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw, "Tatoosh" was built at Rendsburg in Germany by Nobiskrug and completed in June 2000. [http://www.nobiskrug.com/index.php4?prim=62tf&sec=5od3&page=4po5&lang=eng Nobiskrug - die Werft im Herzen Schleswig-Holsteins ] ] . Design and Construction by Kusch Yachts [http://www.kusch-yachts.com Kusch Yacht ] ] . She was purchased by Paul Allen in 2001 at a reported cost of $100 million. [http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2001/09/24/daily43.html McCaw selling houses, planes and boats in downsizing effort] (Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - September 28, 2001)]

Features and principal dimensions

"Tatoosh"'s features include:

*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; [http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/1102americas200/index1.html America's 200 Largest Yachts 2002 - Power & Motoryacht ] ]
*a movie theater;
*facilities to transport two helicopters on the top two decks;
*a custom [http://www.hinckleyyachts.com Hinckley] powerboat (about a 40 footer (12 m));
*a [http://www.hinckleyyachts.com Hinckley] sailboat of about 40 feet (12 m);

Principal dimensions

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 [cite news | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2340345,00.html | title = Playboy waits for his African throne | publisher = The Sunday Times | date = 2006-09-03 ] .

Notes

ee also

* List of motor yachts by length
* Yacht
* Yachting

External links

* [http://www.yacht-images.com/modules.php?set_albumName=Tatoosh&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php Photos of "Tatoosh"] (yacht-images.com)
* [http://www.nobiskrug.com/index.php4?prim=62tf&sec=5od3&page=4po5&lang=eng Photos and dimensions of "Tatoosh"] from her builders
* [http://www.kusch-yacht.de/Pages/references.htm Photos and specifications of "Tatoosh"] from her constructors