Neem een kijkje op het luxe superjacht van Roman Abramovitsj

De Russische miljardair Roman Abramovitsj lijkt Britse sancties te willen ontlopen door zijn superjachten te verplaatsen naar veilige wateren.
Zijn vlaggenschip ‘The Eclipse’ is van de Cariben naar Turkije gevaren en kostte bijna 700 miljoen euro om te bouwen.
Ooit lag het schip in New York en kon Robert Johnson van Insider er een serie foto’s van maken.
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Net als andere Russische oligarchen probeert Roman Abramovitsj westerse sancties zoveel mogelijk te ontlopen. Dat betekent ook dat hij zijn superjachten snel naar veilige wateren heeft gebracht.

Wat de miljardair niet kan verhuizen, probeert hij te verkopen. Zo ook de Londense voetbalclub Chelsea, die Abramovitsj voor miljarden in de etalage heeft staan.

Het 168 meter lange vlaggenschip van Abramovitsj, genaamd ‘The Eclipse’, kostte naar schatting bijna 700 miljoen om te bouwen.

Nadat het Verenigd Koninkrijk sancties instelde vanwege de Russische invasie van Oekraïne, verplaatste Abramovitsj zijn ‘kleinere’ superjacht van bijna 600 miljoen euro, genaamd ‘Solaris’, van Barcelona naar Montenegro. Op 13 maart verliet het jacht dat land halsoverkop weer richting Turkije, zonder bij te tanken.

Later kwam ook The Eclipse aan in Turkije vanuit de Cariben.

Hoewel het superjacht nu op de vlucht lijkt voor Britse sancties, lag The Eclipse enkele jaren geleden aan Pier 90 in Manhattan en kon redacteur Robert Johnson van Business Insider er de nodige foto's van maken. Neem hier onder een kijkje op het superjacht van Roman Abramovitsj.

Neem een kijkje op het €700 miljoen kostende superjacht van de Russische oligarch Roman Abramovitsj

Just south of this public parking lot on the roof of the Pier 90 terminal in New York City sat Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's flagship yacht, the "Eclipse."

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536-feet long and styled after military vessels.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
The 2010 Eclipse cost $700 million and was the world's largest yacht when built.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
The vessel has amenities to rival any ship on the sea — like its own mini submersible, perhaps similar to this— able to dive down 150-feet.

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The Eclipse has two helipads.

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Bulletproof glass and armor plates wrap the length of Roman's master suite and the bridge.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
And a German-built missile defense system.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
The ship's also supposed to have a laser defense against paparazzi trying to photograph the yacht's guests, but saw no evidence of the device when we were there.

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The Eclipse has three launch boats.

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That looked to be stocked with medical supplies and a variety of handheld radios.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
From the cruise ship parking lot it felt like we were almost on the Eclipse itself.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
But with little chance we'd be invited aboard through the ship's door here ...

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
... We hoped to find one of the 70 crew members required to sail the Eclipse and see if they'd tell us what ship life was like.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
But we found no one interested in talking.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
But we certainly didn't feel like paparazzi, or that we'd be lasered, when we were in the parking lot tourists use when they arrive to board their cruise.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
From up here, the ship was simply stunning and the amount of work required to keep her that way apparent.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
The Yacht Report says owning a superyacht costs about 20% of the ship's initial value every year.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
But experts believe that Roman probably pays $75 million a year to run the private cruise ship with 24-guest suites.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
Looking at the layout of the ship gets us talking about the two swimming pools inside, the disco, cinema, hair salon, and restaurant.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
The billionaire's guests would use this door to enter any fore part of the deck.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
Perhaps noting where the life rings were as they made their way about the ship.

Robert Johnson/Business Insider
At 13,000 gross tons, the Eclipse was, at the time, the largest vessel to use a special stabilization system to keep it calm in rough waters while anchored or moving slowly through the sea.

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Roman faced a $150,000 tab for parking the Eclipse in New York City while possibly visiting his daughter and her new baby — about $2,000 a day.

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A large yacht like the Eclipse can hold over 100,000 gallons of fuel.

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Depending on the current price of fuel, a five-hour cruise each way could cost about $30,000.

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None of those numbers are likely to concern Roman Abramovich, however, who has an estimated net worth of nearly $8 billion.

Source: Forbes

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Here is some drone footage of the superyacht.
You can see interior photos of the luxury yacht at Boat International

Step on board the 162.5m Eclipse – the second largest superyacht in the world

Ali Balli/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.

Neem een kijkje op het €700 miljoen kostende superjacht van de Russische oligarch Roman Abramovitsj

Neem een kijkje op het €700 miljoen kostende superjacht van de Russische oligarch Roman Abramovitsj

Just south of this public parking lot on the roof of the Pier 90 terminal in New York City sat Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's flagship yacht, the "Eclipse."

536-feet long and styled after military vessels.

The 2010 Eclipse cost $700 million and was the world's largest yacht when built.

The vessel has amenities to rival any ship on the sea — like its own mini submersible, perhaps similar to this— able to dive down 150-feet.

The Eclipse has two helipads.

Bulletproof glass and armor plates wrap the length of Roman's master suite and the bridge.

And a German-built missile defense system.

The ship's also supposed to have a laser defense against paparazzi trying to photograph the yacht's guests, but saw no evidence of the device when we were there.

The Eclipse has three launch boats.

That looked to be stocked with medical supplies and a variety of handheld radios.

From the cruise ship parking lot it felt like we were almost on the Eclipse itself.

But with little chance we'd be invited aboard through the ship's door here ...

... We hoped to find one of the 70 crew members required to sail the Eclipse and see if they'd tell us what ship life was like.

But we found no one interested in talking.

But we certainly didn't feel like paparazzi, or that we'd be lasered, when we were in the parking lot tourists use when they arrive to board their cruise.

From up here, the ship was simply stunning and the amount of work required to keep her that way apparent.

The Yacht Report says owning a superyacht costs about 20% of the ship's initial value every year.

But experts believe that Roman probably pays $75 million a year to run the private cruise ship with 24-guest suites.

Looking at the layout of the ship gets us talking about the two swimming pools inside, the disco, cinema, hair salon, and restaurant.

The billionaire's guests would use this door to enter any fore part of the deck.

Perhaps noting where the life rings were as they made their way about the ship.

At 13,000 gross tons, the Eclipse was, at the time, the largest vessel to use a special stabilization system to keep it calm in rough waters while anchored or moving slowly through the sea.

Roman faced a $150,000 tab for parking the Eclipse in New York City while possibly visiting his daughter and her new baby — about $2,000 a day.

A large yacht like the Eclipse can hold over 100,000 gallons of fuel.

Depending on the current price of fuel, a five-hour cruise each way could cost about $30,000.

None of those numbers are likely to concern Roman Abramovich, however, who has an estimated net worth of nearly $8 billion.

Here is some drone footage of the superyacht.

You can see interior photos of the luxury yacht at Boat International

Step on board the 162.5m Eclipse – the second largest superyacht in the world

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