Sailing Machines

Octopus is owned by Microsoft�s Paul Allen. Currently this is the second biggest yacht, next to Oracle�s Larry Allison�s Rising Sun. Octopus gets its distinct yet familiar characteristics that goes along with other mega yachts in the club designed from her manufacturer Lurssen yachts. Octopus belongs in the same fleet as Carinthia VII, Pelorus, Air and Le Grand Bleu, however she was not designed by Tim Heywood as the rest in the fleet. Octopus was built by Lurssen Werft and styled by Espen Oeino Design.

Octopus is 126 meters (414 feet) in overall length, 21 meters (19.2 feet) in beam. She costs over US$ 200 million, and onboard she carries 2 helicopters, a submarine, cinema, recording studio, jacuzzi, watersports center, personal watercraft bay and all the luxuries and amenties one would imagine on one of the most expensive yachts in the world.