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Megayacht SKAT belongs to one of Microsoft founders, the father of Excel. SKAT is built by Lurssen and is 71 meters long. SKAT means "my love" in Danish.
Arrival Bergen 2014-06-22
Megayacht SKAT belongs to one of Microsoft founders, the father of Excel. SKAT is built by Lurssen and is 71 meters long. SKAT means "my love" in Danish.
This guy was jumping over benches and I had to wait very patiently until I was able to get a clear shot of him doing it.
The 70.7m long luxury yacht Skat owned by Charles Simonyi, a Hungarian-American computer software executive of Microsoft, philanthropist and space tourist.
General specifications
• Construction: Lürssen Werft, Bremen, Germany, 2002
• Home Port: Georgetown, Cayman Islands
• Length: 70.70m / 233′
• Width: 13.5m / 44.3′
• Draft: 3.7m / 12.1′
• Displacement: 1636 metric tonne
• Hull: Steel hull, aluminum superstructure
• Engines: 2 × 2000 kW / 2682 hp MTU gas turbine
• Cruising Speed: 15 knots
• Max speed: 17 knots
• One engine operation: 13 knots
• Fuel: 210.000 liter (55,000 gallons)
• Water: 56.000 liter (14,793 gallons)
• Guests: 10
• Crew: 16
• Designer: Espen Oeino
• Interior designer: Marco Zanini
• Stylist: Espen Oeino
Features
• Elevator serving all four decks
• Leisure platform with Jacuzzi
• A gymnasium located centrally under the mast
• Helipad on the upper aft deck servicing a helicopter painted in colors matching the yacht.
• Observation platform with helm control halfway up the central mast.
• Two tenders
• Two Jet Skis
• Motorcycles and accompanying lift
The yacht can achieve a speed of 13 knots on just one engine. A cooling pump integrated into the gearboxes assures safe operation on one engine by pumping oil through the idle gearbox. The shaft of the idle engine can be disengaged, leaving the idle propeller and shaft to freewheel.
(Wikipedia)