Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Staggered to find this glamourous beast outside rear window this morning. Anchored in the outer harbour in the mist. I had a tip through from Jan T that it is actually called Octopus and is owned by none other than Paul Allen co-founder of Microsoft. So quite a celebrity vessel. Hard to convey how big this is..it looks like motor launch shape but on a massive scale. Well you have to spend all that dosh on something!
Type in Octopus on BING and you get all the details on Wikipedia and others.
At the time of its construction it was the worlds biggest superyacht...now standing at 12th biggest, according to Wikipedia.
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Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Fascinating Tom and it has now washed up in Dover of all places. Never a dull moment.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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quite a scoop there, i wonder if whoever is on board will visit the town?
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THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
Somehow i didnt hear this helicopter landing even though they are noisy beasts...all I know is that it wasnt there before.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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You can track it on the marinetraffic.com website. Her last port of call was the Panama Canal, I suppose she has come from the US west coast to give her owner somewhere to stay while he enjoys Dover 's famous night life.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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good point peter, in case he is looking in here is a taster.
he will have to check with club to find out what the dress code is though.
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They are clearly looking in onboard...because immediately after Howard put up those pictures they took off to check out the fab nightclub shown...
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Ah...Octopus is gone. In a matter of moments she slipped silently out of the Eastern entrance..perhaps preferring the nighlife in Deal!!
But seriously though was great to see such a vessel and to capture a few pics for the forum. She left at 11am.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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probably all for the best paul, if they had turned up scruffy they would not have been let in.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Ooooh way to make an entrance landing your helicopter on the yacht!
Guest 711- Registered: 1 Mar 2011
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Amazing to see Octopus in Dover Harbour.
An article in yesterday's Sunday Times included her in a list of superyachts expected to take up berths in Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf and the Royal Docks in East London for the Olympics.
Eclipse, one of the world's biggest superyachts at 538 ft long and owned by Roman Abramovich is also expected.
We actually saw Eclipse in Barcelona last week. Wonder if she will pay a visit to Dover as well!
Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
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Saw this yacht hanging around about 2 miles from south foreland lighthouse for a good 50 mins while I walked alOng the cliffs late morning. There was a helicopter flying very low over maybe it belonged to that?
Keeps politics to myself
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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She is now bound for Hamburg.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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Dover's looking more like Monaco every day!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I wish !
Roger
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"I wish!"???
A playground rather than a hive of industry? A 'private' fiefdom where money is King?
Ah well Roger. If or when the land-yachts moor upon the Western Heights you may well get your wish.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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A hive of industry? Yes, if tax avoidance is an industry.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I was meaning that I wish Dover was the kind of place where people with big yachts and lots of money want to come and moor their boats for a while and do some serious spending in Town.
Roger
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We do have BarryW......
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
