Too Big or Not Too Big That is The Question?

Roman Abramovich's Yacht "Eclipse" 557ft it is currently the largest privately owned yacht in the world, but is it too big? Antibes port authority think so when she was refused entry into the port due to the fact that the Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Alsaud's yacht "Kingdom 5KR" 265ft was docked there.
The port authority were asked by the crew of Eclipse if it could dock beside Kingdom 5KR but they were told that there was not enough space for the two yachts and that they were too big. The space where Kingdom 5KR was docked was the only space in the harbour big enough to dock Roman Abramovich's giant yacht.

A source at the port said that " He is always welcome to dock his yachts here so he can go to his villa on the sea front, but a yacht of this size its just not possible."


So Eclipse had to anchor just off shore as seen in the above picture and Roman Abramovich and his guests had to go ashore by a tender. Is this yacht to big? Below is a picture of the Princes yacht Kingdom 5KR.

Hermitage 223ft - Lurrsen & Espen Oenio Design

He does it again, Espen Oeino has designed another stylish Yacht. The 223ft Lurrsen "Hermitage" which was launched in October of 2010.


Hermitage was the 5th Yacht to be launched by the Lurrsen Yard in 2010. one of the other yachts launched in 2010 was Phoenix 2 285ft. Hermitage has features such as as a gym, a spa, and a beauty salon, also an elevator with a wrap around stairs in the center of the decks. A distinctive look with the yachts exterior design is the use of blue tinted glass. with her sharp looks and the blue tinted glass makes for a very stylish yacht. The beam of the boat is 13m so with lots of internal space for catering for her 12 guests and owners.




She is on her way to Antibes in France, go on to the Yacht tracker and see if she has arrived yet.