Yacht name: Luna
Length: 377 ft • 115 m
Year: 2009
Builder: Lloyd Werft • SBN Stahlbau Nord

Photos: Thilo Klink and Cristian Eckardt • October 2009 • Bremerhaven

15 October 2009: First pictures of Luna (do not copy!), the massive explorer yacht nearing completion at Kaiserdock I …!

See comments below, for indications that this may be Mr Abramovich's replacement for Le Grand Bleu.

Also photos of the Genoa Boat Show, and many more of the Monaco Yacht Show still to come. Stay tuned …

Tags: 377, 2009

Name: Eclipse
Length: 533 - 557 ft • 162 - 170 m ?
Year: 2009
Builder: Blohm & Voss • # 978
Design: Terence Disdale
Volume: 13000 GT?
Owner: Roman Abramovich

Exclusive Photos: HLW • Hamburg • September 2009
Exclusive Photos: Klaus Gaeth • Hamburg • 12 June 2009 & September
Exclusive Photos: Niels Hartmann • Hamburg • 20 June 2009

Please do not copy these photos!

September 2009: Great new photos from Klaus and HLW, showing Eclipse heading off on sea-trials. The name plate is now fitted, the hull has been painted white, funnels and sat masts have been fitted, work is progressing to the doors etc. The change in hull colour already makes her look less bulky and more elegant.


22 June 2009: In these superb new photos from Niels Hartmann, the scaffolding is back on Eclipse and much finishing work still needs to be done. It will be several months before delivery, with early 2010 touted as a likely hand-over date.

The bulbous bow currently doubles up as a duck slide for a sizeable group of mallards.


13 June 2009: Eclipse, the world's largest yacht, was launched yesterday 12 June 2009!

Here is an excellent set of photos from Klaus. She's out of the shed in Hamburg and looks … big.

Greenline Yacht Interiors, who fitted out "A" and are working on 141m MY Swift, are currently working on the interior for Eclipse.

At a reported 13,000 GT she is more than twice the volume of Sigma, but a little smaller in volume than Al Said. The project cost for Eclipse is reportedly about €340 million.

Larger photos here. (To purchase a photo for publication please contact monacoyachts@gmail.com)

Tags: 557, 2009

Yacht name: Pelorus
Length: 377 ft • 115 m
Year: 2003
Builder: Lürssen
Design: Tim Heywood

Photo: monacoeye • July 2008 • Beaulieu
Photo: monacoeye • 11 September 2006 • Nice

Sep: 2006: Coming into Port Infernet Sep 2006.

Owner: Roman Abramovich • see Le Grand Bleu • Ecstasea • Sussurro • Chelsea FC

July 2008: Pelorus with Le Grand Bleu and Queen K in St Jean today. Link to follow.

Tags: 377, 2003

Apparently yachts are big in the online virtual world of Second Life! Real big… Thanks to these nice screenshots sent in by Marc Jackson, we can see that Roman Abramovich's yacht Pelorus is just as well known in Second Life (SL) as in real life, and modelled with remarkable complexity.

Marc Jackson mentions, in comments below, that Lady Mask, the online nom-de-plume for Dubai, was the most complex structure ever built in SL, with 12,900 primatives or pieces. The designers increased her length from 165m to 192m and sold her for a rumoured sum of US $7,500 ! She is now in a secret location.

Yacht name: Sussurro
Length: 164 ft • 50 m
Year: 1998
Builder: Feadship • De Vries • #656
Architect: De Voogt
Design: Don Shead
Interior: Terence Disdale
Speed: 40 knots

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • July 2007

New photos of Roman Abramovich's fast yacht Sussurro.

Tags: 164, 1998

Yacht name: Ecstasea
Length: 282 ft • 86 m
Year: 2004
Builder: Feadship • #790

Photo: May 2006/7 • Monaco/Nice

Roman Abramovich's Ecstasea leaves Monaco after the Grand Prix.

Tags: 282, 2004

Yacht name: Le Grand Bleu
Length: 370 ft • 112.8 m
Year: 2000
Builder: Vulkan
Owner: Roman Abramovich

Lower photo: Mendoza • Vancouver Island • September 2005

The Sun reported that former owner Roman Abramovich gifted this explorer to business colleague Yevgeny Shvidler in 2006.