DesertFox
03-22-2008, 08:46 PM
Life can have its little irritations when you're cruising around the world on your £100m superyacht.
For example, the endless vista of clear blue sea fails to provide much greenery to ease the eye - apart from the odd tropical island.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_03/yacht3SOLENT2103_468x350.jpg
For the owner of a forthcoming craft named WallyIsland, however, this will not be a problem.
For he, or she, will have a personal ocean-going garden.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_03/yachtSOLENT2103_800x559.jpg
The 325ft-long yacht is to feature a growing area with shrubbery and flower beds, kept healthy by an irrigation system.
It will also have a tennis court, pool and five accommodation decks including a main saloon, dining room, library, cinema, spa and fitness area.
The fuel tanks are so large that they allow for five years of cruising without having to stop for a fill-up.
Its designer, Monaco-based Wally Yachts, is known for coming up with unconventional ideas and is already in negotiations with a potential buyer.
The term megayacht has already been used for private vessels more than 220ft long. However, WallyIsland - which is 59ft across and at half load weighs 2,730 tons, is considered to be in a class of its own and so earns the name "gigayacht".
More (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=541299&in_page_id=1811)
For example, the endless vista of clear blue sea fails to provide much greenery to ease the eye - apart from the odd tropical island.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_03/yacht3SOLENT2103_468x350.jpg
For the owner of a forthcoming craft named WallyIsland, however, this will not be a problem.
For he, or she, will have a personal ocean-going garden.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_03/yachtSOLENT2103_800x559.jpg
The 325ft-long yacht is to feature a growing area with shrubbery and flower beds, kept healthy by an irrigation system.
It will also have a tennis court, pool and five accommodation decks including a main saloon, dining room, library, cinema, spa and fitness area.
The fuel tanks are so large that they allow for five years of cruising without having to stop for a fill-up.
Its designer, Monaco-based Wally Yachts, is known for coming up with unconventional ideas and is already in negotiations with a potential buyer.
The term megayacht has already been used for private vessels more than 220ft long. However, WallyIsland - which is 59ft across and at half load weighs 2,730 tons, is considered to be in a class of its own and so earns the name "gigayacht".
More (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=541299&in_page_id=1811)