One speedboat piloted by the world’s most celebrated footballer David Beckham during its cruise down the River Thames, carrying the Olympic torch on the final leg of its journey to the Olympic Park was the 2008 ‘Torchbearer’ Bladerunner BR RIB 35. Now, that very same sleek, futuristic boat built by British yard Ice Marine, and used during the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony will be up for grabs at the Bonhams sale at Mercedes-Benz World Brooklands on December 3rd. This very piece of British sporting history, which comes complete with its original heavy customization appointments, is expected to garner a handsome price of $402,600.

‘Torchbearer’ Bladerunner BR RIB 35

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Everybody with a yacht knows him; Merle Wood, renowned as the most successful billionaires’ yacht broker, is the man whose clients includes Carl Icahn, Larry Ellison, Roman Abramovich, David Geffen, among many others. Owner of the Florida-based Merle Wood & Associates, the world’s premier yacht brokerage company, which claims to have concluded sales in excess of $25 billion, has now listed the superyacht Charade for $13.9 million. Regarded as one of the world’s best looking and most preeminent yachts custom built by The Feadship De Vries Shipyard back in 1990 for relentless investor and Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, this Feadship 46.88 m Charade yacht was also host to Bill Gates for his Hawaiian honeymoon in 1994, besides the setting for Giorgio Armani’s star-studded party for few his Hollywood pals.

Merle Wood lists Feadship’s Charade superyacht custom built for Paul Allen

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Everybody with a yacht knows him; Merle Wood, renowned as the most successful billionaires’ yacht broker, is the man whose clients includes Carl Icahn, Larry Ellison, Roman Abramovich, David Geffen, among many others. Owner of the Florida-based Merle Wood & Associates, the world’s premier yacht brokerage company, which claims to have concluded sales in excess of $25 billion, has now listed the superyacht Charade for $13.9 million. Regarded as one of the world’s best looking and most preeminent yachts custom built by The Feadship De Vries Shipyard back in 1990 for relentless investor and Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, this Feadship 46.88 m Charade yacht was also host to Bill Gates for his Hawaiian honeymoon in 1994, besides the setting for Giorgio Armani’s star-studded party for few his Hollywood pals.

Merle Wood lists Feadship’s Charade superyacht custom built for Paul Allen

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Recognizing that Jaguar’s both existing and future customers enjoy an active and diverse lifestyles, the noted British luxury and sports car manufacturer Jaguar Cars Ltd. has now created an exciting, ultimate and unique styling concept ‘The Concept Speedboat’ to actually complement its exclusively-new XF Sportbrake. Penned by Jaguar’s Director of Design Ian Callum, the powerful looking concept speedboat impressively showcases the design DNA of the manufacturer in a remarkable package, in which beauty and speed are priorities.

Concept Speedboat Jaguar XF Sportbrake

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Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, the exclusively-new yacht ‘Venus’ boasting sleek and minimalist design directly inspired by Apple, is late Steve Jobs’s dream luxury yacht reportedly seen for the first time at shipbuilder Koninklijke De Vries ‘Feadship’s’ facility in the Dutch city of Aalsmeer, just over a year after the Apple founder’s death on 5th October. Controlled by a series of seven, 27-inch iMacs duly set-up in the yacht’s control room, this 230 to 260 feet long yacht, is the result of collaboration of two geniuses of their respective fields; Steve Jobs, renowned for his visionary leadership and innovation, and Philippe Starck, a French product designer renowned as a legend of modern design.

Steve Jobs Yacht “Venus” controlled by iMacs is all set to sail

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Designed to remain structurally sound even after a decade of offshore sailing, here’s the yacht ‘Lyman-Morse 55’ that is built of rugged resin-infused fiberglass to the high standards for which Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding is known. Designed and built to go to sea, and to look class apart, this remarkable new yacht has been introduced straight from the drawing boards of Chuck Paine and Ed Joy, by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company, a midcoast Maine custom boat builder of power and sailing yachts for discerning yachtsmen. Defined to be the culmination of all the insights the iconic yachtmakers Cabot and Heidi Lyman have gained circumnavigating the globe, as well as building and maintaining over hundreds of boats, along with the wide experience of yacht designers, the Lyman-Morse 55 will boast a yachting experience of 250,000 ocean miles in its every detail.

Lyman-Morse 55 sailing yacht

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With impressive oceanographic capabilities, here’s the 74 m long oceanographic superyacht Research Vessel ‘RV’ Pegaso from Edmiston, which certainly suggests that billionaire yacht owners, like this yacht’s owner, demands more from their sailing-yacht trips than just hedonistic getaways. RV Pegaso which doubles as a fully-fledged floating laboratory opens an extraordinary opportunity for true exploration of the world’s oceans, along with privilege to play hands-on role in marine conservation. Owned by an accomplished diver and marine preservationist, this £6 million vessel which has partnered with Ocean Preservation Alliance to assist in her work of restoring and preserving oceans, comes equipped with 5-diver lockout submarine, Ice Class notation, fully commercial helipad, separate scientist quarters, dynamic positioning, wet and dry laboratory area, documentary facilities, dedicated video-editing suite, luxurious accommodation, and much more.

RV Pegaso superyacht

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“When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours that’s relativity.” Taking inspiration from Albert Einstein’s iconic Theory of Relativity, Feadship, the royal Dutch shipyard behind Steve Jobs dream yacht, the Feadship iYacht, which unfortunately, didn’t see the light of the day, has now designed and unveiled its latest Future Concept ‘Relativity’ at the Monaco yacht Show 2012. Named after Einstein’s famous theory, this newest mega motor-yacht was actually created with a particular ‘client’ in mind, as the Feadship speculated on how brilliant scientist Albert Einstein might have used a custom Feadship superyacht to spread a message of knowledge and innovation around the world. Interestingly, the legendary scientist Einstein also had a great passion for sailing, and in his lifetime he owned various yachts.

Feadship unveils its Future Concept superyacht inspired by Albert Einstein’s Relativity

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Well known for building and designing fully customized mega yachts over 50m in steel and aluminium, CRN Yachts based in Ancona, Italy, a super yacht side of the Ferretti Group brand, has now premiered its 60m motor yacht Darlings Danama at the Monaco Yacht Show. With a philosophy to blend luxury, comfort, high performance, and technical innovations into state-of-the-art yachts, CRN ‘Costruzioni e Riparazioni Navali’ shipyard strives to deliver unique products. And, the exclusively new superyacht Darlings Danama makes the yacht maker’s philosophy apparent, as it comes equipped with an exclusive and highly innovative Active Noise Cancellation ‘ANC’ system in the pillow area of the bed in the lavishly designed master suite. Besides, the vessel is characterized by large open areas, circular lines, minimal fittings and art deco spirit, and boasts a lovely white and cream colored exterior with fluid, alluring lines and shapes.

Darlings Danama Superyacht has a noise cancellation system in the master suite

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Widely recognized as one of the most innovative and technically competent design teams in the yacht world, London-based H2 Yacht Design have now collaborated with Laurent Giles Superyacht Architects to develop the spectacular motor sailor yacht Project Atlas. This 110m concept modern motor superyacht has been developed to be used with a combination of motor and / or sails, to not only utilize the efficiency of sail power, but also exploiting the obvious fuel saving benefits. Synergy yacht Atlas’s contemporary 5-deck form is also complimented by the sail arrangement, which actually demonstrates the potential in merging superyacht volume with the graceful elegance of a sailing yacht.

H2 Yacht Design’s Project Atlas is a revolutionary motor superyacht that utilizes the efficiency of sail power

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