Inside The $8,000,000,000 Mega Yachts — Transcript

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1. 0:00Mega yachts are quite common amongst the
2. 0:02rich and alongside jets and mansions,
3. 0:04they are one of the biggest signifiers
4. 0:06of their status to the rest of the
5. 0:07world. Mega yachts are luxurious vessels
6. 0:10with a professional crew with dimensions
7. 0:12ranging from 79 ft up to 500 ft in
8. 0:15length. There are a lot of expensive
9. 0:17yachts out there and we're going to be
10. 0:18looking at the top five. But even as we
11. 0:20speak now more than ever before, the
12. 0:22ultra rich are spending a lot on the
13. 0:24construction of more of these luxury
14. 0:26vessels. Sam Tucker is the head of super
15. 0:28yacht research at Vessels Value, a
16. 0:30leading vessel valuation company. When
17. 0:32asked, he had a few things to say about
18. 0:34the mega yacht market from 2020. The
19. 0:36market's been roaring. Demand for
20. 0:38extravagantly high-end yachts has
21. 0:40outstripped supply, and it's impossible
22. 0:42to get a slot in a new buildard. They're
23. 0:44totally booked. In other words, 2020 was
24. 0:47a great year to be rich or to be a mega
25. 0:49yacht manufacturer. Any rich person who
26. 0:50owns a yacht would want for the ride to
27. 0:52be just the way they pronounce yacht
28. 0:54with the C silent. [music] And this is
29. 0:56something they take into their own hands
30. 0:57with the exotic features and designs
31. 0:59they implement on these seafaring
32. 1:01vessels. So in this video, we'll be
33. 1:03looking at the five people who have
34. 1:04splurged the most cash on their journey
35. 1:06across the seven seas. But first,
36. 1:08welcome back to our channel. Before we
37. 1:10dive in, make sure you subscribe and hit
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39. 1:14from us. Number five, Dubai, [music]
40. 1:17$400 million. In 1995, Blowman Voss in
41. 1:22collaboration with Lerson began the
42. 1:24project of building this ship for the
43. 1:25Bulkaya of Brunai, Prince Jeffrey.
44. 1:28However, he didn't go through with the
45. 1:29construction so that by 2001, Shik
46. 1:32Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum, the ruler
47. 1:34of the Emirate of Dubai, would have
48. 1:36taken over and completed the project.
49. 1:38This was the largest yacht from 2006 to
50. 1:402009 with a length of 530 ft and a beam
51. 1:44of 72 ft. It has since been replaced as
52. 1:46the biggest boy on the seven seas by the
53. 1:48Eclipse and the AAM in that order.
54. 1:50However, it still boasts some of the
55. 1:52greatest luxuries that one can
56. 1:54experience within its eight decks that
57. 1:56can provide space for 88 crew [music]
58. 1:58members and 115 guests. Guests are privy
59. 2:00to a 10 m swimming pool, a squash court,
60. 2:03a cinema, 20 water bikes, a disco, a
61. 2:06lobster tank, and a pristine dining room
62. 2:08that seats up to 90 guests. The ship
63. 2:11also has a helipad and two long
64. 2:13motorboats. And the four MTU 20V diesel
65. 2:16engines will yeet all this luxury across
66. 2:18the open seas at a speed of 26 knots and
67. 2:21a distance of up to 8,500 nautical miles
68. 2:24at a go. Number four, my plus $527
69. 2:29million. When it comes to mega yachts,
70. 2:31the Emirati are the leading customers in
71. 2:34the market. They own at least half of
72. 2:35the most expensive super yachts in the
73. 2:37world. And the A+ at $527 million is one
74. 2:41of them. It is owned by Mansor bin Zed
75. 2:43al- Nan, the owner of the top English
76. 2:45soccer club Manchester City. He's worth
77. 2:48$22 billion. He's the deputy prime
78. 2:50minister of the United Arab Emirates and
79. 2:52a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family.
80. 2:54The A+ is 482 ft long and has a beam
81. 2:58standing at 70 ft. However, the vessel
82. 3:00is still able to move its massive weight
83. 3:02across the ocean at a service speed of
84. 3:0422.9 knots and a maximum speed over 25
85. 3:07knots. This speed comes from the twin
86. 3:09peel stick engines that generate 7,990
87. 3:13horsepowers each. A+, formerly called
88. 3:16Topaz, is currently the ninth largest
89. 3:18yacht in the world. Despite being
90. 3:20launched in 2012, it has eight decks
91. 3:22with a swimming platform and a swimming
92. 3:24pool, double helicopter landing pads, a
93. 3:26jacuzzi, a fitness hall, a conference
94. 3:28room, cinema, tender garage, and
95. 3:31underwater lights. The rooms are large
96. 3:33and clad in luxury designs and the crew
97. 3:35and staff take care of Shake Mansour and
98. 3:37any guest with the best culinary and
99. 3:39hospitality treatments. Number three,
100. 3:42Azam $65 million. This Maggiat is owned
101. 3:46by Shik Khalifa bin Zed al- Nahan. H bin
102. 3:50Zed al- Nahan. Sound familiar? That's
103. 3:53right. Shik Khalifa is the half-brother
104. 3:54of Shik Mansour and is the head of the
105. 3:56ruling family of the UAE. Shake Khalifa
106. 3:59is also the chairman of the Abu Dhabi
107. 4:01Investment Authority, which controls
108. 4:03assets worth almost $900 billion, the
109. 4:07most managed by any ruler anywhere in
110. 4:09the world. But I digress. The Alnahan is
111. 4:12surely an interesting family. And maybe
112. 4:14you can let us know in the comments if
113. 4:15you'd like to see a video about them.
114. 4:17So, when you consider all this wealth
115. 4:19and status, having the largest private
116. 4:21super yacht in the world at a price of
117. 4:23$65 million at an annual cost of $60
118. 4:26million will not seem like such a big
119. 4:28deal anymore. The yacht was built and
120. 4:30released by German shipyard Lerson
121. 4:32Yachts in 2013. And it has a length of
122. 4:35590 ft, a salon at 95 ft, and a beam of
123. 4:3859 ft. And yet, despite its huge size,
124. 4:41the two gas turbines and diesel engines
125. 4:43generate up to 47,000 horsepower, enough
126. 4:46to move the behemoth at a top speed of
127. 4:4832 knots. And while the vessel darts
128. 4:51through the open seas at high speed,
129. 4:53it's 60 crew members and 35 passengers
130. 4:55take it slow and soak in the beauty of
131. 4:57the Earth, the water, which is probably
132. 4:59what the fishes call the planet.
133. 5:00However, unlike our planet, the AAM is
134. 5:03properly named and the name of the yacht
135. 5:05being an Arabic word that translates to
136. 5:06resolute in English. The four ship is
137. 5:09about 50 meters in length and has a
138. 5:10helellipad on it. Inside the
139. 5:12multi-decked yacht, there are about 50
140. 5:14guest rooms, a master suite, and several
141. 5:16other immaculate amenities meant for
142. 5:18royalty. The interior design was done by
143. 5:20Kristoff Leone of Naughty Yachts.
144. 5:22Perhaps the most remarkable thing about
145. 5:24this yacht is that it took Len and Leone
146. 5:26just 3 years to build this wonder. At
147. 5:28almost 600 ft, the ship is 57 ft longer
148. 5:32than the next yacht on our list. Number
149. 5:34two, Eclipse, $1.5 billion. Blow and
150. 5:38Voss are a subsidiary of Lerson, which
151. 5:40is probably the top ship building
152. 5:42company in the world. In its beginnings,
153. 5:44Blow and Voss specialized in building
154. 5:46military vessels, with the Bismar vessel
155. 5:48being its most iconic. They launched the
156. 5:50Eclipse in 2010, 6 years before being
157. 5:52acquired by Lerson and stands at 533 ft.
158. 5:56It was the longest yacht until the Azam
159. 5:58came along in 2013, and today it remains
160. 6:00the fourth longest super yacht. The
161. 6:02Eclipse has two powerful diesel engines
162. 6:05that propel the yacht at 22 knots with
163. 6:07almost 40,000 horsepower. And staying
164. 6:09true to their military history, Blow and
165. 6:11Voss have attached a missile detection
166. 6:13system and a submarine that will
167. 6:15submerge as low as 50 m into the water.
168. 6:18However, defending against military
169. 6:19attacks is not all there is to this
170. 6:21yacht. Because what form of attack is
171. 6:23more insidious than the piercing camera
172. 6:25lens of the paparazzi? That's right. The
173. 6:27ship comes installed with an
174. 6:29anti-poparazzi system that stops digital
175. 6:31cameras from taking a shot. What the
176. 6:33system does is make use of a laser
177. 6:35shield that beams infrared light to
178. 6:37detect a digital camera and focus bright
179. 6:39light on it to render any photo useless.
180. 6:42Basically, a high budget high-tech
181. 6:44version of the police shining a torch in
182. 6:46your eyes and then proceeding to slap
183. 6:47you in the face. Eclipse has 24 guest
184. 6:50cabins, two large pools, many hot tubs,
185. 6:52a disco hall, and two helipads. The
186. 6:55vessel is owned by Russian Israeli
187. 6:57billionaire businessman Raman
188. 6:58Abramovich. He's also the owner of the
189. 7:01English soccer team and current
190. 7:02champions of Europe, Chelsea Football
191. 7:04Club. And when he and Shake Mansour are
192. 7:06done playing in the seven seas, they go
193. 7:08headto-head in the English Premier
194. 7:09League and other European competitions.
195. 7:11He and Shake Mansour splurge a lot of
196. 7:13money on their clubs, sometimes too
197. 7:15much, that the authorities have to slap
198. 7:17them with a fine, but is nothing Mr.
199. 7:19Abramovich can't deal with as his
200. 7:20Eclipse super yacht which is currently
201. 7:22worth $1.5 billion is only a fraction of
202. 7:25his $18 billion wealth. Number one
203. 7:28history supreme $4.8 billion. This
204. 7:33vessel is the smallest on our list. It's
205. 7:35not remarkably fast and it has the least
206. 7:37amount of utilities but is the only one
207. 7:39covered in gold, platinum, and other
208. 7:41luxurious metals. It is said to have
209. 7:43been designed by Liverpool luxury
210. 7:45designer Stuart Hughes in 2011. When
211. 7:47Hughes announced the project, he didn't
212. 7:49expressly state who the owner was, but
213. 7:51gave hints to suggest it was Malaysian
214. 7:53billionaire Robert Qu. He is one of only
215. 7:55three Malaysians with a net worth of
216. 7:57over 5 billion, with the other two
217. 7:59having a net worth of 5 billion and
218. 8:00Quoke having just over 10 billion. That
219. 8:03makes him the clear culprit since the
220. 8:05ship costs the same as the net worth of
221. 8:06the other two billionaires. The yacht
222. 8:08has a luxurious master suite with a wall
223. 8:11made from meteoric stone with a
224. 8:13sculpture made from real T-Rex dinosaur
225. 8:15bone sourced from Arizona and said to be
226. 8:17worth $89,000.
227. 8:19You know the way people hang sculptures
228. 8:21of dead animals in their house only
229. 8:23richer this time. Now these yachts are
230. 8:24all very expensive and you wonder what
231. 8:26good could come from this level of
232. 8:28vanity. Well, let's hear from Peter
233. 8:30Lerson, the CEO of Lerson and kind of
234. 8:32like the highest authority when it comes
235. 8:34to yachts as we've seen in this video.
236. 8:36He says that on the building of a ZAM
237. 8:38about 6 million hours of manpower was
238. 8:40used and this translates to employment
239. 8:42for over 4,000 families and that's not
240. 8:45counting the number of jobs being
241. 8:46created while maintaining these vessels.
242. 8:48So you begin to realize that the
243. 8:50luxurious lifestyles of the wealthy
244. 8:52actually fund the lives of regular
245. 8:54people. But what do you think of the
246. 8:55five most expensive super yachts in the
247. 8:58world? Which one was your favorite? If
248. 8:59you had $10 billion, would you buy a
249. 9:02yacht? If not a yacht, what would you
250. 9:03rather buy? Let us know in the comments
251. 9:05below. And if you enjoyed this video,
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