Saturday, July 4, 2009

Le Grande Bleu in New york (June 27th)

two new photos sent to me by Joan Stevens, the pictures are taken from the ferry to Ellis Island in NYC, and great looking background


Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Le Grand Bleu

Here are some really great photos of Le Grand Bleu probably the best one i have ever seen.
Le Grand Bleu is still in Nassau Bahamas and will be there for several more weeks.the crew is getting her ready for their summer season of cruising!


Le Grand Bleu in the Bahamas







Le Grande Bleu in Jacksonville Ship Yard


Le Grande Bleu in Panama


Le Grande Bleu underway


Bellatrix on Le Grande Bleu

Monday, May 11, 2009

Le Grand Bleu spotted at Bahamas

here is two great pictures sent to me by Larry & Esther Taylor


Here is our picture of the 'Le Grand Bleu' off the 'Breezy Hill' beach on Exuma Bahamas....April 2009 Easter week.

Larry & Esther Taylor, Breezy Hill Exuma, www.breezyhillexuma.com



Le Grand Bleu

Le Grand Bleu is one of the largest private yachts in the world at 370 feet (114 metres) in length. She was built at the Vulkan yard in Germany and was launched in 2000. She was previously owned by an American businessman who sold her to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in 2002. Abramovich had her refitted to his own requirements by HDW in Kiel. This included an internal refit, and the addition of a 16ft swim platform.
Le Grand Bleu is powered by two 3,600-hp Wärtsilä engines. Details about the interiors are scanty as Abramovich is protective of his family's privacy and highly security conscious, but they were designed by Terence Disdale.
After departing the yard, Le Grand Blue headed for the Mediterranean and caused quite a stir wherever she went—and not always for good reasons. She was in Monaco in May 2004, serving as a base for Abramovich during Chelsea F.C.'s (unsuccessful) attempts to beat AS Monaco in the UEFA Champions League. In the weeks prior to that, singer Shirley Bassey complained to The Daily Express that the “big and ugly and new-fangled” behemoth blocked her view of the harbor from her hilltop home in Capri.
In June 2006, Abramovich gave away Le Grand Bleu to friend Eugene Shvidler.

text from wikipedia

Yacht name: Le Grand Bleu
Length: 370 ft • 114 metres
Launched: 2000
Builder: Vulkan
Architect: Kusch Yachtagentur
Engines: 2 x 4570 hp Caterpillars

Le Grand Bleu in the background the military ship is the Germinal F735 from France






There is an yachts on the yachts





Looks like an Eurocopter but I don’t know what model it is.
Edit the helicopter is an Eurocopter EC-135T-1 (thanks Noob Brit from mp.net for the help )





I have no idea why one of the guy is hiding on the floor but they do have a quite nice swimming pool :-)