Famed Dutch shipyard Feadship, long a favourite of tycoons including Henry Malcolm Forbes, Paul Allen and King Khalid of Saudi Arabia, has just launched its largest yacht ever, the 88-metre megayacht Musashi. The second yacht to be launched in Feadship’s XL custom yacht series, it’s the largest and most expensive Feadhsip ever built. The massive ship’s steel hull was constructed by Feadship’s dedicated hull-building facility in Papendrecht, Netherlands, and was delivered to Makkum for outfitting.
Her quadruple MTU 16V 4000 M90 marine diesel engines kick out a combined 14,600 hp, though the shipyard has not released any performance specs. The Musashi’s naval architecture and exterior design were created by Feadship’s own De Voogt Naval Architects, while the unnamed billionaire who commissioned the yacht hired Sinot Yacht Design to handle the interiors. Could the Musashi be yet another toy belonging to the irrepressible Roman Abramovich? It’s perfectly possible given that he owns the Ecstasea, an 86-metre Feadship built for him in 2004. Something to play with perhaps while he waits for Blohm + Voss to finish that goddamned Eclipse….
