Force Blue
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Force Blue |
| Owner: | Flavio Briatore |
| Builder: | Royal Denship |
| Launched: | 2002 |
| Sponsored by: | Roy Speer |
| Homeport: | Cayman Islands |
| Status: | operational, for hire |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lloyds of London |
| Type: | Yacht |
| Length: | 63.23 m (207.4 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.38 m (37.3 ft) |
| Draft: | 2.95 m (9.7 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4000 hp |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 2000 hp Caterpillar Inc. |
| Speed: |
Max:17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) Cruise:14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Crew: | 17 |
Force Blue (formerly Big Roi) is a trawler-expedition style luxury yacht built by Royal Denship in 2002. She is presently the world's 78th-largest superyacht
Design
Built in 2002 by Royal Denship, she was designed by Ole Steen Knudsen and Tom Fexas as part of Royal Denship's "expedition" series, that included Turmoil and Big Aron. She was commissioned by Roy Speer, the founder and owner of the Home Shopping Network.
Briatore
Purchased from Speer by Italian motorsports entrepreneur Flavio Briatore for £68.2m,[1] she was given a refitted interior designed by Celeste dell`Anna, and given a blue exterior.
Available for hire at a rate of $250,000 per week,[2] in 2009 at the Monaco Grand Prix, she became the location of a meeting between the FIA and FOTA to resolve proposed regulation changes for the 2010 Formula One season.
Recent History
M/Y FORCE BLUE was seized by Italian Customs Officers in May 2010 in La Spezia, near Genoa. Officers from the Guardia Di Finanza took control of the vessel with the authority of a local prosecutor. The claims made against the vessel’s owners, Autumn Sailing Ltd, state that there is outstanding VAT owing which should have been paid on the fuel used by the yacht.
See also
References
- ↑ "La Dolce Vita: What really drives Flavio Briatore?". The Independent. 2008-09-23. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/la-dolce-vita-what-really-drives-flavio-briatore-938708.html. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ↑ "Big Blue". ypigroup.com. http://www.ypigroup.com/yacht-force-blue-charter.html. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
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