Sergey Brin
142 meters of pure luxury: Google founder receives the huge yacht “Dragonfly”.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is switching gears: his old yacht is being sold; a 142-meter monster from the Lürssen shipyard now bears the name “Dragonfly”. She revealed some details.
Luxury yacht manufacturers rarely talk about the wonders they spend years building for their customers. In the industry, discretion is the top priority. Sometimes there are exceptions. Even though Lürssen of course doesn’t talk about the new owner of the “Dragonfly”, the shipyard revealed a few details on the occasion of the delivery of the 142-meter ship.
The “Dragonfly”, previously called “Alibaba”, has now been delivered. The huge ship will arrive in Barcelona in the coming days, a reveals. Then none other than Google co-founder Sergey Brin is looking forward to the first trip on his new yacht. The owner of the yacht was revealed in advance by specialist media such as “”.
Mega yacht with all amenities
The “Dragonfly” is one of the largest ships that Lürssen has built to date. At 142 meters long, it’s not enough for the top 10 longest yachts in the world, but Brin can currently enjoy 12th place with the ship and sit ahead of Alexei Mordashov’s “Nord”. The oligarch will be annoyed.
Lürssen writes that the “Dragonfly” is equipped with all the amenities one could wish for in such a mega-yacht. It says: “Key amenities include a glass-bottom pool on the main deck, a cinema, a spa and a water sports center. She also has a dedicated business deck that houses a large office, a gym, a games room and a helicopter hangar .”
The “Dragonfly” is also equipped with a folding platform system at the stern, which can be used to create a “spacious and versatile beach club area with direct access to the water.” Two helipads complete the design.
$450 million
The price of the yacht is estimated at around 450 million US dollars, the ship database “” initially wrote that the ship can accommodate 24 guests and 45 crew members, but later corrected this to 18 guests and 40 crew members.
The yacht only recently received its name. The old ship from Brin was already called “Dragonfly”, but is now called “Capricorn”.
Source: Stern
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