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Luxury yachts are making news even as London readies for the Olympics, which starts on 27 July. News reports claim that many billionaires will be bringing their super yachts to float along the river Thames. The obscene display of wealth is sure to draw click-happy locals and tourists who might want to get a closer look at the wealthiest and most famous people of our time. Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich will be sailing in on the Eclipse, a £520 million super yacht that is considered the largest in the world. Measuring in with a length of 563 feet, this super yacht houses a pair of helicopter pads, a couple of swimming pools, bullet-proof windows and even a missile defense system. Giving the Russian billionaire competition will be no less an individual than Bill Gates, who will be bringing his super yacht Gogypus.  Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, is also expected to sail in on Octopus, his 414-foot superyacht. We might also spot Greek millionaire Elena Ambr...

The fans of speed in water must try their hands at an Agouti yacht. Just do it once, and you will know just what you have been missing out on. Well, each of these have been crafted from solid wood and measure up to 20 to 40 meters in length.  As a matter of fact, the Agouti Yachts are quite proud of their traditional boat building methods that seamlessly absorb the modern technologies as well. And all the credit for it goes to the two visionary brothers- Michael and Andreas Grieger. By the way, it took 50,000 hours of handwork on 40 cubic meters of mahogany, 50 cubic meters of cedar wooord, 650 square meters and two tons of carbon-epoxy resin to make their most recent and spectacular 20 m yacht. This one draws its strength from a two 10-cylinder MAN diesel engines that have more than 2,200 bhp. In other words, Agouti can go real fast, to the effect of 32 knots. However, the ambitious designers are aiming to increase the capacity such that the max speed can be 50 kn...