Tatoosh is a 303-foot private yacht

Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...

 owned by Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

 co-founder Paul G. Allen

Paul Allen

Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates...

, who also owns the 416-foot (127 m) Octopus

Octopus (yacht)

Octopus is a megayacht owned by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. Delivered in 2003, it was believed to be the biggest such yacht at the time of its construction...

. She is now the world's 33rd largest superyacht.

History

Originally built for mobile phone

Mobile phone

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 magnate Craig McCaw

Craig McCaw

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, Tatoosh was built at Rendsburg

Rendsburg

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 in Germany

Germany

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 by Nobiskrug

Nobiskrug

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 and completed in June 2000. Design and Construction by Kusch Yachts. She was purchased by Paul Allen in 2001 at a reported cost of $100 million.
Available for hire, Teodorín Nguema Obiang

Teodorín Nguema Obiang

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, the son of Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

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 paid £400,000 to hire Tatoosh for a Christmas cruise when he entertained rap singer Eve

Eve (rapper)

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.
She is currently for sale from Fraser Yachts.

Features and principal dimensions

Tatooshs features include:

• Five decks;
• a master suite, a saloon and other rooms on the top deck;
• a saloon with a French limestone fireplace, a dining area, staterooms and a ladies' powder room on the main deck;
• a shaded 6 feet (1.8 m) deep swimming pool with adjustable floor in depth, located aft on the main deck beneath a full overhang;
• a movie theater;
• facilities to transport two helicopters on the top two decks;
• custom 40 feet (12.2 m) power and sailboats

Principal dimensions

M.V. Tatoosh

	Metric	Imperial
Length	92.40 metres	303 feet
Beam	14.90 metres	49 feet
Draft	4.30 metres	14 feet
Displacement	2300 tonnes	2260 tons
Speed	35 km/h	19 knots
Crew	35	35
Engines	2 x 3300 kW	2 x 4400 Hp

External links

• Photos of Tatoosh (yacht-images.com)
• Photos and specifications of Tatoosh from her constructors