Thanksgiving Octopus

Thanksgiving Octopus was Originally Posted on November 23, 2012 by lavarock

I have not been in town today, but I am hearing the Octopus is in Kailua Bay.

For those who don’t know, that is a 414 foot (126 m) 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. It is currently the world’s 13th largest superyacht, the fifth largest superyacht not owned by a head of state, and the largest expedition yacht.

So why would you want a ship that big?

Well, Octopus sports two helicopters on the top deck (one in front and one on the back), and a 63-foot (19 m) tender docked in the transom. There are a total of seven tenders aboard. The yacht also has a pool, located aft on one of her upper decks, and two submarines (one of them operated by remote control for studying the bottom of the ocean). Side hatches at the water line form a dock for jet skis.

You need SOME kind of ship to hold all that.