New Abramovich yacht pictures

Trevor @ Saturday May 8th 2004 11:13

He’s got bath in his boat and I’ve got a boat in my bath, so I can’t really see why the world’s media only wants to interview Roman Abramovich. Anyway, here are some more photos (previous post) which I have received of the Pelorus undergoing what look like hull rib repairs, this time in Malta, if we are to judge by the van in the foreground of one of the photos which belongs to prominent Malta-based yacht repair business, Ray Abela and Son:

Pelorus photos
Photos 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 © 2004 by their owner

Meanwhile, today in the Guardian there’s a report by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark which constitutes one of the first detailed looks at the bizarre and disturbing way in which Abramovich acquired his billions. There’s more of this coming, and some of it ain’t pretty.

(Paraffin, the 197-footer apparently still owned by Yankee Candle Company founder Mike Kittredge but up for charter at around $350K a season, has been in Barcelona harbour for a while now, but who cares about a yacht which in 2003 only ranked 66th in the world?)

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  1. Charles
    June 17th 2004 05:24

    I saw Pelorus in Seychelles in December 2003. All the delegation spent New Year there. Marvellous Yatch

  2. Londonist
    January 19th 2005 22:08 Abramovich Is Bond Villain
    In what’s proving to be a fairly football heavy news day Wealthy Russian Industrialist Roman Abromavich could be facing legal action in a Swiss Court after ÂŁ9 Million has gone missing (in footballing terms that’s 1 Arjen Robben or 3 Alexei Smertins…

  3. barry
    June 29th 2005 23:55

    paraffin at birkenhead now

  4. RıdvaN SeL
    October 14th 2006 01:32

    Merhaba nasılsınız ben rıdvan futbol hastasıyım…abramovich hastasıyım…inanın mac izlemem hep seni izlemke isterim cunku cok yakışıklısınız…
    syn abramovich ?
    :)

  5. abramovich close friend
    April 24th 2007 12:54

    This is the hugest n the most luxurious yacht ever made on the world..

    Maybe you will be the luckiest man when you have a voyage with this one…

  6. henry
    April 24th 2007 13:01

    Bollocks to that. It’s a great big fridge and Abramovich is a cheapskate

  7. Trevor ap Simon
    April 25th 2007 10:33

    It’s a very nice fridge and I’ll pour my own drinks.

  8. Trevor
    September 21st 2009 18:49

    This isn’t the one with the anti-paparazzi laser shield.

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