What a deal

Published 7:00 pm Thursday, November 5, 2015

Before you put your deck shoes away for the winter, there is one more mega-yacht to ponder, Popular Mechanics reports (http://tinyurl.com/SyachtA). Sailing Yacht A was launched recently for a series of sea trials in Germany. One of world’s largest (and possibly ugliest) sailing yachts, the boat belongs to Russian billionaire and mega-yacht collector, Andrey Melnichenko. It is pictured, courtesy of Popular Mechanics.

Sailing Yacht A is 438 feet long, 300 feet tall, weighs in at 14, 224 tons, is operated by means of a black glass panel touchscreen on the bridge, and is capable of up to 24 mph with its combination diesel-electric engine. Apparently no one’s seen it under sail yet.

By the way, the yacht has eight decks, a heli-pad, and a glass underwater observation room. And hey, it only cost a paltry $400 million.

— Elleda Wilson