#23: MDUSE—198’10”

While Mduse had been for sale a while ago, she—along with about 48 miles of wiring and cabling for arguably the most sophisticated audio-video system aboard a yacht of her age—has been withdrawn from the market. She made an appearance in New Orleans this spring; no word on whether her owner, Paul Allen (see Octopus, no. 2) invited some of the city’s notable jazz musicians onboard to use the music studio.

Y: 1996; B: Feadship/Royal De Vries Scheepsbouw, Holland; N: De Voogt Naval Architects; H: steel; E: 2/1,700-hp Caterpillars

America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007

This article originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.