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A Russian oligarch's $400 million superyacht is sailing towards Turkey, following allegations of trafficking and money laundering, reports say

• A $400 million yacht tied to a Russian oligarch is sailing towards Turkey, per ship-tracking data.
• The US held it in the Dominican Republic over allegations of money laundering and arms trafficking, per local reports.
• The yacht departed on April 22 without a destination, local media reported.

A luxury yacht linked to a Russian oligarch is heading in the direction of Turkey after it was reportedly investigated by the US over accusations of arms trafficking and money laundering.

The Flying Fox, a 446-foot vessel worth $400 million, is owned by Dmitry Kamenshchik, according to media   reports . Kamenshchik, chairman of Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, has a net worth of $2.1 billion, per Forbes .

The superyacht was first anchored on March 21 in Port Don Diego in the Dominican Republic for one month before it set sail on April 22 with no destination, local newspapers Dominican Today and Diario Libre reported.

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At time of writing, Flying Fox was sailing east off the coast of Algeria, its nose pointed towards Turkey, according to ship-tracking data by Marine Traffic . The destination port was "not recognized," on Marine Traffic's site.

Turkey's government hasn't sanctioned Russia over its war in Ukraine, meaning that Russian oligarchs' assets are safe from seizure in the country. Over the past few months, Turkey has become a popular destination for Russian oligarchs' yachts to moor and avoid sanctions, including Roman Abramovich  and  Oleg Deripaska 's vessels.

When the Flying Fox was docked in Port Don Diego in March, authorities from the US and the Dominican Republic boarded the yacht to carry out a search for alleged trafficking and money laundering, Diario Libre and Dominican Today reported. The authorities then seized the yacht, per both reports.

Luis Abinader, president of the Dominican Republic, said if there were no findings from the investigation of the Flying Fox, the authorities would release the yacht, Diario Libre reported.

The Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed to Dominican Today that the Flying Fox had left the port in April but workers in the port told the online newspaper and Diario Libre that they were unaware of where the yacht was headed to.

The US Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the ministry for the president of the Republic didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

The Flying Fox was rumored to belong to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos , but a representative of the retail giant told Insider in August 2019 that it wasn't his vessel. The superyacht features a large swimming pool, a cinema, a hospital, and two helipads, per SuperYacht Fan.

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Massive $455 million 'Flying Fox' yacht linked to Russian oligarch Dmitry Kamenshchik is now stuck in the Dominican Republic after U.S. authorities requested an investigation into the vessel

• The Flying Fox yacht, which is reportedly linked to Russian oligarch, Dmitry Kamenshchik has been stuck in the Dominican Republic since March 21
• Dominican Republic officials acted on a request from the United States government and stopped the vessel from leaving the country 
• Homeland Security Investigations agents inspected the superyacht last Friday to determine if there are any connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin 

By Adry Torres For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:50 EDT, 29 March 2022 | Updated: 12:06 EDT, 28 March 2024

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A $455 million superyacht allegedly linked to a Russian oligarch Dmitry Kamenshchik remains anchored in the Dominican Republic after the United States government requested an investigation into the vessel as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine .

The Flying Fox has been prohibited from sailing from the Caribbean island after it arrived there from St. Barts on March 21.

The luxurious vessel docked in the resort town of La Roma to refuel and restock on food supplies. It took off before it was stopped in Santo Domingo and forced to dock at the Don Diego Port.

Agents with the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) visited the yacht last Friday as part of its investigation and were accompanied by officials from the Foreign Relations Ministry, General Directorate of Customs and Office of the Attorney General.

DailyMail.com has reached out to HSI for comment.

The Flying Fox, a $455 million yacht, which is reportedly linked to Russian billionaire Dmitry Kamenshchik, owner of Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, is currently anchored in the Dominican Republic following a petition from the United States government as it investigates any possible connections to President Vladimir Putin as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Homero Figueroa, spokesperson for Dominican President Luis Abinader, said on Tuesday that the Attorney General's office has the results of an inquiry into the Flying Fox superyacht, which is anchored in Santo Domingo as U.S. and Dominican officials investigate whether it is linked to Russian oligarch Dmitry Kamenshchik

The Flying Fox has 57 crew members but not passengers, according to Dominican Republic authorities

Russian billionaire Dmitry Kamenshchik has not been sanctioned by the United Kingdom, European Union and United States. He is the owner of Domodedovo Airport, one of the biggest airports in Russia

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Homero Figueroa, press secretary for Dominican President Luis Abinader, appeared on Color Vision's Today morning show and revealed that the Office of the Attorney General had the results of its inquiry.

'If something is found that conflicts with the legal regulations in the Dominican Republic, we will proceed according to the law. If there is nothing irregular, the yacht will be released,' Figueroa said.

Figueroa added that while there has been a joint collaboration with their U.S. counterparts, each agency has a 'different objective.'

A helicopters on the deck of the luxurious Flying Fox yacht, which has been anchored in the Dominican Republic since March 21

U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents visited the Flying Fox yacht last Friday

'Dominican institutions act in the sphere that the regulations allow and the investigation carried out by the Dominicans obeys a totally different objective than the (United States) institution that was present in the Dominican Republic,' Figueroa added. 'We refer to the possible findings that the Dominican institution (Customs) may find in the raid of the yacht.'

Kamenshchik's 466-foot long yacht, according to Dominican authorities, has 57 crew members but not passengers aboard.

Considered the world's largest yacht available for charter – it has hosted Jay-Z and Beyonce - the Flying Fox features stands 104 feet above the waterline, according to Boat International.

The yacht features a pool, spa, gym and 11 cabins.

Considered the world's largest yacht available for charter – it has hosted Jay-Z and Beyonce - the Flying Fox features stands 104 feet above the waterline, according to Boat International. The yacht features a pool, spa, gym and 11 cabins

The yacht was built in 2019 and features a pool, spa, gym and 11 cabins for 25 passengers.

The investigation into the yacht allegedly tied to Kamenshchik who owns Moscow's Domededovo Airport – one of the largest in Russia – comes as the European Union, United Kingdom and the United States have zeroed on in Russian billionaires and confiscated their vessels, homes and jets for bankrolling President Vladimir Putin.

VesselsValue's head of superyachts, Sam Tucker, recently told Forbes that ownership of the massive vessels by the oligarch's ' is notoriously private.' 

The yachts are typically owned through offshore companies. There are at least 43 yachts are worth at least $5.4 billion. Sanctioned Russian billionaires possess 22 vessels that are worth $3.1 billion.

'Technically speaking, these yachts are owned by a special purpose vehicle, often being in a different jurisdiction to the beneficial owner,' Tucker said. 'There are also lease systems, which further distance the [owner] from the asset.'   

United Kingdom officials seized a Russian businessman's $49 million yacht on Tuesday. Officials boarded the Phi in Canary Wharf, east of London.

The vessel is the first to be detained in the UK under sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine.

'It's just another indication that we will not stand by whilst Putin's cronies are allowed to sail around the world in these kinds of yachts and people in Ukraine are suffering,' Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.

'When you see what he's doing to Ukraine, when you see what he's doing to people's lives, it can't be right to have a yacht like this here in London, able to just sail away, and that is why we've impounded it and denied its ability to go anywhere right now.'

Finland last week seized 21 yachts as it investigated whether they were owned by Russian oligarchs.  

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The Flying Fox, which was Beyonce and Jay-Z’s home for a few weeks in September 2021, has been reportedly seized in the Dominican Republic after some alleged ties to a Russian oligarch. This proves, once again, that it’s not Bezos’.

The Flying Fox was incredibly famous in 2021, and for different reasons. One that is verified was that Beyonce and Jay Z partied on it for a few weeks. And it had a rental price of $4 million a week.

And the second, unverified and debunked, that it allegedly belonged to Jeff Bezos. Before you start rolling your eyes, this rumor has been debunked, and even Amazon released a statement against the rumors. Plus, Jeff Bezos has his own megayacht in the works.

And now, the 446-ft (136 m) charter megayacht has been seized in the Dominican Republic. The yacht arrived in Santo Domingo from La Romana on Monday night, and it was supposed to stay until March 25 to stock up on food and fuel. But the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) carried out a search of the megayacht on Friday afternoon, and the U.S. instructed the Dominican government not to allow the yacht to leave.

The reason is that the yacht is among the vessels wanted by the U.S. and is allegedly owned by a Russian oligarch. According to  CDN , the owner of one of the most luxurious yachts in the world belongs to Dmitry Kamenshchik, who also owns the Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Russia, Forbes reports.

The same outlet reports that this would put the country in the middle of the conflict between the U.S. and Russia, given that this measure is among the sanctions imposed by Washington to all the Russian oligarchs after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The megayacht is powered by two MTU 16V 1163 M84 diesel engines that take it to top speeds of 20 knots (23 mph/37 kph) and a cruising speed of 15 knots (17mph/28 kph), and it can accommodate up to 22 guests in 11 cabins.

When it arrived in the Dominican Republic, the charter megayacht reportedly had tourists traveling on it.

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By SuperyachtNews 28 Mar 2022

Flying Fox detained in the Dominican Republic

This detention is significant because it’s the first time the us has extended its arm beyond its own waters….

According to local reports, the United States government has requested that the government of the Dominican Republic arrest 136m Flying Fox . At this juncture, superyacht arrests are dime a dozen with many such stories having been circulated by the trade and mainstream media, however, the potential arrest of Flying Fox is significant because it represents the first time that the US has extended the reach of its influence beyond its territorial waters with regards to superyachts owned by sanctioned individuals.

It has been reported that agents from the US Homeland Security Investigations Office (HSI), who were joined by representatives of the Dominican Republic’s customs authorities and a variety of other agencies, boarded Flying Fox on 25 March.

“The seizure of MY Flying Fox in the port of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, last Friday, is significant not only because of the size of the vessel but because this is the first time that authorities in a country seeking to freeze assets have seized a vessel located outside their own jurisdiction,” explains Benjamin Maltby, partner at Keystone Law.

According to Maltby, it seems likely that officials from the US’s HSI, relied on Article 155 of the Dominical Criminal Procedure Code state that “Judges and the Public Prosecutor's Office must provide maximum cooperation to requests from foreign authorities as long as they are made in accordance with the provisions of international treaties and this code”.

“However, local lawyer Félix Portes, is reported to have publicly challenged the action as being illegal and unconstitutional, being in violation of national sovereignty and Article 3 of the Dominican Republic’s constitution,” continues Maltby.

“While this has significant implications for other possible island bolt-holes, such as the Seychelles and Maldives, and for nations situation at global maritime pinch points, such as Panama and Singapore, the HSI has either been ineffective or slow off the mark.”

If the US intends to freeze or arrest assets in locations beyond its own territory, it seems odd that this would be the first instance. However, if they are able to successfully freeze an asset in another country, it could create a serious issue for sanctioned owners who felt that they had successfully managed to keep their superyachts beyond the scope of the sanctions by removing them to various other locations. That being said, the success of such a project on the part of the US is anything but guaranteed given the geopolitical complexity of encroaching on another nation’s sovereignty should they not wish to comply with the demand of the US.

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Six more superyachts, and a European yacht brokerage firm reportedly linked to Russian oligarchs, have been added to the sanctions list by the US, according to a statement released by the US Treasury Department.

The Treasury Dept.’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said yesterday that Russian-flagged Graceful and Cayman Islands-flagged Olympia were yachts in which Russian President Vladimir Putin had an interest, including having taken trips on these vessels. The office also targeted two other yachts with financial links to Putin, Shellest and Nega , which are owned by the Russian Non-profit Partnership Revival of Maritime Traditions.

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Monaco-based Imperial Yachts is the first yacht-brokerage firm added to the US sanctions list. OFAC said that Imperial’s Moscow offices have provided “yacht-related services to Russia’s elites, including those in President Putin’s inner circle.”

Sailing Yacht A, which was impounded by Italian authorities in April, belongs to Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko; His Motor Yacht A remains in Dubai (opening Image).  Courtesy AP

The statement added that the 446-foot Flying Fox , a yacht already on the sanctions list, has also been connected to Imperial Yachts.

“Imperial Yachts has been targeted by numerous unfounded and inaccurate accusations following events that are unrelated to this family owned company and its services,” the company said in a statement sent to Robb Report. “The accusations made against us by the US Government and in the press are false. We will pursue all available legal remedies to resolve this matter promptly.”

Meanwhile, the number of yachts being seized continues to increase. Andrey Melnichenko’s Sailing Yacht A was impounded in Italy by the Guardia di Finanzia in March, while his Motor Yacht A is now in Dubai. The UAE is not confiscating Russian yachts. The superyacht Amadea was seized in Fiji in April, but remains in the middle of a court battle. Last Friday, the US won the latest round to gain permission to sail Amadea out of the country, claiming it is owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a Russian oligarch close to Putin. Attorneys fighting the US seizure say it’s owned by Eduard Khudainatov, another Russian not on the sanctions list. The Fijian court of appeals allowed 10 days before their order could be executed, presumably to give attorneys time to appeal to the Fijian Supreme Court.

The 435-ft. Flying Fox has been tied to Imperial Yachts, which is now on the US sanctions list. The Monaco-based yacht-services firm denies any wrongdoing.  Courtesy Imperial Yachts

Yesterday, the Treasury Department also named two other yachts, Madame Gu and Sea Rhapsody, as belonging to Russians on the sanctions list.

Elizabeth Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and finance crimes at the Treasury Department, said that cooperation for going after Russian oligarchs on the US sanctions list is increasing.

“It’s a huge leap forward on international cooperation for hunting assets, for freezing them and for pursuing law enforcement investigations and activity, including seizure activities,” Rosenberg told the New York Times . She added: “It will constrain Russia’s ability to make money to support their war effort.”

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Seized superyacht owned by Russian oligarch arrives in Hawaii flying American flag

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The superyacht Amadea, linked to Russian oligarch Sueiman Kerimov, arrived in Hawaii Thursday flying an American flag.

The $325 million vessel was sailed to Honolulu Harbor after the U.S. won a legal battle in Fiji allowing it to take control of the luxury boat.

The superyacht Amadea is moored in Honolulu on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The Russian-owned superyacht seized by the United States arrived in Honolulu Harbor flying a U.S. flag after the U.S. last week won a legal battle in Fiji to take the $325 millio ((AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy))

The yacht is about the length of a football field and features a live lobster tank, a hand-painted piano, a swimming pool and a large helipad.

The FBI said it was able to link the Amadea to Kerimov after a search warrant in Fiji turned up emails showing that his children were on the ship this year. The FBI says Kerimov bought the Cayman Island-flagged vessel last year through various shell companies.

A lawyer representing the company who appears as the owner of the Amadea on paper claimed a different wealthy Russian owns the boat who, unlike Kerimov, is not facing sanctions, according to the Associated Press.

The Russian-owned superyacht Amadea is pictured flying an American flag while it is moored in Honolulu on Thursday, June 16, 2022. ((AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy))

The U.S. government has also obtained warrants to seize Boeing and Gulfstream jets owned by another Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich .

Abramovich obtained the jets, a Boeing 786-8 Dreamliner jet and Gulfstream G650ER, by flaunting U.S. sanctions. The pair of U.S.-made planes flew to Russia without an export license.

Abramovich is linked to the jets through a complicated series of shell companies in the U.S. and across the globe.

The superyacht Amadea is docked in Honolulu. ((AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy))

The Boeing, which remains in Dubai, is estimated to be worth an estimated $350 million after customizations, while the Gulfstream, which is in Moscow, is worth roughly $60 million.

Fox News' Anders Hagstrom and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Flying Fox: On board the world's most expensive charter yacht that will set you back €3M a week

Power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z have been spotted on board the world's largest yacht available for charter, Flying Fox after missing the Met Gala 2021. BOAT takes a tour of the largest and most expensive charter yacht in the world. 

The standout Lürssen superyacht takes the freshest superyacht trends – and then pushes them to the limit. On a canvas of this scale, that’s fantastically far: the 136-metre, six-deck Lürssen yacht towers 32 metres above the waterline – as tall as three London buses balanced end on end – and has seized the crown as the world’s largest charter yacht .

“If people tell you that we can create a brief for a 130-metre-plus project, I can tell you that’s totally wrong,” says Evgeniy Kochman, CEO of brokerage house Imperial, which acted as owner’s rep on the owner’s last superyacht project and shepherded Flying Fox from inception to completion. “Like every yacht, you start with a white sheet – but in this case you have many more spaces to fit and to adapt to a very demanding, meticulous owner.”

Flying Fox’s 7,000 square metres of curving exterior by Espen Øino certainly contain a spectacular array of spaces, designed with originality by Øino, Mark Berryman and the owner, and executed with precision by Lürssen. The owner himself was deeply involved in every detail, “from the engine room to the observation deck”, says Kochman, who personally attended more than 50 meetings with the client, poring over the GA for an average of 14 hours at a time. Key to shaping the design was the owner’s experience on his previous fleet of superyachts. “It looked obvious to combine the facilities of them in one fully functional superyacht,” says Kochman.

Looking at the finished arrangement, it is clear that the key takeaway from his other yachts has been a passion for watersports and wellness – which defines this boat. It’s a modern preference reflected on many new yachts, but never before on this scale. The whole aft end of the yacht is a two-deck temple to on-water fun and relaxation. The tone is set when guests step on to the 22.5-metre-wide bathing platform and into one of the best superyacht spas to date. With heated limestone floors and louvred oak panelling, the centrepiece of this 400-square-metre “sea lobby” is a vast spa pool , the waters of which can be changed from steaming to icy in about 10 minutes (thanks to dual hot and cold tanks) so it can be used as a plunge pool following the hammam or sauna.

There’s also the first cryosauna ever installed on a yacht. It comprises an antechamber at -60 ̊C, followed by a main chamber at -110 ̊C – you stay in for a maximum of three minutes and emerge with a post-sprint endorphin rush. It is popular with professional athletes to aid muscle regeneration and pain relief. “It is not so easy to come down to that temperature; normal air-conditioning cannot do this,” says Florian Preuss, project manager at Lürssen. “You need three compressors and three circuits – so you cool down three times; three independent systems, working in three steps.”

To starboard off the sea lobby lies a loungey relaxation room with a fold-down balcony. To port, the counterpart balcony sits between a kite surf store and a dive centre that will make enthusiasts swoon. There’s every bit of kit imaginable, from advanced nitrox mixing systems to full face masks and underwater scooters, plus a super-quiet compressor. “We can cater for anyone who has never dived before,” says the dive instructor. “We can start you up in the main swimming pool on the aft deck, all the way through to technical rebreather diving here – if we have certified clients on board, we can do expeditions down to 100 metres. We can do enriched air nitrox just for recreational diving or trimix as well.” In the boat’s hospital there’s also a “proper” decompression chamber.

The fun continues in the cavernous and innovative tender garage just forward, which holds five tenders and a treasure trove of toys, from flyboards and hoverboards to Seabobs and windsurfs. The space has also been specced to meet regulations for fuelling the tenders with petrol. “Quite a technical challenge to achieve that,” says the captain, “similar to what supertankers have.”

And there’s space for more. “We also investigated and prepared the tender garage to carry a personal submarine ,” says Preuss. “So we installed an extra hatch in the tender garage so that you can go from the deck above into the submarine.” Because it’s shorter than a tender, launching it via the two sliding cranes designed to hitch each end of a boat would not work, “so we designed a special rack to put the submarine on, which can be picked up by the crane”.

Aside from the tender garage, this spa and sports space is designed to feel cohesive – you can walk via side decks all the way round from the bathing platform to the fold-down terraces either side of the spa. Directly above the lower deck spa pool, meanwhile, a three-metre by three-metre section of deckhead slides into a forward pocket to create a two-deck atrium. Stainless-steel handrails are then erected around the gap on the main deck. When closed, as Preuss puts it, “you can walk over it as if it was not there”; open, it connects the lower and main decks in spectacular fashion.

The spa-like feeling is carried through this aft part of the main deck too. Just inside from the aft deck is a beauty centre, followed by a dry massage room – “We carry a lot of high-tech electrical equipment so we can do body-shaping and electrical facials, and we use high-quality products by Swiss Perfection and Elemis,” says the therapist. There’s a wet massage room too, where “we do massages with the rain showers on, so you’re laid on a nice warm water bed, in a full shower”.

For more active guests there’s a standout superyacht gym packed with the latest Technogym kit, a balcony for fresh-air yoga and a gym “menu” laying out what’s on offer. It is staffed by ex-British military instructors (of the supportive rather than the shouty kind) – in fact, all crew members are dual-trained in order to staff Flying Fox’s wellness and watersports components: for example, the medic is a dive instructor and some of the housekeepers are also hairdressers.

But the jewel in the crown of this whole two-deck space – at least technically – is the 12-metre aft deck pool. A 22.5-metre beam allowed the team to place this transversely. “It was the owner’s idea to do it in this direction and the rationale behind it was that it would take up less space,” says Øino. “If you were to orient it in the longitudinal direction it would overshoot big time into the deck house and the gym, so it was a very rational decision.”

“I don’t think there is another project with a pool arranged this way,” adds Preuss. “And this is, of course, difficult from an engineering side because of the movement of the water – if the ship is rolling it is difficult to keep it in the pool.” The yard ordered extensive model testing at the University of Duisburg-Essen with a 1:10 scale model mounted on a pedestal that moved according to seakeeping analysis of the ship – so simulating real conditions. The yard identified the solution as two retractable baffles that create a “gate” in the middle that breaks up the volume of water, so it can’t build up momentum. Crew can still empty the pool in three minutes, but there are fewer occasions when they will have to and therefore more times the pool can be used.

But all of this is nothing that guests would ordinarily see. What they will notice is the glass front that can be misted to opaque at the touch of a button, the swim jets at one end and the massage jets at the other, and the height-adjustable floor that means it can offer a deep swim, shallow paddle or even, at full height above the water, a bandstand for parties.

The 10 guest suites are ranged forward of the gym, so guests can pad straight from their beds for a workout or, further aft, a morning swim. These rooms are uniformly massive and each opens on to one of the long side decks, which can be separated into broad fixed balconies in different configurations via hidden sliding panels (there are 45 sliding doors on Flying Fox ). “We’ve carried families with the children in one suite and the parents in another, with this one big balcony for them. It works really well,” says the captain.

The decor here, as throughout the yacht, is, says Berryman, “clean-lined, contemporary”, functional and tactile, with Japanese influences. The aim is a feeling of calm that fits perfectly with both the spa and the wider boat, with a small palette of colours, materials and finishes for a cohesive look – golden oak, caramel bamboo, brushed limestone, travertine marble and cream leather, as well as rattans and coconut shell embellishment.

The upper deck master suite carries this pared-back look as well. There’s a 48-square-metre bathroom, centred with an oval bath and huge shower all ranged outboard, for the views through double-fronted sliding doors on to the broad private deck that wraps all the way around the front of the suite. Highlighting the decor is a delicate mosaic of corals and seaweeds at the back of the shower. “The owner has a love of mosaics,” says Berryman, noting that the 1,700-year-old Lod Mosaic found in Israel in 1996 was an influence on their designs. “We also have them on the floors running throughout the main deck and the lower deck areas.” Created for Berryman by a specialist near Venice, they take on a playful character on the guest suite doors, each marked with a different sea creature.

The owner’s suite also comprises a beauty room and his-and-hers dressing rooms, but the cabin itself is the showstopper. “I have to say it was a difficult area to do,” says Berryman. “At 105 square metres you think, well, it’s a bedroom and you’ve got an aft saloon and aft dining room, what does he need out of it?” The solution was to place the bed to port and to create a cosy sitting room to starboard, complete with an ethanol fireplace.

There are 180-degree windows and Øino replaced bulwarks with glass so that views could flow straight out to the seascape. Forward on the private terrace is a huge spa pool with sunpads and seating. Adjacent to the suite is a cluster of work-focused spaces – a meeting room and the owner’s office, accessed through a studio. “The owner said to me early on, ‘I’m here to work, so I don’t want to be looking at the beautiful sea out there; let me face a wall and then I can concentrate,’” says Berryman.

But things get more social with one of the most extraordinary spaces on board. To port on the upper deck lies a loungey sitting room, for flicking through magazines and, perhaps, waiting for a meeting in the office. To starboard, the space drops off, behind glass balustrades, into a double-height saloon.

“Originally the upper deck saloon and dining was laid out to the port and starboard sides. After a few months of looking at those areas, we all felt the boat needed a wow factor,” says Berryman, “and also there was the saloon on the bridge deck – how many saloons did you actually need? So the starboard side upper dining was removed and the double-height space created.” The space is certainly wow-inducing and to avoid the feeling of, as Berryman puts it, “standing in the middle of a field” the seating is grouped in the centre of the saloon, leaving a walkway of warm oak around the outside.

Also aiding a cosy feeling is the real-wood fireplace, one of five superyacht fireplaces on board. They work, as Preuss puts it, “like a normal fireplace at home” except with insulated ducts routing smoke up through the mast with the help of forced extraction, and measures to meet marine safety regulations. “The glass pane in front needs to be closed all the time and there is a shut-off mechanism,” says Preuss, adding that when you are dealing with unusual onboard technology, “regulations don’t exactly describe what is possible and what is not possible – you have to discuss a lot with the authorities to come to a good solution”.

Another unusual – and residential – feature of the saloon is the greenery. It borders the staircase down from the upper deck and sprouts from planters set into the balustrade, while two ficus trees tower in the outer corners of the space. “We have a full irrigation system on board that is then linked down to the engine control room so that you can keep a check on what is working and if there are any problems there,” says Berryman. The different watering schedules, nutrients and quantities for different plants are programmed in. There are also “specialised lighting systems to give them the correct amount of UV without bleaching the materials”, notes the captain.

Adjacent to the bridge deck saloon lies a dining saloon with a long table by Metrica (which made all the loose furniture on board). A central aquarium, filled with bright artificial corals, adds a splash of colour while delineating the spaces (which can be entirely sequestered using sliding screens).

But just as the spectacular spa acknowledges the trend towards wellness, the yacht’s primary dining areas reflect the modern preference for eating al fresco. “My own experience of cruising is that you always end up spending your time on the outside decks,” says Øino, “so actually moving the cooking outside is a very logical thing to do.” The outdoor kitchen on the bridge aft deck features a wok station, a Josper (coal-powered Spanish grill), a rotisserie capable of cooking a whole lamb, goat or suckling pig, a churrasco oven, pizza oven, teppanyaki and tandoori grill. Guests can sit at a counter and watch the chef work, or at an extendable dining table.

Aft, seating around a gas-fuelled firepit offers the perfect nook for a nightcap. “Everyone says it has completely changed the dynamics of the boat, the interaction between the chef and the guests,” says Øino. “The chef is at the forefront and has become the star on board.” On the upper aft deck is a more intimate version of this space, which Øino describes as “more like a juice bar with ice cream and yoghurts”, as well as an outdoor cinema area and another firepit.

There are other noteworthy outdoor spaces. Take the helipad on the sundeck aft – it has an 18-metre D-value, capable of accommodating the world’s largest helicopters, including an Airbus H175. There are also power points and a DJ alcove built into the mast for when the helipad is used as a dancefloor, and a neat waiting room for departing guests (there is also a foredeck helipad on the bridge deck, with a 14-metre D-value). Up top there’s a (relatively) petite roof deck, with the best views out to sea and also all the way down to the main deck, via the glass roof of the lift shaft. “Despite the very large size of the boat, it can sometimes be difficult finding intimate spaces away from everyone else,” says Øino. “But when you are on the top deck you know that you are on your own – it’s private there.”

The relaxed winter garden , meanwhile, is an indoor space that feels airy thanks to two huge openable, domed skylights made by Yachtglass. “They look light but the skylights are massive and actually very heavy so they were not easy to produce,” adds Preuss. “They needed a couple of tries.”

Perhaps the most surprising thing about this boat is that chartering was not among its primary aims. From the equally proportioned suites, to the neutral decor, massive spa, outdoor lifestyle and dynamic positioning, it seems as if she was built for it. There’s even a cinema with D-Box seating for the latest blockbusters with motion and vibrations (Lürssen had to box the room and add “many tonnes of steel”, says Preuss, to soundproof it). This really is a boat with the scope to offer something for everyone.

“Conceiving and building such yachts is not a quiet path for all parties involved,” notes Kochman with some understatement. “But seeing the pride in the eyes of our client at the delivery, of our build and operational team, and of the crew, reminds us why we do this job.” Now that the hard work is done, there’s nothing for the owner to do but sit back and enjoy the most relaxing boat afloat.

The Crew Cut

It takes a powerful “human engine” to run a boat like Flying Fox – and behind-the-scenes design to supercharge crew work. “We carry two galleys, one for guests and one for crew, and four chefs in total,” says the captain. “We have 55 crew to feed two, sometimes three hot meals.” With a full capacity of crew plus 25 guests, that’s 246 meals a day.

The guest galley is a cook’s fantasy. There’s a pasta machine and prep area with drying racks, a lobster tank for the freshest seafood, vacuum packing for tender steaks using a sous-vide water bath, Pacojet freezing blenders for silky purées and ice creams – and every other bit of kit you could imagine. The fridges and freezers on board measure a total of 137 cubic metres.

In terms of space to relax, “crew consideration was always in the middle of everything”, says Evgeniy Kochman. Aside from large cabins, lounge, mess and gym, crew have use of a comfortable outdoor lounge just behind the forward helipad – a request of the owner. The paperless wheelhouse is set up to handle anything the sea can throw at it. “The bridge splits into three key areas,” says the captain, “planning and communication, navigation and emergency response.” Recessed screens can completely isolate the emergency space.

“You allow the bridge officers to continue with the navigation. They don’t get overawed with all the other communication going on, which could create another incident.” It’s a system common on cruise ships, not on yachts.

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136m  /  446'2   lurssen   2019.

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• World's largest charter yacht
• Twin helipads
• Enormous owner's apartment
• Neutral, tasteful interiors
• 12m Swimming Pool
• 400sm 2-floor Spa Area
• Cinema with D-box seats

At 136m/446'2", iconic charter yacht Flying Fox features a compelling line-up of living areas and modern amenities and abounds in luxury and comfort

The multi-award winning 136m/446'2" motor yacht 'Flying Fox' by the German shipyard Lurssen offers flexible accommodation for up to 22 guests in 11 cabins and features interior styling by British designer Mark Berryman Design.

Built in 2019, Flying Fox is designed for exquisite indoor/outdoor living and boasts voluminous interior and exterior spaces across several decks: ideal for bronzing, lounging or entertaining. She has sensational features such as a helipad, wheelchair accessibility, movie theatre, spa, elevator, underwater lights, beach club and gym.

Guest Accommodation

Flying Fox offers guest accommodation for up to 22 guests in 11 suites comprising a master suite and ten VIP cabins. The master suite incorporates its own study benefits from a his and her bathroom. Excellent service is guaranteed, with fifty-five crew members on board to look after your every need.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

A charter on Flying Fox is comfortable and convenient thanks to the provided amenities, notably a stunning fireplace, providing the perfect place to curl up and relax. The yacht's library is a beautiful addition to her range of leisure facilities, and acts as a lovely spot for relaxing or browsing. Meanwhile Flying Fox boasts a movie theatre, perfect to relax after a long day on the water. Elsewhere the latest beauty and hair treatments are available in the luxurious beauty room and in addition take a break from a busy itinerary in the steam room. Revive yourself after an intense workout in the sauna or elsewhere, take the opportunity to be thoroughly pampered and indulged in the spa. Take a plunge in the pool under the sun plus even the most discerning of charter guests will enjoy the included beach club. Maintain your fitness routine and work out in the well-equipped gym or sit back with a glass of champagne in the deck jacuzzi.

Flying Fox benefits from some excellent features to improve your charter, notably wheelchair-friendly access, making this vessel suitable for all guests. Guests of all ages and physical abilities can enjoy any part of the yacht thanks to the elevator and in addition seamlessly travel from land to see thanks to the helipad. Satellite communication systems keep you in touch wherever you voyage or elsewhere, soak up the atmosphere after dark with dramatic underwater lights. With Wi-Fi connectivity you don't have to lose contact with the outside world, unless you want to plus guests will experience complete comfort while chartering thanks to air conditioning.

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Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she offers greater on-board space and is more stable when at anchor thanks to her full-displacement hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 15 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 20 knots with a range of up to 6,500 nautical miles from her 682,500 litre fuel tanks at cruising speed.

Set against the backdrop of your chosen cruising ground, you and your guests can enjoy endless days of fun on the water with the exceptional collection of water toys and accessories aboard Flying Fox. Principle among these are Flyboards, experience flying in and out of the water with the latest in high adrenaline watersport. Additionally, there are two Tiwal 3 sailboats to bring out the explorer in you. Take to the sea on the Jet Skis offering you power and control on the water. If that isn't enough Flying Fox also features towable toys, waterskis, a Kite Surfer, scuba diving equipment, a seabob and much more. When it comes to Tenders, Flying Fox has you covered - with six tenders, including a 12.5m/41' Compass Limo Tender.

Book your next the Indian Ocean luxury yacht charter aboard Flying Fox this winter. She is already accepting bookings this summer for cruising in the Mediterranean.

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For your relaxation and entertainment Flying Fox has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

Flying Fox is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

• 1 x 12.5m  /  41' Compass Limo Tender
• 1 x 11.8m  /  38'9 Windy Limo Tender
• 1 x 10.5m  /  34'5 Compass Tender
• 1 x 9.5m  /  31'2 T Works Sports Tender
• 1 x 8.3m  /  27'3 Super Air Nautic Sports Tender
• 2 x 6.8m  /  22'4 Pascoe Tender

For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

Flying Fox Awards & Nominations

• World Yachts Trophies 2019 Yacht of the Year Finalist
• Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2020 Outstanding Exterior Motor Yachts - 50m and above Finalist
• Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2020 Best Naval Architecture: Displacement Motor Yachts Finalist
• Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2020 Outstanding Lifestyle Feature Finalist
• The World Superyacht Awards 2020 Best Displacement Motor Yacht of 2,000GT and above Winner
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Your family and friends could learn to scuba dive on your charter vacation onboard this luxury charter yacht. Motor Yacht Flying Fox is a certified PADI Dive Centre yacht so you could obtain your PADI diving card .

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€4,000,000 p/week + expenses Approx $4,320,000

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Images of the raid carried out by the MP inside the yacht Flying Fox. Photos: Leonel Matos / LD

Santo Domingo.- Widespread ​​speculation has been woven about the superyacht Flying Fox since it docked at the Don Diego Port of Santo Domingo on March 21, and although the Dominican authorities have handled the issue with great discretion, the investigation that keeps the luxury yacht paralyzed in Dominican territory is related to those who are assumed to be owners of the ship.

In the eyes of the world, the Flying Fox belongs to the Russian billionaire Dmitry Kamenshchik, but it is also linked to several people investigated by the United States due to their alleged direct participation in scandalous acts of money laundering and tax evasion on a global scale, using the famous offshore companies.

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Diario Libre had access to information where the American authorities assure that the yacht appears as property of the company Tarcona Marine S.A. registered in Tortola (British Virgin Islands), and that this company was established by the famous Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Company, the world’s fourth largest provider of offshore services, which was forced to close after the economic crisis and discredit after the leak of the “Panama Papers.”

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Maria Alekhina's associate Olga Borisova said Wednesday that she and Alekhina unfurled a placard saying "Happy birthday, butchers!" outside the building which used to house the KGB and is now home to the FSB agency. Borisova said she managed to escape but Alekhina and the photographers were detained.

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I realize that Moscow is on the Volga River, which connects to the Caspian Sea, but I’m wondering how foreign vessels can reach it? Or do foreign travel companies just buy a yacht that’s already "in the system"?

June 17, 2012 at 5:19 pm

From the Caspian Sea, Gary, yachts come up the Volga then on to the Oka River and enter a tributary call the Moskva ("Moscow" in Russian) River. Alternate route is Volga to man-made Moscow Canal (which connects Volga to Moskva River). The big superyachts can’t get into the city limits because the river is only 3 inches deep. Just outside of the city, however, the water is 6 meters deep, perfect for large yachts. Yacht passengers easily travel into the city by limousine. (I imagine thoughts of hovercrafts, etc are a consideration for someday…) James Bond, anyone?

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