Elizabeth Lesly Stevens

Russian Mogul's 'Mega Yacht' Is Spotted Near Sausalito

A faithful Bay Citizen reader with an office on one of the highest floors of the Bank of America building reports that the 392-foot "mega yacht" owned by 30-something Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko is now in San Francisco Bay, spending the morning, at least, near Sausalito. The yacht, christened simply "A," recently left San Diego. 

The Philippe Starck-designed behemoth, with 23,600 square feet of living space, was built in 2008 for $300 million, the Wall Street Journal's Thomas Frank wrote after he toured the boat in April. Its unusual submarine shape has made it "the most talked-about yacht on the seas," Frank wrote. 

The "A" has three swimming pools, a helipad, three speedboats, lots of mirrors and white upholstery, and a crew of 37. There is a padded room with a circular bed that the crew has dubbed the "nookie room," the WSJ reported. The all-white master suite features bomb-proof glass and a bed on a platform that rotates 360 degrees.

Elizabeth Lesly Stevens
Senior writer Elizabeth Lesly Stevens writes primarily about business and finance. A recent transplant to San Francisco, she spent many years in New York as an editor and writer at Business Week, a media-business columnist ... View Profile
Ema Drouillard
Ema Drouillard
wrote on 08/28/2010 at 6:00 p.m. PDT

Photo's of the "A" Mega Yacht in San Francisco Bay at night.
http://ema.smugmug.com/Collections/A-Super-Yacht/13496454_RnB42#983066008_oRrsv

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