GIANT Yacht Doubles As An Island (IMAGES)

At the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show last week, design plans were unveiled for a so-called "moving island" yacht called the WHY 58x38. Price tag: $160 million.

The boat's specifications are impressive - at 190 feet long, guest areas reach 36,000 square feet. The three floors have space for 12 guests and 20 crew members, and the boat features a 426-feet long promenade, a spa, a library, a 'beach,' an 82-meter swimming pool, and a helipad.

The ship is a collaboration between Monaco-based yacht brand Wally and Parisian fashion empire Hermès, hence the "W" and "H" of the WHY. The boat is designed to be environmentally friendly, using far less fuel that other yachts of a similar size, in part thanks to wide use of solar panels on the ship.

Images via Why-Yachts.com.

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[zsja]

12:33 AM on 03/28/2010

um, it's a house boat. A really really obnoxiously huge house boat.

[kingofscotts]

03:17 PM on 03/24/2010

How DO you fit a 426 foot promenade on a 126 foot ship?

That's impressive.

[Freenation]

09:45 AM on 03/19/2010

Did they get idea fir this after watching 2012...

[Egalitare]

04:30 PM on 03/18/2010

You see? Those Health Insurance execs and Wall Street "exotic financial instrument" creators NEED to maintain the status quo.

How dare we conspire to deny them trinkets such as these! >:-p

[herecomes]

11:03 AM on 03/18/2010

If everyone in america put in 50 cents, we can buy it and use it as a timeshare

[Larkinvos]

06:52 PM on 03/17/2010

Gives a whole new meaning to the expression,
"rearranging the deck chairs."

[peterg76]

12:06 PM on 03/17/2010

Doesn't every seaworthy vessel double as an island?

[S1m0n]

06:28 AM on 03/17/2010

Are you sure the copy isn't supposed to be "..that doubles as an iron?" Cuz I'm not seeing any island, there.

[KaPi]

03:21 PM on 03/16/2010

Wow. We're in the modern gilded age.

[Coma]

12:52 PM on 03/16/2010

This is both egregiously excessive and science-fictiony cool.

[dogboy]

12:36 PM on 03/16/2010

A yacht does not an island make.

[tdh]

11:54 AM on 03/16/2010

I would love to hang out on this boat/island/floating house -- whatever -- If I had 160 million to blow I'd buy it and park it in the bay of some gorgeous city and chill.

[totaldisbelief]

11:15 AM on 03/16/2010

Huffpo....we need a new article here ...please

[zanzy]

08:27 AM on 03/15/2010

And they say (repub.) that there is not enough money to have national level access to health care that's affordable.

I say, we tax income over 10 mill at 90% and get out of debt during this decade and have universal health care and afforable quality schools.

No more stupid, wasteful use of money!!!

[enoughofrr]

07:14 PM on 03/14/2010

What a waste.