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TATOOSH
superyacht
If you
don’t recognise Tatoosh from a distance, you probably
don’t know yachting. From the 12-meter racing sailing
boat she carries as a toy to her classically elegant
silhouette and twin helicopters, the 303' Tatoosh has
always stood apart. “She stands out from the majority of
boats that all look the same. There are lots of new
boats, but they all look like wedding cakes, with
maximum interior on minimum exterior. When those boats
sit at anchor, you see them swinging and rolling while Tatoosh is
still,” said Captain Richard Hielckert.
There are other features that mark Tatoosh out, such as
her dedicated wine storage and the 15' by 12' heated
pool with contra-jets and rising floor on the main deck.
Nobody had ever thought of putting a big swimming pool
on the aft deck before. She was the first yacht to have
a swimming pool, a cinema, and two helipads.
Originally built for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw-a
telecom entrepreneur, Tatoosh was built in Germany by Nobiskrug and
completed in June 2000. But in 2001, the tech bubble
burst and the McCaws made the heart-wrenching decision
to give up the yacht they had invested so much energy in
building. They reached a deal with fellow technology
billionaire Paul Allen of Microsoft, which saw the boat
pass into his ownership, but gave them time aboard for
four more years. McCaw's vision was for a yacht that
would provide the ultimate home away from home for his
family and a platform for a really ambitious cruising
with lots of toys. “Tatoosh should feel gracious like a
home and also cosy,” says McCaw. “She should also feel
more beachy than yachty. The philosophy was she should
be built around tenders and helicopters.”
The highlight of Tatoosh is her boat deck that holds a
Germán Frers-designed daysailer called Julia and
Chase--a gorgeous custom Hinckley Talaria tender.
The Frers racer is 13 meters of composite wizardry
which can manage over 30 knots with its twin 420hp
diesels powering Hamilton jet drives.
With great plans to circumnavigate at leisure, Tatoosh was
fitted with some unusual security features--bulletproof
glass and Kevlar armor padding behind walls throughout
the superstructure. “We didn’t embed rockets in the hull
because we were afraid one might go off, but we had full
British armory in case the worst should happen in the
Straits of Malacca,” McCaw says.
Tatoosh can accommodate up to 19 guests in 11 cabins.
She also sleeps up to 31 crew. It was a two-storey
apartment within the yacht. The owner’s cabin, two big
en suites for the children and a galley lay downstairs,
with a private lobby upstairs giving access to a huge
observation lounge with its own pantry, a gym and the
owner’s office.
With robust German construction, Tatoosh is the match of
anything the oceans can throw at her. She’s ridden
quietly at anchor through 70-knot gusts and traversed
big seas. “The hull is not ice-classed, but she can go
more or less everywhere,” Hielckert says proudly. In her
life to date, the superyacht has toured Africa, the
Middle East, the Indian Ocean, the Far East, and South
East Asia. Tatoosh’s been all over the world.
We offer the primarily wood
TATOOSH yacht model at the following sizes:
25" long
(1/144 scale) $3,990 Shipping
and insurance in the
contiguous
USA included. Other
places:$400 flat rate.
36.5" long
(1/100 scale) $4,860 Shipping
and insurance in the
contiguous
USA included. Other
places:$400 flat rate.
42" long
(1/87 scale) $5,750 Shipping
and insurance in the
contiguous
USA included. Other
places:$400 flat rate.
TATOOSH yacht
model
is built per commission only. We require only a
small deposit (not full amount, not even half) to start the process $900  The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed. Click for
lead time.
Note
that price includes the Hinckley boat and the
12-meter racing
sailing boat.
It doesn't include helicopters ($150 extra apiece.)
Also, for light feature, it's $500 extra, and available
for the larger two sizes only.
Click here for a display
case for your model: Model
ship display case
For another yacht that Paul Allen owned,
click here: Octopus
yacht.
Learn more about the yacht Tatoosh here:
Tatoosh.
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