The Incredible First Pictures Inside The £15-Million Superyacht

Futuristic: The main deck area looks more like that on a spaceship than a boat

Water-Way To Splash Out: The Incredible First Pictures Inside The £15-Million Superyacht... That Can Be Controlled By An iPad -- Daily Mail

* The Adastra was designed by Sussex-based boat designer John Shuttleworth
* It has a dining area with panoramic views, fully functional kitchen and bathroom
* It can be controlled by the touch of an iPad from up to 50 metres away
* It was commissioned by a billionaire businessman who already owns two islands off Indonesia
* Adastra is 42.5 metres long, 16 metres wide and weighs 52 tons

The Adastra superyacht is a floating pleasure palace that would fit as comfortably in outer space as it would on the open sea.

And as these amazing new pictures show, she is equipped to entertain a billionaire with even the highest of standards.

She is the the new pet of Hong Kong-based shipping magnate Anto Marden, whose uses for her may include - among other things - gliding between the two tropical islands he already owns off the coast of Indonesia.

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My Comment: Way too sci-fi/futuristic for me.

The Adastra (Photo Gallery)

In Pics: A Superyacht Worth $15 Million -- Daily Bhaskar

New Delhi: Described by Boat International as "one of the world's most amazing super yachts, that could spell the future for efficient long range cruising", the striking 42.5m Trimaran Adastra has been lanched into the Pearl River.

The Adastra can touch a maximum speed of 22.5 knots and a range of a whopping 4000 miles at 17 knots.

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Yachting Enters The Space Age

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The superyacht is 42.5 meters in length, 16 metres in width and weighs 52 tons

Shipping Enters The Space Age: The $15m Superyacht That Took Five Years To Build -- Daily Mail

* The Adastra's range is 4,000 miles, enough to go from the UK to New York in a single trip without refueling
* The 42m yacht has a maximum speed of 22.5 knots

Described as ‘one of the world's most amazing super yachts’, the $15 million, 42-metre luxury trimaran yacht Adastra certainly turned a few heads at its launching ceremony yesterday in China.

Commissioned by Hong Kong clients Anto and Elaine Marden, it is the result of five years of planning and construction.

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My Comment: WOW!!!! But $15 million is steep. Still .... WOW!!!

Update: Stunning $15 million superyacht unveiled in China -- The Telegraph