Super Yachts At The London Olympics (Video)

The London Olympics Is Drawing In The Super-Yachts

Olympics Draw Big Yachts To London -- USA Today

LONDON – Former Dutch field-hockey player Bram Lomans has no complaints about his accommodations at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. But his digs for the 2012 London Games are altogether more shipshape.

Lomans, who is attending London's Olympics as a spectator, is staying aboard an elegant 130-foot vintage sailing yacht, the Flying Dutchman. The Dutchman is one of four tall ships chartered for the Olympics by Dutch entrepreneur Xander Tiedemann, who arranged for live concerts, a big-screen TV and portable hot tubs on the dock next to the ships.

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My Comment: Impressive.

"Super Yachts" In London For The Olympic Games

More Massive Yachts Have Arrived In London For The Olympics (Photo Gallery)

UPDATE: Even More Massive Yachts Have Arrived In London For The Olympics -- Business Insider

Update: Our friends at Boat International sent over a bunch of additional photos of superyachts docked in London for the Olympic games. We have added them to the slideshow.

The real high-rollers didn't have to think twice about booking a room in overcrowded London during the Olympic Games—they just docked their megayachts in East London's Canary Wharf.

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Super Yachts At The London Olympics

Super-Yachts Crowd London's Docks for Games -- CNBC

East London may be a far cry from Monaco or St Tropez, but the international rich are gliding into the capital's poorest area for the Olympic Games on what looks like a gathering fleet of multi-million-dollar superyachts.

Seven gleaming giants, the biggest of which is 126 metres (413 ft) long, dominate the impeccably kept South Quay of East London's West India Docks, where daily moorings cost up to 9,000 pounds a day, a third of the average U.K. annual wage.

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Editor: For more photos of superyachts docked in London .... go here.

The Super Yachts In London For The Olympics

Luxury craft owned by Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, among those moored in London.

Billionaires Are Docking Their Super Yachts In London Ahead Of The Olympics -- Business Insider

They are some of the most magnificent and expensive vessels in the world and this weekend they started arriving in London as the world’s global CEOs brought a touch of glitz and glamour to the capital in time for the Olympics.

The Ilona, a super-yacht owned by Frank Lowy, the co-founder of the shopping centre group Westfield, has moored in Canary Wharf, not far from the company’s new retail complex in Stratford. The vessel has been joined by the Octopus, the 414ft luxury craft owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

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My Comment: This is better than renting a hotel room .... and you are smack in the middle of it all.

78 Days To Go Before Superyachts Head To London For The Games

The Olympic Flame Marks 78 Days To Go Before Superyachts Head To London For The Games -- Luxe Lounge

The traditional ceremony to light the Olympic flame took place today at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece, signalling the final countdown to the start of the Games in London. In a break with tradition, London is getting set to welcome superyachts, never seen before in the UK capital, keen not to be left out of the action.

The Olympic flame will begin its 78-day journey towards London this morning, making a 10,000 mile trip. It will be carried by 8,000 torchbearers, arriving in Stratford, East London, on July 27. The first torchbearer will be Spyros Gianniotis, the British-born Greek 10km swimming world champion.

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Editor: Superyachts wanting to come to London this summer must hurry as berths are being booked up fast. To find out more and reserve your spot this summer visit http://www.royaldocks2012.com/