Le Grand Bleu visits Bermuda
Le Grand Bleu, the yacht rumored to be owned by Chelsea football club owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, docked in St. George's yesterday.
Le Grand Bleu, which is 370 feet and was built in 2000, is one of three "mega-yachts" owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
According to Power and Motor Yacht Magazine, when the 37-year-old acquired Le Grand Bleu last year, one of the first things he did was to take her to HDW in Kiel, Germany, for a refit.
The refit saw her add about 16 feet to her length following the addition of a swimming platform.
After departing the yard, the Bermuda-registered yacht headed for the Mediterranean and caused quite a stir wherever she went—and not always for good reasons. She was in Monaco in May, serving as a base for Abramovich during Chelsea Football Club's (unsuccessful) attempts to beat Monaco's team in the championships, but in the weeks prior to that, singer Shirley Bassey complained to The Daily Express that the "big and ugly and new-fangled" behemoth blocked her view of the harbor from her hilltop home.
