How to pretend to be a very rich person if you don't have your own yacht? There are many offers on the floating rental market. Igor Popov has selected 10 megayachts that can be rented.

1 Yacht Serene

Length: 133.9 m

Weekly rental price: €3,750,000

The seven-deck Serene from the Italian shipyard Fincantieri was built for Russian vodka magnate Yuri Shefler and launched in the summer of 2011. It is now the largest yacht in the world that can be rented. The interior space of the yacht is 4500 sq. m. includes an owner's suite, a VIP cabin, 7 double cabins and 3 double cabins with separate beds. It accommodates 24 guests and 52 team members. The ship has two helicopter landing pads, a large seawater swimming pool, a tender and a submarine capable of diving to depths of up to 100 m.

2 Yacht Kismet II

Length: 94 m

Weekly rental price: €1,200,000

The megayacht from the German shipyard Lurssen will be delivered to the owner in September 2014, but its charter is already scheduled for a year in advance. The ship can accommodate 12 guests in six cabins, served by a crew of 28 people. The yacht has a cinema room, a winter garden, a spa center, a sauna and a swimming pool with a jacuzzi. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the dinette and owner's stateroom provide stunning views. Something unusual for a sea vessel is a fireplace area with a portable fireplace on the deck. For excursion and entertainment programs, Kismet II is equipped with a helicopter and a whole flotilla of jet skis.

3 Yacht Ace

Length: 87 m

Weekly rental price: €1,000,000

The Ace yacht was made at the Lurssen shipyard for an unknown Ukrainian businessman and launched in 2012. The megayacht's two engines have a total power of about 18,000 hp. With. capable of accelerating the ship to a speed of 21 knots. Six cabins can comfortably accommodate 12 guests, with an entire deck dedicated to the owner's suite. A team of 30 people is ready to fulfill all your whims and wishes. The yacht has a helipad, an eight-meter swimming pool with an artificial beach, a cinema, a disco room and, of course, a gym. Lurssen boasts the ACE Spa, which is “the most luxurious ever onboard a yacht, with a hammam, Russian bath, massage room, swimming pool and a huge Roman-style Jacuzzi.”

4 Yacht Nirvana

Length: 88.5 m

Weekly rental price: €900,000

This is the largest of the new series of yachts launched by the Dutch shipyard Oceanco. And she is exactly like Vladimir Potanin’s Anastasia megayacht. Nirvana, built in 2012, is also credited by yacht ratings to the Russian billionaire (see www.seadesert.com and www.worldmarine.ru). But the shipyard denies everything, perhaps due to Potanin’s recent divorce. Like Anastasia, Nirvana is now up for sale. The megayacht, which is considered one of the elite of the world's cruising yachts, is being sold for €199 million. The ship has 6 cabins for 12 guests, the upper deck is completely dedicated to the owner, and can be reached by a carved elevator. On one of the decks there is a terrarium with iguanas, turtles and other reptiles. On the aft deck there is room for a 7.5-meter swimming pool with a counter current and a large relaxation area where you can sunbathe. There is enough storage space for fuel, water and food on Nirvana for an autonomous trip around the world.

5 Yacht TV

Length: 78.3 m

Weekly rental price: €850,000

The main property of this yacht is its modest exterior. Luxury is hidden inside, and port onlookers will see only the aft deck with light and unpretentious teak and rattan furniture. There is no huge open foyer or wide staircases leading to the upper decks. Built by the German Lurssen in 2008, the megayacht (first named Madsummer) can accommodate 12 guests, who will be looked after by a crew of 32 people. On the upper deck there is a beach area with a jacuzzi for 10 people and a swimming pool with controlled flow, on the lower deck there is a spa with a sauna, hammam and a gym. There are also folding terraces for sea baths. Above the main deck are the owner’s quarters: a private cabin with an area of 130 square meters. m, a cinema room, a dining room, an open area with a jacuzzi, a bedroom with panoramic glazing and a 180-degree view. All guest cabins on the main deck are the same size and with identical decoration, obviously so as not to offend anyone. For communication with the shore, the yacht is equipped with a helicopter and two tenders.

6 Yacht Alfa Nero

Length: 81.3 m

Weekly rental price: €840,000

Built in 2007 by the Dutch Oceanco, the yacht is remembered for its romantic story. According to the Italian press, at the end of last year, the owner of Alfa Nero, Russian billionaire Andrei Guryev (Phosagro, No. 32 on the Forbes list, fortune $3.4 billion), while the yacht was moored in the roadstead of the island of Ischia, emptied all the flower shops, buying 2,000 roses in gift for my wife on her 25th marriage anniversary. Alfa Nero has twice appeared on the list of the world's most luxurious yachts and is considered one of the most notable boats to come off the slipways in the last 10 years. The design ideas and techniques used in it were borrowed and copied in one form or another during the construction of new ships. The yacht can accommodate 12 guests in 6 cabins, has 2 outdoor swimming pools, a ballroom, 3 dining areas and a central elevator. One of the pools is an impressive size for a yacht, measuring 7 by 3.5 m, with a transparent back wall and a depth-adjustable bottom. If the bottom is raised completely, the pool will turn into a helicopter or dance pad.

7 Yacht Air 81m

Length: 81 m

Weekly rental price: €825,000

The Dutch shipyard Feadship built Air in 2011 for the Italian “candy king” and billionaire Augusto Perfetti (Forbes estimates the total fortune of Augusto and his brother Giorgio at $7.3 billion). There are six cabins on board that can accommodate 12 guests, and a two-level master suite. The matte black body is coated with an environmentally friendly nano-coating. For water entertainment on board there is a huge 8-meter swimming pool in the bow, a retractable platform with a pool in which you can observe the underwater world through built-in glass windows, several jet skis in the garage, water skis, and scuba diving equipment. The swimming pool and jacuzzi are complemented by a solarium, massage room and Turkish bath. A pop-up screen for outdoor movie screenings is mounted on one of the decks. The vessel is equipped with a helipad and two tenders of almost ten meters in size.

8 Yacht Lauren L

Length: 90 m

Weekly rental price: €695,000

Lauren L was created in 2002 at the German shipyard Cassens-Werft and was called Constellation until 2010. Until 2007, the yacht belonged to the structures of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partners. In 2007, she was sold to the Monegasque company Liveras Yachts for €65 million and three years after repairs she entered the open sea under a new name. Now the yacht, capable of hosting more than 40 guests in 20 cabins with a crew of 32, is ideal for corporate charters, weddings and large groups of sea voyages.

You won’t be bored during the trip - on board the ship there are four powerful jet skis, a high-speed motor boat, diving equipment, water skis, banana boats, and equipment for shooting sports. Each cabin has a bathroom, wardrobe, minibar, safe, telephone and plasma TV. The master cabin measures 110 sqm with living area, balcony and sleeping area with king size bed. m. In addition, there is a beauty salon, gym, conference room and cinema on board.

9 Yacht Anastasia

Length: 75.5 m

Weekly rental price: €650,000

The seven-deck elegant yacht was included in our rating twice. It was created in 2008 at the Dutch shipyard Oceanco by order of Vladimir Potanin (No. 8 on the Forbes list, net worth: $12.6 billion), that is, an honorary member of the billionaire yacht club. On the other hand, a yacht can be rented. So let's repeat. The boat was built according to the design of Australian designer Sam Sorgiovanni, who participated in the design of the Pelorus yacht for Roman Abramovich. Anastasia accommodates 12 guests in 2 VIP cabins and 3 double cabins, while the owner's suite on the upper deck has a balcony and a two-story atrium. The yacht's main salon can quickly transform into a nightclub with lasers, smoke and strobe lights. A swimming pool with a transparent bottom, a cinema, a gym, a beauty salon and a dining room with a 2700 liter aquarium. The garage, half of the lower deck, is filled with equipment for water sports. In 2012, brokerage company Edmiston put Anastasia up for sale for €125 million, but for two years the yacht has not found a new owner.

10 Yacht Northern Star

Length: 75.6 m

Weekly rental price: €650,000

The icebreaking expedition motor yacht was built by the German Lurssen on the order of Canadian businessman John Risley, who owns one of the largest fishing and fish processing companies in North America. Risley himself is an experienced navigator, with experience participating in ocean regattas, so he approached the construction of Northern Star responsibly. After launching in 2009, the yacht began to be called one of the most suitable for long-distance expeditions, in particular in the northern seas. The interior of the ship is made in the style of a country house with a lot of antique furniture, which is not bad for long sea voyages. On board can accommodate 12 guests in 6 suites, a crew of 22 crew members and the owner in an apartment on the upper deck. Two fireplaces will remind you of dry land (on the owner's deck and on the guest deck). In the aft part there is a swimming pool with mineral water, a garage with equipment for water sports and a compressor for simultaneous refueling of 5 diving apparatus; two 10-meter boats are installed on the sides.

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