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The conversion of the ferry in superyachts
One millionaire, whose name was not disclosed, started an unusual company: to turn the ferry to superyachts. He bought 146-meter vessel Capricorn, which will later be converted into a fourth the size of a private yacht. Just Eclipse Roman Abramovich, Dubai Rashid Al Maktoum and Al Said Sultan Qaboos bin Said to be longer than his. Alteration of working boats luxury yachts is a rare phenomenon. So, PoshSpace already talked about the project of transformation tugboat in pleasure craft. The original ship was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in 1999. Ferry over ten years, people drove from Naples to Sardinia and Sicily under the control of the company Tirrenia di Navigazione. The company got rid of Capricorn for economic reasons: the huge ferry service just to pay off. Along with him were sold to several similar vessels. Their fate we know nothing, maybe soon we will hear more about a couple of candidates to get into the top ten largest yachts. After the modification rate of "Capricorn" will increase from 30 to 40 knots (55, 5 to 74 km / h), making the new superyacht is not only one of the largest, but also one of the fastest. About the cost of the renovation is not reported.