If you wanted to buy a Strand Craft 122 luxury yacht with the included matching custom supercar, you would be looking at spending US$25 million - more money than the vast majority of the world's population will ever possess in their lifetimes. That amount is chump change, however, compared to what an anonymous "leading Malaysian business man" is shelling out for the one-of-a-kind History Supreme yacht. Literally "decked out" in gold, platinum and other precious materials, the vessel is reportedly worth GBP 3 billion, or about US$5 billion.
The 30-meter (100-foot) yacht took three years to complete, and contains about 100,000 kilograms (220,462 lbs) of solid gold and platinum. Much of that metal went into features such as the deck (wouldn't it get slippery?), dining area, railings and anchor. Even the exterior of the hull is covered in a thin coating of gold.
The master bedroom features platinum accents, and a wall feature made from meteoric rock and fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex bone.
Liverpool's Stuart Hughes was commissioned to create the History Supreme. Hughes heads up a company called Goldstriker, with which some Gizmag readers may already be familiar. In the past, it has produced gold- and platinum-coated iPhones, platinum and diamond-encrusted Nokia mobile phones, and a gold Wii console.
