Mine's Bigger again. Sheikh to add beach to get world's longest yacht

8:19 PM Mon 13 Sep 2010 GMT

'Superyacht Dubai' .

'Mine's Bigger', in spite of its cliche status, seems to be still the modus operandi for the world's mega-rich. Reports are that one modern Sheikh will add a 'beach' to his mega-yacht to make it the world's longest again. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, was obviously chafing at the bit after finding out that the Russian Billionaire cum football club owner Roman Abramovich had built the largest yacht in the world, the Eclipse, which had effectively eclipsed his own Dubai by just eighteen inches. The problem would seem to be a critical one, but one easily ...

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by Lee Mylchreest