For Sale: One Superyacht, Formerly Owned by Late Trail Blazers Owner Paul Allen

It'll only set you back $325 million.

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By Matthew Singer

Are you a lover of maritime adventure? Need a vessel that can hold both your submarine and your helicopter? Got $325 million burning a hole in your pocket?

Well, then, sounds like you might be in the market for the Octopus.

That's the name of the superyacht—well, one of the three—formerly owned by late Microsoft cofounder and owner of both the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Seahawks, Paul Allen.

Following his death last October, Allen's estate has gradually been selling off his assets. As several outlets including CNN reported yesterday, the 414-foot Octopus has made been available via yacht brokers Burgess and Fraser.

You be thinking that $325 million sounds a bit pricey. But this thing has it all: two helipads; enough storage space for two submersibles and a large SUV; a cinema, gym, spa and basketball court; a dive centre and hyperbaric chamber. It's even got a pool!

And its incredible size means that it is equally equipped for big adventures as it is big pimpin'. Per the Fraser listing:

(Note that this is not the same yacht that damaged a protected coral reef in the Cayman Islands in 2016. That one was called the Tatoosh.)

Still not interested? More into the sky than the sea? Perhaps you might be more interested, then, in the world's largest airplane?

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