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Leonardo DiCaprio Takes Sheikh Mansour’s $700 million Yacht for the 2014 World Cup

Known to be a soccer fan, the Hollywood star jetted into Rio de Janeiro Wednesday to watch the 2014 World Cup’s kick off. Even though he tried to keep a low profile at the stadium, local media writes he actually rented the £400 million ($678 million) mega yacht belonging to Manchester City owner, Sheikh Mansour.
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According to Brazilian media, the Wolf of Wall Street celebrity in fact rented the mega yacht to use take him and 21 one friends of his on a 300 miles (482 km) travel to San Paulo to watch the inaugural match between the host nation and Croatia.

In case you didn’t know, we’ll take the time to tell you that the 482-foot (146 meters) vessel, named Topaz, is the world’s fifth largest private yacht and is owned by the millionaire Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan - aka Sheikh Mansour - the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the owner of Manchester City FC.

Well, you see, in the world of super rich luxury hypercars just won’t do anymore, so the famous go for things way more eccentric. But, let us look closer. The luxury sea-going machine was constructed by Lurssen in Bremen, Germany, it’s interior being designed by Terence Disdale Design. The boat was launched in May 2012 and it beats the world’s sixth largest private yacht, El Horria, in length by 4 ft 2 in (1.28 meters).

It features a steel displacement hull, an aluminium superstructure and consists of eight floors. The main engines are two Pielstick diesel engines, each with power of 7990 hp making the yacht able to reach service speed of 22.9 knots (26mph), while the maximum speed is over 25.5 knots (28mph).
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