Ice (yacht)
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Ice is one of the largest private yachts in the world at 295 feet (90 metres) in length. Launched in 2005 as Air, she was completed at the Lürssen yard in Bremen, Germany to the design of Tim Heywood. The yacht was owned by Ernesto Bertarelli a Swiss/Italian businessman who sold it to Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov in the same year she was built. Created as one of the most environmentally friendly yachts of her time, she incorporates the latest in noise- and vibration-reduction technology as well as exhaust emission control systems.
Ice is diesel-electric powered, using eight 842kW Deutz 16-cylinder generators to provide electric power to two ABB type 5 azipod propellers. She can reach a speed of 18 knots.
