This New 213-Foot Mega-Yacht Will Come With A Glass-Bottom Pool That Overlooks An Aquarium, Just In Case You Don't Spot Enough Fish In The Seven Seas.

Courtesy of Baglietto

It can be difficult to make a splash at the Monaco Yacht Show with so many vessels jostling for attention, but Italian shipyard Baglietto just made some serious waves with a new megayacht concept unveiled on Tuesday.

At the top end of the Baglietto range, the 213-foot (65-meter) V-Line was dreamt up by design maven Francesco Paszkowski and represents an alluring dichotomy between the past and present: The retro roll bar was inspired by an ‘80s predecessor—the groundbreaking Baglietto classic Adler—but the vertical bow, innovative stern and all-glass bottom is all decidedly modern. Similarly, the exterior showcases clean, minimalist lines and a pleasing juxtaposition of shining glass and textured wood.

Inside, the cruiser takes the same approach as many other luxury yachts—that is, generating a seamless flow between indoor and outdoor spaces while treating seafarers to swathes of natural light and water. The glass skylights of the flybridge and the expansive windows promise to let in plenty of rays and afford epic sea views. Meanwhile, the sprawling pool on the sun deck has a transparent floor that overlooks an aquarium on the main deck, which is, unequivocally, the best feature of the boat.

The pool’s transparent floor overlooks a the yacht’s onboard aquarium. Courtesy of Baglietto

With four guest cabins on the lower deck plus a VIP cabin and owner’s suite on the main deck, there’s ample space aboard for 12 guests. The crew also has a dedicated area in the bow of the lower deck. All the requisite luxe amenities are included: a private gym with sauna, a high-end galley, a garage that can accommodate a 32-foot tender, a bar, a cinema, a beach club and, of course, a helipad.

The V-Line design first surfaced a year ago, fittingly at the Monaco Yacht Show, and while it’s been somewhat fleshed out, Baglietto is still building on the concept.

“This is a project in which we are putting a lot of effort and focus on both the style and cutting-edge technological solutions,” said Michele Gavino, CEO of Baglietto. Those “solutions” may even include a hybrid version of the yacht in the future. We’ll keep you posted.

Check out more drool-worthy renders of the V-Line below:

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BY RACHEL CORMACK, www.robbreport.com 

The Newest Trend In Billionaire Yachting Is Renting Out entire Cruise Ships

The Crystal Esprit can host your 200 closest friends for seven days on only $700,000.

Chartering yachts is nothing new — many boat owners rent their mega-yachts out for months at a time to make up for the high costs of ownership.

Chartering cruise ships? Now that's something different entirely. 

Celebrities and the ultra-rich have taken a penchant for renting out entire cruise ships for them and as many as 200 of their closest friends, Bloomberg reports.

"It's like owning a mega-yacht for a week or two," Carolyn Spencer-Brown, editor of Cruise Critic, told Bloomberg.

These cruise ships are on the small side, to be sure, and often are owned by smaller boutique cruise lines like Crystal Cruises.

Crystal's Esprit ship, which the company purchased with the intention that it could be loaned out, can host 62 guests — the perfect size for private cruising, but pales in comparison to the giants from Royal Caribbean, Carnival, or Norwegian Cruise lines, which can host thousands.

A seven-day private cruise with the ship starts at around $500,000 a week.

For comparison, one of the most expensive private yachts in the world to charter, the Triple Seven, only has five cabins and costs $600,000 a week, a number that doesn't include food, drink, taxes, entertainment, fuel, and gratuity like the cruise does.

Luxury Yacht GroupThe main lounge from the Triple Seven yacht, available for charter for $610,000 a week.

It also works out well for the cruise line, as that $500,000 adds up to be more than the company would generate from a single seven-day trip with a full ship of passengers paying $6,250 each.

These are no spur-of-the moment bookings, however, and they don't interfere with regular sailing schedules. Often, these types of private rentals are planned up to two years in advance.

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Dennis Green, www.businessinsider.com