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Mega-yacht maker pushes out the boat

 

After years of running his own business, Paolo Vitelli has decided to commission his own yacht.
"I want to create my own monument," the 60-year-old Italian entrepreneur says as he gazes across the sprawling engineering ship building yard, where a massive crane is getting ready to lower yet another multi-storey motor yacht into the harbour's choppy waters.

Mr Vitelli has chosen a relatively modest yacht; a 103 feet long Azimut sports yacht, with a list price of 7m euros ($10m £5m).

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Tuesday 20 November, 2007 01:04 PM
 
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