Futuristic Sea Limousine In The World Of Luxury !

God created the world, so guess what man created?. From artificial islands to a futuristic ‘aqua limo’, it is rightly said that ‘Luxury’- is something that needs to be ‘created’.

Designed and developed by Dennis Ingemansson, the Dubai Sea Limousine is an idea based for the “The World”- a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the shape of a world map and located 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) off the coast of Dubai.


The society comprises of a series of artificial islands which are currently under construction. And this ambitious new taxi service seeks to become the sort of marine transportation between artificial islands.

The World is one of several artificial island projects being constructed in Dubai, others being the Palm Islands. Like the other artificial island projects, The World is built primarily using sand dredged from the sea It was developed by Nakheel Properties and was originally conceived by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

Each island in the archipelago ranges from about 14,000 m² (150,000 square feet) to 42,000 m² (450,000 square feet). The distance between each island will be an average of 100 metres (328 feet). The entire development covers an area of 9 km in length and 6 km in width, surrounded by an oval breakwater. Roughly 232 km (144 miles) of shoreline has been created.

The overall development cost of The World was estimated as 14 billion USD. As for the individual islands, prices range between 15 and 50 million USD. One island is still for sale at a price of 250 million USD.

The discrete sea limousine draws on luxury yacht design and comes powered with solar cells integrated in the windows skin and moves forward with the help of a hovercraft. The vehicle is controlled by a satellite navigation system and needs no human pilot which makes this whole concept truly futuristic.

What’s next on the agenda after ‘The World’?

Hopefully not a black hole.

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Dubai Berths Getting Expensive

Dubai, the world’s favorite shopping paradise and lifestyle country where money flows like water and there is nothing that you cant get.. Well other than berths. Rising number of yachts in dubai have led to high demad of berts. Currently there are about 2500 berts and the amount to meet the demand it 10,000

Talking about the price Mr. Hassan Al Shaali, Sales and Marketing Manager of Shaali Marina, said: “The shortage has pushed the annual berth rent up in the range of Dh35,000 to Dh40,000. A week or a fortnight costs Dh4,000 to Dh5,000. Most berths now have waiting lists.”

Some of the reasons for this high rise are –

The foreign yachts have found the gulf countries especially dubai as an exciting tourist destination. Officials at Dubai’s tourism department told Emirates Business European yacht owners and vacationers sailing through the Mediterranean into the Red Sea now do not stop only at Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh but venture south, rounding the Arabian Peninsula and entering the Gulf waters.

Property in dubai is also very lucrative at this point considering one can get an Dubai Visa by buying a property.

The many Palms and the world project are also to an extent responsible for this rise as investors would surely see this as a buying opportunity. The management of the Palms has plans to increase the number of berths for yachts, and build 15 new marinas in the next 10 years to accommodate some 51,000 boats of various sizes.

Dubai also holds the record for the most expensive yacht of the world owned by Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai.

We shortly will be doing a post regarding the Dubai yachting scenario. So do keep reading.
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