The luxurious yacht fitted
with a swimming pool, cinema, basketball court, recording studio and two helicopter
pads, hold up to twenty guests and thirty crews which belong to Microsoft
co-founder Paul Allen has caused serious damage to protected coral reef in the
Cayman Islands, according to officials.
Sixty-three-year-old Mr
Allen's other yacht, the Octopus, is even bigger at 414ft long.
The vessel's anchor chain
destroyed almost 14,000 sq ft of protected reef, amounting to more than 80% of
the coral at the site, the islands' Department of Environment told the Cayman
News Service.
The tech tycoon was not
aboard the 300ft (95 metre) vessel, The Tatoosh, at the time, said Cayman
officials.
Ironically, Mr Allen, who
has $18.1bn (£12.6bn) fortune, runs a charitable foundation that works to
protect oceans.
The Tatoosh was moored near
two dive sites on the western coast of Grand Cayman during the incident two
weeks ago.
Mr Allen's philanthropic
foundation, Vulcan Inc, said it was co-operating with authorities, but
deflected blame for the reef damage.
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