£15-million Superyacht Controlled By an iPad
The Adastra superyacht is a floating pleasure palace that would fit as comfortably in outer space as it would on the open sea. And as these amazing new pictures show, she is equipped to entertain a billionaire with even the highest of standards. She is the the new pet of Hong Kong-based shipping magnate Anto Marden, whose uses for her may include – among other things – gliding between the two tropical islands he already owns off the coast of Indonesia. Designed by Sussex-based yacht designer John Shuttleworth, the Adastra is so high-tech, it can even be controlled remotely at the touch of an Apple iPad … as long as you don’t get any further away than 50 metres. The yacht’s high-concept, space-age look is no gimmick. The shape has been specially developed to cut through waves as it glides across the high seas for easy travelling . Described as ‘one of the world’s most amazing super yachts’, Adastra, unveiled yesterday in China, took five years to build, is 42.5 metres long, 16