# FS: Saddam's Boat **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 15, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-saddams-boat/43524 "2008-02-15T20:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-saddams-boat/43524/1 "2008-02-15T20:30:27Z")
:jawdrop: > According to an account in the French daily Le Figaro, corroborated by Amir-Aslani, the Ocean Breeze, made for a 35-member crew, has about 10 rooms, several salons with large-screen TVs, pools, saunas, gold plumbing fixtures, a prayer room and a portable helicopter pad. > ``` > Less glamorous but more telling of Saddam's real-world concerns are the bulletproof windows, a missile-launching system — disarmed — and a secret passage leading to a mini-submarine for escape if the vessel comes under attack. > > ``` > … > Saddam actually had a larger yacht than the one in Nice, the Al-Mansur, named after the caliph who founded Baghdad. But it was bombed into a floating scrap heap by U.S. warplanes in 2003, the year Saddam’s regime was toppled. > … > But if the reported price of $35 million is accurate, it could be a bargain. Building the vessel today from scratch could cost upward of $150 million. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330848,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330848,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-saddams-boat/43524/2 "2008-02-15T20:55:24Z")
bill gates yacht would shit all over this one ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-saddams-boat/43524/3 "2008-02-15T21:39:31Z")
no missles no care ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-saddams-boat/43524/4 "2008-02-16T00:48:15Z")
at first i didnt think it looked that impressive till i noticed the TINY guy in the black on the dock… holy shit! ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-saddams-boat/43524/5 "2008-02-16T01:03:22Z")
I’d like to go explore that yacht… boats are fun, expensive, and high maintenance, but when its not your money or responsibility, i see no harm in enjoying it… :tup: if they have more pics other than the link, post em up