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The yacht Leander is truly a class of its own and perhaps still one of the best in Britain. It was the choice of yacht for royalty - Prince Charles reportedly chartered this beauty for around 280,000 British Pounds a week when he and and the Duchess of Cornwall took to sail the Carribbean Islands last February.

The Leander is a 245-feet motor yacht with a 25-member crew, owned by multi-millionaire Sir Donald Gosling. Leander, inside a dark-blue hull that is almost the exact shade of the old royal yacht, offers facilities that Britannia never did, including a swimming pool, two onboard exercise bikes and a team of stewardesses willing to run candlelit baths 24 hours a day.

Other toys found on board are 2 30′ custom built tenders with twin 300 hp Cummins engine, 18′ Boston Whaler with 130 hp, 19′ RIB with 130 hp, 5.5mt rib with 130 hp, 3 sets of waterskis, 3 Mistral windsurfers, an O’Brien kneeboard, 2 4 meter laser Pico sailing dinghies, 2 sets of ski tows, scuba gears with compressors, 3 Yamaha 700 Waverunners and fishing equipment.

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