I have to say, I am not that impressed with most

powerboats. But this would have to be at the top

of my list . This is a Stand Craft 122- an extravagant

new super-yacht that features a floating garage

and matching handcrafted super-car. If built,it

is expected to sell for $ 25 million.

Designer, Sweden-based 33 year old Eduard Gray,

recently told CNN that he took inspiration from the

lines and curves of sports car, the Ferrari Testa Rossa.

Thunderball- Much of the location filming for Thunderball took place in the Bahamas, in and around Nassau. I found this picture from a blog

that claimed his grandfather worked on the

sets for this film. This photo is believed to be the Disco Volante minus her rear section.

The Disco Volante is a fictional ship in the James Bond novel Thunderball (1961) and

its 1965 film adaptation of the same name. It was a hydrofoil craft owned by Emilio Largo, an agent of SPECTRE. It was purchased with SPECTRE funds for 200,000 lire.

The craft plays a pivotal role in the seizure and transportation of two nuclear warheads. It is a high-tech ship that possesses a number of smaller underwater submarine craft.

The real craft used in the film was a hydrofoil ferry, The Flying Fish, built by Rodriguez

Cantieri Navali, who had built the first successful one at Freccia del Sole. The "cocoon" was built on set. It was purchased for the film for $500,000 and brought from Puerto Rico to Miami for refitting and refurbishment. The hydrofoil never sailed again after the filming. It was rented as a stationary houseboat, docked at a marina on Miami's Macarthur

Causeway, until it sank at the dock in the early 1980's.

The Disco Volante: "THUNDERBALL"