''Force Blue'' (''formerly Big Roi)'' is a trawler- expedition style luxury yacht built by

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in 2002. She is the world's 78th-largest superyacht

Design

Built in 2002 by Royal Denship, she was designed by Ole Steen Knudsen and

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as part of Royal Denship's "expedition" series, that included ''Turmoil'' and ''Big Aron.'' She was commissioned by Roy Speer, the founder and owner of the

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Briatore

Purchased from Speer by Italian motorsports entrepreneur

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for £68.2m, she was given a refitted interior designed by

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, and given a blue exterior. ''Force Blue'' was seized by Italian Customs in May 2010 in

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, near Genoa. On the authority of a local prosecutor, the state claims that the vessel's owners, Autumn Sailing Ltd, that there was outstanding

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owing which should have been paid on the fuel used by the yacht. The amount evaded was estimated to be around five million euros.

References

External links

Pictures/details of Force Blue at Monacoeye.com

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Design

Briatore

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