The $1 billion superyacht: Bigger, longer, but is it better?

    Sheena McKenzie, for CNN

    Updated 1120 GMT (1920 HKT) February 12, 2015

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    Introducing "Triple Deuce," set to be the biggest superyacht in the world at a whopping 222 meters long.
    Photos: Triple Deuce: The world's largest superyacht?
    Introducing "Triple Deuce," set to be the biggest superyacht in the world at a whopping 222 meters long.
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    The mammoth vessel is set to be completed by spring 2018, dwarfing even some cruise liners.
    Photos: Triple Deuce: The world's largest superyacht?
    The mammoth vessel is set to be completed by spring 2018, dwarfing even some cruise liners.
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    The record-breaking vessel will be over 40 meters longer than the world's current biggest superyacht, "Azzam" (pictured), believed to be owned by the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
    Photos: Triple Deuce: The world's largest superyacht?
    Azzam: 180 meters – The record-breaking vessel will be over 40 meters longer than the world's current biggest superyacht, "Azzam" (pictured), believed to be owned by the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
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    It will also trump Russian businessman Roman Abramovich's "Eclipse" (pictured) by 58.5 meters.
    Photos: Triple Deuce: The world's largest superyacht?
    Eclipse: 163.5 meters – It will also trump Russian businessman Roman Abramovich's "Eclipse" (pictured) by 58.5 meters.
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