As a final nod to his ocean-faring dreams, Bill Gates has rightly named his mammoth hydrogen-powered superyacht ‘Breakthrough’ and listed it for sale for $645 million.

As fascinating as a luxury vessel itself is the name it carries. Often, these names are quite revealing. For instance, Mark Zuckerberg’s superyacht, named Launchpad, was aptly chosen as it propelled the centibillionaire into the elite circle of billionaires with grand boats. Similarly, the mighty Koru, named after a Māori term meaning growth, strength, and peace, reflects the strength of centibillionaire Jeff Bezos. It grew to become the world’s largest sailing yacht and offers abundant peace to the Amazon co-founder and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez. Another superbly named megayacht is tech tycoon Bill Gates’s $645 million luxury vessel, aptly christened ‘Breakthrough.’ We couldn’t have suggested a better name.


This 390-foot ship is the first of its kind, becoming the world’s first hydrogen fuel-cell superyacht that sails with a zero-diesel approach, powering the yacht’s hotel load and amenities with emission-free energy from green hydrogen. If this isn’t a breakthrough in the yachting world, then nothing is. Feadship released the specifications of the newly-named innovation-packed superyacht that took five years to complete.