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Google co-founder, Larry Page has bought a $45 million yacht. The New Zealand Herald reports that Mr. Page bought the 193-foot superyacht Senses from the New Zealand millionaire Douglas Myers for $45 million. The boat is equipped with twin 1600 HP Deutz diesel engines with a maximum speed of 15 knots, a cruising speed of 11 knots, and a range of 6,500 nautical miles.

The Business Insider says the 37-year-old Google billionaire’s new toy includes:

• Interiors finished by French designer Philippe Starck
• Two dining rooms, one inside and one outside
• A gym
• On-deck jacuzzi
• Accommodations for 24 people (10 guests and 14 crew)
• Helipad
• and a small flotilla of pleasure crafts

Mr. Page’s new boat is a toy among the tech elite’s boats.  Oracle’s Larry Ellison‘s boat ‘Rising Sun’ is 454-ft long, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen‘s ‘Octopus’ comes in at 415-ft in length (which may explain why Allen is suing most of the tech world – which I wrote about here).

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Is this Larry Page’s reward to himself now that Eric “Mr. Creepy” Schmidt is out and Mr. Page is the CEO of Google? Is this a case of Mr. Page looking to one-up or hide from the hype Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Time Magazine’s Man of the Year who also has an eagerly anticipated initial public offering and a  movie loosely based on his life?

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Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.