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Paul Allen’s multimillion-dollar toy: what now?

23 October 2018 - 08:00 By Bobby Jordan
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The Port of Cape Town, temporary home of the 126m Octopus owned by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
The Port of Cape Town, temporary home of the 126m Octopus owned by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
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Two helicopter pads, two submarines, 19,200 horsepower – but where to next for the former plaything of one of the world’s richest men?

That’s the question on everyone’s lips at the Port of Cape Town, temporary home of the 126m Octopus owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who died last Monday.

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