Tom and Katie’s cruise on the tug of love

It’s kinda gossipy, but I thought it was cool

“It may look more like an ocean-going tug, but this is the super-yacht Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have commandeered for their honeymoon.

The newlyweds are sailing around the Maldives in the converted ice-breaker, Arctic P, which has been given every possible fixture and fitting.

The yacht belongs to Australia’s richest man, James Packer, who heads a media and gambling empire and is a close friend of the Mission Impossible star.

Cruise and Holmes were today reported to be anchored “within sight of Male”, the capital of the 1,000-plus island group.

A source familiar with the couple’s itinerary, said: “The yacht is not far from the main resorts in the Male area… they are going to stay on board and visit various islands.” The couple will also have plenty of opportunities to go scubadiving in the Indian Ocean.

Originally built as a commercial vessel in the Sixties, the Arctic P was converted in the Nineties for Packer’s late father, Kerry, most famous for gambling millions of pounds at casinos and setting up his own international cricket competition.

Cruise, 44, and Holmes, 27, stayed on the yacht when they travelled to Australia for the tycoon’s funeral in February, when Holmes was pregnant with baby Suri.

The £6.5 million Arctic P is 87 metres long and boasts a swimming pool, a helipad, huge television screens and a satellite tower. It is often spotted berthed at Garden Island near Woolloomooloo in Sydney, but it is not expected back there again until early next year.

Packer, 39, and his partner Erica Baxter, a model and singer, were among the guests at Cruise and Holmes’s £5million wedding at the Castello Odescalchi, outside Rome, on Saturday. It has been reported that Packer has converted to the newlyweds’ Scientology faith.

And when the honeymoon is over, Katie has a £26,000 dollar bed to look forward to. Cruise bought the Hastens bed, built by hand with all natural materials, as a wedding gift. ”

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