The world’s 100 largest yachts for 2006. Information for the one hundred biggest megayachts in 2006. Al Diriyah is one of the largest yachts in the world.

By Diane M. Byrne

#28: AL DIRIYAH —257’9”

Al Diriyah has spent many a day in Puerto Banus, Spain, alongside a number of yachts owned by the Saudi royal family—and leading us to believe in previous years that she belonged to the late Saudi King Fahd. She’s named for a protected site in the abandoned former capital of Saudi Arabia—interestingly, one of the few places in the country where photography is permitted.

Y: 1960; B: National Bulk Carriers, Japan; N: Builder; H: Steel; E: 2/1,800-hp Fairbanks Morses

World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006: Index/List