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

By Diane M. Byrne

#81: APOGEE—205'0"

A funny thing happened to Darwin Deason, a Texan who runs the computer company ACS, several years ago. He told D Magazine, “We were going to the beach one day, and it was raining like hell, and these friends convinced me to go look at boats. I said, ‘Aw, I don’t want a boat.’ Well, at the end of the day, I had bought an 85-foot boat.” He’s stepped up twice in size since then, most recently to this lady, available for charter for $375,000 per week.

Y: 2003; B: Codecasa, Italy; N: Builder; H: Steel; E: 2/2,260-hp Caterpillars

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