The world's 100 largest yachts for 2006. Information for the one hundred biggest megayachts in 2006. Golden Odyssey is one of the largest yachts in the world.

By Diane M. Byrne

#26:GOLDEN ODYSSEY —265’7”

Golden Odyssey is the pride of Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia, who serves as the country’s deputy defense minister. He’s passionate about ocean research, particularly the preservation of coral reefs, and has loaned his yacht as well as others in his “Golden Fleet,” including Golden Shadow (no. 60), to scientists. He also makes Golden Odyssey available to carefully screened charter parties, which is one reason why her rates aren’t listed on the leading brokerage houses’ Web sites (though we did find a rate of $454,000 per week given on a few other firms’ sites).

Y: 1990; B: Blohm & Voss, Germany; N: Platou; H: Steel; E: 2/2,992-hp Deutz-MWMs

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