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

By Diane M. Byrne

#17: ICE—295’3”

Formerly known as Air under Italian ownership, this Lürssen sold to 40-year-old oil billionaire Suleiman Kerimov of Russia last year. The yacht ventured from Barcelona to Antigua before ringing in 2006, then visited Aruba in March, where some people were under the impression that she belonged to Microsoft chief Bill Gates.

Y: 2005; B: Lürssen, Germany; N: Builder/Tim Heywood Designs; H: Steel; E: 8/1,129-hp diesel-electric motors

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