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

By Diane M. Byrne

#70: SHEMARA—212'0"

Harry Hyams, a retired British property developer, has owned this yacht for several years. If his name is familiar, it’s because earlier this year he became the victim of Britain’s biggest-ever theft: £80 million (about $150 million) worth of art from his manor house. His collection is said to be rivaled only by that of the Queen herself.

Y: 1938; B: J.J. Thornycroft & Co., England; N: Builder; H: Steel; E: 2/960-hp Atlases

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