Megayachts

World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #10: Lady Moura

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#10: LADY MOURA—344’0”To say that Lady Moura is impressive is like saying Claude Monet was a good painter. She towers over every other yacht in Monaco’s Port Hercule, where you’ll typically...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #11: Christina O

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#11: CHRISTINA O—325’3”If we had a dollar for each time a gossip sheet or entertainment magazine showed pictures of a celebrity aboard “his yacht” or “her yacht,” we’d own one of these...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #12: Carinthia VII

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#12: CARINTHIA VII— 321’5”When 19-year-old Heidi Jelinek walked into a hotel bar in 1959, little did she suspect that she’d end up one of the richest people in the world. Today, known as Heidi...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #13: Limitless

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#13: LIMITLESS—315’8”Forty-one feet wide, Limitless has abundant room for her owner, American Leslie Wexner (CEO of Limited Brands, which owns The Limited, Victoria’s Secret, and other apparel...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #14: Evergreen

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#14: EVERGREEN—302’4”Given the strength of sales throughout the megayacht market, especially in this stratospheric size range, it’s strange to see that this yacht has been for sale for the past...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #15: Tatoosh

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#15: TATOOSH—301’8”Just like Paul Allen’s other yacht Octopus, Tatoosh gets around the world. Last spring she cruised from Tahiti to Mexico before heading across the Atlantic to the Med. She...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #16: Nahlin

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#16: NAHLIN—300’0”Nahlin arrived at Nobiskrug in Germany last summer for a long and undoubtedly laborious restoration, given her age and condition. From the 1980’s through the late 1990’s, she’...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #17: Ice

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#17: ICE—295’3”Formerly known as Air under Italian ownership, this Lrssen sold to 40-year-old oil billionaire Suleiman Kerimov of Russia last year. The yacht ventured from Barcelona to Antigua...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #18: Constellation

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#18: CONSTELLATION—290’3”There was some confusion as to whether or not this vessel belonged on our list. Part of the reason was we’d confused her with same-named (and similar-size) Oceanco...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #19: Asean Lady

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#19: ASEAN LADY—289’0”While Brian Chang, the head of China’s Yantai-Raffles Shipyard and Asean Lady’s owner, commissioned his yacht to withstand rough weather better than traditional...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #20: Arctic P

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#20: ARCTIC P—288’7”Sixty-eight-year-old Australian media baron Kerry Packer, who owned this converted commercial craft for a little more than a decade, died last December. Hundreds of people,...

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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #21: Ecstasea

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#21: ECSTASEA—282’0”Given the other big toys owned by Roman Abramovich (see Pelorus and Le Grand Bleu) and the rumors of other yachts he has under construction, no one would blame

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World's 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #22: Kingdom 5KR

By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment

#22: KINGDOM 5KR—281’9”First it was the world’s richest people, then it was the world’s most expensive yachts, and now it’s the world’s most eligible billionaires; Prince Alwaleed of Saudi...

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