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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 belonging to a Middle Eastern head of state, and for the purposes of this list, we exclude yachts such as that. Confusion over, we now know that this
Read ArticleWorld’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 motoryachts, he certainly didn’t expect to have to put her to the test the way she was in 2004. Anchored off Phuket, Thailand that December, the yacht experienced the
Read ArticleWorld’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 #28: Al Diriyah
By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment#28: AL DIRIYAH —257’9”Al Diriyah has spent many a day in Puerto Banus, Spain, alongside a number of yachts owned by the Saudi royal family—and leading us to believe in previous years that she belonged to the late Saudi King Fahd. She’s named for a protected site in the abandoned former capital of Saudi
Read ArticleWorld’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #29: Delphine
By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment#29: DELPHINE—257’8”This is the only steam yacht in this size range available for charter—and one of the few steam yachts still equipped with her original engines. Delphine also carries two tenders that were made especially for her in 1927. Jacques Bruynooghe, a Belgian businessman, and his daughter Inneke oversaw the refit and restoration
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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #30: Montkaj
By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment#30: MONTKAJ—256’0”This yacht frequents Monaco as well as Cannes and Antibes in France. Distinctive round ports dot her upper decks. While most yachts these days have custom lighting that beautifully illuminates them at night, the scheme aboard Montkaj is truly impressive; warm accent lighting highlights her upper
Read ArticleWorld’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #31: Lone Ranger
By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment#31: LONE RANGER—255’0”Lone Ranger was seen Down Under in Sydney around the Christmas holidays. She’d had quite a year in ‘05, kicking it off with a trip to Antarctica in January and February and then heading to the decidedly warmer waters of Tahiti.Y: 1973/1994; B: Schichau-Unterwesser, Germany; N: Claus Kusch (conversion); H: Steel;
Read ArticleWorld’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #32: Samar
By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment#32: SAMAR—252’6”For the better part of the past three years, this yacht has been shrouded in secrecy. In fact, if you’re an avid yacht-watcher, this is probably the first time you’re seeing her real name, as she’s been known as Project Lana at the owner’s request since the contract was signed. While most of her features are a mystery, there are a few
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World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #33: Princess Mariana
By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment#33: PRINCESS MARIANA—252’3”Does your boss treat you well? Bet he or she isn’t as good to you and your fellow employees as Princess Mariana’s owner is to his. Carlos Peralta Quintero (who’s also the president of Mexican cellular phone company Iusacell and the owner of the Mexico City Tigres baseball team) treated a
Read ArticleWorld’s 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #34: Lady Sarya
By Diane M. Byrne | Posted July 2006 | Add a Comment#34: LADY SARYA—250’4”If you’re from the New York area, then no doubt you recognize the name William Levitt (the housing developer of Levittown fame). He was the original owner of this yacht, which has unmistakable twin funnels aft, more than 30 years ago. These days she’s in the hands of former Saudi oil minister Sheik Ahmed Yamani (see
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