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The World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2009 #46: Madsummer
Madsummer | ( tie ) 257'2"Do you have a million bucks you’re looking to do something with? Well, you could use it to charter this American-owned 257-footer for the week. And what a yacht you’d get. From a fleet that includes mid-20-foot sportboats and a plethora of
Blue Belle
Room for 12 guests, 32 crew, and two 20-plus-foot sportboats.No, your eyes do not deceive you: This yacht’s hull is blue. Not just any blue, but baby blue—perhaps the babiest blue ever applied to that ultimate symbol of technological machismo, the megayacht.That something so apparently insignificant as hull color can, in
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #16: Kismet
#16: KISMET—223'1"Persian carvings flank the elevator in Kismet’s lobby, just outside the master suite. Guests have no reason to complain about their accommodations, considering the four staterooms are each 323 square feet. And there’s also a massage room aboard. Y: 2007; B: Lrssen, Germany; N: builder/Espen ino Naval Architects; H:
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #11: Skat
#11: SKAT—233'0"To get a good sense of just how big this yacht is, visit mefeedia .com/entry/lum-120-simonyis-yacht/9910193/, You’ll see a video of bicyclists and people passing her by while she was docked in Copenhagen in June (after she’d already visited New York
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #4: Limitless
#4: LIMITLESS—315'8"Eleven years after her delivery, despite being eclipsed by larger yachts, this blue-hulled lady continues to impress. Apparently so does her owner, clothing titan Leslie Wexner. A 2006 article in Slate magazine stated that he’s the exception to the Yacht of Doom Rule, which holds that "When someone who’s supposed to be looking out for
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #1: Rising Sun
#1: RISING SUN—452'8"Rising Sun kicked off 2008 by anchoring in one of her preferred places: North Sound in the British Virgin Islands. Good choice, Larry (that’s Larry Ellison, head of Oracle Corporation, to the uninitiated). Given the expanse of windows lining her upper decks, we’re sure Ellison and his guests thoroughly enjoyed the views in the
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #2: Octopus
#2: OCTOPUS—414'0"There’s no way Paul Allen’s Octopus was going to host the wedding of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (a.k.a. Brangelina) this spring, despite the breathless claims made by our celeb-rag brethren: The yacht was scheduled for a maintenance visit to a shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France. She’s been there since May and is expected to
Third Time’s the Charm
If you’re familiar with Monaco, you’ll also be familiar-unless you’re very rich or very lucky-with the neck ache you get from looking up at those enormous motoryachts. Last time I was in town, I got lucky: I was looking down. Lrssen's Martha AnnOn one side there was Mohammed Al-Fayed’s 208-foot Sokar. Beyond her was Wedge
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #14: Limitless
#14: LIMITLESS —315'8"If the largest yacht to fly the American flag from her transom is too rich for your blood—she'd easily cost a few hundred million dollars to build today—then how about a $2,900 scale model of her? It's yours if you visit
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #13: Carinthia VII
#13: CARINTHIA VII—321'5"Carinthia VII is the largest yacht in the world owned solely by a woman, Heidi Horten, a German retail giant. The vessel rarely leaves the International Yacht Club of Antibes in the South of France, but when she has within the past few years, it's been for Dubai. Y: 2002; B: Lrssen, Germany; N: Builder/Tim
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 (State-Owned) #2: Al Said
#2: AL SAID—508'5"Code-named Project Sunflower, Al Said was delivered in March to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman. Yacht-spotters worldwide were surprised when the nameboard was revealed, since they were convinced the yacht was going to be the new
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #21: Ice
#21: ICE—295'3"Do you remember your 40th birthday party? As cool as it might have been, it has to pale in comparison to what Suleiman Kerimov, the owner of Ice, did: The Russian oilman and investor paid singers Christina Aguilera and Shakira to perform. (When your estimated worth exceeds $17 billion, you can do things like that.) Seems he views
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #1: Al Salamah
#1: AL SALAMAH—456'10"When it comes to private yachts, oftentimes a small group of people is paid to keep quiet. But in reference to this nearly 500-footer, a lot of people seem to be getting paid—and apparently pretty well—because few details (well, at least reasonably reliable ones) have come out. We know she spends most of her time
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #2: Rising Sun
#2: RISING SUN—452'8"One and a half football fields long. About 140 feet longer than the distance from home plate to the Green Monster in Fenway Park in Boston. And 16 feet longer than the height of the iconic Arch of Wembley Stadium in London. No matter how you measure her, Rising Sun is just huge, and that means it's hard to find docking
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #3: Octopus
#3: OCTOPUS—414'0"Leave it to The New York Times to refer to this yacht as "relatively miniscule." In a wide-ranging article that ran last March, the paper compared Octopus
Mixing Business With Pleasure
Lürssen's KismetI nibbled on a pineapple skewer as the rain fell in a hush against the gray hull of Kismet. At 223 feet LOA with a beam of 42 feet and towering 66 feet to the top of her radars, she turned heads from the 17th Street Causeway during last year's Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. At the behest of
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #10: Skat
#10: SKAT—233'0"Benoit Donne/Yacht-Images.com#10: SKAT—233'0"Open letter to Charles Simonyi, owner of this militaristic-looking lady: It's been a year since we discovered the Web site for your yacht,
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #3: Limitless
#3: LIMITLESS—315'8"Smile, you're on candid camera—or at least the undersea world is. Limitless is equipped with a dolphin cam in her bulbous bow. Here's a little story you can impress your friends with at your next yacht-trivia party: When the yacht was still undergoing tests on the river outside of Lrssen’s build shed, everyone initially
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #14: Kismet
#14: KISMET—223'1"#14: KISMET—223'1"Forget the gym; hit the disco if you charter this yacht (550,000 EUR, or about $742,000 at presstime) and need to burn off some calories! The skylounge transforms into the floating version of Studio 54 with little effort: moving some chairs aside to
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #1: Rising Sun
#1: RISING SUN—452'8"Merijn de Waard/Yacht-Images.com#1: RISING SUN—452'8"Is the sun setting on the largest yacht in American hands? You may recall that Larry Ellison, sailor extraordinaire and Oracle software superior, lamented last year that
America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #2: Octopus
#2: OCTOPUS—414'0"Gabriel Whiting/monacoeye.com#2: OCTOPUS—414'0"Former Navy SEALs as crewmembers? A garageful of luxury cars? Who knows whether these "facts,' reported and repeated seemingly every month by multiple media sources worldwide, are true
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #14: Limitless
#14: LIMITLESS —315'8"You're apt to see this lady in St. Barts around the holidays, as the island is a favorite of her owner, Leslie Wexner. Wexner, who heads the clothing company Limited Brands, made it clear to Lrssen when he commissioned her that he wanted a 25-knot yacht, and he got his wish. (Picture something roughly the size of a football field
World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #1: Al Salamah
#1: AL SALAMAH—456'10"If this yacht’s length astounds you, then her beam—all 77 feet of it—will give you pause. Everyone ever associated with the project has kept tightly sealed lips, as per the wishes of her owner, Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi Arabian defense minister. Rumors abound as to what she has onboard, including 13-foot