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| Prince Abdul Aziz (ex-Abdul Aziz) is currently the world's second biggest megayacht at 482 feet. Commissioned in 1984, the steel-hulled 5,200 ton yacht is powered by 2 12-cylinder 15,382 horsepower diesels and is the newest of several yachts used by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia up until his death and reportedly cost $184 million at the time she was built. She is berthed beside the King's palace, but has not left Saudi waters since 1995. Her accommodations include a fully-equipped hospital, a mosque and a cinema and she is manned by a crew of 65. |
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Other Yachting News & Scuttlebutt |
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At 525 feet, this brand new yacht is the world's biggest megayacht and 43 feet longer than the previous record holder, Prince Abdul Aziz at 482 feet. This super huge megayacht was originally commissioned under the project name Platinum with Lürssen and Blohm+Voss in 1996 by Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei, the younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei. The build began with an Andrew Winch design, a price tag of $226 million and a projected 2000 delivery date, but work stopped in 1998 for lack of funds. In 2001, Dubai's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum purchased the steel hull and moved the build to his country's port Jebel Ali on the Persian Gulf. She is powered by four 9,625-hp MTU diesels, but specifics about her accommodations are still unconfirmed. There is reportedly one master stateroom fore and one aft, at least five VIP suites and an unknown number of guest staterooms. This 72-foot beem beauty was launched in Dubai in early April and should be delivered before the end of the year...and no one is sure what her final name will be!
Scuttlebutt has it that Larry Ellison has sold his 244 foot Katana (since renamed Enigma) and is awaiting completion of his new yacht, purportedly 459 feet in length and named it "Rising Sun" which would position her as #4 on our list of the World's 100 Largest Private Yachts! |
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View of Lahaina, Maui from the stern of "Barking Bananas"
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