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  1. Largest yacht privately owned

    The largest super yacht is the Azzam, which is 180 m (590 ft) long - that is, 16.5 m (54 ft) longer than the previous record holder, the Eclipse. The Azzam is owned by the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nayan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi. However the value of the Eclipse is reported to be in the region of £740 ...

  2. The top 25 largest yachts in the world

    Read on to discover our official list of the largest, privately owned yachts in the world. 1. Azzam | 180.6m. In October 2013, Lürssen delivered the largest privately owned superyacht in the world in the form Azzam. Originally, she was designed to be 145 metres, but in the process of optimisation grew to 180 metres.

  3. The 25 Largest Yachts in the World (2024)

    The 25 Largest Yachts in the World. The list runs from Lürssen's 592-foot 'Azzam' to Fincantieri 439-foot 'Serene,' with a fascinating group of bespoke vessels in between. The new arrivals in ...

  4. Largest private yacht: Superyacht Azzam breaks Guinness world record

    Photo: The 180-metre Azzam yacht has taken the title of the largest private yacht ever built and is the size of two football fields, or 12 double-decker buses. Photo by Klaus Jordan for Lürssen (enlarge photo) The Guinness world record for the largest (non private) yacht is held by Dubai.

  5. Largest Yachts In The World 2023

    Al Said - 509 FT. (155M) Prince Abdul Aziz - 482 FT. (147M) El Mahrousa - 475 FT. (145M) First, let's take a look at the new king - now the largest motor yacht in the world: 1. SOMNIO- 728 FT. (222M) Somnio will be the world's first 'yacht-liner'. Image credit: Winch Design. Due for launch in mid-2024, Somnio is expected to ...

  6. Largest Live

    2016. This 164-metre (538ft) superyacht was built in Italy by Mariotti Yachts and now sits in the Omani capital as part of the royal fleet. The Italian built superyacht is currently the second largest privately owned yacht in the world, after Lurssen's Azzam. LENGTH. 164.0m.

  7. World's largest yachts

    Here's our list of the five largest yachts in the world, according to overall length (LOA). Azzam, measuring 180.6m. ... Bart's Bash breaks Guinness World Record. Staff. September 26, 2014. NEWS AND EVENTS. British team wins SL16 World Championship. Staff. July 9, 2012. NEWS AND EVENTS. Sarah Ayton wins world title.

  8. Top 10 largest sailing yachts in the world

    The list of the top ten largest sailing yachts in the world is not easily disrupted. In fact, it had remained unchanged since the launch of the 106.7-metre Oceanco Black Pearl in 2018, which swiped the top spot from Lürssen's 93-metre Eos.For four years, Black Pearl remained the largest yacht in the world until early in 2023 when Oceanco sent a new flagship down the slipway, the mighty 127 ...

  9. Largest Yacht in the World and Other Record-Breaking Vessels

    Built by the Lürssen shipyard in Germany for Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi's royal family, the world's longest yacht measures a staggering 592 feet, 6 inches long and has a gross tonnage of 13136.0 GT. Azzam was delivered to the owner in October 2013 and has held the record for biggest yacht ever since.

  10. 10 of the world's biggest superyachts

    Dilbar. The 156-meter long Dilbar is the largest yacht in the world by volume, with a gross tonnage of about 16,000. Klaus Jordan. Dilbar may not be the longest yacht in the world, but it's ...

  11. Largest sailing ship

    The 8,770 tons gross square-rigged, five-mast barque Golden Horizon is the world's largest sailing ship. Its overall dimensions are 162.22 by 18.6 m (532.2 x 61 ft) and two diesel-electric engines gives it a cruising speed of 16 knots 29.63 km/h; 18.41 mph). The ships' 36 sails total 26,000 ft ² and it carries 272 passengers with a crew of 159.

  12. For sale: Inside the world's largest wooden motor yacht Afra

    The yacht currently represents the largest private wooden motor yacht in existence - with an official Guinness World Record pending evaluation However, the hull was kept in the traditional style. Inspired by his Middle Eastern heritage, the owner drew on the classic boatbuilding techniques used to build dhows that carried goods across the Red ...

  13. Tûranor PlanetSolar

    MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, known under the project name PlanetSolar, founded by the Swiss explorer Raphaël Domjan, is the largest solar-powered boat in the world [2] and launched on 31 March 2010. The vessel was designed and engineered by LOMOcean Marine.In May 2012, the vessel became the first solar electric vehicle ever to circumnavigate the globe taking 584 days between 2010 and 2012.

  14. The world's largest sailing yachts

    At 77.6 metres in length, M5 is not only the nation's flagship sailing yacht; she is, in fact, the world's largest sloop. The super sailing yacht was designed by Ron Holland and built for Joe Vittoria, an American yachtsman who built his empire in the rental car business. However, it wasn't until he sold her in 2014 that M5 achieved her ...

  15. Icicle (yacht)

    Icicle is the name of the largest ice yacht ever built. It was built for John Aspinwall Roosevelt for racing on the Hudson River, New York state in 1869. It was 21 metres (68 ft 11 in) long and carried 99 square metres (1,070 sq ft) of canvas. The yacht is still, over 140 years later, recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as a world record .

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  17. Largest Yachts in The World

    5. Blue: 160.6 meters. Blue is one of the newest superyachts on the list, completed in February 2022 and delivered in 2023. As one of Lürssen's latest secret projects, little is known about her or her owner. In addition to being one of the world's 10 largest superyachts, the shipbuilder claims Blue is one of the most eco-friendly vessels of her size ever designed.

  18. Fact file: five things you didn't know about converted explorer yacht

    Cue the 87.6-metre Arctic P. Built by Schichau-Unterweser to be "the strongest, toughest salvage rescue vessel in the world", she was relaunched in 1993 as the largest converted explorer of her time. During her twenty-year tenure, Arctic P has circumnavigated the globe, picked up a World Superyacht Award and even set a Guinness World Record.

  19. World's largest solar-powered yacht reaches milestone in record ...

    After almost 250 days at sea, the world's largest solar-powered boat has made it half way around the globe to the shores of Brisbane, Australia, propelled by nothing but rays from the sun.

  20. Making The World's Largest BEEF WELLINGTON w/ Gordon Ramsay

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  21. Largest flying boat

    When. 02 November 1947. The largest flying boat ever constructed was the Hughes H4 Hercules flying boat, more commonly known as the Spruce Goose. The eight-engined 193-tonne aircraft had a wing span of 97.51 m (319 ft 11 in) and a length of 66.65 m (218 ft 8 in). It was raised 21.3 m (70 ft) into the air in a test run of 914 m (3,000 ft ...

  22. Princess Cruises Sets New GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for World's

    FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (July 12, 2024) - In celebration of a new partnership with Chef Tony Gemignani, the 13-time World Pizza Champion and the undisputed greatest pizza maker in modern history, Princess Cruises, recognized for the Best Pizza at Sea, today established a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Title for "World's Largest Pizza Party" at multiple venues aboard its fleet of Love Boats ...

  23. Fastest speed achieved by wind-powered land yacht

    When. 12 December 2022. The highest speed officially recorded for a land yacht is 222.4 km/h (138.2 mph) by Horonuku, piloted by Glenn Ashby (Australia), at Lake Gairdner, South Australia, Australia, on 12 December 2022. The yacht was designed and built by Emirates Team New Zealand. In Maori, Horonuku means "gliding swiftly across the land ...