Boat International’s Top 200 Largest Yachts: #140-121

The following list of the world’s largest superyachts was published by Boat International. Click here to see Nos. 160-141 on the list.

140. Plvs Vltra | 74m (242’9″)

The first yacht in Amels’ 242 Limited Editions range, Plvs Vltra was launched in April 2016. Her name means ‘further beyond’ in Latin. Styled on the outside by British designer Tim Heywood and with interiors by Winch Design, this steel-hulled displacement yacht was developed under the codename Project Freefall.

Key features include an infinity pool, spa pool and touch and go helipad. Accommodation is for 12 guests across six cabins, while her twin diesel engines allow for a top speed of 16.5 knots and a maximum cruising range of 5,000 nautical miles at 15 knots.

Builder / Naval Architecture: Amels
Exterior styling: Tim Heywood
Interior design: Winch Design

139. Dannebrog | 74.43m (244’2”)

The Royal Yacht Dannebrog was launched by Queen Alexandrine, wife of King Christian X of Denmark, in Copenhagen in 1931, and displays the distinctive retro styling from the turn of the 19th century that was fashionable among many large motor and sailing yachts built in the early 1930s.

Dannebrog remains in service as the country’s Royal Yacht, manned by nine officers, seven warrant officers and 36 seamen from the Danish Navy, and she is regularly used for official visits to neighboring countries and the many islands that make up Denmark. The hull’s construction is of riveted steel on transverse frames. The royal apartment in the stern of the vessel can be converted for the use of patients should the yacht be required in her emergency role as a hospital ship.

The hull’s construction is of riveted steel on transverse frames. The royal apartment in the stern of the vessel can be converted for the use of patients should the yacht be required in her emergency role as a hospital ship.

Builder/designer: Danish Royal Dockyard

138. Zeus | 74.5m (244’5″)

Built as the iconic yacht Eco for the late Mexican media magnate Emilio Azcarraga, the bold lines and signature convex windows of Martin Francis’s design remain as striking today as when she was launched in 1991. This long, narrow-beamed yacht offers much the same facilities and volumes as might be expected in a 50-meter vessel, with the original owner’s requirement for speed, necessitating a long waterline length and powerful engines, explaining the additional 24.5 meters of length.

Her two diesels and a gas turbine provide 28,000hp to three KaMeWa water jets. On the death of her first owner, the yacht was purchased by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, who renamed her Katana, after a Japanese sword. He removed the seaplane facilities and replaced them with a basketball court. The yacht was renamed Enigma following her sale to the British entrepreneur Aidan Barclay in 2004, before being renamed Zeus in 2017 upon her sale to her current owner. She is featured in The Superyachts, Volume 11, as Eco.

Builder / Naval Architecture:Blohm + Voss
Exterior styling:Martin Francis
Interior design:François Zuretti
Former names:Eco, Katana, Enigma

137. Leander G | 74.65m (244’11”)

Owned by Sir Donald Gosling, who made his fortune developing car parks on London bomb sites, Leander was built in a former East German naval shipyard under the supervision of Claus Kusch. She was originally commissioned as a replacement for the yacht Katalina (now Astarte II), which was owned by the Canadian commander of the Sultan of Oman’s armed forces.

The contract was given to Peene Werft, a yard with strong military connections and, hence, access to the latest technology, and signed two days after East and West Germany were reunified. Displacing some 2,000 tonnes, Leander is still considered one of the most elegant and seaworthy superyachts in existence.

Her interior, designed by Pauline Nunns after the style of an English country house, offers a duplex owner’s suite with a panoramic lounge, and seven guest cabins. Named after a Royal Navy frigate on which her owner served, she is featured in The Superyachts, Volume 7.

Builder: Peene Werft
Naval architecture: Kusch Yachts
Interior design: Pauline Nunns

136. Enigma | 75.13m (246’5″)

Amazingly, the 75.13m four-masted schooner Enigma was originally built in 1976 as a single-handed racing yacht, Club Mediterranée, with an eye on beating the single-handed transatlantic record. She was converted into a cruising yacht in 1986 for Bernard Tapie, a colorful French entrepreneur and one-time president of Olympique de Marseilles football team.

In 1999, she was sold to Mouna Ayoub (whose ex-husband owns Lady Moura). She changed the yacht’s name to Phocea and extensively rebuilt her at Lürssen Werft in Germany, with interior design by Jörg Beiderbeck and exterior styling by Tim Heywood. The yacht has achieved speeds of up to 20 knots under sail and can accommodate 12 guests. She was purchased by a group of private investors in May 2010 and remains available for charter. Enigma is featured in The Superyachts, Volume 14 as Phocea.

Builder: DCAN (1976) / Lürssen (1999)
Naval architecture: Michel Bigoin / Pierrejean
Exterior styling: Tim Heywood (rebuild)
Interior design: Jörg Beiderbeck (rebuild)
Former names: Club Mediterranée, Phocea

135. Talitha | 75.28m (247′)

This yacht was built in 1930 for Mr. Algar of the Packard Car Company, who named her Reveler. However, he died before delivery and the yacht was purchased by E. F. McCann, son-in-law of the department store magnate F. W. Woolworth, who changed her name to Chalena.

As USS Beaumont, she was used as a patrol gunboat by the U.S. Navy during World War II. With her engines unserviceable, she was laid up in Falmouth, England, for a period in the late 1980s before being bought by J. Paul Getty Junior, who had her rebuilt in 1993 at Devonport Management Limited, later Devonport Yachts, in Plymouth, England, to the design of Jon Bannenberg.

Getty renamed her Talitha G after his first wife. Following his death, she remains in use by the family and occasionally charters. Now renamed Talitha, Talitha G is featured in The Superyachts, Volume 19.

Builder: Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft (1929) / Devonport Yachts (1993 & 2000)
Naval architecture: Cox & Stevens
Exterior styling: Cox & Stevens / Jon Bannenberg (rebuild)
Interior design: Jon Bannenberg (rebuild)
Former names: Carola, Chalena, Elpetal, Jezebel, Reveler, Talitha G, USS Beaumont

134. Northern Star | 75.4m (247’5″)

Known under its build name of Project Scout, this yacht was delivered to the owner of the former Northern Star, now renamed Polar Star. Very similar in style to his previous yacht, she also features an ice-class hull and is designed for robust and permanent use in the northern hemisphere.

Her country-house style interior, again by Pauline Nunns, is also similar and once again positions the owner’s suite on the upper deck. The galley is located on the lower deck, freeing up main deck space for the use of guests. Features include huge outdoor spaces and two fireplaces, one on the main deck and one on the owner’s deck. The yacht is featured in volume 24 of The Superyachts.

Builder/naval architecture:Lürssen
Exterior styling:Espen Øino
Interior design:Pauline Nunns

133. Anastasia | 75.5m (247’8″)

Anastasia’s owner chartered and admired the style of Greg Norman’s 69.5 metre expedition yacht Aussie Rules (now Nomad) so he hired her stylist and interior designer, Sam Sorgiovanni, to design his new yacht. Water sports are a passion for his family, so creating appropriate areas to store two Vikal tenders, jet-skis, WaveRunners and other equipment was a prime design priority. These are divided between the huge garage in the stern and lockers on the fore deck, while easy access to watercraft is ensured by two fold-down side platforms positioned amidships on either side of the yacht.

Elsewhere, the layout is conventional. Anastasia has a modern, chic interior style that makes much use of materials from Sorgiovanni’s native Australia. She has as a top speed of 18 knots and a range of 4,100nm at 14 knots. Twelve guests are looked after by 23 crew.Anastasia is featured in The Superyachts, Volume 22.

Builder: Oceanco
Naval architecture: Oceanco/Azure Naval Architects
Exterior styling/interior design: Sam Sorgiovanni

132. Ebony Shine | 75.75m (248’6″)

Ebony Shine (ex-Ocean Victory) is the first yacht of Feadship’s ‘XL Series’ to be launched since the De Vries Shipyard purchased the former Amels Shipyard in the Friesland town of Makkum. The steel hull was built in Feadship’s dedicated hull-making yard in Papendrecht and delivered to Makkum, where the aluminum superstructure was added and the fit-out completed.

Designed by Alberto Pinto and Laura Sessa, the interior accommodates 14 guests in an owner’s suite and six guest cabins and features three lounges, a 12-seat cinema and a health club with gymnasium, sauna, Turkish steam room and a massage room. Her outside decks can seat 32 diners, and a large ‘beach platform’ is found at the stern. Three tenders and the yacht’s Jet Skis are housed in a giant lazarette.

Builder: Feadship
Naval architecture: De Voogt Naval Architects
Interior design: Alberto Pinto

131. Lady Sarya | 76.32m (250’5″)

Lady Sarya, a classic from 1972, has unconventional looks for a superyacht. Two funnels are set aft in the superstructure, and a large swimming pool is positioned between them on the upper deck. Her tenders include a splendid Venetian taxi, while the owner’s suite has a door in the hull’s side that provides direct access to the water. Despite the size of the yacht she has only three guest cabins.

Builder/naval architecture: Cantiere Navale Apuania
Interior design: Rinaldo Gastaldi
Former names: La Belle Simone, Lady Sarah I, Sarah

130. Yersin | 76.6m (251’31”)

Yersin is the first yacht to be built by French yard Piriou shipyard. The owner is Francois Fiat and has had the yacht designed to cope with the most extreme conditions.

The 2,300-ton explorer yacht has accommodation for 20 passengers. She is powered by diesel-electric propulsion and is capable of shallow water cruising thanks to a central pump-jet. Despite a huge range of over 12,000 nautical miles, Yersin is still capable of 15 knots.

Builder/naval architecture: Piriou
Exterior designer: Pierre-Jacques Kubis

129. Boadicea | 76.61m (251’34”)

Formerly owned by Australian media tycoon Reg Grundy, Boadicea has the same massively solid appearance that distinguishes the slightly smaller Leander (No. 104 in this list), which he admired. A full deck between the main and bridge decks is devoted to the owners, featuring a panoramic lounge opening to a private deck, while aft are a pair of large offices with another private deck, although the original grass lawn (for the convenience of the owner’s pets) has now been replaced by synthetic grass.

Between the two are a conference room, a private gym and a 14-seat cinema. The owner’s suite, complete with a massage and hairdressing salon, fills the forward part of the main deck. Six guest cabins are below. Amico completed a comprehensive refit in 2010 in a very short time-frame.

She is featured in The Superyachts, Volume 21, as Boadicea, and Refit 2013 as Reborn.

Builder / naval architecture: Amels
Exterior styling / interior design: Terence Disdale
Former names: Reborn

128. Samar | 76.88m (252’3″)

This superbly finished yacht has accommodation for its Kuwaiti owner and 14 guests in an ebullient fin-de-siècle interior that includes a spectacular main stairway rising through four of the five decks. All five decks are also served by a passenger lift. Propulsion is by a state-of-the-art diesel-electric system, with three Wärtsilä diesels powering a pair of 2,414hp drive motors.

The yacht features a touch-and-go helipad and a stern garage with two davit-launched 7.6 metre tenders, as well as a wet dock capable of accommodating a massive 13 metre tender. A mini-submarine can be deployed from the foredeck. Compliant with MCA standards, the yacht is run by a crew of 20 and also offers accommodation for four personal staff. Samar is featured in The Superyachts, Volume 21.

Builder: Devonport Yachts
Naval architecture: Laurent Giles / Devonport Yachts
Exterior styling: Nick Myers
Interior design: Joe Tohme

127. Smeralda | 77m (252’7″)

The third yacht in its series of Espen Øino’s distinctive long, narrow, fuel-efficient designs, Smeralda follows the much-acclaimed 73.5 metre motor yachts, Silver and Silver Zwei, which were the brainchild of German owner, Guido Krass. She leapfrogged her sister ships – now called Rabdan and Dragonfly – into this list.

Her accommodation features walnut paneling with nine guest cabins and a massive owner’s apartment utilizing the entire upper deck and including a large private aft-facing terrace. Finished to an extremely high standard, she was launched at the Australian Marine Complex facility.

Smeralda is featured in volume 26 of The Superyachts.

Builder: Silver Yachts
Naval Architecture/Exterior Design: Espen Øino
Interior Styling: Vain Interiors

126. Silver Fast | 77m (252’62”)

Exceptionally slender and lightweight for her length, Silver Fast was launched in 2015 by Australian yard Silver Yachts as the sister ship to Smeralda. Styled by Espen Øino, this 77 meter semi-displacement superyacht can accommodate up to 18 guests and whisk them along at a sporty top speed of 27 knots. The tri-deck design features a sprawling owner’s suite and a total interior volume of 925GT.

Builder: Silver Yachts
Naval architecture/exterior design: Espen Øino

125. Legend | 77.4m (253′)

Built in Holland for the Soviet Union merchant marine, Legend (ex-Giant I), a Class 1 icebreaker, served the Russians for 26 years as an oceangoing salvage tug and electronic eavesdropping vessel. In the post-Soviet era the vessel was employed as a ‘nanny ship’ for a Russian fishing fleet but, putting into an American port following mechanical breakdown, she was abandoned by her Russian owners and sold at auction by the American authorities.

Subsequently, she was bought and converted into a yacht by René Herzog, who offered her for charter. She boasts sumptuous guestrooms and luxurious, art-filled accommodation for up to 24 guests in 12 cabins. Other facilities include a cinema, sauna, gymnasium, spa, a hospital, and two 40ft sport fishing boats as well as the usual range of smaller tenders. Powered by twin 3,400hp diesels, Legend has a cruising speed of 14.3 knots, at which she has a range in excess of 14,300nm. She is manned by 30 crew.

Following her recent sale, Legend was refitted at the Icon shipyard. The stern was extended by 3.6 meters and she was equipped with a swim platform and a swimming pool.

Builder: IHC Holland (1974) / Giant (2003)
Naval architecture: IHC Holland
Exterior styling (2014): Diana Yacht Design
Interior design (2003): John Misiag

124. Tango | 77.7m (254’11”)

Launched in mid-2011, the 77.7 meter Tango combines a white hull with a metallic grey and blue superstructure. She was a collaboration between Royal Van Lent yard, Eidsgaard Design, De Voogt Naval Architects and Edmiston & Company. There are six guest cabins on the main deck with an owner’s deck above. Tango was a winner at the World Superyacht Awards and ShowBoats Design Awards 2012.

Builder: Feadship
Naval architecture: De Voogt Naval Architects
Exterior styling/interior design: Eidsgaard Design

123. Sea Ranger | 77.73m (255’1″)

This oceangoing, ice-classed tug was converted into a luxury yacht for French entrepreneur Jackie Setton by the Malta Drydock Company in 1994, with project management by Claus Kusch. Setton named her Simson S, and after a few years’ use sold her to Ohio car insurance businessman Peter B Lewis, who is well known in philanthropic circles. He renamed her Lone Ranger and cruised aboard extensively. She was refitted with Quantum stabilizers in 2004. In 2013, she was sold at auction and renamed Sea Ranger.

Her interior features a large master suite with private owner’s library/study and four spacious guest staterooms. She also features a basketball court on her decks along with a swimming pool and helicopter pad.

Builder/naval architecture/exterior styling: Schichau-Unterweser (1973) / Malta Drydock Company (1994)
Interior design: Heinz Vollers / Jacky Setton

122. Montkaj | 78.05m (256’1″)

Montkaj is reportedly owned by Prince Mohammed bin Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who recently treated her to a three metre extension at her original builders, Amels – a modification that greatly improved an already glamorous appearance. The noted design company Terence Disdale Design created both her exterior style and interior design, in which the owner’s suite is said to extend over two decks in the forward part of the yacht. There are also 12 guest cabins. She has a top speed of 18 knots and cruises at 15 knots.

Builder / Naval architecture: Amels
Exterior styling / Interior design: Terence Disdale

121. Venus | 78.2m (256’7″)

A 78.2-metre aluminum yacht engineered by De Voogt Naval Architects with styling by Philippe Starck was christened Venus on October 28, 2012 at Feadship’s De Vries yard in Aalsmeer, Holland when she floated out of the building hall for completing.

The christening followed a private party with the workers and the owner inside the drydock on Saturday. Although the yacht is widely purported to be the vessel begun by the late American Apple founder Steve Jobs, Feadship’s management has steadfastly declined to comment on the project. Rumours of her amazing use of glass are now borne out.

Construction began in 2009 and the false top deck hiding her communication and television receivers is noted in Megayachts 2013.

Builder: Feadship
Naval Architecture: De Voogt N.A.
Exterior/Interior Styling: Philippe Starck

Check back soon for the rest of the list as we continue the countdown of the world’s largest yachts.