Photo:Courtesy Abeking & Rasmusen
Kibo Length: 269’0″ Builder: Abeking & Rasmusen
2014 Ranking: #71 Abeking & Rasmussen’s brand-new Kibo launched this summer.
Photo:Courtesy Oceanco
Alfa Nero Length: 269’0″ Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #71 The Oceanco-built Alfa Nero famously has a pool on her aft deck that serves triple duty
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Vibrant Curiosity Length: 280’4″ Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #63 With a range of 5,500 nautical miles at 15 knots, Vibrant Curiosity is ready to take you just about anywhere.
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Sunrays Length: 280’5″ Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #62 Sunrays ’ bridge deck features a bamboo-finished lounge and spa that can convert into a movie theatre.
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St. Princess Olga Length: 280’8″ Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #61 St. Princess Olga possesses lines that are paradoxically both burly yet sleek, thanks to designer Igor Lobanov.
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Cakewalk Length: 280’8″ Builder: Derecktor
2014 Ranking: #60 This 281-foot Derecktor build is the longest boat built in the U.S. since 1931 and the largest ever by volume.
Photo:Courtesy Oceanco
Seven Seas Length: 281’10” Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #59 Steven Spielberg definitely isn’t going to need a bigger boat. He can fit 12 guests and 23 crew onboard his Seven Seas .
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Ecstasea Length: 282’1″ Builder: Feadship
2014 Ranking: #57 This ex-member of the Abramovich fleet was reportedly sold to philanthropist Sonja Zuckerman in 2009.
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Musashi Length: 287’10” Builder: Feadship
2014 Ranking: #52 Larry Ellison’s Musashi is the largest Feadship ever built at 288 feet.
Photo:Klaus Jordan
Quattroelle Length: 288’7″ Builder: Lürssen
2014 Ranking: #51 This 289 footer features a gym designed by, wait for it … Usain Bolt.
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Y710 Length: 290’4″ Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #48 .
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Nirvana Length: 290’4″ Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #48 Another Oceanco build, Nirvana has trans-Pacific range and can hit 19.5 knots on the pins.
Photo:Klaus Jordan
Global Length: 259’3″ Builder: Lürssen
2014 Ranking: #45 .
Photo:Courtesy Oceanco
Indian Empress Length: 311’7″ Builder: Oceanco
2014 Ranking: #37 Perhaps unsurprisingly, the 30,000-horsepower Indian Empress is often spotted, where else, in the Indian Ocean.
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Madame GU Length: 324’8″ Builder: Feadship
2014 Ranking: #32 Said to be capable of 22 knots, Madame GU is immediately recognizable by her sky-blue hull.
Photo:Klaus Jordan
Katara Length: 408’1″ Builder: Lürssen
2014 Ranking: #15 At 408 feet Katara is the 14th longest yacht in the world, though her gross tonnage would be expected to place her even higher than that.
Photo:Courtesy Lürssen
Octopus Length: 414’0″ Builder: Lürssen
2014 Ranking: #14 Paul Allen’s 414-foot Octopus is so big it has a tender that is 63 feet long.
Photo:Klaus Jordan
Topaz Length: 482’3″ Builder: Lürssen
2014 Ranking: #5 t 482 feet Topaz ’s build cost is said to be $527 million. Yikes.
Photo:Courtesy Blohm + Voss / Christopher Gonta
Eclipse Length: 534’8″ Builder: Blohm + Voss Shipyard
2014 Ranking: #2 Roman Abramovich’s Eclipse was recently, ahem, eclipsed as the world’s largest yacht by Azzam .
Photo:Klaus Jordan
Azzam Length: 590’5″ Builder: Lürssen
2014 Ranking: #1 At 590-feet long, Azzam is the largest megayacht in the world. She was reportedly commissioned by Khalifa Al Nahyan , the president of the United Arab Emirates .
