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#4: SAVARONA—408’0″Fifty-two and a half feet in beam, graceful Savarona still turns heads more than 75 years after she was launched. She charters in the Med and has hosted everything from vacations for high-profile folks like the designer Valentino to weddings and birthday parties for not-so-high-profile but equally wealthy individuals. A

#17: MAYAN QUEEN—301’8″The code-named project Safari hit the water in May and should be ready for delivery around the time you’re reading this. Through super-sleuthing, we discovered her real name is Mayan Queen, which means her owner is Mexican mining billionaire (and experienced yachtsman) Alberto Baillres. She represents a huge step up from

#11: LADY MOURA —344’0″Lady Moura caused more of a stir than usual both on shore and on the Internet during last year’s Cannes Film Festival when she ran aground on some rocks. Thankfully a tugboat pulled her free, and the damage to her hull didn’t penetrate her fuel tanks. After repairs were completed in Gibraltar, Lady Moura went back to

#32: GOLDEN ODYSSEY—265’7″Way before it was popular to be eco-minded, Prince Khalid bin Sultan, the assistant defense minister of Saudi Arabia, was worried about the impact man was having on the ocean and its inhabitants, particularly coral reefs. So for nearly 20 years, he’s been welcoming scientists aboard this yacht for research trips. But there’s fun

#1: DUBAI—524’10″The world is still waiting for the interior of this yacht to be done. It seems the Crown Prince of Dubai is a pretty particular person and hasn’t been entirely happy with the work, so two years after she was expected to be finished, she’s still dockside at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. If you want to get a good look at her, download Google

#6: PROJECT SIGMA—387’1″ In December 2005, Blohm + Voss announced the signing of a contract for this yacht, referred to by the code name above. While the yard wouldn’t reveal much other than that Philippe Starck would be her designer, it did mention that the project manager would be Blue Ocean Yacht Management, the same company that was overseeing the

#11: LADY MOURA —344’0″Lady Moura departed her homeport of Monaco for Germany last October, where she spent a few months at Blohm + Voss getting some routine maintenance. Unfortunately she needed some hull repairs this past May after running aground off Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival. She’s had the same owner since launch: Nasser