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Maltese Falcon, The (yacht)
Effi (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Effi.
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The Maltese Falcon is a clipper sailing luxury yacht owned by American centimillionaire Tom Perkins. It is the largest privately-owned sailing yacht in the world at 88 metres (289.1 feet). Ken Freivokh Design were the appointed designers (after an invention from the German engineer Wilhelm Prölss) for Maltese Falcon, the world's largest privately owned sailing yacht. The yacht was constructed in Tuzla, Turkey by the Italian firm Perini Navi. The Falcon was the third yacht built by this firm for Perkins.
The luxury yacht is currently registered in George Town, Cayman Islands; though it will shortly be registered in Valletta, Malta as Grand Harbour will be its homeport for the next 25 years. It completed its trial sail in the Marmara to the Bosphorus strait on 12 June 2006 and made its maiden voyage from Turkey to Italy via Malta in July 2006. S/Y ‘Maltese Falcon’ was be available for select yacht charters beginning in the summer of 2006 and charters out for between EUR€ 325000.00-335000.00 per week plus expenses.
She sports fifteen square sails (five per mast) which only take 6 minutes to open. The three carbonfibre masts, manufactured and assembled by a company financed by Perkins at the Yildiz Gemi yard in Tuzla, 50 miles south of Istanbul, Turkey, under the supervision of the English company Insensys are free-standing and rotating, an absolute world-first for an application of this size and complexity. The yacht is easily controlled and has been seen to sail off her anchor and away from berths within harbors. The yacht's sophisticated computer detects parameters such as wind speed automatically and displays key data, however Perkins does not permit the computer to actually sail the yacht. An operator must always activate the controls, never-the-less it is possible for a single person to pilot the yacht.
She also has two 1800 horse-power Deutz engines running at 1800 rpm with a top speed of 20 knots with minimal wave-making and virtually no vibration with a smooth and non-turbulent wake. The engines make almost no noise, described as being quieter than the air-conditioning.
The yacht has a permanent crew of 18 to maintain the technical aspects including the rig and to operate the onboard "hotel", which can accommodate twelve guests plus four guest staff.

Raised drawbridge
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By: milwhcky.
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15th Avenue bridge

Terry Pegula's Yacht "Top Five"
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By: jdubble07.
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Terry Pegula is an entrepreneur who owns the Buffalo Bills NFL team, Buffalo Sabres NHL team, and has various interests in natural gas, commercial real estate, and a music label, Black River Entertainment.

Hans Behr's Octopussy
neotrix (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: neotrix.
When built in 1988 Octopussy was the fastest mega-yacht in the world.
A large German article about the yacht and Hans Behr. via faz.net: http://tinyurl.com/2qlnu9

Largest Motor Yacht in the World
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By: kjfitz.

Ecstasea (from Roman Abramovich)
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
While (much to our chagrin) the Feadship team has resisted the temptation to break the strict confidentiality agreement covering this yacht, someone associated with Ecstasea has been spilling information. That’s how we know her owner is Roman Abramovich (see nos. 5 and 6) and that her interior has an Asian theme to it. And that’s why newspapers from England to Singapore have printed stories about her since she emerged from the Royal Van Lent yard in May. Though we’ve yet to get up close to her ourselves, every photo we’ve seen gives the impression that her nameboard is cast in two different silver tones, with “Ecsta” in one and “sea” in the other. We’ve also seen photos of her gas turbine—large enough for an average-size adult male to stand in. It’s widely held in yachting circles that Abramovich bought Le Grand Bleu (see no. 6) while waiting for Ecstasea to be delivered and will, for the most part, keep all of his yachts in different locations.

Superyacht Octopus
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By: Rene73.

'Kingdom 5KR' formerly 'Trump Princess"
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By: mlc1us.
Built for Saudi Businessman Adnan Khashoggi, she was later sold to Donald Trump and now is owned by Saudi Prince Al Walid bin Talal.

Large undewater object near kayak far from shore
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

Carinthia VII (from Heidi Horten)
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
The 97m Carinthia VII can often be found at her home berth in the International Yacht Club of Antibes (IYCA). Carinthia VII (Project Fabergé) was built in 2002 by the German yard Lurssen for the widow of Helmut Horten, Heidi Horten. She was designed by Tim Heywood with an interior by Ellerhorst and Kreuter.

John Wayne's Yacht 'Wild Goose'
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By: mlc1us.
Currently owned by Hornblower Cruises & Events.

The Moran Familys' Gallant Lady 2
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By: jdubble07.
The 168' Feadship (one of a number of Gallant Lady Feadship yachts owned by the family) has over 17 miles of cable throughout the yacht, as well as over 22 different types of stone including marble, granite, and quartzite. Throughout the ship are also a number of paintings by The Highwaymen, a loose association of 26 black artists from Ft. Pierce, Florida. Mostly from the 1950s to 1970's it spanned over severals years with various artists selling at different times. The paintings now sell for thousands of dollars at auction.

Huge Private Yacht - Atlantis II
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Length: 379 ft 7 - 115 m
Launch: 1981
Builder: Hellenic Shipyards, Greece
Owner: Niarchos
7th largest "private yacht" in 2005
Naval architect: Maierform GmbH
Hull: Steel
Engines: 2 x 4,800 hp Pielsticks
Atlantis II is a sister ship to the older Issham Al Baher (originally Atlantis) which Stavros Niarchos gave to King Fahd.

John Christodoulou's Zeus Yacht
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
John Christodoulou is a Monaco-based British billionaire property developer, the owner of Yianis Group, a privately owned company with a portfolio of residential, hotel, retail and leisure properties in the UK and Europe.

Roman Abramovich's "Eclipse"
boris_the_spider (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boris_the_spider.
First aerial image of the world's biggest superyacht. It was captured cruising off St. Martin. At the moment the image is only visible in Google Maps' earth mode and in Google Earth (image dated Feb 28th 2011).

Concealed Yacht
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.
Looks like a lot of effort went into obscuring this yacht from ground viewing.

Huge yacht in Monte Carlo
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
With a helipad included of course.

Pelorus - Private Yacht
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Millionaires Row at IYCA
The world of the megayachts starts at 120 feet in length, and at the International Yacht Club of Antibes, (IYCA) the outer harbour of Port Vauban, Antibes, is home to these monsters.
Inaccurately referred to as "millionaires row" - a place in the harbour here requires more than mere millions - anything up to £100m or more for one of the world's top ten superyatchs.

118 Wallypower
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By: kjfitz.
Seen in the movie "Street Fighter" and "The Island."

Superyacht Lady Haya
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By: Rene73.

'Google' boat
A boat with Google above the deck from Google Day.

Roman Abramovich's yacht Eclipse
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By: Rene73.

Superyacht RM Elegant

Sunken Luxury Yacht
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

Superyacht 'Dubai'
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By: muntasir0.
Once the world's longest superyacht, the Platinum yards in Dubai built this 162m yacht.
Currently it's moored at the Logo Islands of Palm Jumeira
It mainly travels around the coast of Dubai.

Sunken Sailboat

Carinthia VI
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Yacht Dilbar
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By: boris_the_spider.
Megayacht Dilbar anchored near Porto Cervo.

SeaDoo on Bombardier Test Facility

Wedge Too at Monaco
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By: berli110.
Wedge Too near Lady Moura

Micky Arison's superyacht "Mylin IV"
boris_the_spider (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boris_the_spider.
The 200 ft Feadship of Carnival CEO and Miami Heat owner Micky Arison at her home berth at Miami Beach Marina.

Yacht Vibrant Curiosity
This humble ship belongs to German screw king Reinhold Würth. It was build by the famous dutch yacht builder Oceanco. The Street View car photographed it at the outfitting pier in front of the building shed.

Boat on a helipad
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By: daggerwell.

Larry Ellison's superyacht "Musashi"
The Oracle founder's brand new 288 ft (87.8 meter) toy at the Feadship De Vries yard in Makkum, Netherlands. It's the replacement for his former yacht, the 453 ft "Rising Sun".

Sail boats
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Google founder Larry Page's superyacht "Senses"
Berthed at Isle del Sol Marina, Simpson Bay.

Circling jet ski's
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By: gamma.

Yacht Al Salamah
Saudi Royal yacht Al Salamah.

Private Yacht
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'Cosmic Muffin' - Airplane converted into a yacht
The plane-boat started its improbable journey as a Boeing 307 Stratoliner originally owned by industrialist and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes who acquired the plane in 1939 as part of his purchase of TWA. The 307 was the world’s first commercial pressurized aircraft that was a variant of the B-17 Flying Fortress. Only ten were built in the late 1930s as production was discontinued by government order at the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. (One 307 has survived fully intact and has undergone a complete restoration by Boeing in Seattle for its owner, the National Air & Space Museum).

Magic Kingdom - Boston Whaler (Disney's floating police)

Large yacht under construction

Superyacht Ocean Breeze (Saddam's Luxury Yacht)
ex Kadissijat Saddam

St. Vitamin - Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin's Yacht - "Putin's Chef/Cook" – Funding source of the Internet Research Agency - Russian "Troll Farm"
photog (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: photog.
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin " Пригожин Евгений Викторович" is known as "Putin's Chef/Cook", an oligarch billionaire, owns Concord Management and Consulting and Concord Catering, the primary financial pipelines to the Internet Research Agency, the Russian “Troll Farm.” Special counsel Robert Mueller's office charged Prigozhin with violating US law and interfering in the 2016 election. St. Vitamin is a 37.4m (122’) luxury yacht, built by Astondoa, interior by Versace, and delivered in 2005 at a cost of $6,200,000. Her top speed is 32.0kn and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 1000.0nm at 28.0kn with power coming from three 2636.0hp MTU 16V2000M91 diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 12 people with 4 crew members waiting on their every need.

Private yacht in Nice

Flavio Briatore's yacht "Force Blue"
Flavio Briatore's superyacht at her home berth at Marina Genova Aeroporto.

Superyacht Dilbar

Superyacht Atlantis II

Private yachts at Seychelles

Yacht Attessa IV

Reg Grundy's Boadicea Yacht
Reg Grundy was an Australian entrepreneur and media mogul. He created the shows Blankety Blanks (the Australian version of Match Game) and the Australian Wheel of Fortune. He later went on to create the shows Prisoner, The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours.
His yacht, Boadicea, is pictured here in Monaco's Port Hercule, four months after his 2016 death.

Superyacht Delma

World's Largest Speedboat - Sea Screamer

Superyacht Sirona III

Cool Boat
Tahoe Keys Marina

Superyacht Carinthia VII
97.20 meter (319 ft) superyacht Carinthia VII at Venice, Italy. Image in 45° perspective! Owner is Heidi Horten.

Two private yachts at Cap d'Ail

Yacht Madiz
Classic motoryacht Madiz, built in 1902.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's research fleet
On the left: the former salvage tug "Simson" and former superyacht "Lone Ranger" being refitted into a research vessel.
On the right: the former fishery protection vessel "Seefalke" being refitted into a research vessel as well.
Both ships belong to Eric Schmidt's "Schmidt Ocean Institute", a private ocean research foundation. The refit is executed at Peters Schiffbau, a German shipyard that was also responsible for turning "Lone Ranger" into a superyacht.

Sailing Yacht A
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.
Built for the Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko At Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel.

Royal Yacht Britannia
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.
HM Yacht Britannia was the 83rd Royal Yacht since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. She is now permanently moored as an exhibition ship at Ocean Terminal, Leith harbour, Edinburgh, Scotland. Britannia was built at the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Ltd in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, being launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953 and commissioned on 11 January 1954. She was decommissioned on 11 December 1997.

Motor Yacht Destriero
http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/18/article/id/7941

Yacht "Le Grand Bleu"
neotrix (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: neotrix.
Le Grand Bleu is one of the largest private yachts in the world at 370 feet (114 metres) in length. It was built at the Bremer Vulkan yard in Bremen, and was launched in 2000.
It was previously owned by John McCaw Jr., an American businessman who sold her to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich in 2002.
In June 2006, Abramovich "gave" Le Grand Bleu to friend Eugene Shvidler. Mr. Shvidler maintains ownership of Le Grand Bleu.

Biggest US-built superyacht so far
The 281 ft superyacht "Cakewalk" by Derecktor Shipyards is the biggest yacht per volume that was built in the US. She was completed in 2010.

Power trimaran

Yacht Al Diriyah
Saudi yacht Al Diriyah at shipyard in Perama.

Superyacht Phocea

Yacht Lady Sarya
Saudi yacht Lady Sarya at her home berth at Flisvos Marina, Piraeus.

Yachts Amevi and Dilbar
"Amevi" (80 metre, owned by Lakshmi Mittal) and the 110 metre Luerssen "Dilbar" anchored off Porto Cervo.

Boat
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By: Turneasterne.

Superyacht project Privilege One
The superyacht project Privilege One of the newly established Privilege Yard under construction. When completed she will be among the 15 biggest yachts ever built.

Pleasure Boats in Newport Harbor
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By: happenstance.

Private yacht in Venice

Exclusive yachts at Porto Cervo

Superyacht Golden Odyssey

Yacht Attessa
Dennis Washington's current toy sailing off San Diego.

Barry Diller's superyacht "Eos"
The largest sailing yacht of the world (length over all: 305 ft) berthed at Chelsea Piers, Manhattan. Eos was built by the famous yacht builders of Lurssen Yachts in Germany. The imagery is dated June 2011.
In case this yacht is not visible any more use the KML link and search GE's historical imagery for June 2011.

Yacht Octopus
Unfortunately we don't see the yacht, just the scaffolding around her. Octopus had a refit in St. Nazaire at the time the SV car made the photos. Microsoft captured her as well.

Earthrace / Ady Gil
Ady Gil, previously known as Earthrace, was a 78-foot (24 m), wave-piercing trimaran, which was originally created as part of a project to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat. The vessel was powered by biodiesel fuel, but was also capable of running on regular diesel fuel. It used other eco-friendly materials, such as vegetable oil lubricants, hemp composites, and non-toxic anti-fouling, and had features such as bilge water filters.

Superyacht "A"
Another image of Andrej Melnichenko's superyacht "A". She was captured at the Norwegian port of Bergen during her maiden voyage.

Yacht Al Mirqab
133 metre Qatar royal yacht Al Mirqab at Club de Mar, Palma de Mallorca.

Paul Allen's yacht "Tatoosh"
Spotted at Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste.

Superyachts "Amadeus" and "Atlantis II"
Bernard Arnault's "Amadeus" and the Niarchos family's "Atlantis II" berthed at Port Hercule.

Sailboat in Trouble

Large Catamaran
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Superyacht "A"
Andrey Melnichenko's superyacht anchoring off Santa Barbara.

Superyacht Octopus, owned by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen

Superyacht Cakewalk
Derecktor's 281 ft "Cakewalk" is the biggest yacht built in the US so far. The image shows the yacht in front of the shipyard in Bridgeport, CT. Image from Aug 2010.

Qatari royal yacht "Katara"
The Lürssen built 408 ft superyacht berthed at Port Everglades.

Superyacht Rising Sun

Superyacht Triple Seven

Yacht Phoenix
Lürssen built Superyacht at the picturesque Portofino.

Superyacht Mirabella V
At a length of 75.22 meters (247 ft) Mirabella V is the largest sloop of the world. Owned by Joe Vittoria so far the yacht was recently sold to an unknown private owner.
She was captured anchored off Simpson Bay (Feb 2011 imagery).

Yacht in motion

Yacht Marala
Classic yacht Marala, built in 1931.

Yacht Shergar
Shergar at Porto Cervo. This classic is owned by the Aga Khan.

Superyacht Asean Lady at Raffles Marina
Superyacht Asean Lady was built for Brian Chang, CEO of Yantai Raffles, in 2004.

133.9m megayacht Serene