List of motor yachts by length

This is a list of the world's longest motor luxury yachts in order of their length. While length closely correlates with other measures of size such as tonnage (a measure of volume), or accommodation area, or displacement (a measure of yacht's weight), the correspondence is not exact, and the rankings should not be taken as a definitive ranking of size.

Whilst many businesses and organisations use length as an indication of the general trend, and the below is fascinating for the lay person, the true statistic of a yacht's size is its gross tonnage. Not to be confused with weight/displacement, this is in fact a measurement of a vessel's volume, what it can carry and accommodate.

For example, the Italians are renowned for building the greatest number of yachts (across all tiers) and therefore, the greatest number of lengths. In superyacht terms however, as The Yacht Report identified in January 2008, Germany actually builds the world's largest yachts. To put this in figures for a comparison:

Italy has produced c. 37 km of superyacht over 30m with a total 167,415 GT whilst Germany has produced c. 12.5 km of superyacht over 30m with a total of 180,473 GT.

This clearly identifies that length is not an adequate justification for superyacht size, let alone comparison between yachts. This can easily be highlighted at the top of the scale of individual yachts as Al Salamah a 139m megayacht jumps from 7th place in terms of length, to 2nd, just behind Eclipse in gross tonnage (12,234 GT). To reference this, a fully comprehensive list of the superyacht global fleet exists in the form of the International Yacht Register - this is produced by The Yacht Report magazine

Some published lists exclude luxury yachts owned by or on behalf of heads of state and since these include the largest yacht in the world this leads to inconsistencies in reported rankings for all major yachts. Rising Sun, which is ranked fourth in the list below, is often called the largest yacht in the world, and she is the largest yacht which is certainly owned by a private citizen, namely the American software tycoon Larry Ellison. (The newest largest megayacht, Eclipse, is supposed to belong to Roman Abramovich, a private citizen, but his ownership of the mentioned yacht has not been officially confirmed.) The Al Salamah was once believed to be registered in the name of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, but was then discovered to be registered in the name of Crown Prince Sultan and it is a matter of debate whether she is a state yacht or not. Publicly available information about the Saudi royal family's yachts is minimal. The largest Saudi royal yacht, the Prince Abdulaziz, was owned by King Fahd and has most likely been taken over by his successor King Abdullah.

The longest yacht available for charter is the ninth ranked Savarona, but the eleventh ranked Alexander can accommodate more passengers.

List

This list shows the longest 50 motor yachts. Sailing yachts are not listed here, see List of large sailing yachts

#	Name	Length ft (m)	Completed	Owner	Photo
1	Dubai*	524'10" (160)	2006	Sheikh of Dubai
2	Eclipse	508'11" (157.1)	delivery December 2008	Roman Abramovich
3	Al Said*	508'53" (155)	2007	Sultan Qaboos
4	Prince Abdulaziz*	482'3" (147)	1984	Prince Abdul Aziz
5	Al Salamah*	456'10" (139)	1999	Crown Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia
6	Rising Sun	452'8" (138)	2004	Larry Ellison
7	Al Mirqab	436' (133)	2008	Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister)
8	Octopus	413'4" (126)	2003	Paul Allen
9	Savarona	408'0" (124)	1931/1992	Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (First and Real Owner)
10	8th Wonder	402'0" (123)	2008/2009	N/A
11	Alexander	400'2" (122)	1976/1986	Latsis family
12	"A" (Project Sigma)	390' (119)	2008	Andrey Melnichenko
13	Turama	381'9" (116)	1990/2004	Charter yacht
14	Atlantis II	379'7" (115)	1981	Niarchos family
15	Reverie	379' (115)	2005	Phipps family
16	Pelorus	377'3" (115)	2003	Roman Abramovich
17	Le Grand Bleu	370'0" (113)	2000	Eugene Shvidler
18	Lady Moura	344' (108)	1990	Nasser al Rashid
19	Loaloat Al Behar *	340' (104)	1982	Sultan Qaboos
20	Christina O	325'3 (99)	1943/1954	John Paul Papanicolaou (as a business)
21	Carinthia VII	321'5" (98)	2002	Heidi Horten
22	Limitless	315'7" (96)	1997	Leslie Wexner
23	Indian Empress	311'7" (95)	2000	Vijay Mallya
24	Attessa IV	302'2" (92.1)	1997	Dennis Washington
25	Tatoosh	301'8" (92)	2000	Paul Allen
26	Nahlin	300' (91.4)	1930/2003	Nick Edmiston
27	Ice	299'6" (90)	2005	Suleiman Kerimov
28	Constellation	290’3” (88)	2002	Charter yacht
29	Asean Lady	289' (88)	2003	Brian Chang
30	Arctic P	288'7" (88)	1966	James Packer
31	Ecstasea	288' (88)	2004	Roman Abramovich
32	Kingdom 5KR	281'9" (86)	1980	Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (formerly owned by Donald Trump and Adnan Khashoggi)
33	Alysia	280' (85)	2005	Charter yacht
34	Delma	279'7" (85)	2004	Charter yacht
35	Alfa Nero	279'2" (85)	2007	Theodoros Aggelopoulos
36	O'Mega	270'7" (82)	1985	Charter yacht
37	Ocean Breeze	269'2" (82)	1981	Unknown (formerly owned by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud)
38	Golden Odyssey*	265'7" (80)	1990	Prince Khalid bin Sultan
39	Bart Roberts	265' (80)	1963	Charter yacht
40	Amevi	265' (80)	2006	Lakshmi Mittal
41	Norge*	263'1 (80)	1937	Harald V of Norway
42	Al Diriyah*	257'9" (78)	1960	Saudi royal family
43	Delphine	257'8" (78)	1921	Jacques Bruynooghe
44	Dannebrog*	257'3" (78)	1932	Margrethe II
45	Montkaj	256' (78)	1995	Prince Muhammad bin Fahd
46	Lone Ranger	255' (78)	1973/1994	Peter Lewis
47	Samar	252'6" (77)	2006	Kutayba Youssef Ahmad Alghanim of Alghanim Industries
48	Princess Mariana	252'3" (77)	2003	Carlos Peralta
49	Lady Sarya	250'4" (76)	1972	Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani
50	Anastasia	(75.50)	2008	Vladimir Potanin (Russie)	L'Anastasia (75,50 m) au port d'Antibes
51	Talitha G	247'4" (75)	1929/1994	Getty family
52	Giant	247' (75)	1974/2004	Rene Herzog
53	Leander	245'3" (74)	1994	Sir Donald Gosling
54	Enigma	244'4" (74)	1991	Aidan Barclay

* Denotes yachts which are owned by heads of state.

See also

• Yacht
• Luxury yacht