The big boat quiz
Test your knowledge and explore some of the largest, privately owned yachts in the world.
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1. This is the currently largest, privately owned yacht in the world. Do you know its name?
The yacht's name translates into English as "Resolute." She is 180.6 meters (590 ft) long and 20.8 meters (68 ft) wide. Her exterior was penned by Nauta Yacht Design, while her interior design was the work of Christophe Leoni. She is not only long and sleek, but she can travel more than 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) powered by a combination of two gas turbines and two diesel engines with a total power output of 35,048 kW (47,000 hp) through four pump-jets.
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2. Fulk Al Salamah is a Omani Royal Yacht which started as Project Saffron. Do you know what her name means?
Fulk Al Salamah is a superyacht in service with the Oman Royal Yacht Squadron since its completion in 2016. It was first announced in 2014 as Project Saffron. It joined the Lürssen superyacht Al Said in the capital Muscat as part of the royal fleet. At 164 meters (538 ft 1 in), Fulk Al Salamah is the second-longest yacht in the world as of 2022. It replaced a previous ship called Fulk Al Salamah which was renamed Al Dhaferah.
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3. Eclipse is most likely one of the most talked about yachts in recent years. Do you know her length?
After five years of intensive design, development, and construction, Eclipse left the Blohm + Voss yard in December 2010. She carried the title of the world’s largest superyacht for three years before being usurped by the yacht in the above question. Terence Disdale designed her exterior and interior.
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4. Her name is Dubai, but do you know how long she is?
Dubai was originally commissioned by Prince Jefri of Brunei with exterior styling and interior design by Andrew Winch. The Blohm & Voss project was suspended in 1998 with just the bare hull and partially complete superstructure. It was eventually sold to the Dubai government, and responsibility passed to Kostis Antonopoulos of Platinum Yachts, which prepared a new in-house interior design completed in 2006. The aptly named Dubai is the royal yacht of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai.
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5. This is the yacht Blue, do you know how long she is?
Taking her place at number four in the list of the world’s longest yachts, Lürssen’s Blue is so voluminous that she beats all the longer boats in terms of gross tonnage. Built for a Middle Eastern owner, she is exceeded for internal space only by those behemoths Dilbar (15,917GT) and Al Said (15,850GT).
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6. Dilbar, the largest yacht in the world in terms of volume and also the 6th longest yacht in the world. Do you know her Gross Tonnage?
The length of the yacht is 156 m (511 ft 10 in), with a beam of 24 m (78 ft 9 in) and a draft of 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in). Dilbar features a steel displacement hull with an aluminum superstructure and teak decks. The yacht was built to conform to the rules of Lloyd's Register classification society and meets SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) requirements. Espen Øino did the exterior design, while Winch Design was responsible for the interior.
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7. With a reported outrageous staff to guest ratio, Al Said, is said to have room for a 50 man orchestra in the on-board concert hall. Can you guess the staff to guest ratio?
Measuring an impressive 155 meters, Al Said is the principal vessel of the Oman Royal Yacht Squadron. Designed by Espen Øino with the looks of a classic cruise liner, she sails under the Omani flag, and her home port is Muttrah Harbour in Muscat.
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8. One of the more famous explorer superyachts is the yacht previously owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Can you guess her range?
With eight decks, including a private owners' deck, Octopus can host up to 26 guests accommodated in 13 staterooms and is crewed by a complement of 63 spread across 30 cabins. Entertainment facilities include several bars, a spa, a library, a cinema, a gym, a basketball court, and multiple lounges, including a forward-facing observation area. It has two helicopter pads on the main deck: a twin pad and hangars at the stern, a single pad on the bow, and a 43-foot (13 m) tender docked in the transom and a landing craft. There are a total of seven tenders aboard.
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9. Christina O is a private motor yacht that once belonged to billionaire Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis. Can you guess when she was built and how long she is?
Christina O has a master suite, eighteen-passenger staterooms, and numerous indoor and outdoor living areas, all connected by a spiral staircase. Compared to a typical 21st-century superyacht, her staterooms are small and Christina O lacks the indoor boat storage that is now standard; however, the number of living areas is large, and the amount of outdoor deck space is generous. The aft main deck has an outdoor pool with a minotaur-themed mosaic floor that rises at the push of a button to become a dance floor.
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10. Tatoosh is another of the late Paul Allen's yachts. Do you know how long she is?
Originally built for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw, Tatoosh was built at Rendsburg in Germany by Nobiskrug and completed in June 2000. Design and Construction was done by Kusch Yachts. It was purchased by Paul Allen in 2001 at a reported cost of $100 million.
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