A from HDW


A is an appropriate name for this luxury yacht - A represents first place, top class, position Number 1 - all the superlatives you can think of in fact. This truly is one of the world’s most breathtaking yachts and looks as streamlined and powerful as a submarine which is no surprise really; it was constructed by HDW and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems at the Kiel shipyards where Germany’s naval submarines are also manufactured. However the sumptuous design of the vessel doesn’t come from top secret military blueprints but rather from the stylish hand of none other than Philippe Starck. The yacht has the technical capabilities of anything you might see in a James Bond movie and the man responsible for this was Martin Francis; SF99 is the codename for this futuristic vessel which is powered by two Codag gas turbines while steering is supported by an advanced camera assist system. The 117m-long A yacht allegedly belongs to the Russian businessman Andrei Melnichenko.





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We have arrived now at position No.
Onward to position No.
The Mayan Queen IV rolled out from the Hamburg shipyard of Blohm + Voss in 2008 and according to David Robinson, an expert on the
Even the name Sarafsa sounds exotic and so it should; this 82m craft is actually registered in Saudi Arabia and rumour has it that
Just behind classic crafts such as the Dannebrog from 1932 or 1921’s Delphine is the Eminence from Germany’s Abeking & Rasmussen –
Now we come to the highly popular 70-meter category and to the Anastasia from Oceanco.
A relatively new and sprightly eye-catcher is the Silver and at 73m long it’s currently sitting at No.
Big is beautiful but with these yachts from Abeking & Rasmussen, Blohm + Voss, HDW, Kusch and Lürssen it’s not just the size that