The Top Teched-up Yachts

Yas

• Owner – Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
• Occupation – Emirati politician and royalty
• Cost – Unknown (Estimated $350M)
• Length – 141.00m (462’7″ft)
• Top Speed – 26 knots
• # of crew members – 56

Technology

• Elements have been borrowed from a UAE navy frigate for increased security
• Doors constructed from  carbon fibre, allowing weight efficiency
• An eco-friendly and low carbon fuel-based engine drives  the yacht
• SATCOM (satellite communication system), long-range underwater SONAR, and a night navigator.l

Project Azzam

• Owner – Khalifa Al Nahyan
• Occupation – president of the United Arab Emirates
• Cost – $600M
• Length – 180.00m (590’6″ft)
• Top Speed – 30 knots
• # of crew members – 50

Technology

• Proprietary and exclusive Optimex tech
• Environmentally friendly with reduced carbon dioxide, noise and soot emissions, and optimised fuel efficiency.
• Utilises waste heat from the engine to power the yacht’s desalination system for drinking water.

The Rising Sun

• Owner – David Geffen
• Occupation – American business magnate
• Cost – $200M
• Length – 138.40m (454’0″ft)
• Top Speed – 28 Knots
• # of crew members – 45

Technology

• Steel hull and aluminium superstructure
• The engine is comprised of 4 MTU 20V 8000 M90 engines  driving the yacht to  28 knots of speed

The Maltese Falcon

• Owner – Elena Ambrosiadou
• Occupation – founder of IKOS Ltd.
• Cost – $120M
• Length – 88.12m (289’1″ft)
• Top Speed – 19.5 Knots
• # of crew members – 18

Technology

• 21,800 horsepower DEUTZ diesel engines up to  19.6 knots with power
• Her engine room also hosts three gensets convert heat capacity into mechanical energy and then into electrical energy
• The carbon fibre yardarms are all securely fastened on the rotating mast,
• A  sail furling mechanisms run by an electric motor

Venus

• Owner – Steve Jobs’ Family
• Occupation – Apple
• Cost – $129M
• Length – 79.25 m (260.0 ft)
• Top Speed – 22 Knots
• # of crew members – 22

Technology

• This ship is run using iMac’s
• A large pane of special glass envelopes the side and bow of the ship in the style of  an Apple store

Dilbar

• Owner – Alisher Usmanov
• Occupation – Russian oligarch
• Cost – $263M
• Length – 110.00m (360’10″ft)
• Top Speed – 21 Knots
• # of crew members – 47

Technology

• Pioneer in particle filters on the main engine exhausts
• Twin MTU diesel-electric main engines
• The combination of diesel-electric propulsion (by the gensets and the thrusters) and conventional propulsion with CPP (Controllable Pitch Propellers)ensures fuel efficiency long range

Seven Seas

• Owner – Steven Spielberg
• Occupation – Film Director
• Cost – $200M
• Length – 85.95m (281’11″ft)
• Top Speed – 20 Knots
• # of crew members – 23

Technology

• At anchor stabilisers’ increase onboard comfort at anchor and on rough waters.
• A projector casts an image onto the glass wall of an infinity pool for a unique cinematic experience.
• Powered by 2 MTU (16V 595 TE70) 4,680hp diesel engines

Eclipse

• Owner – Roman Abramovich
• Occupation – Russian businessman
• Cost – $500M
• Length – 162.50m (533’1″ft)
• Top Speed – 25 Knots
• # of crew members – 70

Technology

• Bullet and bomb proofed
• A missile defence system
• 3 man ‘leisure’ submarine
• An ‘anti-paparazzi shield’ that is activated by camera flashlights

“A”

• Owner – Andrey Melnichenko
• Occupation – Russian Businessman
• Cost – $323M
• Length – 119.00m (390’5″ft)
• Top Speed – 23 Knots
• # of crew members – 42

Technology

• Stern designed to cut through icebergs
• Reverse bow and ‘tumblehome’ design making it extremely efficient through the water
• Bomb proof windows, 40 CCTV cameras, motion sensors, biometric fingerprint entry for some areas and an escape pod in case of emergencies

Al Said

• Owner – Sultan Qaboos
• Occupation – Sultan of Oman
• Cost – $300M
• Length – 155.00m (508’6″ft)
• Top Speed – 25 Knots
• # of crew members – 154

Technology

• At anchor stabilisers increase onboard comfort at anchor and on rough waters.
• Features 2 MTU 10,988hp diesel engines
• Spacex Zero Gravity stablizers, with Quantum generational capacitators