Keeping Up with the Abramoviches: The 100 Largest Motor Yachts of 2010

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed)
Feb 8th 2010 at 6:01PM

In case you're a Jones-watching type, when it comes to this year's motor yachts you can take your eyes off the Joneses for a moment and turn them to Roman Abramovich. He'll be the one with the year's largest offering, the Eclipse, a yacht already so storied we wouldn't be surprised if it came with a paparazzi deck. That is, of course, assuming the intergalactically expensive yacht even gets finished.

If it doesn't, then the number two motor yacht (pictured), the Dubai, will maintain its place. Superyachts.com has a preview of this years private floating wonders, and a breakdown of the first 100 as far as size goes. In addition to the potential addition of Abramovich, there are two other new entrants to the top ten: the novel looking Swift141, and the 134-meter Fincantieri, which has been in the works for three years. Bringing up the aft is another newcomer: the 73-meter Admiral. Just 73.5 meters will get you on the list, so there's still time to place your order with the shipyard if the economic recovery has been good to you...

Tags: motor yacht, MotorYacht, yacht

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DJ Feb 8th 2010 6:42PM

From Webster's Dictionary:
"Main Entry: 1cht
Pronunciation: \ˈyät\
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete Dutch jaght, from Middle Low German jacht, short for jachtschip, literally, hunting ship
Date: 1557
: any of various recreational watercraft: as a : a sailboat used for racing b : a large usually motor-driven craft used for pleasure cruising"

At what point do we stop calling these things "yachts' and properly referring to them as medium sized oceanliners built for one or a small group?