Meet the Azzam: The World's Largest Superyacht. $605 million US
 

The world's largest superyacht, called Azzam, is 590 feet long. What's the cost to build this yacht?

A staggering $605 million US!!! No RS group buy for this big toy. :lawl:

Meet the Azzam, the world's largest superyacht - CNN.com

Based on the article, the annual operating costs for this yacht are about $60 million.

From the article:

At 590- feet long, the Azzam is 57-feet longer than Abramovich's mighty Eclipse -- previously the largest yacht on the waves. The hulking superyacht is significantly longer than a football field, larger than the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and more capacious than many popular cruise ships.


The identity of the huge boat's owner remains a mystery, but some speculate that it belongs to a powerful Middle Eastern billionaire.


The project was brought to fruition by Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi, who assembled a triumvirate of yacht-building super stars: the Azzam's engineering was done by premier German shipbuilding company Lürssen, the exterior design was by Nauta Yachts and the interior was composed by Christophe Leoni.

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forget about super cars. super yachts is where it's at! looks very stream line. would love to see interior pictures.
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Not very nice exterior decks from that picture

Many of the the large super yachts have nicer exterior space
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I guess the pool is inside then
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At what size do these things stop being classified as yachts and become cruise ships?

Um. Yachts are personal. Cruise ships are public.

60 schmill per year to operate. :heckno:

needs a pagani zonda and a few other exotics on that massive deck, just cuz

free lifejacket to first revscener who gets in their rubber dinghy and puts SH in front of the name

cant find any inside pics
must of spent it all building it and cant afford to furnish it

Yeah the exterior shots look kinda meh... I like the ones with the dark-coloured hulls!

Such as this:
http://www.boatinternational.com/bi-...t-register.jpg

why?

From what I understand, dark painted hulls is too costly and harder to keep cool in the waters especially at that size above.

It looks like a us naval vessel, corvettes? or something like a small class ship

Because when there's individuals raking in billions of dollars a year (net), they need shit to spend it on that actually feels like money is being spent!

:okay:

They should call it the Kazaam


http://www.thefunserv.com/wp-content...haq-kazaam.jpg

Psh, only one helipad?

It's quite good looking but I was hoping for something more modern and special.

I hope the $60M/yr includes top notch security
can you imagine having this thing out in international waters? Pirates be all over it.
I'd install turrets just as a pirate deterrent :lawl:
edit: the article mentions the other yacht similar has a missile defense system

you can fill a lot of dem ho's on that boat

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I Googled super yacht and found this one.

http://www.avadesign.it/photos/mid-t...25-6-copia.jpg

Just a concept render though.

Now that's what I call a sunroof in the back of that yacht! :)

-still needs an extra helipad to fly in the hot girls for parties.

The Eclipse has bullet proof windows, armour plating, missile defense system, anti-paparazzi shield

I would assume the Azzam would have all that, a nuke, and a private army.:badpokerface:

60 mil a year and you can't have your own army?

chump change to whoever owns it. come on, its a $605 million boat.

i was yachting this past weekend and when we were coming back to coal harbor under the Lions Gate Bidge this yacht was heading out..

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was so massive my iphone couldn't fit it all.

here's a thought -->how about using one's wealth for the betterment of mankind instead of ostentatious purchases that serve no purpose but to spew more pollution into the atmosphere and oceans..$605 million could do wonders in sub-saharan africa providing basic needs like potable drinking water..or how about a cause closer to home like aid given to help in the care of the 1 million+ refugees from the syrian conflict residing in Lebanese territories..the possibilities are endless!!

or better yet, in sticking with the theme of boats, why not build a hospital ship of sorts. Maybe something along the lines of a Mercy Ship..a ship that makes port of calls in impoverished countries and supplies medical care to those who would otherwise not have access to.

p.s: really nice ship, but utterly useless!

i doubt a yone that spent that much money on a boat would let some scrub pirate take it from them