List of motor yachts by length

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This is a list of the world's longest motor luxury yachts in order of their length. Whilst this closely correlates with other measures of size such as tonnage (a measure of volume), displacement (a measure of weight), or accommodation area, the correspondence is not exact, and the rankings should not be taken as a definitive ranking of size. However length is the only measurement which is available for all of the world's largest yachts and it is generally used for comparison purposes. Large yachts are colloquially known as luxury yachts, superyachts or mega yachts.

Some published lists exclude luxury yachts owned by or on behalf of heads of state and since these include the largest yacht in the world this leads to inconsistencies in reported rankings for all major yachts. Rising Sun, which is ranked fourth in the list below, is often called the largest yacht in the world, and she is the largest yacht which is certainly owned by a private citizen, namely the American software tycoon Larry Ellison. (The newest largest megayacht, Eclipse, is supposed to belong to Roman Abramovich, a private citizen, but his ownership of the mentioned yacht has not been officially confirmed.) The Al Salamah was once believed to be registered in the name of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, but was then discovered to be registered in the name of Crown Prince Sultan and it is a matter of debate whether she is a state yacht or not. Publicly available information about the Saudi royal family's yachts is minimal. The largest Saudi royal yacht, the Prince Abdul Aziz, was owned by King Fahd and has most likely been taken over by his successor King Abdullah.

The longest yacht available for charter is the sixth ranked Savarona, but the seventh ranked Alexander can accommodate more passengers.

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This list shows the longest 50 motor yachts as of end 2006. Sailing yachts are not listed.

#	Name	Length ft (m)	Completed	Owner	Photo
1	Platinum/Golden Star/Dubai *	524'10" (160)	2006	Sheikh of Dubai
2	Sunflower	508'53" (155)	2007	Unknown
-	Eclipse	482'6" (147)	2008 delivery	Roman Abramovich
3	Prince Abdul Aziz (yacht)	482'3" (147)	1984	King Fahd
4	Al Salamah	456'10" (139)	1999	Crown Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia
5	Rising Sun	452'8" (138)	2004	Larry Ellison	Image:Rising Sun Yacht.JPG
6	Octopus	413'4" (126)	2003	Paul Allen	Image:Megayacht Octopus.jpg
7	Savarona	408'0" (124)	1931/1992	Kahraman Sadikoglu (leaseholder)
8	Alexander	400'2" (122)	1976/1986	Latsis family
9	Turama	381'9" (116)	1990/2004	Charter yacht
10	Atlantis II	379'7" (115)	1981	Niarchos family
11	Issham Al Baher	379' (115)	1973	Saudi royal family
12	Pelorus	377'3" (115)	2003	Roman Abramovich	Image:YachtPelorusMooredInLubeck.jpg
13	Le Grand Bleu	370'0" (113)	2000	Eugene Shvidler	Image:Le Grand Bleu.jpg
14	Lady Moura	344' (108)	1990	Nasser al Rashid	Image:Lady moura 1.jpg
15	Al Said	340' (104)	1982	Sultan of Oman
16	Christina O	325'3 (99)	1943/1954	John Paul Papanicolaou (as a business)
17	Carinthia VII	321'5" (98)	2002	Heidi Horten	Image:CarinthiaVII.jpg
18	Limitless	315'7" (96)	1997	Leslie Wexner	Image:Limitless, Palma de Mallorca, 07.2006 (side).jpg
19	Indian Empress	311'7" (95)	2000	Vijay Mallya	Image:Indian Empress.jpg
20	Attessa IV	302'2" (92.1)	1997	Dennis Washington
21	Tatoosh	301'8" (92)	2000	Paul Allen
22	Nahlin	300' (91.4)	1930/2003	Nick Edmiston
23	Ice	299'6" (90)	2005	Suleiman Kerimov	Image:Ice - yacht.JPG
24	Constellation	290’3” (88)	2002	Charter yacht
25	Asean Lady	289' (88)	2003	Brian Chang
26	Artic P	288'7" (88)	1966	James Packer
27	Ecstasea	288' (88)	2004	Roman Abramovich
28	Kingdom 5KR	281'9" (86)	1980	Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (formerly owned by Donald Trump and Adnan Khashoggi)	Image:Yacht123.jpg
29	Alysia	280' (85)	2005	Charter yacht
30	Delma	279'7" (85)	2004	Charter yacht
31	O'Mega	270'7" (82)	1985	Charter yacht
32	Ocean Breeze	269'2" (82)	1981	Unknown (formerly owned by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud)
33	Golden Odyssey	265'7" (80)	1990	Prince Khalid bin Sultan
34	Bart Roberts	265' (80)	1963	Charter yacht
35	Al Diriyah	257'9" (78)	1960	Saudi royal family
36	Delphine	257'8" (78)	1921	Charter yacht
37	Montkaj	256' (78)	1995	Prince Muhammad bin Fahd
38	Lone Ranger	255' (78)	1973/1994	Peter Lewis
39	Samar	252'6" (77)	2006	unknown
40	Princess Mariana	252'3" (77)	2003	Carlos Peralta
41	Lady Sarya	250'4" (76)	1972	Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani
42	Talitha G	247'4" (75)	1929/1994	Getty family
43	Giant	247' (75)	1974/2004	Rene Herzog
44	Leander	245'3" (74)	1994	Sir Donald Gosling
45	Enigma	244'4" (74)	1991	Aidan Barclay
46	Ilona IV	241'8" (73)	2003	Frank Lowy
47	Laurel	240' (73)	2006	unknown
48	Queen M	238'2" (72)	2004	unknown
49	RM Elegant	237'5" (72)	2005	Charter yacht	Image:RM Elegant.jpg
50	Coral Island	236' (72)	1994	unknown

* It should be noted that this is not the longest yacht held in private hands, it is owned by the government of Dubai, the Al Salamah is the longest yacht owned in private hands.