Luxury yacht

A mega yacht is a particularly large, oceangoing yacht with luxurious facilities.

Since these ships exclusively and luxuriously appointed and are thus correspondingly expensive, they are " super rich " to representation and entertainment purposes. As price is the rule of thumb "at least one million U.S. dollars per meter ." Known berths for yachts of this size are in Europe, for example, the marinas of Monaco and Antibes on the Côte d' Azur, Puerto Portals in Mallorca, Porto Cervo on the Costa Smeralda or Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Definition

In recent years, the term mega- yacht has been established for yachts with a length of more than 60 meters (about 200 feet). The vessel size between the "normal" boats ( length up to 23 meters ) and the mega - yachts called super yachts. Particularly large mega yachts with a length overall (LOA ) over 100 meters have recently been known as giga- yachts. In the English speaking world is known as yachts from the size of a super yacht yachts and luxury.

Equipment and crew

Many mega- yachts are equipped among other things with swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, sun deck, helipad, dinghies, jet skis, as well as the latest technology.

The crew of mega yachts consists of professional seafarers ( master, officers, machinery and deck personnel). By default, even uniformed service personnel ( stewards ) on board. Especially in motor yachts, the number of crew members often exceeds that of the guests.

Shipyards and Fairs

Manufacturers are shipyards such as Lurssen, Peters shipbuilding, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (formerly HDW and Blohm Voss ), Abeking & Rasmussen, Nobis, Ferretti, InRizzardi Group, Cantieri Navali Baglietto Yachts Benetti or. Also German yacht designers such as Jörg Beiderbeck or NEWCRUISE have already won international design awards.

Known fairs for mega and super yachts such as the Monaco Yacht Show and the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.