I agree Khashoggi’s Benetti was named Nabila and not Nabilia, if you read closer you will see that’s what was stated in here in 2011.

And with that welcome MBLANC – I am honored that you chose my recollection of history to recalibrate. It’s always fun to revisit our words from the past with new friends. Nabila is still one of the most beautifully designed private yachts, even if it lacks most of the amenities that are now standard - mandatory features (cars garage, transformable stern turning into floating deck, side hatches for tenders, mini-submarines, .) Note some very old footage of the yacht stupidly appear in the beginning of the recent 'Wolf of Wall Street' movie, in an attempt to illustrate Jordan Belfort's properties including a '46m yacht'. Prince Al Waleed Talal bin Saud renamed the yacht following his main company/charity fund that relates also to his childrens' initials. However, it did not help much the ranking, since many megayachts were already popping up everywhere in a permanent race between recent IT billionaires, traditional Gulf royalties and newly enriched Russian oligarchs. He never sailed the yacht himself anyway. Learning the truth, he ordered for a complete cutout of the yacht to install an extension (+ 13 or 14m if I remember well). Trump acquired then the boat, mistakingly thinking it was the largest yacht available seems Mr Trump was not well informed nor knowledgeable in the matter. He anchored the boat near the state's capital Bandar Seri Begawan with a permanent captain on duty, who resigned from boring at dock since HH H.

had to sell it and the subsequent owner was the richest royalty in the world, 29th sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.

It was then the largest yacht ever built with 87m (not 86). Click to expand.-įirst owner was Adnan Kashoggi of SA and name of yacht was NABILA (not Nabilia), after his daughter's surname.

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