r/yachtporn • u/Super_Amoeba_317 • 3d ago

This is the biggest yacht I’ve ever seen

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Can someone tell me who owns this? Spotted off the coast of Cannes, France

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u/MDix_ 3d ago

I think thats the Orient Express from the Ritz Carlton. And it's not a yacht, but a small cruise ship

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u/Automatic-Plenty-388 3d ago

Correct its Orient Express but that is not part of RCYC. OE is the largest sailing ship ever built but it’s a cruise ship, not a yacht.

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u/porphyro 3d ago

Orient express is the brand the boat is the Corinthian

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u/Arturo90Canada 3d ago

It’s bigger than sailing watch A??

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u/porphyro 3d ago

Significantly

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u/Automatic-Plenty-388 3d ago

Yeah it’s larger. Spent time in the ship yard in ST Nazaire whilst she was being built. Its really cool.

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u/Plastic_Table_8232 2d ago

To my knowledge A is smaller than Koru and the black pearl.

I’m not sure A ever held the title for largest sailing yacht. It’s also important to distinguish sailing yacht A as a sail assisted yacht. The design brief used the masts for aesthetics more than performance.

If you have ever sailed take some time to look at how A is rigged and you will see why you hardly ever see her with her sails up.

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u/porphyro 3d ago

Second post this week where the answer is the Orient Express Corinthian! World's biggest sailing vessel, it's an LVMH cruise ship. Only around 100 guests will be on board the entire thing.

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u/Slow_Description_773 3d ago

It's a glorified cruise ship.

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u/Fox-With-Mange 3d ago

Having a lot of trouble with this sentence. Are you implying that an owner of a cruise ship would much rather have it be labeled as a yacht?

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u/porphyro 3d ago

Some would! Ritz-Carlton are doing a great trade branding a fleet of small cruise ships as offering "superyacht holidays"

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u/Slow_Description_773 2d ago edited 2d ago

Just look at what Ritz Carlton is doing.

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u/SuburbanOutdoorsman 3d ago

The light blue one is the silver shalis

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u/Kilgore-Trout-42 3d ago

My dingy is bigger than their yacht!

https://giphy.com/gifs/pvAdTWkCXMnhm

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u/back_tees 3d ago

Because it's a commercial liner.

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u/sherwood_96 3d ago

Yeah thats not really a yacht. Its more of a luxury ferry to be completely honest

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u/yungjit3k 3d ago

The design on that one is just wild. It never stops being a conversation starter when you see it in the harbor

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u/MediocreCheesecake51 2d ago

Even better when you see it in the harbour.

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u/Real-Cricket-6294 3d ago

This beauty is owned by the heir to the Jack in the Box fortune! The Norwegian built vessel is known as the “3 Taco Special”. 🫡

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u/Legitimate_Raise3417 3d ago

Why are there 3 small sailboats on top

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u/Ag-Heavy 2d ago

That's a cruise ship, not a yacht.

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u/Cyxot 2d ago

It’s a GYACHTT

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u/deeznuts2303 2d ago

Picking up your Amazon package lol.

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u/voltswift 2d ago

Built in 2026! :)

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u/The_Dom182 2d ago

Doesnt Look That Big. That sailing ship in the back Looks way bigger…

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u/TurbulentWinters 2d ago

Someone once told me it’s not the size of the yacht, it’s how you use it

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u/AssyMcGee6 1d ago

Sir that's a cruise ship. 

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u/Mctazz62 1d ago

Try Viareggio IT.

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u/Ok-Ad4794 1h ago

Bezos?