551. LE GRAND BLEU (2000/5556grt/IMO 1006829/354'3"/108metres) - owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in 2003, she is seen berthing alongside the Hilton Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand on her maiden... Date: 16 December 2005 Image ID 2791
552. LE GRAND BLEU (2000/5556grt/IMO 1006829/354'3"/108metres) - owned by Russian oil tycoon and owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, she is seen here berthed alongside Auckland's Hilton Hotel... Date: 16 December 2005 Image ID 2790
553. LE GRANDE BLEU (2000/5556grt/IMO 1006829/354'3"/108metres) - owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, seen arriving in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2017 she is owned by Evgeny Markovich Shvidler, a... Date: 16 December 2005 Image ID 2789
554. LE GRAND BLEU (2000/5556grt/IMO 1006829/354'3"/108metres) - owned since 2003 by Roman Abramovich, Russia's richest man and owner of Chelsea Football Club. She is seen berthing in Auckland, New Zealand... Date: 16 December 2005 Image ID 2786
555. ARCTIC P (1969/IMO 6926024. Renamed ARCTIC) an 88 metre former ice-class tug, converted to a superyacht, was owned up until his death in December 2005 by Australian media baron Kerry Packer. She is... Date: February 2002 Image ID 2669
556. ULYSSES - at the time of this picture, owned by New Zealand businessman Graeme Hart, seen berthed at Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 2003 Image ID 2209
557. TATOOSH (2000/3545dwt/92metres) - owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, she is seen inbound at Auckland, New Zealand. Date: December 2002 Image ID 2208
558. TATOOSH (2000/3545dwt/92 metres) - owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, rounds North Head, inbound to Auckland, New Zealand. Date: December 2002 Image ID 2207
559. TALITHA G (1929, ex:REVELER, CHALENA, CAROLA, USS BEAUMONT, ELPETAL, JEZEBEL - owned by the late Sir John Paul Getty II, she is seen here arriving in Southampton, England during a break from viewing... Date: August 1999 Image ID 2206
560. TALITHA G (1929, ex:REVELER, CHALENA, CAROLA, USS BEAUMONT, ELPETAL, JEZEBEL) - owned by the late Sir John Paul Getty II, she is seen here arriving in Southampton, England
during a break from viewing... Date: August 1999 Image ID 2205
561. TALITHA G (1929, ex:REVELER, CHALENA, CAROLA, USS BEAUMONT, ELPETAL, JEZEBEL - owned by the late Sir John Paul Getty II, she is seen here arriving in Southampton, England during the 1999 Cowes Week... Date: August 1999 Image ID 2204
562. KINGDOM 5KR (1980/85.9 metres/282ft) - originally built for Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi as NABILA she is now, after passing through the hands of two very well-known personages, owned by Saudi... Date: 1999 Image ID 2203
563. TALITHA G (1929, ex:REVELER, CHALENA, CAROLA, USS BEAUMONT, ELPETAL, JEZEBEL) - owned by the late Sir John Paul Getty II, she is seen here at dawn berthed in Southampton, England. She is now owned by... Date: August 1999 Image ID 2202
564. TALITHA G (1929, ex:REVELER, CHALENA, CAROLA, USS BEAUMONT, ELPETAL, JEZEBEL. Renamed TALITHA) - owned by the late Sir John Paul Getty II, she is seen here at dawn berthed in Southampton, England. She... Date: August 1999 Image ID 2201
565. SHANDOR (1986/530grt/49.95 metres), Auckland, NZ. Date: 13 December 2004 Image ID 2198
566. LE GRAND BLEU (2000/5556grt/IMO 1006829/354'3"/108metres) - owned since 2003 by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich who also owns English Premier football club Chelsea, she is one of three... Date: 2000 Image ID 2195
567. LE GRAND BLEU (2000/5556grt/IMO 1006829/354'3"/108metres) - one of three superyachts owned by Chelsea Football Club owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. He acquired her in 2003. She is seen... Date: 2000 Image ID 2194
568. KINGDOM 5KR (1980/85.9 metres/282ft) - originally built for Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi as NABILA she is now, after passing through the hands of two very well-known personages, owned by Saudi... Date: 1999 Image ID 2192
569. ITASCA (1961/845grt/IMO 5357848, ex-THAMES III, SMIT THAMES, CARIBISCHE ZEE) a 52 metre former tug converted to private use in 1980. In 1994 she became the first private vessel to transit the North... Date: 20 September 2004 Image ID 2191
570. ITASCA (1961/845grt/IMO 5357848, ex-THAMES III, SMIT THAMES, CARIBISCHE ZEE) a 52 metre former tug, she was converted to private use in 1980 and became, in 1994 the first private vessel to transit the... Date: 20 September 2004 Image ID 2190
571. ITASCA (1961/845grt/IMO 5357848, ex-THAMES III, SMIT THAMES, CARIBISCHE ZEE) - a 52 metre former tug, she was converted to private use in 1980. In 1994 she became the first private vessel to transit... Date: 20 September 2004 Image ID 2189
572. BUTTERFLY McQUEEN (1990) ordered by the Teachers Group from a Danish shipyard, the 39.7 metre, Bermuda-rigged schooner is seen here in Auckland, new Zealand. Date: October 2004 Image ID 2187
573. BUTTERFLY McQUEEN (1990) ordered by the Teachers Group from a Danish shipyard, the 39.7 metre, Bermuda-rigged schooner is seen here in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: October 2004 Image ID 2186
574. BOADICEA (1999/2130grt/IMO 1006128) - crest depicting Queen Boudica (Boadicea) on her funnel. Date: 22 November 2004 Image ID 2185
575. BOADICEA (1999/2130grt/IMO 1006128) owned by Australian media baron Reg Grundy seen soon after entering the VT Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand. As at 2004, BOADICEA was the worlds' 40th... Date: 22 November 2004 Image ID 2184
576. BOADICEA (1999/2130grt/IMO 1006128) the 40th largest superyacht in the world (as at 2004) entering drydock at the VT Fitzroy shipyard in Auckland, New Zealand. She is owned by Australian media baron... Date: 22 November 2004 Image ID 2182
577. BOADICEA (1999/2130grt/IMO 1006128) - the 40th largest superyacht in the world as at 2004 is seen in Auckland, New Zealand prior to drydocking at the VT Fitzroy shipyard. She is owned by Australian... Date: 22 November 2004 Image ID 2180
578. ARCTIC P (1969/IMO 6926024. Renamed ARCTIC) a former ice-class tug was converted into a superyacht in 1995 by her then owner, Australian media tycoon the late Kerry Packer. The 15th largest superyacht... Date: 31 January 2002 Image ID 2176
579. BLUE BIRD (1938/175 tons) - commissioned from naval architects G.L. Watson & Co of Liverpool and owned by Sir Malcolm Campbell, then the fastest man on earth, BLUE BIRD is an original Dunkirk Little... Date: 4 August 1999 Image ID 2175
580. ARIA (2001/260 tonnes/47.55m. Renamed LADY ANASTASIA) - Built by Sensation Yachts of Auckland, New Zealand. At 156 feet (47.5 metres) she was the largest motor yacht to be built in New Zealand at the... Date: 2002 Image ID 2174
581. KATANA (renamed ENIGMA) - at the time owned by American billionaire Larry Ellison, she used Aucklands' Viaduct Harbour (pictured) as a base during the Louis Vuitton/Americas Cup regattas of 2002/3. Date: January 2003 Image ID 2137
582. VAVA - the 50-metre superyacht owned by Swiss pharmaceutical billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, passing the Italian Navy's cadet training ship AMERIGO VESPUCCI (1931), Auckland, New Zealand. Both were in... Date: January 2003 Image ID 2005
583. SHANDOR (1986/49.95metre/530 tonnes) and Princess Cruises SAPPHIRE PRINCESS (2004/115875grt/IMO 9228186), Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 30 January 2005 Image ID 1650
584. PANORAMA (1993/599grt/IMO 8928260) a 54m (175') sailing mega-yacht seen sailing from Southampton, England. Cruising around the Greek Islands, she carries a crew of 16 and accommodates up to 49 guests... Date: August 2000 Image ID 1564
585. HMNZS KAHU (A04) a Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol craft, Auckland, NZ. Built in NZ in 1979 as HMNZS MANAWANUI (AO9). Decommissioned 2009. She was converted into the superyacht KAHU by Fitzroy... Date: 19 October 2004 Image ID 1231
586. TARAPUNGA (formerly the decommissioned RNZN Moa-class inshore patrol vessel HMNZS TARAPUNGA, sister to HMNZS TAKAPU) outbound from Auckland, bound for Vancouver, Canada and life as a private motor... Date: April 2004 Image ID 1229
587. TARAPUNGA (formerly the decommissioned RNZN Moa-class inshore patrol vessel HMNZS TARAPUNGA, sister to HMNZS TAKAPU) outbound from Auckland, bound for Vancouver, Canada and life as a private motor... Date: April 2004 Image ID 1228
588. KAWAU KAT III (360 Discovery Cruises) passing the superyacht BOADICEA (1999/2130grt/IMO 1006128) in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 23 November 2004 Image ID 855
589. ULYSSES - owned by New Zealand businessman Graeme Hart, she is seen here berthed in Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 2004 Image ID 159
590. JANICE OF WYOMING under sail on Aucklands' Waitemata Harbour. Date: 8 May 2005 Image ID 110
591. JANICE OF WYOMING, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 8 May 2005 Image ID 108
592. ESPIRITU SANTO (2002/210grt/30m loa) in Auckland, NZ. Built by French yacht builders Ocea, her exterior is by Joubert Nivelt Design, her interior by Flahault Design & Assoc. She has a top speed of 13... Date: 18 April 2005 Image ID 93