It is the largest private sail-assisted motor yacht in the world.

Largest russian sailing yacht. Currently the largest sailing yacht in the world is the 305-foot Eos once owned by Barry Diller. Some say Maltese Falcon built for. Named the Sailing Yacht A and measuring 468ft in length it was built for Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and ordered in March 2011.

Sailing Yacht A as the yacht is known is owned by billionaire Russian oligarch Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko who Forbes called the 89th wealthiest person in the world in 2017 with a personal fortune of 132 billion. He also owns another of the worlds largest and most expensive yachts. The White Pearl megayacht is expected to launch in July 2016.

Although her 1428-metre LOA would give Melnichenkos new flagship the title of largest sailing yacht in the world many experts rather consider her more of a hybrid between the two types due to her technical classification as a sail-assisted motor yacht. 443 rows This article lists active sailing yachts in excess of 110 feet 34 m in sparred length. Melnichenkos boat will be somewhere in the 400-foot range.

Sailing Yacht A was delivered by Nobiskrug on February 3 2017 and left Kiel on February 5 2017. At 468ft in length with ship masts nearing 300ft high Sailing Yacht A is the worlds biggest sailing ship The yacht has been built for Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko out of a. Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko is building what is believed to be the largest sailing yacht ever built at a length of more than 480 feet.

Measuring 468 feet long and 300 feet high the 400. It exited the Baltic Sea in light mode on near-empty fuel tanks in order to clear the Drogden Strait with minimum draught. Who is her owner.

The boat has been shrouded in secrecy ever since. Delivered in February 2017 SY A has made appearances in Monte Carlo and the Med. That was the case for Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko who unveiled his latest project this week.