theceomagazine.com | 191Lady Moura
This elegant superyacht is an impressive 104 metres
long and worth a cool US$210 million. Designed by
Paolo Scanu, with interiors created by Luigi Sturchio,
Lady Moura was custom-built by Blohm + Voss for
Saudi Arabian businessman Nasser Ibrahim Al-Rashid.
The sumptuous vessel is most famous for its
prominent 24-karat gold lettering, but this is just one
of many extravagances featured on this boat.
Another extraordinary luxury is Lady Moura’s
simulated beach, which features a unique sand-covered
platform that can be adjusted to sit right on the
waterline so it feels just like the real thing. The shoreline
even features deck chairs and real palm trees.
It boasts completely automated hydraulic locks and
gates, to allow for the lowering of its recreational boats
as well as easy access for the guests and crew.
There’s also a retractable roof, a helipad and a grand
dining room that accommodates a stunning 75-foot
Viscount Linley dining room table.
And if that’s not enough, Lady Moura also has a spa,
nightclub, lavish interiors, as well as a Mangusta 80
boat and an S76B helicopter. This marvellous vessel
can accommodate up to 30 guests and carry 60 staff.Al Mirqab
Coming in at US$250 million, Al Mirqab is 133 metres
long and was built by Peters Schiffbau, in Wewelsfleth,
Germany, for Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.
The stunning exterior was the mastermind of multi-
award-winning yacht designer Tim Heywood, while
Al Mirqab’s interior is by Andrew Winch Designs. “Tim
is afraid of nothing and will often conceptualise ideas
that bewilder shipyards,” said acclaimed yacht designer
Terence Disdale of the boat’s design.
The magnificent vessel is considered one of the world’s
most beautiful yachts and won the Motor Yacht of the Year
award at the World Superyacht Awards 2009, as well as
Best Interior Design in the motor yacht category.
The ornate staircase made from hand-cut crystal
indicates the level of detail and decadence lavished
on Al Mirqab. And with a cinema, gym, spa sundeck,
pool and helipad, as well as outside bars, a swimming pool
and a jacuzzi, there is plenty of space for 25 fortunate guests,
attended to by 55 staff and crew.
Al Mirqab’s elegant living areas are huge and the interiors
opulent; each of the luxury liner’s 10 vast suites has its own
bathroom and sitting room, while the owner can choose from
one of two magnificent VIP suites.