![]() The 13m-14m designation that you refer, is not meters, but millions. The vessel has never been extended and retains its Lloyds Register Classification at 86m. Trump purchased the boat from the Sultan for $29mil USD - $1mil USD to forfeit the use of the name for a total of $28mil USD. Khashoggi borrowed $49mil USD to complete the Yacht and failed to make the first or any subsequent payment. The vessel was repossessed by the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. However, Nabila is her given name, her surname would have been Khashoggi.Īs for the vessel being the largest yacht built… that recognition would be offered with the caveat of “the largest yacht built in Italy at that time.” Let’s not forget “Issham Al Baher”, “Christina O”, “El Mahrousa”, “Savarona”, and a hand full of others that don’t immediately come to mind.Īnd to be clear, Khashoggi did not sell the yacht. 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). It was rented as a stationary houseboat, docked at a marina on Miami's MacArthur Causeway, until it sank at the dock in the early 1980s.Ī sad end to the Disco Volante, both in the movie and in real life.Click to expand.-įirst owner was Adnan Kashoggi of SA and name of yacht was NABILA (not Nabilia), after his daughter's surname. The hydrofoil never sailed again after the filming. It was purchased for the film for $500,000 and brought from Puerto Rico to Miami for refitting and refurbishment. The real craft used in the film was a hydrofoil ferry, The Flying Fish, built by Rodriquez Cantieri Navali, who had built the first successful one at Freccia del Sole. Thanks to Wikipedia it did not take more than a few seconds to find out: Largo´s ship Disco Volante plays an important role in Thunderball. A recent viewing of the beautifully restored blu-ray version of the movie, made me curious about the ship´s story. (Adjusting for inflation the movie had made $966.4 million in 2008 currency). Thunderball, the fourth James Bond film starring Sean Connery was a huge success already in its opening year 1965 and is, to date, the most financially succesful movie in the series.
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