Yacht name: Altair
Length: 134 ft • 41 m
Year: 1931
Builder: William Fife

Photo: Robert Paylor • 25 - 30 March 2008 • St Barths Bucket

Great shot of Altair under full sail in the Bucket.

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length - year: 134 - 1931

Yacht name: Sea Cloud
Formerly: Hussar
Length: 359 ft • 109 m
Year: 1931
Builder: Krupp
Architect: Gibbs and Cox

Photo: Robert Paylor • St Barths • March 2008
Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • 2006

Sea Cloud, the largest private sailing yacht ever built, was commissioned by US stockbroker Ed Hutton and originally named Hussar. He divorced in 1935, and gave the luxurious yacht to ex-wife Marjorie Merriweather Post, who renamed it Sea Cloud… Read More...

length - year: 359 - 1931

Yacht name: Dannebrog
Length: 248 ft • 76 m
Year: 1931 • Refit: 1980
Builder: Denmark Royal Dockyard

Photos Niels Hartmann • Copenhagen • 25 April 2008
Photo Dainis Kivlenieks • Copenhagen • 4 August 2000

Niels has sent in a nice set of photos of Queen Margrethe boarding Dannebrog, the Danish royal yacht, in Copenhagen.

Dannebrog usually heads off every summer for a cruise, sometimes with the Norwegian royal yacht Norge. In 2006, she visited Greece and Malta. Along with her 58 crew, she can carry 27 royals and 14 guests.

length - year: 248 - 1931