Loaloat Al Behar

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Career
Name: Loaloat Al Behar
Owner: Sultan Qaboos
Builder: Picchiotti, Italy
Yard number: Y00491
Launched: 1982
Status: Currently in service
Notes: Call sign: A4BA9
General characteristics
Class and type: yacht
Length: 103.85 meters (340.72 ft)
Beam: 16.20 meters (53.15 ft)
Draft: 5.00 meters (16.40 ft)
Speed: 18.0 knots (maximum)
17.2 knots (cruising)

Loaloat Al Behar is the name of the ex-yacht Al Said owned by Sultan of Oman - Qaboos. The yacht is large and spaceful, built in 1982 in the yard of Picchiotti, Italy. In 2007, when was launched the new yacht Al Said, this one was renamed to Loaloat Al Behar which is the name known till today. The yacht is given as a gift to Oman’s Ministry of Tourism. She has just been refitted and repainted white. [1]

Design

The yacht Loaloat Al Behar was finished in 1982 in the famous for the years yard of Picchiotti, Italy. The yacht is large and has length of 103.85 meters (or 340.72 ft) and beam of 16.20 meters (or 53.15 ft). The draft of the yacht is 5.00 meters (or 16.40 ft). The main engines of the yacht are two 4800 HP Detroit TA 420-6, which together with Twin Screw Propellers are giving enough power for the Loaloat Al Behar to reach maximum speed of 18.0 knots.

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