Sokar (yacht)
Sokar (originally named the Jonikal) is a super yacht owned by Egyptian businessman Mohammed Al-Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge. It is named after the Egyptian mythology falcon god Sokar. The yacht was designed by naval architect Vincenzo Ruggiero in the late 1980s and built by Codecasa in Italy and launched in 1990.[1] It has a length of 208 ft 3 inches (63.5 metres) making it the 89th largest yacht in the world in 2007.[2][3] It is equipped with a 2 x 3,760 horsepower engine. The yacht has a beam of 10.4 meters and a draft of 3.9 metres.
Al-Fayed has often kept the yacht moored in the harbour of Monaco since the 1990s but it is registered in Bermuda and flies the Flag of Bermuda. In 1997 Mohammed's son Dodi Al Fayed and Princess Diana of Wales were extensively photographed on the yacht shortly before their deaths.[4]
Yachting Partners International have attempted to buy the yacht on numerous occasions, offering $32,000,000 and $30,000,000 for the yacht in 2005.[1]In 2001 Al-Fayed had also attempted to sell the yacht for a reported $40,000,000.[4]
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