Azzam

The truth is, in the middle of it all can lie some of the most extraordinary yacht design details and craftsmanship you’ll ever see.

Mario Pedol, designer of the largest yacht in the world, Lurssen AZZAM, reflects on the influences that have shaped his career.

Triple Deuce to become the world's first and largest billion dollar yacht at 728 feet (222 meters)

Azzam officially launched in April of this year, but Lürssen first floated her out of the build shed in late May of 2012 and towed her to another, longer shed to complete her bow section and uppermost superstructure.

Mario Pedol is a soft-spoken man not normally given to exclamations of flash and wow. But the recent news that Nauta Yachts was the designer of the 590-foot (180-meter) yacht Azzam, currently under construction at Lürssen, generated quite a buzz. Azzam, a long-time secret project, is believed to be 57 feet 4 inches (17.5 meters) longer than Eclipse, currently the world’s largest yacht.