Sokar (yacht) explained

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+Isabell Princess Of The Sea

Ship Namesake:	Isabell Princess Of The Sea
Ship Name:	1990–1997: Jonikal 1997–2021: Sokar 2021–2023: Bash 2023–onwards: "Isabell Princess Of The Sea"
Ship Registry:	1990–2002: Hamilton, Bermuda 2002–2005: United Kingdom 2005–2021: Hamilton, Bermuda 2021 onwards: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Ship Builder:	Codecasa
Ship Yard Number:	F51
Ship Laid Down:	21 September 1988
Ship Launched:	1990
Ship Completed:	1 June 1990
Ship In Service:	1 June 1990
Ship Identification:	Call sign: ZDRX3
Ship Status:	In service

Ship Type:	Luxury yacht
Ship Length:	208inchesft3inchesin (ftin)
Ship Beam:	10.4m (34.1feet)
Ship Draft:	3.9m (12.8feet)
Ship Power:	2 × 3760hp Wärtsilä engines
Ship Propulsion:	Twin propellers

Isabell Princess Of The Sea (originally named Jonikal, then Sokar and Bash) is a luxury yacht formerly owned by Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge. The vessel was sold in 2014 after being on the market for many years. Until July 2021^[1] she was named after the Egyptian mythology falcon god Sokar. She was renamed Bash on 15 July 2021.

The yacht was designed by naval architect Vincenzo Ruggiero in the late 1980s and built by Codecasa in Italy and launched in 1990.^[2] She has a length of 208feet making her the 89th largest yacht in the world in 2007.^[3] ^[4] She is equipped with two engines. The yacht has a beam of and a draft of .

Al-Fayed has often kept the yacht moored in the harbour of Monaco since the 1990s but she is registered in Bermuda and flies the Flag of Bermuda. In August 1997 Mohamed's son Dodi Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales were extensively photographed on the yacht shortly before their deaths in Paris.^[5]

Yachting Partners International have attempted to buy the yacht on numerous occasions, offering $32 million and $30 million for the yacht in 2005.^[2] In 2001 Al-Fayed had also attempted to sell the yacht for a reported $40 million.^[5] After years on the market and numerous price reductions, she was finally sold in 2014 to an unknown buyer for under $13 million.

Notes and References

Web site: Bash (yacht) . ABS . 19 July 2021.
Web site: Bash (ex Sokar, ex Jonikal) . Superyacht Times . 1 July 2021.
Web site: Sokar . Monaco Eye . 3 July 2006.
Web site: World's 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #89: Sokar . Diane M. . Byrne . Power and Motor Yacht . August 2007.
News: Yacht in Hock . . 19 November 2001.