super yachts 60million+

[ecsrobin]

AshBurrows said:

Why do so many people choose sort of real old school looking, gaudy interiors anyway? Just because that's how they're "supposed to be"? Or is it just the demographic presumably dominated by russians/arabs/tech nerds and that's what they're in to?

I'm really surprised there's never any crazy modern stuff out there on a massive scale. When I was at uni I did a project to design a super yacht and we went a bit sorta Hadid inspired modern. We still think it'd be awesome in reality. The guys I worked with went on to work at big yacht design consultancies like AW but it never seems to be implemented even there.

This is what happens when you go modern.





This was moored up next to me in Rogozinca in Croatia last week.

[Burwood]

PW said:

Burwood said:

They built in New Zealand, PW? Cool.

Yes, the above boat and the two Limo tenders for M/Y A were built by Vaudrey Miller in New Zealand.

Unfortunately they're now out of business... along with a few other NZ super yacht yards over the last several years, which is a shame.

I don't know if they just pilfered them from the old A or if they got someone else to build new ones for S/Y A.

Alloy Yachts-made some special vessels. NZD got too strong however some great talent out there.

[p1stonhead]

ecsrobin said:

AshBurrows said:

Why do so many people choose sort of real old school looking, gaudy interiors anyway? Just because that's how they're "supposed to be"? Or is it just the demographic presumably dominated by russians/arabs/tech nerds and that's what they're in to?

I'm really surprised there's never any crazy modern stuff out there on a massive scale. When I was at uni I did a project to design a super yacht and we went a bit sorta Hadid inspired modern. We still think it'd be awesome in reality. The guys I worked with went on to work at big yacht design consultancies like AW but it never seems to be implemented even there.

This is what happens when you go modern.





This was moored up next to me in Rogozinca in Croatia last week.

Outside reminds me of the isle of Wight ferry.

[Burwood]

just hideous.

[SpeckledJim]

p1stonhead said:

ecsrobin said:

AshBurrows said:

Why do so many people choose sort of real old school looking, gaudy interiors anyway? Just because that's how they're "supposed to be"? Or is it just the demographic presumably dominated by russians/arabs/tech nerds and that's what they're in to?

I'm really surprised there's never any crazy modern stuff out there on a massive scale. When I was at uni I did a project to design a super yacht and we went a bit sorta Hadid inspired modern. We still think it'd be awesome in reality. The guys I worked with went on to work at big yacht design consultancies like AW but it never seems to be implemented even there.

This is what happens when you go modern.





This was moored up next to me in Rogozinca in Croatia last week.

Outside reminds me of the isle of Wight ferry.

That clawfoot bath doesn't really sit, does it!?

[droopsnoot]

ecsrobin said:

I'm trying to figure out whether that "PUSH!" logo on the cupboard is actually there, so that people can figure out how to open it, or whether it's a watermark without the subtlety of the Penfold ones. The rest of it reminds me of some of the so-called inspirational nonsense that appears in posts on the "council" thread.

Also that shadow would bug me - imagine the vessel being taken over by armed pirates, you're hiding in the bedroom waiting to pick a few off, but keep jumping around the doorway because it looks like one is on the way, albeit one with a "certain gait".

Still, all that can just be painted over I guess. A couple of tins of Magnolia would soon have the worst of it covered.

[OzzyR1]

Probably not the right thread but does anyone know what this is - Dubrovnik today, moored off the old port.

Apologies for crap quality but it was a fair way out.

[FourWheelDrift]

That's the Sea Cloud.

http://www.seacloud.com/en/yachts/sea-cloud/

[LeighW]

FourWheelDrift said:

That's the Sea Cloud.

http://www.seacloud.com/en/yachts/sea-cloud/

Well well, thanks for that. I spotted that off Corfu last September and wondered what it was!

[OzzyR1]

Cheers, knew someone on PH would know what it was!!

[ecsrobin]

OzzyR1 said:

Cheers, knew someone on PH would know what it was!!

£3,000+ for a week!

[p1stonhead]

ecsrobin said:

OzzyR1 said:

Cheers, knew someone on PH would know what it was!!

£3,000+ for a week!

For what?

[ecsrobin]

p1stonhead said:

For what?

A trip on sea cloud.

[p1stonhead]

ecsrobin said:

p1stonhead said:

For what?

A trip on sea cloud.

Presumably not a private hire but still might be quite good value?

[dukeboy749r]

I'd rather pay for one week on Seacloud than one day on that other assisted sail monstrosity.

For all of the class/glitz reasons already mentioned.

You cannot buy class (isn't it you have it or you don't?) and that older boat simply oozes it

[p1stonhead]

PW said:

0-57kn in 16 years.

I dont get it.

Isnt kn just current knots? And last pinged 12 mins (or maybe hours) ago?

[FourWheelDrift]

The Aga Khan ordered it in December 1998, it launched in 2003, hit by countless delays it has only recently been completed.

Oh and it's powered by six gas turbine engines and said to be capable of up to 70 knots

[p1stonhead]

FourWheelDrift said:

The Aga Khan ordered it in December 1998, it launched in 2003, hit by countless delays it has only recently been completed.

Oh and it's powered by six gas turbine engines and said to be capable of up to 70 knots

What does '0-57kn in 16 years.' mean?

Is the 56.9kn actually total distance done since launch then and not current speed?

[SpeckledJim]

p1stonhead said:

FourWheelDrift said:

The Aga Khan ordered it in December 1998, it launched in 2003, hit by countless delays it has only recently been completed.

Oh and it's powered by six gas turbine engines and said to be capable of up to 70 knots

What does '0-57kn in 16 years.' mean?

Is the 56.9kn actually total distance done since launch then and not current speed?

I think he's just making the point that it's a very fast boat, which has been awfully slow to arrive.

[Speculatore]

6 x Gas Turbines (3 x Pratt and Whitney and 3 x Rolls Royce) in a 45.7mtr yacht...???? Not much interior space for crew and guests