Abeking & Rasmussen Yachts

Maybe I should have said almost ready for delivery . I could see that flattering tape on the stern reling. But there was some activity on the boat and cleaning or polishing going on by guys, that definately did not look like A&R crew. Anyway a very nice looking boat.

There´s an exciting new hull under way for Abeking & Rasmussen which is supposed to become project number 6501.

Looks almost like one more of those:

So she is the 98m project or another one? I am looking forward to see her completed.

Yes, you´re right, it´s the 98m project. The hull was delivered last week by FSG in Flensburg and is on its way to Abeking & Rasmussen to be finished into just another spectacular yacht. And with that enormous size Abeking & Rasmussen gets closer to the typical size range of their neighbours on the other side of the Weser river.

Same thing I thought... when I saw the hull there HTM

I would say, for a 320 ft long yacht from a northern European yard, quite reasonable, if your info is correct. I do not believe, you would get a yacht of that size for this amount of money from the other side of that river.

Just my 2 (Euro) cents

There are some more free pictures of A&R Hull 6501 around in northern Germany. I personally do like her closed transom. Most likely folding down type with tender bay behind and double A&R tender lauch system.

I do not believe, you would get a yacht of that size for this amount of money from the either side of the river.

Still a pretty ambitious offer. Even a proven steel hull with all technical installments, leaves some financial risks with a superstructure of this radical design. Three dimensional curved multi-layered safety glass, tinted, bulled proof or even switching and strong enough to be classed as structual part of the aluminum super structure at and above the main deck, is very hard to financially calculate from the drawing board. And this design includes a lot of these glass.

Just remember how much trouble Mister L. Allison had with the curved glass of his yacht Rising Sun. And this glass came from one of the leading companies in this field.

Maybe, this design goes to same storage locker in the A&R office building as the 200 ft advanced A&R swath yacht design from RL.

Real trend setters and people to take the risk in the new technologies are a very rare species among large yacht owners.

Just my 2 (Euro) cents

The most updated A&R website I have ever seen has recently been launched! Looks good!

http://abeking.com/en

It is not good on my Mac with Safari. Just a mess with pictures floating in all directions....

Interestingly... "Dartwo" has been renamed on delivery as "Romea"... I thought Dartwo was her final name.

Reymond Langton are responsible for exterior and interior of the 98m 6501.

"Romea" is available for charter through Imperial yachts for 875,000 euros per week. Another nice yet typical Terence Disdale design.

http://www.imperial-yachts.com/charter-2/romea/#slide-arkley-overview

The shipyards' extension process worth 20 million euros, will be completed in roughly 4 weeks. They are now able to build boats up to 120m.

That extension finished rather fast!