| Lurssen | 124.3M | "KATARA" ex. Project 'Crystal' | 2010 |

As I already said in the Lürssen News thread that Katara left Bremen and is Bremerhaven at the moment.
But now I saw that she is in a drydock, maybe new underwater painting?

Could be, remember she has a full suite of underwater lights too that they use almost everyday.

We will see and you have to wait a little bit until she will maybe visit you

A distance pic of "Katara" from just outside of the Bridgetown harbour back in 2011.

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She left the drydock and returned back to Lürssen...

Katara has left Lürssen Aumund and heads to the Caribbean .

She should have been in Gibraltar. Not sure if she has left yet though.

"Katara" seen in Gibraltar, prior to leaving and crossing the Atlantic for Barbados.

Katara - IMO 9562805 - Callsign DMBT - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker

"Katara" sitting in the Bridgetown port...

KATARA - IMO 9562805 - Callsign DMBT - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker

Found this photo interesting of her 'sticking out' of the palms. Seems to be in Spain.

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AIS shows her to be in TARRAGONA today.

Here she is looking pretty in Barcelona on August 14th.

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I'm curious though, where is A7-HMD...I realize many times when in Europe she does not carry her bird in the Summer Season. Then take it on for Atlantic crossings to use and show off in the Caribbean in Winter Seasons?

You are right, now it is done.

Maybe the helo is only on board when needed for transport or the owner's use??

Yeah of course but some owners just have birds on deck for show, they hardly use them. Sometimes they are a permanent fixture. I know down here in the Caribbean, "Katara's" helicopter gets used alot especially here in Barbados. I just wanted to know why you weren't seeing it onboard in Europe, thanks.

Quick flash across "Katara" while she was here last year...

Awesome Yacht - YouTube

and her in Monaco at night!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p69jHRAY7T4&nofeather=True

Never seen her PWCs/skis stored on the helipad before. I guess the helicopter is not in use where she is right now so they freed up the bow where the PWCs/skis are normally stored.

http://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=1382720&size=full

"Katara" seen heading into Gibraltar at the time.