News from Germany: 130m yacht undocked!!!

I wonder if it was really intended to be a yacht? Or a specialized cruise ship?

Kelly Cook

Yeah... what Kelly said. It definitely looks more "ship" than yacht.

I'll admit though, that it's hard to tell much in that ugly state. LOL

Is this Project "May"?
This is one monstrous Mega Yacht.

Thank you for clearing that up Jannick. It was all the portholes wrapping around the bow that tipped me off.

Kelly

Kelly, on the shipyard website they claim it's a yacht:

At the time a 130 m yacht is under construction in Wewelsfleth.
The keel-laying ceremony for this yacht with the newbuilding no. 681 took place in December 2004,
and it will be delivered in 2007.

Hard to tell the difference just from the looks. One thing is the swimplatform*, which you normally don't find on cruiseships.
Another difference between charteryachts and cruiseships: if you're paying the bill on a charter yacht, you'll tell the captain where you want to go. On a cruiseship, you may pay the bill, but you already know where you will be going.


Bruno

* well swimplatform..., it's still 1.5 - 2 m above the waterline. But close compared to the rest of the ship though.

I have heard for some exterior Finishing activity of such a big project to take place in Germany within some months?So probably it is this one

Hi Jannick,

I was actually counting from the white line. (seems about 1/2 tier)
Right now it looks more like 3 m or so.

It seems that it will become a kind of mini-marina with the boulders there. With steps leading down for easy boarding into smaller craft. Could actually become quite nice.

Thanks for posting the pictures!

Bruno

The prow of this Heywood yacht it's similar to Pelorus's one, look the reversed line on the forward hull, instead the stern remind Sultan and Cristal Ball projects by Martin Francis!

In my opinion is that a little bit too high, because the rumors says the price of OCTOPUS is around 200 Mio. USD.

Crew, fuel, taxes ect.....make the standard calculation: 10 percent per year.

Why this reaction? Look at OCTOPUS. Hangar with many equipment for the helicopters. For me an Heliport. No more spectucular, but very nice

Octopus was closer to 300 Euros, I dunno how many USD that was back then but more than 200. AM i Right in thinking this is the yacht that , Carl(Yacht Forums) has posted under HDW Nobis...?