This was, by far, my craziest flight... i was in Monaco 08/2021 and there i saw something really special, something, i have never seen before on any youtube video and to my knowledge, it's like that to this day.
In Cap Ferrat area bay, there were anchored right next to each other, two sister megayachts, two of the best megayacht explorers in the world, the M/Y Ulysses and M/Y Andromeda.
It was a very windy day, my guess is 50+ km/h winds on the sea, but i just had to take the risk and make a video with both of them. You can see the yachts are swinging, the helicopter rotors are flapping and the sea waves had white tips. Also, at the end, you can see that, even though i was in sport mode, the drone is barely moving on his way back to the beach. I calculated the distance of the flight to be 5km. The limit of the battery, in a low wind day, was 6km. The drone was DJI Mavic Air 2S.
The vessels were maybe 2km away from me, but there was some shore next to Andromeda maybe 1km away, that was my emergency plan and that is where i eventualy had to land because of 0% battery... But OMG, it was worth it! Ruff sea, both yachts in holiday mode, with guests and tenders on the water and between them, the crazy "supertender" Teknicraft U21 catamaran. In the vid you can also briefly see the 139m long M/Y Rising Sun and other yachts.
All of the megayachts have different owners, so it was surely just a coincidence, that they were all in the same bay. I was very glad that i took the risk, because they stayed there together just for one day.
M/Y Andromeda, 107m, 5937GT, build by Kleven Maritime in 2016, firstly named M/Y Ulysses, was commissioned by a New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart. He sold the vessel shortly to Yuri Milner a billionaire with former Russian citizenship, now Israeli citizenship, living in Silicone Valley, where he also has invested the majority of his wealth. The yacht's interior was designed by H2 Yacht Design and the exterior, Oscar Mike Naval Architecture.
M/Y Ulysses, 116m, 6862GT, build by Kleven Maritime in 2018, also for Graeme Hart, was a sister project to M/Y Andromeda. Some sources say that he owns the megayacht to this day, but the internet is not sure about this.
Both vessels have ICE Class steel hulls, hybrid 6959hp diesel-electric engines, range 8500NM, with crusing speed of 16 knots. They have the biggest cranes mounted on a superyacht ever, twin 30 tonne cranes that can lift the "supertender" Teknicraft U21 catamaran, but only when they pump out the fuel first.
The Teknicraft U21 catamaran is the craziest "tender" ever on a superyacht. With 21m lenght, boosting 3.412hp, with 4 Hamilton jets, it can "fly" on the water with a maximum speed of 49 knots. The main deck features a huge saloon area and galley, leading to an upstairs lounge and wheelhouse via a spiral staircase. There is also accommodation to sleep 7 guests in 5 private cabins. The motor yacht has been constructed using latest technology in lightweight composite materials and is fitted with unique adjustable hydrofoil system to optimise the vessels efficiency and speed.
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20 авг 2024
