Yeah I know right? I’m sure they rent this vessel out to scientists but also regular vacationers. It’s kind of smart actually it opens up your market a lot broader. I would totally want to go on a ship like this more than a regular yacht if I had the choice of renting either!
Wow, that is quite the boat! I'm impressed at the capabilities. With 20 and 25 ton cranes, hope there a lot of tie down points for mission specific containerized units.
For your info the hull of this yacht was build in Romania and then towed to Norway for complation. And it also has a stability problem to be solved before sailing the oceans.
Wow... that's what )i( talking about..... School for childrens... What a University of life.. in that Ship... Thanks to built it.....so cool for future generation
I'm glad some of these ships are still made here in Norway. By the way, "rev" means "fox" in Norwegian. So maybe it's an Arctic Fox ? 😉 Great looking vessel ! To me the Lürssen yacht resembles a white pyramide with balconies. On top of a chef's knife....😱 Not my cup of tea ! 🤣
REV is not meant as fox. REV stands for Research Expedition Vessel. This vessel is really a science vessel more than a yacht. And yes we do still build ships in Norway hehe.
Calling it a yacht is really underselling the ship. I like the term science vessel. Something more noble about a science vessel. Yacht just sounds wasteful.
Comments on the reports that she will not be finished now for a few more years due to delays, some of which are the rumors of instability and perhaps the need to lengthen her?
I have not heard these rumors, but will be on the look-out. It looks like a pretty standard commercial hull and I can't imagine what they would do with more length.
It has been said that, the modern really large Superyachts are in fact the lavish "Country Estates" complete with massive mansions. They are show-pieces, designed not so much as homes, or in the case of large motoryachts, purely receational vessels, no their primary function is, to IMPRESS, just as were the mansions of centuries past. In years gone by the difficulty of travel, especially for the lower classes, kept such country estates largely private, restricted to only invited guests, or staff employed. Fast forward to the 20/21st century and those same restricitons are now enforced by " security personnel", of course there is also the actual possible, threat to the welfare of those on board. There are exceptions of course in those vessels designed with more actual purpose, such as assisting with scientific research such as was the case with the legendary "Octopus" and now with "R.E.V.", it seems... Still for most, we can only marvel at such modern creations....
this yacht was never finished, latly I sailed a lot around norway and sailng NW of Molde I went to a remote bay for the night and there she was on land, unfinished and looked forgoten...
Not forgotten at all. i was in Norway last week with the designer of the vessel and they are hard at work to rectify some 'glitches' and get her launched and off to sea.
If that long point sticking off the front of it is part of its length, I don't think it should count. and I would say AZZAM should still be the longest in the world. If adding what looks like a 20+ foot point sticking off the front of a yacht is all you have to do to make it longer, then the owner of AZZAM should add a 25-foot point to the front so AZZAM will be the longest once again. It's kinda like stuffing a sock in your pants and pointing to it saying look what I've got, But once someone gets in your pants and sees it's just a sock, they're just going to walk away laughing at you.
It's the same issue with skyscrapers. Antennae don't count but if the spire is part of the building, they do. However, there's another record for the highest usable floor space. It's kind of messy.
but it goes to hell....Røkke the owner, was convicted in 2005 for corruption involving the illegal purchase of a boat license,[3] and served 24-25 days of a 120-day prison sentence before released on parole. It will be all a story to pay less taxes....??? Do you want to be a philanthropist .... !!! build a ship to collect the Great Pacific garbage patch
If you're going to have a proper ship, don't go to a dedicated MY yard. They just see $$$$ and everything they do is 100% more expensive than a commercial yard. Identify a commercial ship that matches your overall size/capability requirements and say "I want one of those, with the following modifications..." Get the "luxury" fit-out done by another company, again, not a well-known MY fit-out mob, because they also just see $$$$$. It will save you possibly tens of millions. Another very important consideration is commercial ships have the latest technology: they often come with DP2 as standard, for example, and are designed to have heavy lift cranes.
@@ExpeditionYachts if the commercial ship has the world's biggest LARS on the stern, or a massive moonpool, or a 10 tonnes crane that you don't need - just delete it. Use the money to buy extra accommodations and a sauna, whatever.
For some reason I have a feeling the "research" conducted on this ship is not going to cover the damage its construction and use has done and will cause to the environment in the future. Great excuse to have the biggest yacht in the World. "Explorer" yachts, exploring what?
While some of the glossy new 'research' vessels appear to deliver guests to a place where they can harvest ice for their cocktails, I think you'll find that REV has a noble mission: www.revocean.org/
This yacht will explore the best restaurants in Monaco and Portofino. The owner can pay for all the PR he wants. But anyone who followed some of these other 'research' superyachts in the past knows exactly where they went and how often parties were thrown on them and how little research was done. Some of the largest 'research' superyachts are just party yachts with a tax dodge built into them.
How the phrase “climate change” can be used in conjunction with a vessel consuming so many resources and so much diesel fuel is laughable. All for the service of one person. Using electric, as a secondary source, and having it available for researchers, is just tax avoidance and ego appeasement, for an owner, who can helicopter in and out, basking in his contribution to society.
