It costs 50 million dollars to run each year and single re-fuelling costs around 650,000 dollars each time. The yacht also has armoured-plating around the master suite and a laser system designed to dazzle long-lens photographers.Īround 70 crew members are needed to operate the yacht, which has nine decks and can accommodate 30 guests. It is said to have two swimming pools - the larger of which converts into a dance floor when drained - bullet-proof glass, six-foot home cinema screens in each of the 24 guest cabins and a master cabin where the roof opens to allow Mr Abramovich and girlfriend Daria Zhukova to sleep under the stars. The yacht comes with features including two helipads, a submarine, multiple hot tubs, a pool and a missile-detection system. The black-painted Gotham Project, designed by Ivan Erdevicki with naval architecture by van Oossanen, has been styled to resemble something out of Batman to match her owner’s matte black Lamborghini.Competition: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum super yacht Dubai is currently undergoing a makeover at a harbour in the gulf Other projects include the 28m Icon Islander, designed by Ken Freivokh and currently for sale with Northrup & Johnson, and the 46m Gotham Project with Bristow Holmes. The project is scheduled to be completed in early 2017 with interior design by Studio Massari. In 2015 Icon announced it had been commissioned by an experienced owner to extend the bow and stern under the guidance of her original designer, Tim Heywood, and add new features such as a swimming pool and foredeck helipad. It then turned up at the Nobiskrug facility in Rendsburg. The owner reportedly sold his interest in the project and the yacht was removed from the shipyard under tow, but was impounded in Gibraltar en route. The yacht (formerly known as M25) has had a checkered past after construction at Cantieri San Marco in Genoa stalled with no indication as to why. Backed up by a very special team, he started and finished it.”Īlso moored in front of the Icon shipyard is the empty hull and superstructure of 75m Project 250. This was not by any means a straightforward refit, but Jan always had the final goal in sight. “But Jan Verkerk brings rationality to the process. “A client once told me that yacht ownership is not rational,” said Jen Wartena, CEO of Icon Yachts, during his address. The conversion was realised in record time and last spring Legend left the yard for her first charter trip to northern Europe without time for an official send-off. Giant arrived at Icon yachts in 2014 and work began to extend the stern by nearly 4m, restyle the exterior profile with Diana Yacht Design, completely refit the interior and re-class her under SOLAS and Passenger Yacht regulations. “We had run charters to Antarctica with Sherakhan, but I was looking for a no-nonsense, Ice Class vessel that could also have a certified helideck, a swimming pool, a mini submarine, and still carry at least 24 passengers.” A major fire on board later destroyed the owner’s deck and the wheelhouse and the yacht was out of commission for years – until Jan Verkerk identified her as a suitable candidate for refitting. Legend began life as a Soviet ice-breaking tug in the 1970s, but after breaking down in an American port she was abandoned and eventually converted into the explorer yacht Giant. “This is my business and every cent I put into a project I have to earn back.” “I’m not your regular superyacht owner,” says Verkerk. As the owner of the charter motoryacht Sherakhan and sailing yacht Lady Thuraya, he has been a pioneer in promoting expedition charters to far-flung destinations. Her owner, Jan Verkerk of Verkerk Yachting Projects, has worked as a captain and marine engineer most of his working life. Despite the fact that she has already completed three charter trips with Camper & Nicholsons following her launch in April, the converted ice breaker was back in the 150m dry dock at Icon Yachts for a christening party on Friday 28 October, 2016, as she made final preparations to spend the winter 2016-17 season in Antarctica, complete with mini sub and snow scooters on board.

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