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Welcome to the world of Yacht Support . A world of unlimited possibilities for those Owners looking to take on yachting on their own terms. Those who embody an active and dynamic lifestyle and have a particular vision or mission. Who above all seek capability and multifunctionality. Wanting to be ready for every moment, no matter where in the world it unfolds. Knowing that two decades of Yacht Support experience and deep understanding of high-end yacht operations and global adventure lifestyles will be supporting them every step of the way.   

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The YS53 is the latest addition to the Yacht Support portfolio. A next generation 53-metre support yacht built on spec for fast delivery and resulting from the technical know-how and first-hand experience of close to 20 support vessels already delivered. Her exterior deck with crane mirrors her purpose-built functionality and can be used to carry tenders, toys, aircrafts and supplies or even host events. Her upgraded guest accommodation make her ideal for overflow guests and crew or even dedicated staff for a specific mission.   

Updated Design

The Yacht Support 65 is a concept design in the portfolio that offers multipurpose functionality and lots of room for tenders and toys on a larger scale. The flexibility in the design allows for a number of customisations ensuring this is a yacht that can be worked to your exacting requirements for example, the potential for a helideck with a roll-in helicopter hangar without needing to fold the rotor blades. 

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If you are looking for next level support then the YS75 brings everything to the table. This 75-metre Yacht Support is designed to provide Owner's with the autonomy they need to support even the largest of superyachts. Her striking exterior, spacious and extensive interior plus all the capability, storage and functionality you can think of, the YS75 is all about unlimited possibilities.

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We have recently aired an exclusive series taking a deep dive into the world of Yacht Support ownership. Going where no other shipyard has gone before, some of our Yacht Support Owners welcome you on board to show you everything that they use their vessels for. From pursuing their passions to delivering disaster relief, these vessels are the source of their Owners’ unique and untold stories.  

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With  145-square-metres  that can be configured to an owner’s specific needs, the YXT 34m is the ultimate support vessel, with boundless carrying capabilities for an adventurous Owner. This space can accommodate a large RIB, limo tender, four Wave Runners and a submarine all at the same time. Alternatively, the main deck can hold a large container for spare parts alongside a compliment of tenders and toys .

The additional length of the YXT 34 over its smaller sisterships allows for a knuckle boom crane, with a lifting capacity of 15.2-tonnes at a reach of 3.5-metres and 4.2-tonnes at a reach of 11.4-metres.

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JOY RIDER Damen Sea Axe Support Vessel [Yacht Review]

November 19, 2019 5:10 pm

JOY RIDER is the first hull in Amel Damen’s new range of 147’ (45m) yacht support vessels. She was recently launched, is for sale, asking €12,000,000, and had a very busy Fall season, making her debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival and the Monaco Yacht Show. About a month later, Denison Yachting caught-up with her at the 2019 Fort Lauderdale Boat Show , where Alex G. Clarke took us on a walkthrough.

In August JOY RIDER hit the waters of the shipyard in Holland, then traveled 8 days non-stop to the Med, proving her big ship characteristics while safely cruising through bad weather and big seas. It comes as no surprise that the Damen Sea Axe then crossed the Atlantic Ocean to head West to Fort Lauderdale for 2019 FLIBS with no drama.

Damen’s managing director, Rose Damen, recently described this ambition’s of this 45-meter Damen YS4508 series:

  “ These support vessels deliver a smart package that can be both a stand-alone and a support solution. Our approach has been proven in diving, exploring and marine conservation operations from Papua New Guinea to Antarctica.” – Rose Damen  

The 45-meter JOY RIDER boasts a strong semi-displacement hull, constructed of steel, with a superstructure built out of aluminum. Her beam is over 27-feet (8.3 meters), gross tonnage is 315gt, and she offers 120 square meters of deck space that can be used for just about anything.

Power comes from a pair of Caterpillar C32 TTA engines and matching Caterpillar marine generators for a top speed of 16.5 knots and range of 5,000 nautical miles at 12 knots.

She can accommodate up to 6 guests and a crew of seven. Her large main-deck lounge is a great place to recount stories of the day, and her touch-and-go helipad make getting to the yacht easy and safe. Her 6.7-ton deck crane can easily deploy and retrieve her many toys including a submersible, runabouts, and tenders.

Other mechanical features include a fancoil-based HVAC system, water maker, massive cool and freeze provision stores, petrol store, stabilizers and the patented Sea Axe pedigree.

Her owners will appreciate her Dutch heritage, which includes ship-like qualities that reach into every detail, from her sturdy pilothouse to her redundant systems.

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The YXT 34 is intended for active owners and offers numerous possibilities above and below deck, packaged within a strong and masculine-looking exterior.

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Finished with a non-slip, hard wearing surface — is an area of endless possibility with  145-square-metres  that can be configured to an owner’s specific needs. This space can accommodate a large RIB, limo tender, four Wave Runners and a submarine all at the same time. Alternatively, the main deck can hold a large container for spare parts alongside a compliment of tenders and toys

THE WHEELHOUSE 360 DEGREE VIEWS ​

The main deck can be viewed from above within the  wheelhouse , which offers  360-degree views . This viewing platform is ideal for navigation and manoeuvring within tight marinas.

KNUCKLE BOOM CRANE MAIN DECK ​

The additional length of the YXT 34 over its smaller sisterships allows for a knuckle boom crane, with a lifting capacity of 15.2-tonnes at a reach of 3.5-metres and 4.2-tonnes at a reach of 11.4-metres.

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Below deck are two  14.5-square-metre  rooms that can be adapted to meet an owner’s needs. In its current laundry room layout, these rooms include an ironing station, three laundry machines and tumble dryers along with large fridge and freezer units for additional cool storage.

THE LAZARETTE ​

A 62-square-metre lazarette aft of the engine room allows additional storage for inflatable toys, surf, canoe and scuba diving equipment.

THE CREW MESS​

Forward of the  24.5-square-metre crew mess  are three double crew cabins, all of which can be customised and modified to meet the needs of an owner.

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Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone said on Friday it will buy a majority stake in an offshore support vessel operator for $185 million, expanding its fleet and diversifying beyond port operations.

Astro Offshore, in which Adani Ports will buy an 80% stake, owns a fleet of 26 vessels including barges and workboats, counting miner NMDC and construction bellwether Larsen and Toubro as its customers.

"Astro will add... to our current fleet of 142 tugs and dredgers... (and) the acquisition will also give us access to an impressive roster of tier-1 customers," Adani Ports CEO Ashwani Gupta said in a statement.

The deal comes as India's largest private port operator aims to grow its presence beyond its mainstay port operations to maintain its sector lead against smaller rivals JSW Infrastructure and Gujarat Pipavav.

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A superyacht for your superyacht? The rise of the support vessel

Augmenting your boat with an extra vessel can change your yachting experience, discovers Kate Lardy . 

The year after Carl Allen sold his company, he gifted his wife, Gigi, a 50-metre Westport – naturally named Gigi – on her birthday. But he wasn’t done shopping. He then went to the Fort Lauderdale boat show and spotted a 55-metre Damen Yachting support vessel. “I didn’t even get on it,” says Allen. “I said that’s the one; that’s what we want.”

Allen personifies the down-to-earth, boat-loving, adventurous owner that gravitates towards tandem superyachting. “I never thought I would sell my company, but my wife and I looked at [the deal] and decided this gives us the opportunity to do some pretty wild stuff,” he says. Adding the support boat, which he named Axis , to his cruising program has made the wild stuff possible. “It has become the platform of everything we do, from Hurricane Dorian relief, pandemic relief, building Walker’s Cay (in the Bahamas), treasure hunting, recreational diving, fishing… The Axis has become the centre of the universe.”

Superyacht owners are increasingly seeing the benefits of augmenting their fleets with a vessel that takes the bulk of tenders and toys off of the mothership while also carrying extra stores, parts and fuel. It’s a solution that suits those cruising far and wide as well as watersports lovers closer to home.

Hans Georg Näder is of the former group. A typical year sees him sailing 25 to 30 thousand miles in his 54-metre carbon Baltic sloop Pink Gin , frequenting South America, the Caribbean and Med. And his time on board has only increased since last December when he purchased 46-metre Pink Shadow , also from the Damen Yacht Support range. “We are now able to be in two places simultaneously. We are able not only to support Pink Gin but also to go ahead or after her, minimizing the wait during the time yachts take to cross oceans,” says the shadow boat’s captain, Oscar Vallejo.

For instance, last winter in the Caribbean the support vessel was on hand to help the sailing yacht get regatta-ready, offloading weight and assisting in the preparations needed to train the 20 hired race crew. Then Pink Shadow took off on a 6,000-mile run to Uruguay while Näder enjoyed more time on Pink Gin in the Caribbean, flying to join the support boat after she arrived at her South American destination.

Näder’s approach of separating the vessels to cover more ground is one school of thought. Other owners, like Allen, prefer to keep them close. It makes sense logistically, he points out; they raft up when on anchor and his 23 crewmembers between both boats work together on tasks like meal preparation, night watch and laundry.

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In recent years, a new type of owner has emerged: those using the support vessel as their one and only. Along with this trend has come an improvement in accommodations. “Slowly they are getting more and more yachtie features,” says Damen Yacht Support product manager Wouter Kleijpoel, who confirms that two Damen vessels, B3 and Game Changer , always cruise alone.

For Game Changer ’s owners, a refit post-purchase gave them the vessel they wanted in the timeframe they wanted rather than buying a more typical yacht. “To them it’s a very cool expedition yacht with a submarine, helicopter and very serious dive centre,” says the owner’s representative, Mike Rouse. “But the caveat to that is we charter as a support vessel.”

While cruising 48,000 miles in a single year – stopping in Antarctica, Central America, Indonesia and Australia, among others – Game Changer managed to pick up charters supporting other yachts along the way. “The reasons vary why we get charters,” Rouse says. “In the Mediterranean it’s predominantly as a helicopter platform and security, but in the Caribbean it’s maybe security and diving, and in Antarctica it’s for expedition staff.”

Tom McManus, former owner of 67-metre Global , also managed a successful charter program with his vessel, a product of Shadow Marine, which converted commercial vessels into dedicated megayacht support vessels in the early 2000s. He found demand everywhere, from hosting overflow security teams to offering submersible adventures with Triton Submarines – SpaceX was even a client.

But the year before he sold Global in January 2020, the vessel was involved in a very different kind of operation. After Hurricane Dorian wrecked havoc on Grand Bahama and the Abacos Global was first on the scene to provide assistance. “We made it our mission. It was something that needed to happen. We had the perfect platform and more ability than most to execute it in a scalable way,” McManus says.

Using their helicopter and amphibious car to reach inaccessible areas, the crew worked with the Global Empowerment Mission and volunteers from World Central Kitchen to bring supplies and set up kitchen facilities to serve the islanders over dozens of trips between Fort Lauderdale and the Bahamas.

Allen, who bases his yachts in the Bahamas, also found Axis to be essential in the weeks following Dorian. “We brought over a million pounds of supplies, not including diesel, water and gasoline. It was a really exciting time for us, being able to help like that,” he says.

Allen’s latest endeavour has been to resurrect Walker’s Cay, a former sportfishing mecca in the northern Bahamas, which had been deserted since the 2004 hurricane season, which left its marina and hotel in shambles. He praises Axis for its cargo-carrying ability during the redevelopment, and says the boat will be central to the new marina, which will have its soft opening this spring.

When he’s not busy on the island, Allen uses his yachts to scour the shallow Bahama Banks for shipwreck treasure, aided by Axis ’s Triton submarine, Icon amphibious airplane and extensive dive facilities. His permit covers the shoals that snagged many a ship that missed the turn to Europe in bygone centuries. “There are thousands of wrecks out there,” he says. “We’ll probably open a museum next year in Lucaya to show off some things we found.”

• On board with Carl Allen, serial yacht owner and CEO of Allen Exploration

Allen’s retirement adventures epitomise the endless possibilities that a support vessel brings. With their enormous aft deck, they are essentially a blank slate that can be moulded around anyone’s dream. For instance, Rosetti Superyachts had been speaking with two potential clients about a 43- and 55-metre support vessels, both custom designs by Hydro Tec and wildly different in their intended uses.

The 43-metre was for a client who wanted dive facilities and a helipad for extreme fishing and hunting expeditions. The 55-metre would be used to carry containers of bicycles and scuba diving equipment for the owner’s annual bike trip with friends. Outside of that voyage, the containers could be placed dockside and the deck becomes a vast space for his seven children to stretch their legs off the mothership.

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While each vessel must be customised for an owner’s programme, a few common features have emerged that define a great one. Naturally cargo-carrying ability is one. And while utilitarian in looks, it must have a modicum of aesthetic appeal to blend with the superyacht crowd. Finally speed. A support boat best be able to outrun the mothership, whether to beat it to the next anchorage or to catch up after picking up toys from the last one.

Several players entered this market with an advantage when it comes to speed. Damen, Incat Crowther and Rosetti Marino Group (parent of Rosetti Superyachts) all have long experience building or designing supply vessels for offshore platforms. Working in the uncompromising oil and gas industry, these boats must be comfortable and quick in all weather.

Damen got into the yacht support business after Roman Abramovich’s fleet manager ordered two of its 50-metre offshore supply vessels to accompany 163-metre Eclipse and company. The Dutch shipbuilder realised there was an opportunity here and presented a yacht-adapted concept at the 2009 Monaco Yacht Show.

The idea took off and it has since built vessels ranging from 46 metres to a 75-metre (currently in build), with the most popular size being 55 metres, which tops out at 20 knots. Oscar Vallejo, captain of the 46-metre, gives the design the thumbs-up. “It is surprisingly good at sea. I was not expecting that. We have an axe bow that extends 3.5 metres down, the deepest point on the boat and it’s just like an axe. We don’t pound into the waves; we break through the waves. It’s incredible.”

The ShadowCAT , designed by Incat Crowther, originates from technology developed for catamaran fast crew boats. New on the superyacht scene, the team launched the first ShadowCAT, 66-metre, 22.5-knot Hodor , in 2019. “We’ve used the catamaran platform as a support vessel for offshore oil and gas, which required robust engineering to carry high payloads at high speeds,” says Dan Mace, Incat Crowther technical manager. “That engineering and that ability to carry the high payload is what formed the basis of the ability to deliver Hodor .”

High payload, indeed. The number of tenders and toys Hodor has stowed on board is astounding: five tenders, four Jet Skis, four quad bikes, a five-person submarine, not to mention the decompression chamber and helipad for an H145. Incat Crowther estimates the catamaran design allows for carrying 40 per cent more volume and 60 per cent more tonnage than a monohull. Furthermore, the inherent stability of the hullform permits 70 per cent more weight to be craned off the side – an important attribute when you consider how large chase boats have become. Impressively, Hodor is able to lift and carry a 17-metre boat.

Lynx Yachts comes with a different perspective – from that of a yacht owner. “Our president is a yachtsman with long experience cruising in the Mediterranean. During his cruising he realised he needed more space for the toys and tenders, but he didn’t want to increase the size of the yacht,” says Filippo Rossi, sales and marketing manager. So he introduced the Yacht-X-Tender, YXT for short, a line of support vessels under 40 metres that are purpose-designed for yachting. Four of them from 20 to 27 metres are currently plying the seas, supporting yachts from 28 to 70 metres with owners who are all crazy about watersports.

The concept is also evolving into a new genre of yachts. Lynx calls theirs the Crossover, a hybrid of sorts between a support vessel and an expedition yacht. “We have a 27-metre Crossover under construction for a passionate gentleman from California who was fascinated by the shadow vessel line, but he also wanted to have space for his family. We added a saloon on the main deck and extra cabin, and in the end, you have a boat that dedicates 50 per cent of the space for guests and 50 per cent for toys,” Rossi says. You can also see this roughly even split on other recent launches, like the 39-metre expedition catamaran The Beast and 85-metre SilverYachts Bold .

These feel like a natural evolution in an industry that’s never been known for its restraint. Its “toys” are growing alongside the mothership – higher-capacity helicopters, submarines, chase boats – but at some point size becomes a limitation. “When you go bigger and bigger you can find yourself anchored 10 miles offshore or at a commercial port next to a container vessel,” says Kleijpoel. Add a second vessel instead, and you get more privacy on the white boat and more access to ports. As Carl Allen, with his two vessels totalling 105 metres, says, “The way we’ve done this is we get the best of both worlds.” 

This feature is taken from the May 2021 issue of BOAT International. Get this magazine sent straight to your door, or subscribe and never miss an issue.

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Want to hit breakfast right out of the park? Make your way to Brunswick for an egg and cheese sandwich from Dutchman’s Wood-Fired Bagels . We’re particularly partial to the one with pork roll and bodega sauce. Your taste buds can thank us later.

Pork roll and bodega sauce on a breakfast sandwich? We’re not in Brunswick anymore

Ling-Wen Tsai, “Rising/Sinking Study Chair,” wood and milk paint, 12 x 12 x 5 inches. Photo courtesy of Corey Daniels Gallery

Farther south in Wells, check out “Life Forms,” a women’s sculpture collective at the Corey Daniels Gallery. You’ll see works by about a dozen artists as you make your way through the exhibit.

Women’s sculpture collective debuts work in Wells

U.S. Navy Band Country Current performing in Tennessee. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class April Enos

For some Sunday afternoon live tunes, head to Memorial Park in Freeport at 3 p.m. for a free performance by Country Current . The band is the only U.S. Navy country/bluegrass ensemble, and the show should be a foot-stomping good time.

See U.S. Navy band Country Current for free in Freeport

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