DAMEN Signs 75-Metre Bespoke Yacht Support

New 75 metre Yacht Support, once delivered, will be the largest Yacht Support ever built.

Largest Yacht Support

Dutch yacht builder DAMEN has announced a new order for a 75-metre bespoke support yacht. She will be the largest DAMEN Yacht Support built to date when delivered in 2022. The customised in-house design is based on the newly developed YS 7512 model in the DAMEN Yacht Support range.

The YS 7512 is the largest Yacht Support offered in DAMEN’s range of purpose-built support yachts. Yacht support vessels are designed to carry and operate all the tenders, toys, helicopters and dive equipment that owners want, without compromising luxury spaces on the mother yacht.

D14 helicopter rated

A helicopter’s D-value means the largest overall dimension (in meters) of the helicopter when rotors are turning. This dimension will normally be measured from the most forward position of the main rotor tip path plane to the most rearward position of the tail rotor tip path plane (or the most rearward extension of the fuselage in the case of Fenestron or Notar tails).

Impressively, the YS 7514 will hangar a helicopter with a D14 value so example helicopters that satisfy a D14 value include the 13 passenger Airbus H155 (Eurocopter EC155), the 12 passenger Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin, the 7 passenger AgustaWestland AW109 and any other helicopter smaller than these.

Other features

The YS 7512 will be finished and faired with top yacht quality paintwork and deck hardware. She will also have a beam of 12 metres and a volume of approximately 1,900 Gross Tonnage. Other features will include state-of-the-art environmental equipment and capacity for containerised emergency relief support equipment together with a wide range of specialised marine gear and tenders. The vessel will accommodate 45 people including crew, specialist staff and guests.

Consultant

Wright Maritime Group, the consultant on the custom design and technical development, will supervise the project on behalf of the client.

Delivery

“At the time of delivery she will be the 17th Yacht Support delivered,” says Rob Luijendijk, Director Of Sales at AMELS and DAMEN. “She will also be the largest to date, which I think continues to show the scalability of the support solution for large superyachts. We are very excited to start construction and can’t wait to see this beautiful Yacht Support on the water in 2022.”