What is so interesting are the number of yachts that are now being called "expedition" yachts, yet look more like normal yachts....if there is such a thing as "normal". For instance, I have seen Paul Allen's yacht
Octopus called an "expedition" yacht....same thing for Greg Norman's former yacht,
Aussie Rules.
For many years I always associated expedition yachts as those like
Bart Roberts,
Big Roi,
Pangaea, etc...with the same basic style like the Norseman shown here:
http://www.frontiermarinedesigns.com/Designs/F64.html (and what the designer refers to as an "aft wheelhouse design"....)
So, I wonder what exactly one needs on board to classify as an "expedition" yacht?? Serious fuel reserves?? Steel hull?? Full displacement???? The extra tenders?? Redundancy in all of the on board systems??? For instance, the new 180' Trinity
Mia Elise is a steel hulled full displacement yacht, but will it ever go to the remote wilds??? Or do owners simply want a cooler look that a white boat will give them rather than the massive bow and smaller superstructure????
I wonder if many of the "standard" white boats would be able to brave the remote locations that the big expedition yachts can sail into????
Hmmmmmm
Cheers,
Mark