Amels News

Sam David · 06-01-2012, 09:48 AM

I'll post it here; I hope this is the right thread.

Amels Ilona (currently back in the Med.) has had a radical refit.

In stead of the helipad-bay; which was originally on the main deck; Amels has installed a 10m x 3m swimming pool. Bridge deck (2m); owner's deck (4m) and sun deck (helipad) were extended in the process.

She is still a classic beauty and, in my opinion, in a class of her own.

Ilona and 4You

Yacht News · 06-01-2012, 01:28 PM

Thanks for your contribution Sam! Yes no worries about where you placed the thread. Wow though at where the helicopter is now. However, I guess they wanted a large pool and instead of building another yacht, you refit the one you currently have. I would like to see pics of this new pool though!

Milow232 · 06-01-2012, 02:12 PM

Yeah thank you! I think the extended sundeck looks a bit strange and does not fit to the overall design ... there is no smooth transition.

Yacht News · 06-01-2012, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Milow232

Yeah thank you! I think the extended sundeck looks a bit strange and does not fit to the overall design ... there is no smooth transition.

I was saying that too but I just didn't. That addition damaged her overall lines behind there but I supposed they couldn't do any better because the yacht was designed to have the heli below decks on the aft main deck. So none of the upper aft decks were done with that in mind.

Yacht News · 06-01-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam David

Amels 464 arrived earlier this week.

By the end of 2012 beginning 2013; 462, 463 and 464 will be launched.

Yes, thanks Sam!

Sam David · 06-02-2012, 12:08 AM

Picture of the Aft deck

Yacht News · 06-02-2012, 10:01 AM

Not sure how I like that addition though. Thanks for the closer photo!

germanyachting · 06-02-2012, 02:26 PM

If I remember correctly, weren't the owners contemplating either a refit with their previous yacht or building one significantly smaller and having the helipad placed on the top deck like in the refit? It looks like they finally completed those plans. I don't think the owners wanted a pool as much as they wanted a bigger helicopter and had an unusable void to fill. All the modifications really killed the design. I remember when Ilona was originally build and Amels wanted to lengthen the stern by a meter for the ease of the helicopter storage but that would make the proportions and Amels would not lengthen the bow by two meters to compensate. It just makes me think, what happened here as I think the design looks a lot worse after the modifications.

K1W1 · 06-02-2012, 06:17 PM

Hi,
Regardless of aesthetics the heli hanger was a killer so maybe thus was a way for the owner to get over the death of his Chief Engineer on board in the tragic circumstances where it took place.

Yacht News · 06-15-2012, 09:46 AM

An aerial shot of the new pad and the now converted hanger space into a large swimming pool.

Milow232 · 06-15-2012, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Yacht News

An aerial shot of the new pad and the now converted hanger space into a large swimming pool.

And her is a video of the helicopter's first landing and take off...

Amels Ilona refit film

Yacht News · 06-15-2012, 01:56 PM

That video was really nice! The operation isn't as tight as it assumes to be.

Yacht News · 06-28-2012, 08:09 AM

Amels has formally delivered the LE180 "4 YOU". Moran announced the delivery as well, she was recently spotted on the Cote d'Azur.

Milow232 · 06-29-2012, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Yacht News

"Garcon" (SeaAxe 67M) is going to be launched in Summer 2012 according to Amels.

Any news when she is exactly scheduled to be launched?

Yacht News · 06-29-2012, 04:47 PM

Not yet but I am working on finding out.