Feadship launches the 62-meter superyacht "Sea Owl". She is the yacht built under hull number 807, she is the successor to the Burger Boat Sea Owl. Now we see who these Hodgdon tenders are for!!! http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/tenders-dinghies/8770-megayacht-tenders-ii-14.html
Feadship launched their new yacht on friday called "Sea Owl" It's a decent yacht, but with a green hull...... I passed their yard today at De Kaag and made this little video. Hope you will enjoy. Feadship Sea Owl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igybmyqY9xA
Nice to see the owner keep the essense of the boat still from how the Burger is. The smaller "Sea Owl's" interior looks really good withthe carpentry and woodwork. Andrew Winch has done the interior of the Feadship version, this should be GOOD!
Short video: Dutchmegayachts.com: Feadship's superyacht Sea Owl passing a bridge - YouTube Her colors are really well chosen: even in the usual greyish Dutch rivers and the type of sunlight we have on some days the yacht stands out. Very good looking ship. (Green is finally getting more popular in the car industry as well, following the brown and white color trends of the past years)
I like that forward seating area on the bow forward of the bridge. That will be nice when the shade is put up and the cushions and stuff are brought out. Looks interesting to have a drink.
"Sea Owl's" hull colour looks really good! Here she is heading out on her own on sea trials. SEA OWL 24 6 2013 - YouTube
This yacht is so nice looking, I cannot stop saying! Sea Owl - IMO 1011604 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker
Apparently she has been heading to Norway. I didn't know she was registered in Bahamas? That is the flag I see flying from the stern.
"Sea Owl" with her starboard side garage door opened showing off one of the hodgdon tenders. Sea Owl - IMO 1011604 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker
I find it interesting in that the Burger "Sea Owl" was only delivered in 2010, so it would appear this larger "Sea Owl" was already in design prior to the completion of the smaller one. The Burger was Sea Owl II. Anyone know about Sea Owl I? Interesting that the founder of the Hedge Fund which Mercer is co-CEO of owns the larger Feadship, "Archimedes." I like the design of both Sea Owls and most of Andrew Winch's work.
Sea Owl I was slated to be an interim vessel for her owners whilst the Feadship was being built but unfortunately the Burger was fraught with many delays over the build schedule due largely to layers of overburdened electronic security measures specified and the use of ballistic glass (a first for Burger) the build time grew from what was a contracted 29 months to 46 months before numerous attempts at builders trials were rejected by the owners surveyors and flag state surveyors. She was finally delivered to the owners after some attorney wrangling and placed in service.
Very interesting. It's amazing how many yacht builds take paths like the one you describe for various reasons.