The hull design includes an integrated dock with lock doors at the stern.
Octopus yacht tender garage. The first one is an MD900 and the second a Sikorsky S- 76C. Paul Allens Octopus has a 19 meter dive tender and a large submarine. Additionally the superyacht has a globe-trotting range.
Drive-in Tender Bay MY Octopus When stepping out of a tender and onto a swim platform the procedure can be trickier than it appears especially in choppy sea conditions or sudden downpours. The drive-in tender bay solves this issue and while it has been around for some years now the feature is usually to be found on larger custom-built superyachts such as OCTOPUS from German. The port side tender garage on Octopus looks to be at least 2 metres above the water line.
The 126m megayacht Octopus originally built by Lürssen for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is often referred to as the worlds pinnacle explorer yacht. I would think the ideal would be simply to have both in the same yacht. Paul Allens 414 Lurssen mega-yacht Octopus is equipped with a submarine and 63 express yacht.
Needless to say this would not be a small yacht. What was once just an aft storage space for a yachts extra mode of transportation is now another opportunity to add even more of an impact to a vessel in variety of different onboard locations. The submarine and the main tender named Man of War float into the yacht through a large hatch.
The larger yachts need these luxury tenders. With her 1034000 litres fuel tanks she has a maximum range of 12500 nautical miles at 125 knots. Graeme Harts 116 meter expedition yacht Ulysses carries a 21 meter Princess 68 yacht on board.
Launched in 2003 at a cost of 200 million Octopus is a private vessel that has been lent out for exploration projects. The 126m 414 ground-breaking exploration yacht OCTOPUS was delivered by Lurssen in 2003. Octopus is a 414-foot 126 m megayacht owned by the Jody Allen-controlled estate of the late Paul AllenIt is one of the worlds largest yachts.