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Ice is a custom motor yacht launched in 2005 by Lurssen Yachts in Bremen, Germany and most recently refitted in 2008.

Lürssen has remained a family-run German shipyard since its inception in 1875 and is now in its fourth generation of private ownership. The company was founded by Friedrich Lürssen with a desire to create a leading shipyard in both quality and performance.

Ice measures 90.10 metres in length, with a max draft of 5.00 metres and a beam of 15.00 metres. She has a deck material of teak.

Ice has a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure.

Tim Heywood, the multi award-winning yacht designer, has produced some of the finest and largest yachts on the water. Among his exceptional designs is the stunning 133m Al Mirqab, which was awarded the coveted ‘Motor Yacht of the Year’ at the 2009 World Superyacht Awards.

Her interior design is by Terence Disdale.

Ice also features naval architecture by Lurssen Yachts.

Performance and Capabilities

Ice has a top speed of 17.50 knots and a cruising speed of 16.00 knots. She is powered by a twin azipods propulsion system.

Ice has a fuel capacity of 400,000 litres.

She also has a range of 6,000 nautical miles.

Accommodation

Ice accommodates up to 14 guests in 7 cabins. She also houses room for up to 27 crew members.

Other Specifications

Ice has a hull NB of 13628.

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Shaped with the idea of extended voyages in both northern and southern hemispheres, Polar Star requires fewer stops in ports than comparable vessels. With her ICE class, she can operate in much colder climates than the usual, popular cruising areas and explore the vast reaches of even the poles. Espen Øino International designed the 63-meter yacht along traditional lines, with engineering to exacting technical standards when delivered in 2005. Her original interior design by Pauline Nunns reflected a rustic, country-house style with the ambience of a traditional motor yacht ambience. Large open areas for entertainment and relaxation feature hand-painted murals and antiques. She underwent an extensive interior refit in 2017 to create a more modern, oceanic environment.

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A General Description of Motor Yacht ICE

ICE was formerly named project/yacht name Rainbow; Air. This 90 m (295 foot) luxury yacht was manufactured at Lurssen Yachts in 2005. Motor Yacht ICE is a imposing superyacht. The firm of naval architecture who actualised her plans and general arangement in respect of the yacht was Lurssen and Tim Heywood. The interior design and styling was the work of the talented Terence Disdale Design / Donald Starkey Designs. Luxury yacht ICE is a quality yacht that is able to accommodate up to 14 guests on board and has around 27 professional crew.

Construction & Naval Architecture of Luxury Yacht ICE

Lurssen was the naval architecture company involved in the technical vessel plans for ICE. Also the company Lurssen and Tim Heywood expertly collaborated on this venture. Interior designer Terence Disdale Design / Donald Starkey Designs was charged with the creative interior styling. Germany is the country that Lurssen Yachts built their new build motor yacht in. After official launch in 2005 in Bremen she was afterwards handed over to the happy owner after final finishing. Her main hull was crafted from steel. The motor yacht superstructure is made extensively using aluminium. With a beam of 15 metres or 49.2 feet ICE has beamy internal space. She has a reasonably deep draught of 4.85m (15.9ft). She had refit improvement and modification undertaken in 2008.

Engines & Speeds On M/Y ICE:

The ABB engine installed in the motor yacht is built by DEUTZ-MWM. For propulsion ICE has abb 4az. The engine of the yacht generates 1142 horse power (or 840 kilowatts). The sum power for the yacht is 9136 HP or 6720 KW.

With Superyacht ICE She Caters For Main Accommodation For Guest:

Apportioning chambers for a limit of 14 welcome guests spending the night, the ICE accommodates everyone luxuriously. This ship requires circa 27 capable crew to run.

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On Sept 2009 ICE cruised to Antibes, in France. This motor yacht has traveled the location within Département des Alpes-Maritimes during Sept 2009. Her deck material is predominantly a teak deck.

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The luxury yacht ICE displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current.

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Unlike fashion trends that seem to move as fast as a Redbull F1 car, the yachting industry takes its time adopting new ideas. There seems to be one exception. Explorer vessels, born out of the owners’ desires to go farther and stay longer, without sacrificing creature comforts, is developing with some urgency.

Several dozen builders and designers are now focusing on explorers, but they are also consulting with adventure travel firms that have a long history of using expedition yachts in remote parts of the globe. ICON Yachts, for example, collaborated with Cookson Adventures and the International Seakeepers Society on its Project Mission in both the overarching design and the details found across the yacht. Adventure outfitter EYOS employs its expertise routinely with Damen’s explorer vessels, most recently with the 190-foot Pink Shadow.   EYOS has a list of 50 features that separate authentic explorers from faux versions that might look the part but lack the necessary infrastructure and design elements.

Long-range cruising, system redundancy for autonomy at sea, and storage to carry specialist equipment like submersibles are some of the requirements that define expedition boats. There’s also deck configuration for the easy launch of tenders and toys, along with strong, ice-class hulls and climate-controlled areas comfort in extreme polar and tropic regions.

We culled through the latest fleet of explorers with multiple lengths and designs, selecting a single feature that we think makes it best in class. Here are 10 of our favorites.

Best Pilothouse: Doggersbank 77 Offshore

More than 700 Doggersbank motoryachts have been built since the 1960s, with the latest model scheduled for delivery in 2025. The robust, offshore vessels are designed by Dutch studio Vripack for long ocean passages, assisted by a high, flared bow. “It prevents green water from hitting the wheelhouse windows in rough seas, and together with the Portuguese bridge, ensures the captain’s view is not obstructed,” Joost Mertens, Doggersbank fleet manager, told Robb Report . “The yacht’s steel hull ensures the yacht sits better in the water making it less vulnerable to wind and high waves.”

Best Deck Configuration: Columbus Crossover 42

The Columbus Crossover 42 is defined by both straight and angled surfaces,  tapered stern sections and a concentration of volume in the bow that is becoming on many explorers. What is atypical is the yacht’s compact but flexible dimensions that accommodate a large cockpit tender and a 108-square-foot swimming pool with relaxation areas. Sold to an U.S. customer, it’s scheduled for delivery in 2025.

Best Multipurpose Stern: Bering B165

Turkish boatbuilder Bering Yachts revealed details of its new 162-foot flagship explorer yacht, the B165 , at the Dubai International Boat Show in March. The yacht can carry 18,400 gallons of fuel, which the builder says will give it a 4,000 nautical mile range when cruising at 12 knots. It also has a 2,640-gallon holding tank. What singles the B165 out among other explorers, however, is its multi-purpose stern area for both function and form. The elongated aft deck has a swimming pool surrounded by sunbeds. When the bulwarks are folded down, the space becomes an even larger overwater terrace. When the pool is not in use, it can be used as a covered storage area for water toys and expedition equipment. The yacht’s two tenders are also stored on the aft, making it a flexible space for both equipment and guests.

Best Family-Friendly Concept: Project Mimer

This 197-foot expedition concept by Tillberg Design of Sweden caters to family travel with a helicopter pad as well as multiple tenders and toys. It’s pitched by the studio as an introduction to true explorer yachting. It has a functional crew layout for efficient operations and an upper deck owner’s suite with a forward terrace and spa pool. With a hull that will be built to the Polar Code Category, the concept also has an optional helipad aft and long list of toys, from an electric luxury tender and two expedition RIBS to quad bikes, a submersible, Jet Skis, and, of course, an amphibious vehicle. The five-decked yacht sleeps 12 guests with crew quarters for 17 and an additional staff member, such as a nanny.

Best Ice Explorer: Damen SeaXplorer 105

Damen’s 345-foot SeaXplorer 105 is the largest model in the SeaXplorer range, with exterior design by Azure Yacht Design. The platform was developed under the guidance of expedition specialists EYOS Expeditions, who considered over 150 design criteria, from the hull form and bridge layout to the tender davits and Zodiac boarding arrangements. But it is EYOS’s expertise in the polar regions—it facilitated the first heli-ski charter in Antarctica and the first 3,200-foot sub dive to the Antarctic midnight zone—that gives the vessel its point of difference. The SeaXplorer has an ice-strengthened hull and a specially shaped icebreaking stern to maneuver through rough terrain.

Best Interior: Project Fox

On top of having a cool name, Project Fox has a bright, contemporary interior, courtesy of London’s Q Design, that is becoming more common on expedition yachts. The full-beam owner’s stateroom is also one of the yacht’s standout features, with its marble en suite and hardwood floors. The salon is also luxe, with white walls that brighten up travel even in areas that are sunlight deprived. Project Fox also has four other staterooms.

Best Autonomy: Project Master

ICON Yachts’s Project Master was a transoceanic offshore support vessel before the Dutch shipyard began a refit to turn it into an explorer yacht (see before and after inset). It’s equipped with diesel-electric hybrid propulsion, a wide beam for multiple tender spaces, a 7,200-nautical mile range, and flexible cabin arrangements for expedition crew. Other features include a science lab and a certified heli-deck. “The yacht’s helicopter and sub capability mean it can offer assistance in areas with challenging access and little infrastructure,” Micca Ferrero, owner of ICON Yachts, told Robb Report . “The design is for the demands of self-sufficient voyages.”

Best Use of Volume: Arcadia Yachts A96

The A96 mixes the lines, volume, and open-plan layout of Arcadia’s Sherpa series with the speed, joystick maneuverability, and quality of the yard’s A range. It’s the first Arcadia to have an Igor Lobanov-designed interior, as well as a high bow and high deckheads for traversing rough water. But its big differentiator is the 214 gross tonnes of volume and 24-foot beam that generate big volumes—4,300 square feet of usable space, which is 30 percent more than on other similar-sized yachts. Low bulwarks and lateral walkways emphasize the sense of openness.

Best Bow: Project Shackleton

This 351-foot build from Lürssen has an inverted bow that looks like an eagle’s beak. The shape is designed to slice through waves with much lower vibration through the hull, while also reducing rock and roll in rough seas. Unlike the quasi-research vessel exteriors of many explorers, this vessel is representative of the changing look of many in this growing segment. 

Best Multi-Mode Hull: Azimut Magellano 60

The Magellano 60 isn’t technically an explorer yacht. Think of it as a cruiser  designed for some long-distance travel. But it does have one very interesting feature, what its builder Azimut calls a “dual-mode” hull. The semi-planing shape is designed to optimize fuel consumption (and therefore lower emissions) by about 20 percent (compared to similar-sized vessels) at low and medium speeds. The yacht’s bow is also designed to cut through waves for better seakeeping at a range of speeds. The boat cruises very efficiently at 18 knots but will hit a top end of 26, thus delivering the performance of a planing hull with the benefits of a displacement hull.

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Project Icecap: Secretive 107m Lürssen project begins sea trials

The highly confidential 107 metre superyacht Project Icecap has embarked on its first round of sea trials. 

The yacht was spotted leaving the dock at Peene-Werft, a shipyard in north-eastern Germany that forms part of Lürssen’s naval division.

Project Icecap has remained largely out of the spotlight until July this year when she was spotted in the open for the first time. The project was originally sold in March 2018 by Moran Yacht & Ship and the brokerage firm is project managing the construction.

The yacht's exterior design comes from Norwegian studio Salt Ship Design and first images revealed a sharply inverted bow and large open aft deck fitted with tender cradles that can also function as a helipad.

The steel and aluminium yacht features a total interior volume of more than 6,500GT and is expected to offer accommodation for up to 20 guests split across ten cabins.

In the past, Moran also revealed that Project Icecap will be powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system and will feature state-of-the-art energy saving, power storage, heating and cooling systems. 

Moran also indicated the yacht would have a helipad, beach club and three fixed terraces built into the stacked forward superstructure. 

Project Icecap joins seven other superyachts measuring over 100 metres under construction at Lürssen, including the 146 metre Opera and the recently spotted Project Alibaba .

Once delivered, Project Icecap will become of the world's largest superyachts , sitting somewhere around number 48 on the leaderboard.

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Carvana trends report: used evs narrow price gap with ice cars, triggering sales growth potential.

Used vehicle online marketplace Carvana has posted a Q1 EV trends report outlining some encouraging metrics for electrification. According to the data gathered, Carvana saw that its used EV sales mix achieved new highs while the price margin compared to traditional combustion vehicles narrowed.

Carvana ($CVNA) is a Fortune 500 company that has introduced unique ways of revolutionizing the automotive retail segment. In addition to car vending machines, Carvana facilitates vehicle trade-ins, financing, and used car sales in over 300 markets around the US, with the option for local pickup or home delivery of your used vehicle (hopefully an EV).

With such a large footprint throughout the US, offering tens of thousands of vehicles to customers at a time, Carvana has gathered some granular used EV sales data and compiled it into a Q1 2024 report.

The EV trends report combines Carvana’s EV sales data by state plus other metrics from Kelly Blue Book and MarketCheck. The result is a detailed Carvana report that shows used EV sales are not only on the rise but hold plenty of untapped potential for future sales growth.

Carvana saw used EV sales grow as average prices drop

The most significant metric we want to point out from Carvana’s Q1 EV trends report is the increase of all-electric models in its sales mix. As more and more new BEV models hit the US market, the number of used versions has seen a significant increase.

With more options available, Carvana has seen the average sale price of BEVs decrease, dropping from $37,000 in Q1 2023 to $31,000 a year later. The average EV sale price difference compared to ICE is also down year-over-year, from +$13,000 in Q1 2023 to +$7,000.

Used EV sales also hit an all-time high for Carvana in Q1 2024, contributing 4.3% of its total. That’s still a relatively small number, but Carvana believes used EV sales are poised for significant growth going forward. Per Carvana founder and CEO Ernie Garcia:

The significant, multi-year growth in new EV sales is a leading indicator of the potential of the used EV market. As a larger selection of EVs makes its way into the used fleet, prices normalize, and tax credits become available, more used car buyers will have the opportunity to access the EV category. Carvana has always sought to build an inventory that matches the tastes and preferences of our customers. While we maintain a diverse selection across all fuel types, we are proud to now offer more than 50 different models of EVs at a wide range of price points.

As you can see from Carvana’s graphic above, BEV sales have demonstrated encouraging growth in the US in Q1 2024. Florida joined the 4%+ threshold, as 5.2% of Carvana’s sales in The Sunshine State were BEV.

Meanwhile, some states that have been slower to EV adoption delivered record year-over-year growth, including Minnesota (+386%), Arkansas (+383%), and Kentucky (+263%).

Last but not least, Carvana points out that Federal tax credits for used EVs (up to $4,000) have been a contributing factor in improving affordability and thus, increased sales. Of the 50+ EV models Carvana currently sells in the US, 24% met all criteria to become eligible for the Federal Used Clean Vehicle Credit in Q1 2024.

Of those qualifying vehicles, Carvana points out the Nissan LEAF was the top seller, followed by the Tesla Model 3 , and Chevy Volt (PHEV). The ill-fated BMW i3 and Volkswagen e-Golf round out the top five.

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