Meet the Offspring of Two of the World's Most Renowned Yacht Designers

What we are looking at is not a complete yacht, it is missing the interior, and with good reason. But we’ll get into that shortly, or not, depending on your perspective on the matter. Even though Bannenberg and Rowell are world renowned interior and exterior yacht designers, this time, they focused all their attention on just the exterior.

And what an exterior. Frankly, I feel I can stop calling it that, as anyone with enough money could get this built. So the word concept it is. Before we go any further, know that this concept was conceived through a collaboration with legendary shipyard Abeking and Rasmussen.

The entire vessel comes in at only at 236ft.(72m) so a bit smaller than other yacht concepts we may have seen, but still fitting for some oil tycoon. We aren’t told any sort of specifics regarding which materials went into the construction of either the hull or the superstructure, but that makes it no less worth a mention.

Unlike other yachts, the bow of the Abeking is chopped, giving it more the impression of a motorboat. Also,

at the bow, on the main deck, we can see the superstructure begin. However, it is once again set apart from other yachts as the entire space underneath can be occupied. A corridor down the middle of the superstructure take you to god knows where. Maybe a private party.

If while on the main deck we take a walk to the rear of the vessel we will be met with a number of lounge pads and tables. Along the sides of this space we find elevated lounge beds and pillows ready to house any fished-up mermaids, while the center includes a lounging island. Honestly, I have no other words to describe it. This part, however, allows the upper deck to offer shade in case you get too crispy from laying in the sun.

To get to that upper deck, we can find two staircases on each side of the deck to take you up to where you and your guest would ultimately enjoy a dinner under the stars. But, to make sure everyone sees eye to eye on things, but to also be entertained, we find a teppanyaki table with room up to twelve guests. If this is also the limit for the number of guests you can have on the vessel, then there’s more than enough space on the ship to allow for all kinds of frolic and play. At the front of this deck we will be able to find a jacuzzi with what looks like room only for three. I’m just saying, three is rarely a crowd.

Finally, the lowest deck or sea deck leads us right down to water level on wooden steps. Once you’ve had your dip however, to dry off in the sun we just find more lounge pads.

Now, I understand people want interiors, but the idea behind the vessel is to create a concept that can be sold to anyone with the money for it. This means not coming up with a specific interior so that the client can ultimately say no, and then have to redo the whole thing again. This way, the client is implicated from the beginning and will truly receive the vessel of his or her dreams.