Could This $20 Million SuperYacht Be The Ultimate Expedition Yacht?
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2021
- In one of my previous videos, I talked about the exceptional range of an expedition SuperYacht that had been converted from a degaussing ship, that was originally built in the late '70s.
This great vessel had a range of 20,000 nautical miles.
When I made that video, I remember thinking that surely this yacht, with its 20,000-mile range, must have the longest range capabilities of any private expedition or explorer superyacht.
But, I was wrong.
This, ladies and gentleman, is 'Lone Ranger'.
A true expedition yacht that cut her nautical teeth as an ocean-going vessel during the 1970s, when she was built in Germany to serve as a high-seas tug.
Meaning that, for example, if a tanker in the middle of the Atlantic was left adrift, having lost all engine power, then this would have been the vessel to go and tow her back to safety.
But what do YOU think of this expedition yacht? Let me know in the comments below!
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As a Chief Engineer in period of time from 2011 till 3Q of 2012 on Lone Ranger, that ship prove me with outstanding sea keeping capabilities, reliability and redundancy which only 5 legendary Bugsier Sisters posesed. Level of back-up controls, operational simplicity with such a inspirational Engineering makes those 5 Sisters one od a kind on World Maritime level. The only ship in my, already 24 years of carrier, which i kiss before I left for good. Literally Kissed . That was love on first sight. No real comparation in yachting industry. Period.
Wow - sounds amazing! It’s great to connect with someone who served aboard this magnificent ship. Thanks for watching 🙌
Josko
You are my Hero for having the opportunity to work for her. She is beyond super yachts. I love the idea of a hand blower in Heads for drying Hands. Cuts down on that continue cleaning of towels. What type of cold storage was there for extra Food stores. How big of an area.
Well said Sir; You ss the keeper of The Hart of that Ship has the right too say such.
Nice on the inside, comparable to a custom built super yacht, but looks like it's still a working boat on the outside.
I love it! Can't beat that range.
It must be diesel- electric.
I'm glad it didn't get scrapped, like so many other older boats.
In 1997 Peter Lewis, that owned progressive insurance, was the gentleman that bought the yacht for refit in Miami. His son Jonathan oversaw the work. I worked on Lone Ranger for a while working installation of the teak decks. I was there at the Port of Miami when they fueled her up to leave port to make the trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. It took two days of fueling and I was told it was 20 semi truck loads of diesel. I later ran into her while working in Martinique at dry dock on Holland America's Wind Song. She docked around from the shipyard facility at the cruise terminal. Had the opportunity to go out with the crew and the captain for an evening of dinner and drinks. I was always impressed with this yacht.
Wow,I live like 1.5 miles from the Ohio River, and never knew this vessel went to Cincinnati.
It's very uncommon to see an ocean going vessel on that river, as the depth only averages around 15 to 25 feet.
What was the reason for it going to Cincinnati?
@@truthseeker2321 I was told that's where they were going by the captain. He said they were going up and through Great lakes to Cincinnati to pick up Peter Lewis. Obviously from Miami to Cincinnati they would have used enough fuel to probably get enough buoyancy for the river as it was stated in the video her maximum draft was 21.9 ft.
What an incredible yacht she is! I'd take her over a "normal" yacht every time.
@@johngauntlett4915 Thanks.
George soros owns and started progressive insurance.....
This is my favorite.The combination of seaworthiness and interior is the best I ve seen..And those two masts are awesome…
I’d love to see the fuel tanks. I guess that it covers the whole deck below the sealine. A plan of the ship would be great to see!
Is there stabilization on board ?
It's a lot of fuel. I bet she gets kinda bobby when nearing empty.
Incredible.. this yatch is really something special, very different, due to its age and heritage from many others.. thanks for the video and the good work
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If you were stuck in an "end of the world" scenario or had to do a rescue mission to a remote location, this is probably the best yacht to be on! It looks like a research vessel equipped to handle just about anything but still quite comfy to travel in. Thanks for making this video available.
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I live in Alaska. This would be an awesome ship for exploring the Alaskan coastal waters.
What an amazing yacht,, thanks for this video as always a superb job
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I’ve followed this boat over the years in magazine articles and media. Has timeless explorer yacht lines and will be around for another 50 years. Thanks for show casing her, my if I won the lottery boat.
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I saw Lone Ranger up close while she was anchored off Nantucket about 10 years ago. She draws too much to enter the harbor. She is an amazingly impressive yacht.
I would love to see this explorer up close
The Lone Ranger is a spectacular example of a beautiful vessel.
Absolutely wonderful ~ this would be a yacht that could and would fulfill my dreams
love to see the walkthrough version of this ship
I would love to film this boat!
Great video 📹! The Enigma is still my favorite. One disappointment I read about was the scrapping of the USS Williamsburg 🇺🇸. This vessel had so much history.
Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment :-)
The amount of fuel she carries explains her deep draft.
Amazing yacht. Will truly take you anywhere.
Today's yachts costing more than 100 million don,t have half her range or ability to stay out 100 days on the Atlantic ocean. Going by what I have seen.
I saw her once in Sydney harbour. An awesome vessel that for me was, and remains, love at first sight.
Just saying, what you saw in Sydney Harbour may have been James Packers X tug Arctic P beautiful and very similar in appearance.
Cool yacht. Would love to have seen more of her.
Me too 😕
Thank you for the fascinating offering!
Thanks for watching 🙌 glad you enjoyed it
Looks more luxurious than many super yachts and the interiors are done with excellent taste.
100% agree
Beautiful and strong. Very impressive to see
Oh darn, only 30,000 miles?? I can't take her nonstop around the world at the equator without a tanker assist.
Proper beauty, what a vessel!
Mauro Gatti - Superb! The best I 've ever seen on Y/T boat channels
Wow - thanks 🙌 I really appreciate it
oh yeah this is the ultimate explorer yacht for sure! WOW!! 👀👀👀👍👍👍
Whauuu , great ship 👍👍👍 , thats the right ship for me . Thanks for this super Vid !!!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙌 thanks for watching
Hi there, great video of the Lone Ranger, you should do one on her big sister Arctic P
Owned by the Packer Family of Australia, James Packers Sister Gretal now owns it as part of a family settlement.
It's been said Arctic P can sail around the world non stop, must have similar range or more.
Cheers, David.
Thanks for your feedback and for watching the video. Thanks for the recommendation s well - I will have a look online and see if there is any stock footage of Artic P that I can use 🙌
@@YachtBuoy Have a look now as there is new footage and photos released now it is available for charter first time ever
Absolutely incredible.
Thank you , sharing this type boat is bold . We need to know that fine class boats like this are still available. Great job honorable young man , way cool ! 😎😎😎😎💯💯💯💯
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Still very impressive and still unbeaten!!!
I agree with you about the bridge There must be a way to bring it into the modern era and still recapture the vintage look. That nautical range should be the centerfold in a gentleman's magazine. HAHA
Id love for you to do a video on Sea wolf. She's beautiful and rugged. That's the boat that transformed me into an expedition yacht lover.
Sea Wolf is an exceptional yacht and a great way to get into the expedition yacht arena
@Pal,
Apparently, during a nuclear exchange, any of the series of resultant EMP will disable equipment of 'the modern era'.
Perhaps... the owners and operators considered this?
To me the power control sender to the engine room is my Favorite. It just is a maritime traditional control. Instead of joy stick control. Just my Humble opinion.
Just what I need right about now
The equator is 24,901 miles around, the range is incredible
Spent some time abd LR in Bermuda when she was owned by Schmitt. I agree with your appraisal. Courtenay, Woods Hole.
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Not your average harbour cruiser, this is a true ship built for explorers.
Nice. Amazing range, stay a long time out at sea. Also not a fan of the antique controls, I am fine with ultra modern carbon fiber star-trek-looking helms on some new superyachts. You should check out Magnet, from a US shipyard, Metal Shark. It only has 11000 n/M, but would like to see some more of her.
I’m with you on that one 🚀 I love the bridge and pilot houses which would not look out of place on a sci-fi movie. I will check ‘Magnet’ out; thanks for the recommendation
1.3 million liters. That would be 1,300 cubic meters (m^3). I think anything over 600 cubic meters has to registered as a tanker. That means restrictions where you can go , dock, or anchor. ??
Impressive video.
Would like to see the mechanicals and crew quarters.
Thanks
Me too! I would love to actually get on board the vessels which I feature on my channel lol thanks for watching and thanks for your support :-)
Arctic P needs a video. If you like Lone Ranger you will love Arctic P
Watch this space - I will start doing some research 👍
It is the most beautiful yacht I ever have seen on Youtub
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I watched your UA-cam and I am a big fan of explorer yachts as well, especially Lone Ranger that has an old strong history of rescuing large vessels such as super tankers and also towing massive off shore rig structures across the oceans. She is a capable yacht unlike most that are built today.
Lone Ranger, which was built in Germany and originally names Simpson and had a sister vessel named Oceanic (now named Osman Khan). Lone Ranger is an incredible yacht and puts to shame the new glittery clorox bottle (ie: plastic and fragile) type yachts that are built today.
Yachts built today are often shipped across oceans for positioning reasons as owners/Captains’ are afraid they could be damaged or don’t want to bear potential adverse weather because the new yachts do not ride well in rough weather (very top heavy with lots of sail/topside area) - unlike Lone Ranger who was built to weather such passages.
Lone Ranger has a long history of globetrotting the planet and has faced all conditions imaginable and as you point out 30,000+ mile range and is also Ice Class (I believe 1A).
Lone Ranger is a REAL MAN’s yacht with beautiful lines (great sheer), something that is VERY rare today - in my opinion, there are few if any yachts that are attractive with such nice lines.
If you were not aware, there is a book written about her (see below) which gives her history since she was built to her refit to a super yacht.
In my opinion, Lone Ranger looks MUCH better in dark green (when she was originally refit to a yacht in Germany) rather than the new blue she is painted in today.
Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment 🙌
Peter
Thank you so much for short History on this massive Built Beyond super yacht. That book would be excellent Read, thank you again for your comment.
That’s an awesome range. You could stay at sea for a couple of years. I don’t care for the helm but overall it’s a fine yacht.
I agree with you re the helm. With her range, she is the perfect vessel to stay at sea on during the pandemic
@@YachtBuoy dare I say it but she’s a good one to stay at sea on u til we get a new president. Lol
With the range of this vessel, I'm guessing your length of stay out will really depend on how much food can be stored. It would be interesting to know how much they can handle.
@@grondhero
Sooner or later, everybody needs to eat.
I can easily imagine a series of walk-in freezers and refrigerators, similar to any well-found restaurant...
... with a half-year of supplies on the shelf.
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I can also imagine:
* a complete surgery, plus
* a magnificent machine-shop capable of repairing or duplicating anything aboard.
@@bugmantim
MostPopularBureaucratEver©.
Much as I like the idea of converting a military/commercial boats/ships to expedition yachts, the reason most of them are on the way to the scrap yard, is that more modern equipment has made them uneconomical to operate. While they may offer extreme seaworthiness, most owners in that tax bracket will not want to experience rough seas in what is still a relatively small vessel. They require more crew, more maintenance, and way more fuel than a more modern boat, as well as having tremendous interior design limitations due to the utilitarian nature. For 20 mil, there are a lot of options that may not be quite as able to handle extreme weather, but will be more livable and spacious and have much more modern equipment, user friendliness and amenities. JMHO
finally someone who gets it. conversions are romantic but there is a reason they are cheaper than PURPOSE BUILT superyachts ;)
@John,
As much as I abhor the thought of replacing those magnificent engines with the enormously complicated modern fussiness of 'Tier Something or another', I must admit you have a point.
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And I strongly disagree.
As designed and engineered, this antiquity is ideal to prevail during the inevitable series of EMP... and long-overdue CME.
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And with this draft, capsize is unlikely.
For an ExpeditionVehicle or ExpeditionVessel, survivability trumps pretty.
Awesome end of the world bug out chip outfit that with scuba gear, spearguns fishing equipment a couple of small subs. Wow you could live there for the rest of your life.
I absolutely love the idea of conversions but idk about a draft of 21 ft wow 😳!
@Driver,
Yikes!
That wetted surface represents an incredible amount of drag.
Accordingly, the screws could be nearly that in diameter... adding significant oomph!
It is just what I am looking for.
With 21 feet below the waterline or two decks worth of space, there’s a lot of room for fuel tanks!
Amazing ship.
I think so too!
What a stunning ship
She is remarkable
That is one bad ass boat. I'd leave san Diego headed for Tassie. Call up my mate and say see you in Devenport in a few months.
10 guests? My catamaran can sleep 10 guests & it cost less than a half a tank of gas/petrol for the Lone Ranger!
What make is your catamaran? Power or sail? I must admit, I love cats
Beautiful yaught
@Lyn,
You yacht to buy it!
The beauty of that range, is that they can bunker fuel from where ever it is the cheapest.
Awesome
My favorite ship yet! I'd have it painted naval gray!
'pussers grey' (the same shade as is used on British warships)
@@YachtBuoy Thanks!
And make it a target no thanks
Definition of the word BOSS...
Awesome 👍🏾
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It looks very similar to the 'Arctic P' which is owned by the Packer Family from Australia.
Tight!
If I owner her I'd love to brag about how I can pull supertanker across vast ocean !
Years back running my legal department side of things I had in my staff a lawyer by the name of Rodney Newman. Rodney is a cross between Danny DeVito, and Woody Allen. In early January 2000 Rodney called up one day saying he was off with his girlfriend Tracy to feed a goat and 2 geese. Tracy looked just like Pamela Anderson so who was Rodney to argue. Later that day there was a discussion about the instructions on the goat being tied up but Rodney insisted Tracy had the instructions wrong and let the goat run around. Apparently, the owner of the goat, the geese and the house, was a crew member on a mega yacht called the Lone Ranger. The boat’s owner was USA billionaire Peter Lewis and before he flew down, the crew were taking the boat out for a test run following the fitting of a new radar system. So while away 24hrs Tracy was asked to feed his goat and 2 geese with the clear instructions that the goat must remain on the chain. But Rodney being a lawyer looked over the enclosed yard noting there was no vegetation that the goat could eat- nor any chance of escape, Rodney decided to untie the goat and insisted with Tracy to leave it that way.
The next day Tracy got a call from the owner of the property saying she had better get around there immediately. Upon arrival, he took her to the back yard and there was the goat on the ground barely able to move, demanding to know why she had let the goat off the leash. Tracy explained Rodney thought it was alright given the yard was enclosed. “But what’s wrong with the goat” Tracy asked. “He’s fucking stoned the goat has eaten all my prime bud which I had buried.” He screamed.
A few days later New Zealand media suddenly announced a mystery billionaire had flown into NZ on a Qantas flight to attend the America's Cup yacht race was sniffed out by a drug dog and found in possession of 33grams of high-quality marijuana. He was arrested at Auckland airport then transported to Otahuhu police station. There he slept in a cell on a bunk built into the wall under one blanket after eating a microwaved pie and coffee for dinner. The next day he woke up to a breakfast of baked beans and sausages before being walked under escort to the Otahuhu courthouse. His lawyer Marie Dyhrberg made an urgent application to have his name suppressed, but he was finally named as US billionaire Peter Lewis. Now the real story of what happened was that after the goat ate the dope which was destined for Peter Lewis to enjoy while cruising around NZ waters, the goat owner told his boss who was still in the USA about the disaster with the goat. Lewis simply answered- “No worries I will bring some with me.”
The view at 1:04 looks VERY imposing lol! Open ocean tugs are extremely tough and a hull like that would bash through ice! I'd feel very safe on this☺
31k nm range? I'll take it! This is how we survive the zombie apocalypse! Sign me up for the 2 year $100 bi-weekly finance option, please! Deliver it to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I'm not there but travel there annually, so I'll be living aboard. Make sure the tanks are full lol. With that much fuel a refill would be rare, even after circling Earth multiple times🤣
In the video and description you referred to her as _Lone Ranger,_ but the footage itself show her as _Sea Ranger._ Presuming there was a name change, do you know when that was?
Question; which is the smallest (length, beam, & draft, plus gross tonnages too) Motor Explorer Yacht, but has the longest range (in nautical miles) or the longest endurance (in days, or weeks or months, or years) away from any port's.
Or requiring to be refuelled or resupply (food, water and other consumables), or change of crew members too, while eithet underway at sea and/or at some remote anchorage?
I know of a good boat you may like. She was built by the US Navy in 1942 left the Navy in 1946 and entered the US Coast Guard in 1946 and decommissioned in 2011. She is located near Seattle WA.
Sounds great - what’s her name? ⛴
@@YachtBuoy CGC Acushnet
@@irvingglasgow5891 To bad about the research vessel Sahara, that was in Seattle a couple of years ago.
That would have made for a great explorer/ super yacht.
It had something like a 20000 NM range, at 15 Kts, with it's GM diesel- electric.
YB, got a question for you. What makes an explorer boat an explorer? Could it be as simple as the size of her fuel tanks? Could it be the efficiency of the engines? Could it be the combination of both? When you get to 4000hp engines, fuel economy goes out the window and the boats tank capacity becomes paramount. You know the craic Johnno, lets not kid ourselves.
Good question. For me, an explorer yacht has to have long range, must be able to operate in more-or-less any conditions (Cat A unlimited) and must be able to operate for long periods without needing to come alongside.
The range is awesome but if my math is correct then this yacht needs 42 liters of fuel per mile when running 12 knots!
I think that if I owned her, then I would have to cruise to the UAE to fill her tanks up lol
@@YachtBuoy That surely helps but still would cost you roughly 800.000€. ;-) Just looked it up.
But very interesting to see what fuel costs look like without all this insane taxes!
@Skuff,
10gpmile to keep my family safe from zombies?
Sounds cheap.
I would gut the helm and retro fit it to modernize it
Great videos and channel!
I share your same kind of interests man!
Great to hear 🙌 thanks for watching 👍
Love the antique look less electronics the better.
@Peter,
And less to go wrong at the worst time.
And yet, we must disclaimer to a fondness for steam-punk and diesel-punk as design themes.
Real-World -- these are represented in our 2003 conversion of a 1997 Ford CF8000 commercial truck to our concept of an ExpeditionVehicle.
To me it’s not the price of the boat, it’s the mooring, upkeep, fuel, and staff the is staggering.
Love the gym awesome
Interesting vessel but why no views of the engine room, the most important area in any motor vessel!
Thanks for watching. As I wasn’t able to get aboard the vessel I had to find material from the web. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any shots of the engine room
Check out the 190' Seawolf
I actually made a video about this great superyacht :-)
This ship would be great to live on during a zombie apocalypse.
100% lol
My favorite to.
Crazy big range but I would fix the bridge 🤪
Lekker man lekker
Have a little look at, "Octopus" the late Paul Allen's yacht for range...
Will do - thanks!
So she'll be classed as an oil tanker then? I believe the regs state any vessel with fuel tanks in excess of 600sqm is classed that way.
Reminds me of a nuclear submarine or nuclear powered aircraft carrier. Theoretical unlimited range. You are limited by the amount of fuel you can carry for the people on board(food), not by the fuel for the engines lol. I know why it has such huge fuel tanks, think about towing a container ship or oil tanker from the middle of the Atlantic into port. The fuel burn would be INSANE. Seems like total overkill for even an "explorer yacht". I'd much rather have something with a shallower draft, those huge tanks are why it has a 24' draft. Not to mention all the space they take up inside the vessel.
Nice ship. Is it called Sea ranger or lone ranger? 👍
Both? lol
Probably too many legal and insurance problems, but if you ran it as a commercial tug to help with costs and used it as your adventure yacht the other 3 months . . .
from the thumbnail I thought it was _Arctic P_
The two vessels are almost identical 🙌
I like her
She is a gorgeous lady
Would love to own it or an exact copy.
This yacht looks like the Arctic P from some years ago that was owned by the late Australian media mogul Kerry Packer.
I was thinking the same thing and reading through the comments to see if there is a link.
Still not sure though.
I think it was James packers, maybe Kerrie’s first
Is she up for sale now ?
Interesting video, but something doesn't add up. You mentioned the gross weight of the vessel is 757 tons, but her fuel capacity is 1.3 million litres. The weight of 1.3m litres of marine fuel is over 1000 tons - heavier than the vessel herself. Surely that can't be correct?
Good point - the 757 tonnes referred to her metric tonnage. I am not sure of her gross tonnage, in terms of her overall weight.
Arctic P is 88m and looks almost identical to Sea ranger. There is very limited infor on the inside of Arctic P
It’s interesting that Artic P is 11 metres longer than Lone Ranger. Makes me think that maybe that extra length was added during a major refit?
@@YachtBuoy I don’t think it’s an extension. Clearly they have a lot of similarities but the Arctic P has more power and considerably more volume and draft along with a greater bollard pull. The P has a very large heli deck installed at conversion. Original design was from the same naval architect.
Artic P is a former oceangoing-salavage -tug from the german Bugsier company. Her name was Arctic, sistership of Oceanic, both 87.5 m long, 2 Deutz main engines with total hp of 17.500, bollard pull 197 to. From 1979 - 1973 I served on board of the Artic as boatswain. The other'one named Sea Ranger is one out of four typical salvage tugs from Bugsier, their names were : Atlantic, Wotan, Titan and Simson. They had in total 11.000 hp and were 74.5 m long. I did serve on board the Wotan two times: 1973 - 1975 & 1977 - 1979. All tugs were build in Bremerhaven by the Schichau-Werft. Only for Artic & Oceanic the hulls were build from the Rickmers Werft also situated in Bremerhaven.
Sorry, mistake: On board Arctic from 1970 - 1973!
@@peterwenke7273 I spent some time post refit
That's about £34 per kilometre.
Or 500 litres per hour.
commercial diesel in the UK is around 90-95 GBp per litre
that is as much as Champagne
@@johnanderson9494 small p means pennies, capital P means pounds
small p? Don't be cheeky@@tibchy144
Was she part of the sea ranger fleet
Your arm would be getting quite sore pumping that amount of fuel in.....😂
No need for that kind of tankage in a yacht or ship, for a common man ! Thx
Aristotle Onassis converted a utility boat into a super boat.
No, I don't think so. Impressive boat for the money though. The draft is too deep and propulsion system is optimized for towing. The prop is probably almost as tall as the boat. Over a million in fuel to circumnavigate is very inefficient. It makes financial sense only if you have paying customers with ships that need towing. Even though built to last, If anything had to be replaced, it would be a significant expense. Nothing is cheap here lol.
I'd buy her if I had endless money
That bridge doesn't count on computer screens it's not just classic there aren't many computer repair shops at the polar ice caps
lol - good point!