This is the world's largest superyacht

the world's largest super yacht is also about to take the title for the most advanced research and expedition vessel in case you hadn't heard our oceans are not doing great sea temperatures are on the rise thanks to climate change overfishing is seriously threatening ocean life I know there's that little problem of the millions of pieces of plastic we dump in the ocean every single day but we are about to get a massive and I mean literally massive new tool to help protect our oceans this is the Rev ocean the largest yacht on the planet it's the brainchild of a Norwegian billionaire named for the nonprofit he started dedicated to making the ocean healthy again but while the previous title holder was built for luxury cruising the new champ was designed to study our oceans I had a chance to talk with Rev ocean CEO Nima jensen about the project what was it like for you the first time you stood on board the ship it was quite daunting to be honest I think it's hard to understand the sheer size of such a ship before you actually set foot on it and it is by far the largest research vessel in the world so I think daunting best describes it but of course also quite thrilling in terms of what we can achieve with such an amazing ship okay let's get size out of the way the Rev Ocean is 600 feet long that's 10 feet longer than the previous record-holder this thing is decked out with advanced tech to support oceanic research missions we will have a world first submarine that can take up to three people down to approximately 2300 meters both to do scientific discoveries exploration and take samples in the main hangar there's a moon pool with direct access to the water below the vessel that's where they can launch and recover underwater vehicles it's also the first yacht to have this advanced trawl system which allows scientists to safely collect fish up top you've got echo Sounders and sonar stew study fish and map the seabed and currents of course there's two helicopter decks and there'll be various drones on board and yes it may be a bit ironic that a tool designed to help protect the environment is a massive superyacht a Rev Ocean hopes the benefits will outweigh the cost and eventually lead to more eco-friendly ships given that it will be out at sea for up to 120 days consecutively and going to some of the most remote areas on the planet at this point in time the technology simply isn't good enough to be fully electric but hopefully at some stage technology will improve and maybe we can even help improve technology to get there and the Rev ocean isn't just for research Nina told me she hopes it will become in many ways a sort of floating think tank we want to bring together scientists NGOs key decision-makers innovators artists and wide variety of people to collectively brainstorm and work on dedicated solutions for the major ocean challenges the ship will get some playtime as well the group is making it available for charter to help fund scientific research now it's not clear how much that's gonna cost just know that my birthday is coming up and I could really use a vacation now we know how celebrities love to attach themselves to projects like this so I was curious if any had reached out to rev ocean quite a few actually but I'm not a huge fan of name dropping and ideally it wouldn't be me dropping their names but these people actually dropping the Rev ocean name when they're ready to set sail 20 bucks says Matt Damon's on that list the ship is on track to be completed sometime next year lena says its first major mission will be a pole to pole journey with several stops along the way I know I'm really excited to see that happen but before they set sail rev ocean is asking for your help if you can come up with a single piece of equipment that could really make a difference when it comes to the ocean and you think that we don't have this equipment on board please get in touch with us because we want this to be a state-of-the-art festival so what's that car they missing we put a link to rev ocean down in the description but don't forget to also tell us your idea in the comments that's gonna do it for this week I'm Andy Altman I'll see you in the future [Music]

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Length: 4min 42sec (282 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 15 2019