A video of the technical launch of Project "Cosmos" shows the owner arriving with his entourage in two black helicopters. And on the port side of the bow hung a Japanese flag, usually a reference to the origin of the client. Of course, Lürssen did not elaborate on this. However, the Bremen-based company has announced that the 114.20 metre long hull will be fitted out by its own employees in Kiel over the coming months. The company's own docks near Rendsburg are either occupied or undergoing modernisation.
Lürssen steel explorer with fuel cells
The surface structure of the hull and superstructure suggests an integral steel construction. The raised bow is likely to be crowned by a helipad, while the deck below leaves plenty of room for panoramic windows. The opening in the stern is reminiscent of the 59-metre explorer "Senses", which sails over the main dinghy via a hull. The construction team led by designer Martin Francis and project manager Claus Kusch took their inspiration from the rescue cruisers that were also built at the Schweers shipyard at the time.
Marc Newson is named as the designer of the "Cosmos" project. The Australian designer with a studio in London recently created his first superyacht, "Solaris". Newson appears to be citing the retro-futuristic targa bow of the 140 metre long Lloyd building on the aft bridge deck of "Cosmos". Above it, a glass dome will serve as a panoramic lounge.
Lürssen announces that the 114-metre Explorer is the first yacht in the shipyard's history to be equipped with Fuel cell technology will be. As announced at the German Superyacht Conference 2022, fuel cells from Freudenberg will be installed, which already generate electricity in the company's own test rig in Bremen and on the AIDAnova. Part of the systems are so-called reformers that convert methanol into hydrogen. This eliminates the need for large tanks that have to be cooled down.
