Royal Albatross (ship)

In 2001, the Royal Albatross was first launched as Windy II, the twin sister of tall ship Windy. She operated on the Great Lakes from Navy Pier in Chicago.

In 2008, when the Royal Albatross first arrived in Singapore, she was certified by the U.S. Coastguard and was licensed to carry a maximum of 150 passengers. However, the Marine Port Authority of Singapore did not recognize the license granted under the U.S. Coastguard and agreed to issue a license to sail in Singapore waters with a limit of 60 passengers.

In 2009, an extensive transformation process started for the Royal Albatross when she was moved to Lumut, Perak, Malaysia to undergo hull strengthening, steel fabrication, ventilation works, exterior carpentry and engine room fitting. She was essentially stripped to her bear hull and placed back together. There were no regional shipyards with tall ship experience so facilities were rented and an international team of experts was recruited to trained a new crew to work on the ship. The reconstruction process in Lumut lasted 2 years before the Royal Albatross was moved to begin the next phase of construction.

In 2011, the Royal Albatross moved to Puteri Harbour in Johor, Malaysia to begin works on her electrical systems, internal piping and interior carpentry. The process took another 3 years before moving back to Singapore for the final stage of the reconstruction.

In 2013, the Royal Albatross moved to Raffles Marina in Singapore to complete her 6 year transformation process with detailing, furnishing, and crew training. She also attained her certifications in 2013. The Royal Albatross was rebuilt from the ground up to be a luxury super yacht and to maintained her traditional Barquentine Class A certification while complying with RINA class, International Load-line and passenger safety requirements of the Marine Port Authority of Singapore.

Today, she is certified as a commercial passenger ship in Singapore and international waters under the RINA Certification and is the only charter yacht in Singapore that is licensed to carry more than 60 passengers on board.

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Royal Albatross at her home berth in Singapore.

In October 2016, the Royal Albatross launched its first Sunset Sail City Lights experience to the public.[2][3] The harbour cruise starting from Resorts World Sentosa, is a 2.5-hour dinner cruise with live entertainment on board, sailing towards the outskirts of Marina Bay with the city skyline in the distance, and then heading back between the Southern Islands of Singapore to Sentosa. The Royal Albatross sailing tickets can be purchased on its website and other resellers like SISTIC.

The Dinner Cruise experience is split into two categories: The Sunset experience and the City Lights experience. Both categories are unique, following sightly difference routes around Singapore waters. The Sunset experience allows passengers to catch the sunset as the sun dives into the horizon while the City Lights experience takes passengers into the darkness at sea to dine under the stars and observe the beautiful illumination of the Singapore city skyline at night in the distance.

Both of the Dinner Cruise experiences offers add-on packages that allow passengers to do more than just dine on board. Guests can choose to scale the ship's masts and even take the helm with the ship's captain. Proposal, group celebrations, and custom packages are also available for passengers to choose from.

The Royal Albatross is also available for solemnization's, weddings, product launches, team-building, and corporate charters. She has large open decks, 3 stages with professional sound systems to host events and ceremonies. She also features a commercial restaurant grade galley (kitchen) and is the only tall ship in the world with stone hearth pizza ovens. The Royal Albatross offers clients the option to decorate the ship and even customize the sails with logos which can be used during their events.

The Royal Albatross is available for private charters outside of Singapore in international waters. She boasts four en-suite queen cabins and a king size owner's Cabin, sleeping a total of 10 guests plus 12 crew. Guests also have the enjoyment of toys and tender onboard including sophisticated diving facilities and moon pool.

In 2015, the Royal Albatross was named the Best Event Networking Venue[4] and Most Inspiring MICE Venue[4] in the Asia Pacific MICE 2015 Awards.

In 2017, the Royal Albatross received recognition at the Maritime and Shipping Awards 2017, earning the title of the Best Luxury Yacht Company in Singapore[5] and the APAC Excellence Award[5].

The Royal Albatross has appeared on several movies and TV shows in her lifetime, appearing as locations for shoot on the big screens and small screens. Several of her notable appearances are:

• As Bruce Wayne's super yacht[6] in The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan.

• Super yacht in Singapore's Channel 8 TV series drama My Guardian Angel

• Anne, Princess Royal
• British-American actress Jane Seymour (actress)
• Canadian musician David Foster
• Spice Girl Melanie C
• Singaporean Actress Zoe Tay
• F1 world champion Mika Häkkinen

CAPACITY

• 12 Crew including accommodation
• Day Sailing: 149 Guests (excluding crew)
• Alongside: 200+ Guests
• Overnight Charter: 10 Guests

SPECIFICATIONS

• BUILT: 2001
• FLAG: LIYR (Malaysia)
• HULL: Steel
• DISPLACEMENT: 276tons
• LENGTH: 47m
• DECK: 34m
• BEAM: 7.6m
• DRAFT: 3.8m
• TYPE: Barquentine (Class-A)
• CLASS: RINA Yacht
• MASTS: 4 Aluminum masts
• SAILS: 22 (653 sq.meters)
• RIG: Staysail (w/squaresail)
• AIR DRAFT: 28.5m
• ENGINE: Cummins 1 X 430 HP

• The Royal Albatross has earned the SG Clean Mark, certifying that she complies with the highest cleanliness standard in Singapore.
• Her Marine Port Authority of Singapore license number is SZH8888A which represents luck, prosperity, and wealth.
• Her sails and rigging were designed by Jim Barry who designed the ship for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
• The Royal Albatross is certified under Class with RINA (Registro Italiano Navale) and can operate unrestricted in any area of the world in any period of the year.
• The Royal Albatross has become a Singapore based landmark, berth at the Resorts World Sentosa, which can be seen from afar.
• In 2019, the Royal Albatross was the location that whiskey producer Glenfiddich launch their Grand Cru whiskey line.
• In 2020, the Royal Albatross was one of the Singapore icons that were lighted in blue for the global Light It Blue movement, emphasizing on the importance of resilience and showing gratitude to front line workers in the fight against COVID 19.

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