It is common practice to witness aircraft carriers in a state of war preparedness, with ferocious fighter aeroplanes poised atop the deck. What if a whole new picture appeared instead? Not just a calm-looking one that promises travelers nothing but pure enjoyment and rest, but something much riskier.
As if plucked from a science fiction movie, the Noah Twins Carrier would be the first aircraft carrier to be transformed into a yacht, and it would be built with modular decks. The Studio thinks this layout might double as a landing strip and a golf course, making it somewhat like a Swiss Army knife. A landing strip would still be present, but it wouldn’t be used by fighter planes. The nine-hole golf course might be transformed into a ski slope with the help of artificial snow, because why not?
Although this huge endeavor has been attempted before, current progress has brought its completion closer than ever. According to Zenger, German entrepreneur Udo Stern, who is also involved in a project called Düsseldorf Initiative, is trying to persuade investors in the project to pool their resources and buy a decommissioned aircraft carrier so that the Noah Twins idea might be realized.
The French Navy used this historic aircraft carrier, called Foch, from 1963 until 2000. This amazing battleship, the second in the Clemenceau class, measures in at a whopping 543 feet (165.5 meters) in length and 97 feet (29.5 meters) in width, making it well suited for this vast and creative endeavor. After Brazil bought it in the year 2000, it was renamed Sao Paolo and remained in service until nearly a decade later, in 2010. It seems to have been bought by a Turkish firm recently and is in jeopardy of being destroyed.
Will Foch be salvaged and given a second chance as a luxurious yacht? It has not been decided yet. The idea of giving obsolete battleships a new purpose will likely gain momentum, though.