Photos show a 310-foot superyacht navigating through miles of narrow Dutch canals to get from a shipyard to the sea

Katie WarrenApr 29, 2021, 10:23 IST

It took the vessel about four days to navigate through the narrow waterways.Tom van Oossanen

A photographer captured striking photos of a 310-foot superyacht making its way through narrow Dutch canals, per CNN.
The vessel was being transported from the Kaag Island shipyard to the North Sea at Rotterdam.
Crowds gathered to watch the massive yacht squeeze through the narrow waterways.

Project 817, a 310-foot superyacht built in the Netherlands, drew crowds earlier this month when the vessel cruised through narrow Dutch canals on its way from a shipyard to the sea, CNN reported.

Tom van Oossanen

Project 817, a 310-foot superyacht built in the Netherlands, drew crowds earlier this month when the vessel cruised through narrow Dutch canals on its way from a shipyard to the sea, CNN reported.

To get there, it had to spend about four days navigating through miles of narrow canals.

Tom van Oossanen

The vessel was guided through the narrow waterways by tugboats.

Tom van Oossanen

Photographer Tom van Oossanen captured photos of onlookers watching the massive ship passing through their towns.

Tom van Oossanen

His photos show the ship towering over buildings.

Tom van Oossanen

Van Oossanen told CNN that ships must pass through these canals four to six times per year. "It's always quite an operation," he said.

Tom van Oossanen

Project 817 is one of the largest yachts launched so far in 2021.

Tom van Oossanen

"Sometimes it takes an hour to go through a bridge, and with the amount of traffic we have in Holland, it soon builds up," Van Oossanen told CNN.

Tom van Oossanen

Van Oossanen said the ship appeared to barely fit through some of the canals. "So they probably couldn't add another centimeter to her length or another centimeter to her width," he told CNN.

Tom van Oossanen

Van Oossanen said the ship appeared to barely fit through some of the canals. "So they probably couldn't add another centimeter to her length or another centimeter to her width," he told CNN.

In some parts of the journey, the canals were only a few feet wider than Project 817, which is just under 45 feet at its widest point.

Tom van Oossanen

Feadship designed Project 817 to be an eco-friendly yacht, with a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system and exhaust emissions treated with catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters, according to Feadship.

Tom van Oossanen

Feadship designed Project 817 to be an eco-friendly yacht, with a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system and exhaust emissions treated with catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters, according to Feadship.

The yacht has floor-to-ceiling glass windows and electric sliding doors.

Tom van Oossanen

Project 817 is the vessel's temporary name. Its official name has not yet been announced, but CNN reported that it will likely be known as Viva.

Tom van Oossanen

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Photos show a 310-foot superyacht navigating through miles of narrow Dutch canals to get from a shipyard to the sea

Project 817, a 310-foot superyacht built in the Netherlands, drew crowds earlier this month when the vessel cruised through narrow Dutch canals on its way from a shipyard to the sea, CNN reported.

To get there, it had to spend about four days navigating through miles of narrow canals.

The vessel was guided through the narrow waterways by tugboats.

Photographer Tom van Oossanen captured photos of onlookers watching the massive ship passing through their towns.

His photos show the ship towering over buildings.

Van Oossanen told CNN that ships must pass through these canals four to six times per year. "It's always quite an operation," he said.

Project 817 is one of the largest yachts launched so far in 2021.

"Sometimes it takes an hour to go through a bridge, and with the amount of traffic we have in Holland, it soon builds up," Van Oossanen told CNN.

Van Oossanen said the ship appeared to barely fit through some of the canals. "So they probably couldn't add another centimeter to her length or another centimeter to her width," he told CNN.

In some parts of the journey, the canals were only a few feet wider than Project 817, which is just under 45 feet at its widest point.

Feadship designed Project 817 to be an eco-friendly yacht, with a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system and exhaust emissions treated with catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters, according to Feadship.

The yacht has floor-to-ceiling glass windows and electric sliding doors.

Project 817 is the vessel's temporary name. Its official name has not yet been announced, but CNN reported that it will likely be known as Viva.