The GENE CHASER, from our Yacht Support range, represents the pinnacle of luxury exploration. This state-of-the-art yacht support vessel is a platform for adventure, boasting custom fleet colours and a unique onboard research laboratory.
Designed to perfectly complement the Amels 180 GENE MACHINE, this impressive duo redefines on-water luxury. Beyond its scientific capabilities, the Gene Chaser offers unparalleled comfort and amenities, ensuring an exceptional experience whether exploring remote destinations or enjoying leisure time.
Key features include a fully equipped research laboratory, luxurious accommodations, seamless integration with the Amels 180 GENE MACHINE, and exceptional exploration capabilities.
Previous name: BLUE OCEAN
Episode 3 – Jonathan Rothburg an accomplished scientist and Owner of Yacht Support GENE CHASER discusses his invaluable work on portable MRI’s, Covid vaccinations and the human Genome project. The unusual set up as a scientific workplace on the sea, including a molecular biology laboratory, GENE CHASER can sleep 11 visiting scientists and host up to 40 researchers.
Watch nowThe Gene Fleet has Gene Chaser, which was the most travel vessel of 2023 according to Boat Pro covering a staggering 38,235nm, with the other part of the fleet being Gene Machine.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. This dynamic duo appears to have done it all. Gene Machine has gone top to toe visiting both the North Pole and Antarctica, the yachts have toured Europe in style, and the pair have ventured into uncharted waters pushing the parameters of superyachting to the furthest degree.
Gene Machine was joined by the 55m Yacht Support Gene Chaser in 2021 and the unstoppable pair proved their cruising prowess in 2023 with a full circumnavigation of the globe, logging more than 69,700 nautical miles between them.
Gene Chaser is her own entity, all crew work under the same umbrella and the two teams work brilliantly together, but actually the two boats aren’t reliant on each other operationally, and when the two cruise together, of course they have more accommodation, more tenders, and crew set things up so the owners and their guests can easily move between the yachts.
A Yacht Support is distinctly designed to serve its superyacht sister wherever she may roam. But when big sister’s busy, a Yacht Support is perfectly capable of solo adventures and provide an alternative home away from home.
Summers for the GENE MACHINE family are devoted to time with the children, enjoying incredible journeys together, from the Bahamas to the Arctic Circle. The 4th Amels 180, she has been widely acclaimed for her unique interior design by Zurich-based landscape architect Enzo Enea, an inspiring blend of natural and man-made materials.
Designed around a displacement steel hull and an aluminium superstructure the yacht is built over 3 decks with an internal volume of 670 GT. The design also incorporates a heli-pad.
GENE MACHINE is often seen together with the support yacht GENE CHASER.