Ecureilx: This is the motor yacht "Plan B" (known more commonly as PB) a former Australian Navy survey ship launched in 1973 and decommissioned in 1998. She was converted into a luxury expedition yacht and now spends most of her time in New Zealand waters (although she sometimes ventures Stateside and elsewhere). In 2007 she went through a refit.
She is 160ft long, of steel construction, powered by two Paxman diesels producing a combined 3360hp, can cruise at 14kts and has a range of 5000 statute miles.
Both the vessel and her on-board helicopter are registered in the Caymans.
Plan B was initially equipped with a Bell 407 but, as you can see, now sports an EC145. Both aircraft carried/carry the same registration (permissible under Cayman rules) VP-C
PB.
Plan B in the days when she carried a 407
Plan B's initial helicopter tender seen here in Mesa, Arizona in 2006 (Up until last year this craft was sitting around in Switzerland [for almost a year I think] awaiting a new owner!)
Plan B's current helicopter tender an EC145 seen here in Miami last year (2011)