---
title: "Ride out Climate Change in This $5.5 Million Self-Sustaining Yacht"
description: "This self-sustaining livable yacht has everything you'd need to live off the grid if climate change rendered the land uninhabitable."
date: "2019-02-15"
modified: "2019-02-16"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/livable-yacht-climate-change-arkup"
categories:
  - "Climate Change"
  - "Environment"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "arkup"
  - "climate change"
  - "livable yacht"
  - "the digest"
---

# Ride out Climate Change in This $5.5 Million Self-Sustaining Yacht

![This self-sustaining livable yacht has everything you'd need to live off the grid if climate change rendered the land uninhabitable.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/livable-yacht-climate-change-arkup.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Arkup\</em\>*

## Luxury Living

In 2017 we wrote about [Arkup](<https://futurism.com/architect-made-hurricane-proof-floating-water-homes>), a company designing "hurricane-proof" livable yachts powered by solar energy and capable of operating completely off the grid. Now, the company has finally [debuted](<https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-solar-powered-floating-home-20190214-story,amp.html>) a real-life version of one of its designs, and it could let you ride out the worst that climate change might throw at the Earth in the near future — assuming you have $5.5 million to spend on it.

## Cost of Climate Change

Visitors to the Miami Yacht Show, which runs through Feb. 18, can catch a glimpse of the Arkup #1, a 75-foot livable yacht its creators claim is entirely self-sustaining. The yacht has a rainwater-harvesting system, a 2,300-square-foot roof covered in solar panels, and would be as "stable as a home on land" if pummeled with Category 4 winds, according to an Arkup [press release](<http://arkup.com/public/download/pr7_arkup_showcase_arkup1_miami_yacht_show_2019.pdf>). Based on the tweeted photos of the yacht, it's incredibly luxurious. But given that most of us don't have $5.5 million to spend on a floating home, we might want to consider cheaper ways to prepare for climate change, like urging our legislators to back [climate-friendly legislation](<https://futurism.com/green-new-deal-zero-emission-2030>). https://twitter.com/Arkup_LLC/status/1096130734379724801 **READ MORE**: [This $5.9 Million Floating Home Lets You Ride out Sea-Level Rise in Style](<https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-solar-powered-floating-home-20190214-story,amp.html>) \[*Sun Sentinel*\] ***More on Arkup: [An Architect Made Floating Homes, and They Are Hurricane-Proof](<https://futurism.com/architect-made-hurricane-proof-floating-water-homes>)***

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)