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O’CEANOS
The fifty metres semidisplacement yacht O’Ceanos is the result of the elaborate work of lengthening, transformation and fittings carried out by Mondomarine on a forty-seven metres hull, full aluminium built, designed by Hydro Tech and owned by the greek charter company Golden Yachts.
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Transferred to the shipyard in Savona, the hull was lengthened by almost three metres, according to feasibility studies by the hydrodynamic specialists of SYDAC, to be adapted to the new exterior design and interior lay-out elaborated by Giorgio Vafiadis in the meantime.
Giorgio Vafiadis is intimately acquainted with the Owner’s personal tastes, as a long-time friend, having worked with him on the other yachts of his charter fleet. Usually the yachts destined to this usage are characterized by not very personalized interiors and identical cabins, in an effort to appeal to the majority of tastes and provide similar accommodation for all the guests. Not so O’Ceanos. “The Owner wanted a yacht that reflected his own sense of style”, explains Giorgio Vafiadis, “to offer guests a more varied accommodation.” According to this request it were studied some innovative general arrangements combined with a classic décor, even though with contemporary touches, that Giorgio Vafiadis compares to those of a luxury hotel; and, doubtless, O’Ceanos has its own personality but shares a commonality with other yachts in the Golden Yachts fleet.
O’Ceanos is RINA Maltese Cross 100-A-1.1 “Y” certified to accommodate up to twelve guests in seven cabins; and really the cabins design deserves a more detailed description. By reducing side cabinets and non-essential furniture to a minimum, all of the rooms are characterized by a large spaciousness sense; for instance, in most of the cabins weren’t included the classical day sofas so guests can move more freely around them. To personalize the interiors of O’Ceanos, furthermore, the walls were decorated with vibrant oil paintings, by greek artists, from the Owner’s private collection. The comfort is guaranteed by floating floors, walls and ceilings decreasing noise to a very low level in all of the rooms.
The Owner’s suite takes up two-thirds of the upper deck and includes a spacious panoramic salon amidships, which can serve either as the Owner’s private office or as a TV room, with a surround sound audio system, for guest use. The real cabin, aft, communicates with the office by an access from which you can enter the bathroom too. From his raised bed the Owner has an uninterrupted view of the sea on three sides through large sized floor-to-ceiling windows and two glass doors that open onto the private aft deck; and the deck bulwarks have purposely been kept low so as not to interrupt the view. The ceiling features crossed by wooden mouldings that provide a sense of height and perspective rather like looking through a window frame. The exterior companionways leading to the other decks can be closed off to offer complete privacy.
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On the main deck, forward, there is a guest area, flexible to two layouts, consisting in a twin-bedded cabin and a double one, which can be used as individual cabins or a VIP suite served by a common lobby; a convenient layout for guests travelling with children or an elderly couple with helpers. To add further individuality, the double cabin is panelled in Flamed Mahogany and Cherry Wood, whereas for the twin-bedded was used Madrona Burl.
Large windows and plenty of natural light represent some of O’Ceanos characteristics; the same is true for the lower deck accommodation, which is typically not so full of light as other decks. Various wood finishes are used to differentiate the cabins, with Bleached Oak walls and ceiling panels in the two twin-bedded and Cherry Wood in the two VIP doubles. The twin-bedded cabins are also provided with pullman bunks, to accommodate up to sixteen guests for private cruising.
For bathrooms were used white burlwood panelling and various wood elements; one of these, the Walnut, a dense and slightly pitted wood, gives a stone-like effect without appearing unduly massive; various marbles and mosaic panelling make precious all these rooms.
For the main salon Giorgio Vafiadis was careful to consider the spatial requirements and circulation patterns of at least twelve guests; hence the two large facing sofas for five people apiece are placed in the center of the room so people can pass behind them not to disturb the conversation. The cream lacquered ceilings have a satin or gloss finish.
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As O’Ceanos is particularly destined to provide a luxury charter service the crew is quite numerous; and, actually, the hull lengthening was designed, specially, to increase the crew quarters providing it with comfortable cabins and a large dinette. To help chef’s and stewardesses’ work the layout of the galley was based on separated work areas for cooking and dish preparation. Really professional are also the fridges with glass doors which, suggesting the contents, allow to avoid repeated useless openings reducing the durability of fresh produce on long cruises. To soften the industrial rigor of the stainless steel pro spec galley equipment the cabinets are in dark Wengé color with aluminum trim.
The focal point of open-air life aboard O’Ceanos is without doubt the sun-deck, which provides a real huge area, suitable either for sunbathing or candlelit dinners, as it’s provided with a proper bar and a dumb waiter to the galley. As with the rest of the yacht, designed to satisfy the various requirements of a private yacht and a charter vessel, the sun-deck can be accessed by two exterior staircases: one from the main deck for guest use and another from the owner’s private balcony on the upper deck. On the sun-deck can seat twelve people around just two of the extendable tables; if there are more guests the other two tables provide seating for an additional twelve people. The whole dining area forward of the radar arch can be covered by a mechanical bimini that is sturdy enough to leave in place while underway. Astern of the sun-deck four large sun-beds are set around a waterfall-shaped jacuzzi.
Another area for relaxing in open air is located in front of the wheelhouse, even though most of the forward area is taken up by two gull-winged garages that house the two waverunners and the tender that can be used for water skiing too; the main tender, custom-built, on the contrary is in the transom garage.
The elegant wheelhouse in Cherry Wood and dark green leather has a rational layout and the most up-to-date navigation equipment, with a technological level usually used on larger yachts. The ARPA radar system, for example, provides automatic tracking up to seventy targets and is especially useful in dense traffic or in restricted bays to track the movements of anchored yachts due to wind or current; in this case alarms are triggered if they drift too close. A trial manoeuvre function also allows the Captain to preview the changing results of speed and course without actually performing them. Further manoeuvre points are the wing stations and the hand-held device on the aft deck that provides full control on main engines and bow-thruster.
Guests can make use of various modes of connecting to the Internet, including GPRS and Inmarsat’s MPDS; further a Wi-Fi system serves the yacht interiors and, for security purposes, is effective only within five meters from the yacht, while a dedicated aerial permits connection while in a marina provided with Wi-Fi technology.
Hydro Tech’s work on the chined hull of O’Ceanos drew on their previous experience in designing fast aluminium hulls; and going on researching the configuration of propeller tunnels that, performing like trim tabs, enable to combine the best qualities of two basic hull types: the lower fuel consumption of a rounded hull with the higher speed and stability of a chined hull. In the case of O’Ceanos, this happy marriage translates into a maximum speed of eighteen knots together with a transatlantic range with a twelve knots speed. The hull optimization due to its lengthening, carried out according to SYDAC’s calculations, has also improved its already excellent characteristics in rolling damping and heeling, while the presence of four stabilizer fins, instead of two, concurs not only to give the maximum stability to the yacht at anchor but also, and above all, to avoid the yawing by astern steep sea underway. The O’Ceanos’ Captain was so pleasantly surprised by her sea-holding and near horizontal trim during cruising with strong rough seas that he felt compelled to call Mondomarine during the cruising to personally congratulate on the well done job carried out by the Shipyard.
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