The interior styling seems of particular importance to the owners, who planned to spend a quarter of each year on board and wanted something that was contemporary and bright. Much of the lightness is achieved through the selection of pale wood, a color chosen to match as closely as possible a piece of driftwood that Myriam found while walking on the beach in Antigua. This color became the foundation for the interior. Lightness is also achieved through careful selection and placement of furnishings and fittings.

If you judge by the owners’ taste in art, they are given much more to simplicity and relaxed style than to extravagance. In fact, the interior could almost be considered clinical, except that textures and the inclusion of artwork, sometimes ethnic and sometimes modern, inject it with life. In the main salon, wood cabinetry with a "corrugated" textured finish sits next to smooth veneer storage units atop pale tongue-and-groove floors. White linen couches are adorned with cushions in warm reds and oranges. The furniture appears to be suspended in space, an effect created by clever lighting and cantilevering units off the walls. Surfaces are clean, smooth and likely very practical for life at sea.

A walk-through takes you from your choice of entry points: an extending passerelle, double articulating stern-boarding platform or hydraulic side-boarding stairway on the starboard side. Guests then cross an extensive aft deck that is clear of all but very few items of deck hardware and has ample room for the boat’s stock of freestanding Paola Lenti loungers.

The aft cockpit is down two steps and features alfresco dining for 10 and a lounging area. It is protected by the flybridge overhang and sides that can be open or closed to the weather.

Alloy Yachts’ sliding stainless steel and glass doors admit you into the main salon, which features a grand central staircase in the center to carry guests from the forward end of the salon to the guest accommodations on the lower deck. The stairway divides the main deck into distinct areas: formal lounge, bar and dining area.

The generously sized accommodations consist of a full-beam owner’s suite with large bathroom and freestanding bathtub, three guest suites and a gymnasium. The gym is equipped with a Pullman berth, in case an extra bed is required.

The wheelhouse sits on the main deck forward of two automatic sliding doors set into the forward bulkhead. Through the companionway are the captain’s double ensuite cabin and a fully equipped laundry. Down a level, the companionway opens into a large galley, the crew mess to port (equipped with ship’s monitors and alarms), four crew cabins and the engine room.

The flybridge, accessed via the aft cockpit, hosts twin helm stations, each equipped with engine and thruster controls and sail controls positioned on a central panel. An area for recreation, in the form of a sunbathing deck, two L-shaped bench settees and low coffee tables, serviced by a bar, is positioned behind the helm area.

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