Golden Yachts 164

Vafiadis is a longtime friend and business associate of the company’s owner and is intimately acquainted with his personal tastes, having worked with him on O’Mega, O’Paris, O’Rion, O’Asis and O’One, a new 52-meter build.

Vafiadis was well aware of the dangers of charter-yacht design, the slippery slope toward bland interiors and uniform cabins that must be tread in aneffort to appeal to the broadest range of clientele. Not so with O’Ceanos. "The owner wanted a charter yacht that reflected his own sense of style and offered charter clients a more flexible layout," explains Vafiadis. The result is an innovative GA and a classic décor with contemporary touches that Vafiadis compares to a Four Seasons hotel, insofar as the yacht has its own personality but shares a commonality with other vessels in the Golden Yachts fleet. (Click image to enlarge)

O’Ceanos is RINA 100-A-1.1 "Y" certified to accommodate up to 12 charter guests in seven cabins. The master suite occupies two-thirds of the upper deck and includes a panoramic salon amidships, which can serve either as the owner’s private office or as a TV room with a surround-sound system for guests. By keeping side cabinets and non-essential furniture to a minimum, the room is distinguished by a spaciousness that characterizes all of the cabins. Most of the guest rooms, for instance, do away with day sofas so that guests can move more freely. "The resulting space meant that we could provide larger and more comfortable seating," points out Vafiadis. One of the sofas, for example, is a bed-size 2.5 meters in length and was a favorite spot for Vafiadis to take an afternoon nap during the yacht’s maiden cruise in Greece. To personalize this and other spaces throughout the yacht, vibrant oil paintings by Greek artists from the owner’s private collection decorate the walls.

The master cabin aft is entered from the office via a communicating door and a lobby with access to the bathroom. The owner is passionate about wood, and both his cabin and bath are paneled in warm vavona burl. From his raised bed, he has an uninterrupted view of the sea on three sides through floor-to-ceiling windows and two glass doors that open onto the private aft deck (the exterior companionways can be closed off). The ceiling features crossed wooden beams that, Vafiadis says, "provide a sense of height and perspective rather like looking through a window frame." Noise levels in the master suite are less than 56 decibels and not much more in the lower-deck VIP bathrooms that back to the engine-room bulkhead. (Click image to enlarge)

Forward on the main deck is another flexible cabin space where a twin single and a double, both ensuite with bathtubs, function as individual cabins or a VIP suite separated by a private lobby—a convenient layout for guests traveling with children or an elderly couple with helpers. To add further individuality, the double cabin is paneled in flamed mahogany with cherry in the bathroom, whereas the twin single uses madrone burl. Vafiadis used white burled-wood paneling in the bathrooms instead of marble, which, apart from saving weight, avoids the risk of making the room look like a mausoleum. Rather than having a grain, the dense walnut is slightly pitted, which gives it the look of stone without appearing unduly massive. The exception is in the main-deck VIP bathroom, which has a shower over the bathtub and marble-lined splash zones.

O’Ceanos is distinguished by large windows, and the upper-deck bulwarks have purposely been kept low so as not to interrupt the view from the master suite. The lower-deck accommodations, typically darker than on other decks, are kept light with two portholes each. The cabins are differentiated by their woods, with bleached oak wall and ceiling panels in the two twin singles and white burled wood and cherry in the two VIP doubles. The twin singles are also provided with Pullman bunks, which increase the berths to 16 for private cruising.

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