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Best Full-Displacement Motor Yacht 45-56 Meters ~ Happy Days
The 50-meter Delta Happy Days holds the distinction of being not only the largest-volume composite yacht the company has delivered, but she is also the largest FRP yacht ever built in the United States. One factor that contributes to the yacht’s volume was the owner’s requirement that he have an enclosed aft-deck lounge abaft his suite. The suite and the lounge are full-beam, which not only add a tremendous amount of climate-controlled space, but provide spectacular views as well. Instead of being yachty, the décor on Happy Days is what interior designer Adriel Rollins calls "‘mid- century modern’—a residential representation that is reminiscent of the 1950s and sixties, albeit one of higher quality than might be found in any house of that period." The effort was a collaboration between the Delta Design Group and the owner’s interior designer, Walter Nelson.
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