When Overmarine Group announced its first steel superyacht series, the Mangusta Oceano 42, yacht watchers and industry representatives were stunned. Mangustas were sleek, fast, fiberglass maxis. Why add a leisurely paced, long-range, metal trideck? It came down to customer requests, and market trends. Hull number one of the 138-foot (42-meter) series, Namaste, reveals that as different as the model is, she’s still a Mangusta at heart.
The management team noticed a few years ago that clients began asking about fuel-efficient cruising for longer travels. That’s why the Oceano 42 series has a bulbous bow. It’s also why the series has a reported range of more than 4,000 miles at an 11-knot cruise. Extensive scale-model studies further showed that top speed, with MTU engines, should be 15 knots.
To keep the Mangusta look and feel, Overmarine Group turned to its longtime design partner, Alberto Mancini. In studying Namaste’s profile, you’ll see convex shapes. You’ll also see familiar creature comforts, particularly the foredeck seating area and infinity pool. The flying bridge has plenty of places to sit, sun, and dine. And, Namaste additionally embraces the traditional beach club.
Pleasant twists on these features pop up as you walk around aboard, however. For example, most beach clubs are meant for use only at anchor, when the transom is open. Aboard Namaste, though, the beach club remains usable when the partition is closed. The long, horizontal lines you see across her transom in the photo above are ports. Specifically, they’re two sets of three stacked ports. Further to the point, the beach club doesn’t double as a tender garage, contrary to what’s common for this LOA. The Oceano 42 places the tender garage forward, launched via the side.
Another twist: The sunpads at the infinity pool (at top) are “islands,” extending into the water. And, glass inserts in the pool bottom serve as skylights for the master bath, directly beneath. (They’re just visible in the photo below.) For privacy, the owner can black out the skylights, via a sliding partition activated at the press of a button.
In Mangusta fashion, the Oceano 42 is semi-custom. Namaste has a contemporary ambiance, devised by Mancini and the owner. Oak runs underfoot and on bulkheads. Alcantara marble mixes with steel, plus fabric and leather, for inserts. There’s whimsy, too. The owner named each of the four guest staterooms for a holiday destination, with corresponding color combinations. The Bodrum bedroom has blues, greens, and tans, echoing the sky, sea, and sand. Sailboats adorn the walls of the St. Tropez stateroom, with a teak and holly sole. The Mauritius cabin has a vertical garden along one bulkhead. Finally, leather strips mimicking Greek columns decorate the Pergamon stateroom. (Pergamon was an ancient Greek city, the ruins of which are in modern-day Turkey.)
Namaste reveals how a builder can make a marked break from tradition, without abandoning its historic strengths. Here’s more of the yacht.
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