Nirvana

A serene benchmark

Delivered in April 2012 as project Y707, Nirvana confirmed Oceanco's real fluency in the very large custom class. At a full 88.5 metres she brought a distinctive, calming character to a segment too often defined by sheer scale alone. The Alblasserdam yard executed a demanding brief for tranquillity and natural themes carried right through the vessel. She became one of the most admired Oceanco yachts of the early 2010s. Her identity was fixed from the very moment she was named.

Her name set the tone for the whole project, and the yard delivered a yacht that genuinely lives up to it. Nirvana drew on Oceanco's long collaboration with designer Sam Sorgiovanni to create something with a clear and unmistakable point of view. She joined the fleet as a working reference for how a giant yacht can still feel deeply peaceful aboard. Owners who prize atmosphere above spectacle continue to cite her by name. Her calm is, quite simply, her signature.

Sam Sorgiovanni styling

The exterior and interior are both by Sam Sorgiovanni, giving Nirvana a unified and harmonious look from waterline to mast. The profile is graceful and flowing, softening her considerable volume with real skill. A 14.2 metre beam opens generous deck spaces for sun, deep shade and relaxed outdoor living. The styling favours calm curves that echo and reinforce the yacht's meditative theme. She never once shouts for attention in a crowded anchorage.

Deck architecture supports a full feature set, from a helipad up top to a beach club down at the waterline. The centrepiece is an immense oval pool on the main aft deck, one of the largest Oceanco had ever installed at the time. Tender and toy stowage sits discreetly within the hull, out of the guests' sightlines. The overall effect is serene and genuinely expansive. Guests gravitate naturally toward the water at every level of the yacht.

Eighty eight metres of Sam Sorgiovanni calm, centred on one of Oceanco's great deck pools.

Nature brought aboard

Inside, Sorgiovanni built the interior around natural themes, with water features and living elements that soften the vast volume. Public rooms are calm and light, planned with equal care for large gatherings and quiet retreat. The detailing is rich yet restful, held always in keeping with the yacht's name and intent. Circulation keeps owner areas private while opening the social spaces generously to the sea. The atmosphere is unlike almost anything else afloat at this size.

Nirvana accommodates a large guest party in generous suites, served by a full and attentive crew. Signature spaces include the enormous aft pool and a series of tranquil indoor lounges. Materials and finishes were chosen throughout to feel organic and reassuringly warm. The result is a yacht that reads convincingly as a floating sanctuary. Time aboard is deliberately designed to slow right down.

Built for comfortable range

Nirvana is a steel hulled displacement yacht with an aluminium superstructure, powered by twin MTU engines. She was engineered for comfortable long range cruising with genuinely low motion and quiet running. Her top speed reaches around 20 knots, with an efficient cruising gait well suited to ocean passages. Stabilisation keeps her settled and steady, entirely in keeping with the calm she is named for. The engineering exists here to protect the atmosphere.

Her volume carries the fuel, stores and systems needed for extended, self reliant itineraries. Technical spaces are kept cleanly clear of the guest experience throughout. The engineering serves the mood first, prioritising serenity under way above raw pace. For an owner, that means the tranquillity holds whether she is at anchor or crossing an ocean. The calm is far more than a decorating theme.

Who she suits

Nirvana suits an owner who wants an escape, a yacht where peace and nature sit right at the heart of the design. She is ideal for restorative time aboard with family and a handful of close guests. The unified Sorgiovanni vision gives her a rare and quietly valuable coherence. This is a yacht for people who value atmosphere above all else. She rewards owners who measure a yacht by how it makes them feel each morning.

As an asset she carries a strong, distinctive identity alongside dependable Oceanco build quality. Her character sets her clearly apart in the brokerage market whenever she appears. For a buyer seeking a genuinely serene giant, she is very hard to match. Few large yachts anywhere feel this calm. Her distinctive mood is a quiet asset in its own right.

The pool that redefined the aft deck

When Nirvana launched in 2012, her 7.5 metre aft deck pool was not just large, it was a first for her builder. It was the first fibreglass pool Oceanco had ever fabricated in house, and at the time of delivery it was the largest pool fitted to any Oceanco yacht, a benchmark other yards would spend years chasing. Depth is adjustable, running from a shallow lounging shelf up to 1.4 metres, and the pool can be filled with fresh or seawater depending on where she is cruising, a detail that matters more than it sounds, since a seawater fill saves tank capacity on longer Mediterranean or Middle East legs.

The engineering choice reflects Nirvana's broader brief: a yacht built around an active lifestyle at sea, not a static showpiece, as Boat International's build coverage described it. The pool sits at the physical and social centre of the aft deck, the space guests actually live in for most of a charter day, rather than being tucked away as an afterthought. For a vessel whose interior leans deliberately theatrical, with rainforest materials, live vivariums and a woven steel glass lift, the pool is the one feature that reads as pure, unpretentious engineering, and it has arguably done more to keep Nirvana's name current in brokerage circles a decade on than any single interior flourish.

Who it is for: An owner who wants a serene, nature themed 88 metre Oceanco with a signature deck pool for restorative private cruising.