Boat International US Edition – May 2019

DESIGN FOCUS:

BEACHCLUB

Giorgio Vafiadis talks about

O’Ptasia’s spectacular beach

club and swim platform.

Designed as a flexible

living space, it can be used

come rain or shine

ParisDragnis,chairmanand

founderofGoldenYachts,

sayshelearnedfromthe

charterbusinessthatguests

valuealargebeachclubwith

alltheamenities.Sothatis

exactlywhathehasdelivered

withO’Ptasia

“Guests can access the boat

from the wide swimming

platform or by stairway

from the main salon – and a

passage and stairway takes

you down to the beach club

from the main salon. So

there’s no need to go outside

and you can use the steam

room any time”

“Thegenerouslysizedswim

platformwasinspiredby

feedbackfrompastcharter

clients.It’sabout11mby4.5m

[36ftby15ft]–it’shuge!

Asmallerportioncanbe

attached,about2mby2m

[6.5ftby6.5ft],thatraises

andlowers,soyoucaneasily

dipintothesea”

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