FEBRUARY 2018
simple – Overmarine didn’t build Mangustas to
match the scale of this new project. The vision started
to come together when Fernando Nicholson of
Camper & Nicholsons International introduced the
Grossmans to the Argentinian naval architect Horacio
Bozzo – his lines were original, including a plumb bow
that at the time was unusual. “When we saw it, we said,
‘that’s different.’ And different was what we wanted,”
says Grossman.
Just like his first 72ft Mangusta, Grossman treats
this 179ft superyacht as a home, and he needed a
design that took that into account. “My wife and I use
this as if it were a mega apartment that we can move,”
he says. “When you’re blowing $20 million on an
apartment in New York, if you don’t like your
neighbors or you don’t like the view, you’re
stuck in cement land. This one, if we don’t like
our neighbors or don’t like the view, we turn
it around or we go.”
The designer visited the Grossmans’ homes
in Madrid, northern Spain, Texas, Monterrey
and Tampico to see how they lived: “We
showed him how we like to move around, how
we dress, how we entertain, how we like to
treat the staff.”
The result is plenty of areas where guests
could “really be alone if they wanted to.”
“There’s a rule on this boat that if somebody
is reading a book you’re supposed to leave
them alone. They come here to relax and
enjoy themselves,” he says. But conversely
there are also plenty of social spaces. “The way
Mexicans live is bars. We have five bars on this
boat,” he says.
And plenty of other unusual features on
board reflect the Grossmans’ passions and
habits, from the room in the upper deck suite
dedicated to Bruce’s shoe collection, to the
cozy lounge situated forward on the main
deck, where you might expect the master or
VIP suite to be, to the Riva Iseo, Bruce’s beloved toy
used on special occasions, which sits alongside the
day-to-day Novurania tender in the garage. The couple
were just as involved in personalizing Alessandro
Massari’s interior décor, from choosing a depth of
couch that would be comfortable for women wearing
skirts – “We sat on these cushions 50 times, we’d jump
up and down on them” – to a ban on leather because it’s
“slippery” to ample space to store books and hang
pictures, which make the boat feel like home.The family made
its fortune in the soft
drinks industry.
Below: the yacht has
lots of cozy nooks
and a comfortable
dining areaRight: the
Grossmans’ holiday
home in Burgos,
Spain