Yachting USA — March 2018

62 YACHTING MARCH 2018

REVIEWED OKEAN 50

and one of the largest populations of any country in the world,

Brazil has been recognized as a potentially hot yacht market for

American and European builders since the early aughts, when

Goldman Sachs unleashed its BRIC thesis upon the world. Hype

has since cooled around the concept — BRIC theory posited that

by 2050, Brazil, Russia, India and China would be the world’s

dominant economic powers — but interest in the Brazilian

boating market has not. Enter Okean Yachts and its new 50,

a Brazilian-built cruiser poised to put its builder on the map.

¶ The Okean 50 is being treated as a trawler by some because

of its dual-mode hull (more on that later), yet thanks to Italian

yacht designer Paolo Ferragni, the yacht’s exterior is unlike

most any trawler you’ve seen. The outer appearance includes

3-foot-1-inch-high windows that ring the yacht’s salon, making

WITH ABOUT 4,600 MILES OF COASTLINE