Luna

Luna spent her first years as Dar, and she is still one of the most talked-about Oceancos of her generation. Luiz de Basto spent eight years refining the concept, which took its cue from the head of a hammerhead shark, and in 2019 the jury of the World Superyacht Awards gave the result its top prize for motor yachts. She had a refit in 2024 and has been back on the show circuit since.

The first thing you notice is glass. Around 22 tonnes of it form a sleek envelope of 186 panels, some curved in two directions, that hides the decks from outside while flooding the interior with daylight. Inside, Nuvolari Lenard worked in pale timbers and linen, with fish, olive leaves and waves carved or stitched into walls and doors. Some 120 different fabrics were used, and a school of sculpted fish swims up the stairwell around a bronze lift.

Space is shared out in favour of whoever is hosting. A whole deck of around 135 square metres is theirs, with a bedroom, study and dressing room, a forward terrace with its own spa pool and an outdoor cinema high above the water. Everyone else gathers one level down, around a six-metre pool fed by a cascade from the deck above, with a bar and dining table just behind the glass.

Wellness is taken seriously: a gym of about 70 square metres on the main deck, plus hammam, sauna, massage room and beauty salon, and a beach club at sea level. A crew of around thirty means the spa and the kitchen can run at the same time without anyone waiting.

This is a yacht for a family or a close group of twelve with a clear lead couple, ideally people who enjoy design and want space to retreat. It is not for a party of equals who would argue over who gets the top deck, nor for anyone who prefers a discreet profile: Luna is a statement wherever she anchors. Her winters are now spent in the Caribbean, with Antigua as a natural starting point.