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Ocean Z - 2022
Blending practicality with luxurious detail, this 50-metre steel-hulled yacht has been optimised to deliver the largest possible volume while still remaining under the 500 GT threshold. Wrapped in a refined yet striking exterior, Aura makes a splash for all the right reasons.
A true bluewater motor yacht ideal for cruising, Aura features a displacement hull designed by Heesen’s in-house team of naval architects and engineers. Two MTU 8V4000 M63 engines provide a top speed of 15 knots to travel and explore new horizons. A bulbous bow allows her to glide through the water with ease. At 50 metres, this cutting-edge design boasts a range of 3,800 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 13 knots.
First impressions
British designer Clifford Denn has imagined a sophisticated exterior with generous outdoor space. A large sun deck promises the best of the yachting lifestyle, complete with jacuzzi, al fresco dining and sun loungers. Tenders and toys are stored on the foredeck. The spacious aft deck complements the part-enclosed sky lounge. Access to the water is made easy from the enticing main deck aft. The stairs on both sides lead to the fold-out swim platform. Built upon Heesen’s proven technical platform, Aura invites guests to step aboard, and chill.
Step aboard
Aura transforms a yacht into a home. The interior, imagined by British studio Reymond Langton Design, is defined by clean lines and surfaces. Billowy clouds of white and taupe give an ethereal elegance, peppered with sharp accents of sea greens and deep blues. Textured materials evoke a sense of calm, refined by the chicness of Scandinavian simplicity. Light, airy and spacious areas are ideal for entertaining. Natural light and well-placed ambience LEDs are twinned with views of the great outdoors. True to her name, Aura is a glowing hub of comfort on water.
Specifications
Hull type: Displacement
Exterior design: Clifford Denn Design
Interior design: Reymond Langton Design
Hull: Steel
Length over all: 49.9 metres / 163 feet 8 inches
Beam over all: 9.0 metres / 29 feet 6 inches
Draft (half load): 2.75 metres / 9 feet
Tonnage: approx. 499 GT
Accommodations
Cabins: Full-beam owner's stateroom, three double guest suites and one twin guest suite
Technical Details
Maximum speed (half load): 15 knots
Range: 3,800Nm at 12 knots
Fuel capacity: 60,000 litres / 15,850 US Gallons
Fresh water: 20,000 litres / 5,300 US Gallons
Propulsion Details
Main engines: 2 x MTU 8V 4000 M63
Maximum power: 2 x 1,000kW
Main generators: 2 x Zenoro, each 118kW, 50 Hertz
Bowthruster: Thruster Systems HRP 1001 90kW, hydraulically driven
Stabilisers: Naiad Dynamics, 2 fins, type 575, zero speed
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OCEAN Z is a 49.9 m Motor Yacht, built in Netherlands by Heesen Yachts and delivered in 2022.
Her top speed is 15.0 kn and her cruising speed is 12.0 kn. She has a gross tonnage of 499.0 GT and a 9.0 m beam.
She was designed by Clifford Denn , who has designed 5 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database.
The naval architecture was developed by Heesen Yachts , who has architected 79 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database, and the interior of the yacht was designed by Reymond Langton Design , who has 34 other superyacht interiors designed in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with , a Steel hull, and Aluminium superstructure.
OCEAN Z is in the top 10% by LOA in the world. She is one of 518 motor yachts in the 45-50m size range, and, compared to similarly sized motor yachts, her volume is 15.62 GT above the average.
OCEAN Z is currently sailing under the Cayman Islands flag, the 2nd most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1408 yachts registered. She is currently located at the superyacht marina Safe Harbor Rybovich Marina, in United States of America, where she has been located for 1 day. For more information regarding OCEAN Z's movements, find out more about BOATPro AIS .
Specifications
- Name: OCEAN Z
- Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
- Builder: Heesen Yachts
- Naval Architect: Heesen Yachts
- Exterior Designer: Clifford Denn
- Interior Designer: Reymond Langton Design
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On Board 49m M/Y Ocean Z with Capt. Billy Lockhart
Claire Griffiths is Dockwalk ’s contributing editor in the Mediterranean. She fled to the sunny south of France from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Claire has a background in journalism for national and regional UK press and a career in political and corporate PR prior to that. Claire’s hobbies include eating, sleeping and dancing at inopportune times. She tries to avoid sheer drops and Olympic bobsled runs. Email Claire at [email protected]
Capt. Billy Lockhart has always loved pressing buttons and messing around on boats. Throw his extrovert personality into the mix, and he was born to be a yacht captain. He began his career running the dive department on cruise ships, where he also met his wife, the casino bank manager on board.
“Cruise ships go to all the same places as the superyachts, and my wife and I watched the yacht crew go by and we said to ourselves, ‘Now that is what we should be doing!’” So on December 5, 2000, they drove from Miami to Fort Lauderdale and dockwalked. “I had enough sea time to do my 100-ton license and my wife started out as a stew,” Lockhart says.
Lockhart’s first captain position was for the owners of NASCAR, and he stayed 15 years. “All of our boats were called M/Y Finish Line . We went through a dozen different boats and the last one we built from scratch at Trinity,” he says. “In 2014, we flew to Amsterdam for the World Superyacht Awards and won our category.”
This year, M/Y Ocean Z was a finalist in the World Superyacht Awards. This steel-hulled, full-displacement, true bluewater superyacht was delivered in May 2022. “ Ocean Z is a very interesting boat because it was built on spec,” Lockhart says. “We made the contract rather late, so it was a marathon sprint from start to finish, getting the boat finished and delivered. We put a lot of time and effort into making sure that everything we had control over was done to the highest level of perfection as well as customized to the way the owner likes to enjoy yachting.”
A good deal of effort was put into the loose furniture layout, the deck exterior, and the interior soft goods. In doing so, Lockhart reckons they were able to imprint a great “personality” onto an already great boat. “Reymond Langton Design did a very good job of putting together a very nice high-end interior, but also monochromatic, which is appropriate when what you are doing is trying to sell the boat to a future client and you want that boat to be as appealing to as broad a market as possible. And it was our job to come in and put our personality on it and it came out very nicely.”
The yacht has already completed two Atlantic crossings and more than 15,000 miles in the first year. “She just runs like a dream, rides like a dream,” Lockhart says. “We are not remotely the biggest in the Mediterranean, but we are easily the prettiest!”
Lockhart is particularly impressed by the boat’s use of space as every cranny is used and enjoyed. “Typically, on these boats you have areas where people just don’t go — that’s not the case here, every area has its own appeal, its own function, its own versatility, from the beach club to the sun deck, to the wheelhouse deck aft. They are all very inviting.”
The yacht has a traditional layout. The only unorthodox element is the tender bay on the bridge deck forward of the pilothouse. “That,” says Lockhart, “gives you a wholly dedicated space aft, which was a new feature for us. It took a while to figure out what that space meant for us.” It now has various functions: a gym for parents, a “den” for the teenage girls, and at anchor, it’s a beautiful beach club. “We decided toy-storage wise that anything visible needed to look like a high-end retail showroom,” he says. The team opted for a cantilever umbrella and large daybed on the sun deck.
“I’m very happy with her seaworthiness,” Lockhart says. “We’ve done two crossings with this boat and it’s definitely a luxury not to have to put a lot of concern into things like weather. We try to avoid getting beaten up by it — I’ve had more than enough of that — but on board Ocean Z , if you’ve got to go, you can go.”
Machinery wise, the systems meet expected standards and Lockhart considers it a very well put together boat, although if he had written the spec, he would have done it a bit differently here and there. “The layout for crew duties is fine: the engine room is compact but accessible, the stew pantry is not huge but completely functional, the galley has a nice space, and there is plenty of cold storage,” Capt. Lockhart says. “The exterior decks are very large and, despite the fact there’s very little built-in furniture, there’s still plenty of storage for bosun’s stuff, and so on. Crew accommodation is nicely outfitted, the sound privacy is fantastic — you can’t hear anything on the other side of the door.”
Eastern Med is the itinerary this summer; Scandinavia and Alaska beckon for future cruise, for the yacht plans to do everything but Zzzzz.
This article was originally published in the July 2023 issue of Dockwalk.
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