Every once in a while, humanity has enough of futuristic designs and looks back to the past for inspiration. This is one of those cases: Ocean One (OI) from Ludes Design Team.
Today’s yachting scene is completely divorced from old-school classicism and elegance, the international design studio believes. As such, it turns its attention to the 1920s styling, in order to create a superyacht that breathes new life into the old-fashioned ocean liners, but with completely modern amenities.
That superyacht, which is still only in concept stage at this point, is called Ocean One, or OI for short. It’s a gorgeous seven-decker with ample living space and ultra-luxe amenities, vast accommodation, and more than a massive helping of style. At the same time, it’s still able to create the impression of intimacy, if only through sheer exclusivity.
Photo: Ludes Design Team
“We wanted to create something unseen and beautiful, away from the explorer and military yacht look style developed during recent years,” Ludes says of the design. The ideal owner for such a vessel would be “[someone] with the desire to own something truly special and unique — a yacht that is not only beautifully sexy, timeless and classic, but also technically of the highest level.”
Unveiled in January 2021, OI is 107 meters (351 feet) long and has a beam of 17 meters (55.7 feet). It sits high above the waterline at 27 meters (88.5 feet), with another 4.25 meters (14 feet), meaning two full decks, below water. It is massive alright but, for its gargantuan dimensions, still translates into a sleek vessel thanks to its razor-sharp bow and classical, unobtrusive lines – or, as the design studio puts it, “perfect dimensions, lines and curves.”
Described as “chic, elegant and sophisticated,” OI has a total of seven decks, with one dedicated in its entirety to the master suite, another for a sundeck, and another one for the wheelhouse. Rooms have an indoor clear ceiling height of 2.7 meters (8.8 feet), with interior space made to feel even airier with open-plan layouts, subtle lighting, and design elements.
Photo: Ludes Design Team
Highlights include a helicopter landing pad and an accompanying sunken garage with glass doors. Basically, whenever the helicopter is not in use, it can be sent below deck to the helicopter garage by means of a glass elevator with hydraulic platform. When left on the heli, the design studio notes the bird can serve as unique “décor” for guests going down to the beach platform.
Speaking of guests, OI can sleep up to 20 of them, besides the guest and whatever crew is needed to keep everything running smoothly. No fewer than ten double cabins are available throughout, all of them furnished in the same classic style.
Other amenities include no fewer than three pools, with the largest measuring 11.5 by 5.5 meters (37.7 by 18 feet). Presumably, given the vast space on board, there would also be more of the standard amenities now found on superyachts, like cinema, lounges, wellness, and gym areas. After all, you have to keep such a large party duly entertained. A gorgeous, extendable beach club sits aft, with its own bar and plenty of room for socializing.
Despite how detailed the OI project is (it even has its own website, linked in the third paragraph), Ludes does not mention anything in terms of propulsion or other, more technical specs. One thing is clear, though: the range would be solid since it’s not called an ocean liner for nothing.
Photo: Ludes Design Team
“In the last ten years the 100-meter plus [330+-foot]superyacht market has increased, with buyers going larger and larger,” Christian Ekeberg, broker of OI, says. “With over 50 yachts in this segment we saw an opportunity to create the OI and become a part of the future in yachting.”
Available at the bottom of the page is a trailer presentation of OI. In order to understand why the lady in the swimming suit is sneaking through dark rooms in the dead of night, with a gun in her hand, you should probably know that it has something to do with Ludes calling the would-be future superyacht the “zero zero seven of the world's finest oceans and owners.” Bond it is then.
Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends. Full profile
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