The idea of a sustainable superyacht might sound like an oxymoron, but if you like the look of the boat pictured here, you might ask yourself, why build new when you can repurpose to perfection?
That more or less describes what the owner of Omnia has achieved (with the help of a few highly imaginative marine professionals) in turning a nearly 50-year-old commercial vessel into a luxurious explorer yacht that looks just as at home in a glitzy marina as it does cruising the Arctic Ocean. The former navy vessel, most recently known as the explorer Akula, was reborn yet again as the 200ft Omnia following a 14-month refit.
“I liked the hull from the very moment I found it for sale and, although my client wasn’t looking for a boat, he trusted in my vision for this one, so he bought it,” says Serafeim Papadopoulos, founder of boutique brokerage, refit and management firm Seara Maritime. “We started with Jonny Horsfield on the design and incorporated the ideas of the owner
