When the Westport 164 Legacy launched in 2012, the build team gave the owner exactly what he requested: an interior that was conservative, monochromatic and dark. The beauty of a customized interior is that it really can be finished in any style a yacht owner desires, but for resale purposes more recently, the look wasn’t exactly in keeping with the times.
“The boat really, really needed some help,” says South Florida yacht designer Patrick Knowles, whom the new owner tapped to do a refit. “It wasn’t run-down or anything like that, but the previous owner had commissioned her really austere.”
Westport 164s (50 meters) have good bones, as the real-estate saying goes, so the refit didn’t require moving—got a makeover focused heavily on the exterior decks and interior décor. Knowles completed the project in two phases. Six-month phase one ended in June 2023, and the shorter phase two was yet to come as of this writing, with the installation of a custom de Gournay wall panel built for the forward bulkhead in the main-deck dining room.
