Vibrant Curiosity | 280’4″

Talk about pedigree. Vibrant Curiosity is the fourth in Oceanco’s line of Y700-code yachts, which means she counts as sisterships fellow Top 100-ers like Alfa Nero (35) and Amevi (39). And though Oceanco says the sleek appearance of this full-displacement, deeply flared beauty mixes “luxury” and “sobriety,” we think she’s just plain cool. That’s because this Nuvolari & Lenard-designed superyacht sports distinctive exterior elements like a glass strake that extends through three of her five decks. And also because she reportedly has impressive engineering features like a passerelle that folds into the transom door.

Y: 2009; B: Oceanco, Holland; N: builder/Azure N.A.; H: steel; E: 2/4,680-hp MTUs

World’s 100 Largest Yachts 2009

This article originally appeared in the July 2009 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.