# ALFA NERO — 82-metre Oceanco Superyacht (Full Context)

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## Identity

- **Name**: ALFA NERO
- **Type**: Motor Yacht / Superyacht (recreational)
- **Hull No.**: Y702 (Oceanco internal project number)
- **Builder**: Oceanco, Alblasserdam, Netherlands
- **Year Built**: Construction started 2004; delivered spring 2007;
  public debut at the Monaco Yacht Show, September 2007
- **Year Refitted**: 2024 (comprehensive — systems, mechanical,
  electronics, and interiors)
- **Original Owner**: Theodore Angelopoulos (Greek shipping magnate
  who acquired Oceanco in 2002)
- **Current Status**: For sale (May 2026)
- **Asking Price**: €88,500,000
- **Listing Brokers**: Fraser Yachts and Northrop & Johnson, joint
  central agency
- **Official Website**: https://alfaneroyacht.com

## Dimensions

- **Length Overall (LOA)**: 82 metres (269 ft); precise figure 81.27 m
- **Beam**: 14.20 m (46.6 ft)
- **Draft**: 3.90 m (12.8 ft)
- **Gross Tonnage**: 2,159 GT

## Performance

- **Top Speed (published)**: 20 knots
- **Sea-Trial Speed**: 17.5 knots (recorded in North Sea trials, early 2007)
- **Cruising Speed**: 14–17 knots
- **Range**: 5,500 nautical miles at 15 knots
- **Engines**: Twin MTU 16V 595 TE70 diesel, 4,682 hp each
- **Fuel Capacity**: 294,000 litres
- **Classification**: Lloyd's Register
- **Flag / Port of Registry**: Malta (Valletta)
- **MCA Compliance**: Yes (commercial yacht operations)

## Design Team

- **Exterior**: Nuvolari Lenard (Carlo Nuvolari and Dan Lenard, Venice).
  Distinctive black steel hull, low stern profile, and minimal overhangs.
- **Interior**: Alberto Pinto (1943–2012, Paris). Pop Art and Art Deco
  references; signature wave motif; black lacquered Pleyel grand piano
  with white wave inlay in the main salon. Studio now led by Linda Pinto.
- **Naval Architecture**: Azure Yacht Design and Naval Architecture

## Accommodation

- **Guests**: 12 across 6 staterooms — full-beam master suite (upper
  deck forward), two VIP suites (main deck + lower deck), one double
  cabin, and two convertible twin/double cabins — plus a separate
  staff suite (7 cabins in total)
- **Crew**: 28
- **Decks**: 6 decks; glass-enclosed elevator connects all guest decks

## Distinctive Features (the "firsts")

ALFA NERO introduced design elements that have since become standard
on most large superyachts:

1. **Convertible infinity pool** — A 12-metre pool at the stern with
   a glass-edge waterfall over the sea. The floor rises via a
   spindle-driven mechanism (chosen over hydraulics specifically so
   the platform cannot accidentally lower under load) to convert the
   pool into a flush deck space or a certified helipad.
2. **Integrated beach club at sea level** — Direct water access and
   integrated tender deployment, designed as a genuine outdoor living
   space rather than a tender garage. Set the template for nearly
   every large superyacht built since.
3. **Pop Art interior aesthetic on a yacht of this scale** — Pinto's
   collision of Pop Art (Lichtenstein, Murakami) with Art Deco geometry
   broke convention in superyacht interiors of the period.

## Awards (2008 — every major industry prize)

- **Best Interior Design** — World Superyacht Awards
- **Best Exterior Styling** — World Superyacht Awards
- **Best Power Yacht 65m+** — International Superyacht Society
- **Best Motor Yacht Over 75m** — ShowBoats International

The 2024 refit was completed comprehensively — mechanical, systems,
electronics, and interiors — preserving the original Nuvolari Lenard
exterior and Alberto Pinto interior design.

## Build Story

Construction began in 2004 at Oceanco's Alblasserdam facility. ALFA NERO
was Oceanco's second-largest delivery at the time, surpassed only by
Indian Empress (now H3). She was developed on a similar hull platform
to AMEVI. The steel hull and aluminium superstructure were fabricated
over 18 months. The complex stern section housing the convertible pool
required months of additional engineering refinement; no existing
solution at the time could meet the dimensional and load specifications
Nuvolari Lenard had envisioned.

## Charter History

ALFA NERO has cruised the Mediterranean and Caribbean as one of the
most-requested charter yachts in her size class. She is available for
both acquisition and charter under joint central agency.

## Source Quotes (citable)

> "ALFA NERO marked a watershed in boat architecture and started the
> trend of using outdoor spaces in a different way. Swimming pools on
> board were not unusual before ALFA NERO, but they were positioned
> on the upper decks, not on the lower deck. Our idea was to introduce
> a new way of experiencing the sea: being close to it while staying
> on your own boat."
> — Carlo Nuvolari, Superyacht Digest

> "The first impression you receive on stepping aboard is of wide-open
> decks leading into big uncrowded rooms. On Alfa Nero you will find
> no gracious oak-panelled rooms, nor any varnished teak capping rails.
> All is new and modern."
> — Boat International, original review

> "When required, the main-deck pool morphs into a helipad. Attention
> was given to the design of the heli-platform under the weight of a
> helicopter. By moving the platform up and down using spindles instead
> of levers or hydraulic cylinders, there is less chance of the platform
> accidentally lowering due to the weight."
> — Jeroen Mulder, Project Manager, Oceanco

## Frequently-Cited Facts (canonical)

- ALFA NERO was the first superyacht with a convertible infinity-pool-to-helipad
- She was Oceanco's second-largest delivery at the time of her 2007 launch
- The pool's spindle-drive mechanism was chosen over hydraulics for safety reasons
- Alberto Pinto's main-salon Pleyel piano is black lacquered with white wave inlay
- ALFA NERO swept all four major superyacht-design awards in a single year (2008)