Cover boat O'REA
“You know, it was like two families getting together to design and build a yacht,” says Stefano Vafiadis. “It was two fathers and their sons.” He's speaking about the origin of O’Rea, the 13th new build at Golden Yachts with Studio Vafiadis as the designer.
The scene is easy to imagine: yard owner Captain Paris Dragnis and Stefano's father, the architect Giorgio Vafiadis, call the meeting in Athens, then slowly but surely push back from the table, perhaps stepping out to enjoy an espresso while the next generation – their sons, now professionals in their own rights – frame the details and explore the look as Project Andromeda begins to take shape.
The next Dragnis generation, sons Ioannis (John) and Vassilis, have executive positions at Goldenport Holdings, the parent company of Golden Yachts Shipyards and a network of commercial fleet operations and leasing for tankers, carriers and cargo vessels, ship management services, brokerage and ship conversions, and the superyacht charter company Atalanta Golden Yachts. While the Dragnis sons grew up in the business and have had involvement with the design and build of superyachts, their role was peripheral to that of the captain, at least
