Ocean King / Ocean King Ducale 120
The Ocean King Ducale 120 is a 36 metre steel explorer yacht that blends genuine ocean going capability with a level of design more often seen on lighter, faster boats. She is built at Ocean King yard in Chioggia near Venice, a family owned company with more than three decades of commercial steel shipbuilding behind it, and that heritage shows in the AH36 high strength steel hull and aluminium superstructure, classed by RINA for unrestricted navigation. A full displacement hull with a bulbous bow gives her a transoceanic range of 5,000 nautical miles and the stability to cruise in comfort far from shore. The exterior was drawn by VYD Studio, with naval architecture by Ginton Naval Architects and InNave, and the result is a confident, contemporary explorer profile marked by expansive floor to ceiling windows on the main and upper decks that are unusual for the type. Inside she accommodates ten guests in five cabins, with quarters for a crew of seven, and a garage sized for a 5.65 metre tender. Twin MAN diesels on direct shaft lines give a top speed of around 14.5 knots and a relaxed long range cruise. The Ducale 120 suits an owner who wants a true go anywhere yacht without giving up the light, modern interiors and finish of a luxury motor yacht.
Length
36.25M
Beam
8.50M
Draft
2.45M
Day Guests
10
Sleeping
10
Cabin
5
Cruise Speed
Max Speed
Fuel
Engine
Twin MAN D2868 LE436 (1,200 hp each)
Naval
Ginton Naval Architects + InNave
Exterior
VYD Studio
Interior
VYD Studio
New Starting From
€16,500,000
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She does not look like a yacht built to cross oceans, and that is the point.
VYD Studio has given the Ducale 120 a confident, contemporary profile, with expansive floor to ceiling windows on the main and upper decks that are unusual for a true explorer. The bulbous bow and full displacement hull beneath the waterline do the serious work of covering distance, while everything above the waterline reads as a modern motor yacht rather than a working vessel pressed into charter service. Ocean King’s own background in commercial steel shipbuilding, built up over more than three decades at the family’s yard in Chioggia near Venice, gives the construction a seriousness that the styling never has to compromise to achieve.
Five thousand nautical miles is enough to cross an ocean without a second thought.
A full displacement hull and a bulbous bow are old, proven ideas, and the Ducale 120 uses them to real effect, built on a high strength steel hull with an aluminium superstructure, classed by RINA for unrestricted navigation. Twin MAN diesels of 1,200 horsepower each drive her on direct shaft lines to a top speed of around 14.5 knots, a relaxed pace matched to the distances she is built to cover rather than a number chased for its own sake. The result is a yacht genuinely capable of reaching anchorages that lighter, faster motor yachts cannot, and returning without needing to plan a fuel stop along the way.
Ten guests and five cabins, arranged with an explorer’s sense of space rather than a motor yacht’s tight planning.
The owner’s suite carries a king size bed, a walk-in closet and an en suite with a rain shower and dual vanities, and the four further guest staterooms each have their own en suite bathroom and generous ceiling height. A crew of seven works from individual cabins and a dedicated mess, kept apart from the guest areas in the way a long range yacht demands. The galley is built to a commercial grade standard, in keeping with the rest of the vessel, and sized to feed a full complement through weeks away from a marina rather than a single evening’s entertaining.
A pool with a glass stern panel is not what most owners expect on a steel explorer.
The sun deck carries a jacuzzi, loungers, a wine cooler and an outdoor galley, turning the highest point of the yacht into a destination in its own right, while a bridge deck dining area gives a second, more sheltered option for meals at sea. Aft, a swim platform doubles as a beach club, and a tender garage sized for a 5.65 metre chase boat keeps the transom clear when it is not in use. A convertible sky lounge with retractable doors and a drop down projector screen closes off entirely in poor weather or opens fully to the air, giving the Ducale 120 a flexibility that few yachts built for genuine range manage to offer alongside it.
The Ducale 120 is a specialist’s yacht, built by a yard that has spent decades earning the right to build her.
At 36.25 metres LOA on an 8.50 metre beam and a 2.45 metre draught, she carries 50,000 litres of fuel and 14,000 litres of fresh water, supporting genuine time away from port. Naval engineering from Ginton Naval Architects and InNave sits behind VYD Studio’s exterior and interior design, a pairing that gives Ocean King a credible route into a market usually dominated by larger, better known explorer builders. For an owner who wants a true go anywhere yacht without giving up the light, contemporary interiors of a dedicated motor yacht, the Ducale 120 is a rare combination.
Length
36.25M
Beam
8.50M
Draft
2.45M
Guests
10
Cabins
5
Cruise Speed
Max Speed
Length
42.50M
Beam
8.60M
Draft
2.50M
Guests
12
Cabins
6
Cruise Speed
13Kt
Max Speed
15Kt
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