Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Last week we were on board the magnificent Harmony of the Seas Royal Caribbean cruise ship as she sailed to many of the west Mediterranean's leading ports. On one of our shore days to vist the leaning Tower of Pisa we were taken by tender to La Spezia in Italy to travel onward.
As we looked towards the shore this super yacht immediately caught my eye.
It was a remarkable sailing vessel.- almost space ship shaped. I had never seen anything like it.
Super Yacht fans would say that the Olivia O Yacht is a masterpiece of Ulstein Werft Craftsmanship.
I wouldn't disagree.
Name: Olivia O
Length: 88 m (2291 ft)
Guests: 14 in 7 cabins (est)
Crew: 30 in 15 cabins (est)
Builder: Ulstein Verft AS
Designer: Espen Oeino
Interior Designer: Droulers Architecture
Year: 2020
Speed: 15 knots
Engines: Rolls Royce Marine
Volume: 4,989 ton
IMO: 9818797
Price: US$ 200 million
Annual Running Cost: US$ 15 – 20 million
Owner: Eyal Ofer
The Olivia O yacht is a stunning 89-meter vessel built by the esteemed Ulstein Werft and designed by Espen Oeino.
Notable features include a helipad, a 10-meter swimming pool, and accommodation for 12 guests with a crew of 24.
Powered by Rolls Royce engines, the yacht cruises at 15 knots, maxing out at 19 knots.
The yacht is owned by billionaire Eyal Ofer and is named after his daughter, Olivia.
Valued at $200 million, its annual operational costs approximate $20 million.
Remarkable Features
Beyond its striking bow, the Olivia O yacht houses a plethora of luxurious amenities. Most notable among them is a state-of-the-art helipad.
Weighing in at a displacement of 4.989 tons, Olivia O stands out as one of the world’s more substantial yachts. Her power source? High-end Rolls Royce engines, renowned for their durability and efficiency. They enable the yacht to comfortably cruise at speeds of around 15 knots, reaching up to a formidable max speed of 19 knots.
While Ulstein Werft has a legacy in constructing robust vessels for the oil sector, the Olivia O represents their pioneering foray into the superyacht domain.
Last week we were on board the magnificent Harmony of the Seas Royal Caribbean cruise ship as she sailed to many of the west Mediterranean's leading ports. On one of our shore days to vist the leaning Tower of Pisa we were taken by tender to La Spezia in Italy to travel onward.
As we looked towards the shore this super yacht immediately caught my eye.
It was a remarkable sailing vessel.- almost space ship shaped. I had never seen anything like it.
Super Yacht fans would say that the Olivia O Yacht is a masterpiece of Ulstein Werft Craftsmanship.
I wouldn't disagree.
Name: Olivia O
Length: 88 m (2291 ft)
Guests: 14 in 7 cabins (est)
Crew: 30 in 15 cabins (est)
Builder: Ulstein Verft AS
Designer: Espen Oeino
Interior Designer: Droulers Architecture
Year: 2020
Speed: 15 knots
Engines: Rolls Royce Marine
Volume: 4,989 ton
IMO: 9818797
Price: US$ 200 million
Annual Running Cost: US$ 15 – 20 million
Owner: Eyal Ofer
The Olivia O yacht is a stunning 89-meter vessel built by the esteemed Ulstein Werft and designed by Espen Oeino.
Notable features include a helipad, a 10-meter swimming pool, and accommodation for 12 guests with a crew of 24.
Powered by Rolls Royce engines, the yacht cruises at 15 knots, maxing out at 19 knots.
The yacht is owned by billionaire Eyal Ofer and is named after his daughter, Olivia.
Valued at $200 million, its annual operational costs approximate $20 million.
Remarkable Features
Beyond its striking bow, the Olivia O yacht houses a plethora of luxurious amenities. Most notable among them is a state-of-the-art helipad.
Weighing in at a displacement of 4.989 tons, Olivia O stands out as one of the world’s more substantial yachts. Her power source? High-end Rolls Royce engines, renowned for their durability and efficiency. They enable the yacht to comfortably cruise at speeds of around 15 knots, reaching up to a formidable max speed of 19 knots.
While Ulstein Werft has a legacy in constructing robust vessels for the oil sector, the Olivia O represents their pioneering foray into the superyacht domain.







![Actor Sam Neill Born in Northern Ireland in 1947 is Gone but Not Forgotten
Sir Nigel John Dermot Sam Neill ( September 1947 – July 2026) was a New Zealand actor. Known as a leading man in numerous roles in film and television, he first achieved recognition with his appearance in the film.
Sleeping Dogs (1977),
A host of other films followed-
My Brilliant Career (1979).
The Final Conflict (1981),
Possession (1981)
Evil Angels (1988),
Dead Calm (1989),
Death in Brunswick (1990),
The Hunt for Red October (1990),
Until the End of the World (1991),
The Piano (1993),
In the Mouth of Madness (1994),
Event Horizon (1997),
The Dish (2000)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016).
He came to international prominence as Dr Alan Grant in
Jurassic Park (1993),
Jurassic Park III (2001) and
Jurassic World Dominion (2022).
On television, he portrayed Merlin in the miniseries Merlin (1998) and Merlins Apprentice (2006), the former of which earned him nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award. He was also Golden Globe-nominated for playing historic spy Sidney Reilly in Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983)
a British officer during World War II in One Against the Wind (1991).
He played Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors (2007) and
Major Chester Campbell in Peaky Blinders (2013–2014).
He was also known for narrating various documentary projects.
He received numerous awards for his acting, and received nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 Queens Birthday Honours for services as an actor.
Early life and Education
Nigel John Dermot Neill was born on 14 September 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to an English mother, Priscilla Beatrice Ingham, and a New Zealand father, Dermot Neill. As a result, he held three documented citizenships: Irish, British and New Zealand. His great-grandfather, Percival Percy Neill, the son of a wine merchant who imported wine from France, had left Belfast for Australia where he joined a firm of merchants in Melbourne, eventually moving to New Zealand and settling in Dunedin in 1863. At the time of Neills birth, his father was stationed in Northern Ireland, serving as an officer with the Royal Irish Fusiliers.His fathers family owned Neill and Co., later part of the listed hospitality group Wilson Neill.[8][9] Neill spent part of his early childhood in Armagh, which he later described as idyllic, stating that he grew up in County Armagh before the Troubles and regarded it as his Garden of Eden.
In 1954, the Neill family moved to New Zealand and settled in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere. Neill attended Cashmere Primary School and Medbury School, a private preparatory school. After a year, his parents and younger sister, Juliet, moved south to his fathers home city of Dunedin. Actor Sam Neill Born in Northern Ireland in 1947 is Gone but Not Forgotten](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EpYTA4VRN0g/mqdefault.jpg)


