Agram

Agram is a Heesen 4400, delivered in 2008 from the Dutch yard with styling shared between Heesen and Omega Architects, and refitted most recently in 2024. Her aluminium semi-displacement hull gives her more pace than a displacement yacht of her length, a real advantage on a coast where Split, Hvar, Korčula and the bay of Kotor are spread out along a long line.

The feature to understand before choosing her is the sky lounge. By day it is an L-shaped living room on the upper deck, with a curved glass wall facing aft, a large screen and a games table. When the party is big enough, the same room can be fitted out as an extra suite with a queen-size bed. So a group of ten keeps a second lounge for films and card games, while a group of twelve gains a sixth cabin but gives up that room. The other guest cabins sit on the lower deck, and two of them switch between double and twin beds, which helps when children or friends travel together.

The owner's suite takes the whole width of the main deck, ahead of the saloon, with a desk, a walk-in wardrobe and a marble bathroom that has both a bathtub and a separate shower. Up top, the sun deck is unusually generous for a fast yacht: a very large Jacuzzi sits forward, next to a bar with stools and a long curved sofa which divides into two separate seating groups. Lunch and dinner are usually served at the round table on the upper aft deck.

Her season runs along the Croatian and Montenegrin coasts, sometimes reaching Slovenia, with a crew that has stayed with her for years. She suits a group of ten to twelve that wants to cover the Dalmatian islands quickly and values flexible beds. Those who need two lounges and twelve berths at once, or who want a large beach club at sea level, should look at a bigger yacht.