Artisan

Artisan left Benetti's Livorno yard in April 2019 with an exterior by Giorgio M. Cassetta and interiors by Bannenberg & Rowell, and a year later won her class at the World Superyacht Awards. Her signature is hard to spot from the quay: the main lounge, the beach club and the sky lounge are each rotated 30 degrees from the centreline, so from the sofas the sea appears at an angle instead of straight ahead.

The palette is pale and precise, with white oak, carbon fibre, cream leather and Fendi furniture. Evenings tend to settle in the sky lounge, around a glossy dark grand piano and a bar carved from white marble.

Upstairs, about 160 square metres belong to the owner alone: a study, a pair of dressing rooms and two bathrooms, plus a bow terrace with sun pads just beyond the bed. A second couple gets a full-beam VIP on the main deck with its own lounge, and the other five cabins are below, one of them convertible between double and twin. A lift runs from the beach club to the top level, where the gym and yoga space look out in every direction.

Outside, the aft bridge deck stretches 14 metres with a bar and a spa pool, and the upper aft deck has heaters for dining outdoors on cool nights. That matters, because she now spends winter in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East rather than the Caribbean. There is a massage room too, and a 44-foot Fjord chase boat for runs ashore.

The natural fit is a design-minded group, or a family in which one couple wants an apartment of their own. Check the paperwork early: Burgess notes that she is registered for charter through the YET (Yacht Engaged in Trade) regime, so Mediterranean trips start in the South of France, Monaco or Corsica and the principal charterer must live outside the EU. An EU resident signing the contract will need another yacht.