Aslec 4

Aslec 4 is a custom yacht from Rossinavi in Viareggio, delivered in 2012, and she wears her Italian tailoring quietly. Design Studio Spadolini drew the exterior, a blue-grey hull under a cream superstructure, and the French designer Rémi Tessier did the inside in oak and ebony, with details in carbon, black chrome and gold leaf. It is a darker, more urban palette than the white beach-house look common on charter boats, and it ages well: the yacht has been kept on a steady maintenance programme, with her most recent refit in 2023.

The main saloon runs the full width of the hull, with cream sofas and big windows on both sides, and the upper deck has a second, more private sky lounge for an evening film. Up on the sun deck, the Jacuzzi takes the stern end and a steering station the bow, and nobody lying out in the sun is more than a few steps from the bar.

What sets her apart in practice is the tender. In 2026 she took delivery of a new 11-metre Tykun X chase boat, which turns a long tender ride into a short hop and lets the yacht stay anchored somewhere calm while the group heads off to a beach club or a restaurant across the bay. A smaller jet tender handles the short runs, and there is an enclosed inflatable pool that keeps jellyfish out on days when they are around.

Under the waterline she is a semi-displacement steel hull with an aluminium superstructure, stabilised at anchor and underway, and she carries fuel for roughly 4,500 nautical miles, so she is happy to spend the winter months in the Mediterranean as well as the summer.

The five cabins include two with a Pullman, which is how she reaches eleven guests, so she fits a family with younger children or four couples better than five couples plus a friend. Groups who want a large beach club at water level, or a bright, airy interior, will be happier on something else.