Behike

Behike started out as Sofico, the fourth hull of CRN's 43-metre composite line, and the yard is proud that she was made entirely in Ancona, from the hull moulds to the last piece of décor. Zuccon International Project drew her exterior and, with CRN's own team, her interior, which the yard describes as a gentleman's yacht with the mood of a colonial club. She has four decks above a bulbous bow. After a sale in December 2021 she was renamed in honour of a famous Cuban cigar and returned to charter in 2022.

Two features stand out for a boat of this length. At the stern of the lower deck sit a Technogym room and a sauna, and the transom folds down almost to the waterline, so a workout or a sweat ends with a swim. And whoever has the owner's cabin gets a private patch of outdoors: the main-deck suite, up front, has a balcony on one side with armchairs and a coffee table, alongside a study with a desk and a separate dressing room.

The rooms for socialising are generous. On the upper deck, a wood-panelled lounge spans the full width of the hull, and someone can play the piano there while others sit at the card table; it is as big as the main saloon below, where a formal table seats twelve. The four guest cabins on the lower deck are finished in pale wood with large oval portlights. Up top, a raised round Jacuzzi faces forward and a bar under a hardtop serves the aft lounge. Stabilisers work at anchor, and a 10-metre Brig Eagle tender handles the runs ashore.

Her home waters are what make her different today. Rather than following the Mediterranean season, she charters from the United Arab Emirates all year, around Dubai and Abu Dhabi. That makes her an option for a winter week of sun within easy reach of a major airport, or for guests combining business in the Gulf with a few days at sea.

Behike suits families and groups of friends, up to ten, who like a classic interior and want to stay fit on board. It is not the boat for a Mediterranean summer, and in the Gulf's hottest months the time spent on deck will be mostly early and late.