Clarity

CLARITY is compact, and her numbers say so plainly: four cabins, eight guests, a crew of five. What she offers in return is pace and simplicity. Her naval architecture and deck styling are by Dixon Yacht Design, and the result is a slim, blue-hulled yacht from the Ned Ship Group yard that cruises at about 15 knots, quick enough to wake up in Corsica and have dinner in Sardinia.

She was built in 2003 and refitted in 2022, and her interior was designed by Amanda Rosa. The owner’s cabin takes the full beam; the other three are two doubles and a twin, a layout that suits two couples sharing the trip, or parents with two or three children, better than a group of eight separate adults.

Life aboard happens mostly outside. The sunbeds are up on the flybridge, there is a deck Jacuzzi, the swim platform gives easy access to the water, and the tender lives in a garage rather than on deck. The toy box is sized for a small group: a stand-up jet ski, a Seabob, waterskis, a two-person towable and a wakeboard made for children up to about twelve to fourteen years old. Her stabilisers are active when she is moving and when she is anchored.

Her listing gives a range of about 450 nautical miles, which tells you how she is meant to be used: coastal hops between the Côte d’Azur, Corsica and Sardinia, with a different anchorage each night, not long offshore passages. Her class society is the American Bureau of Shipping, and she stays in Mediterranean waters through the winter too.

She is not for ten or twelve guests, nor for a group that wants large indoor rooms and formal spaces. Choose her if what matters is getting around fast in a small, private group without paying for space you will not use.