Hurricane Run

Feadship delivered Hurricane Run in 2009, with exterior lines by De Voogt and an interior by Terence Disdale. By the following year she had won the World Superyacht Award for displacement motor yachts of 500 to 1,299 GT, plus interior design and layout prizes at the 2010 ShowBoats Design Awards.

One practical point comes before everything else. Under the rules she charters by, she counts as a YET yacht, short for Yacht Engaged in Trade. In practice, any charter in the Mediterranean must begin from a port in Monaco, Corsica or southern France, and the person signing as principal charterer needs a home outside the European Union. For a family from the United States, the Gulf or Latin America that changes nothing; for a group led by an EU resident, she is simply not available.

Indoors, Disdale held the palette to black and white, warmed by natural shades and materials you want to touch. Lounge and formal dining share one open room, with places for twelve at table. Lunch usually moves up to the bridge deck, in the shade of the deck above, around a limestone table with footrests built into its base.

The top deck is where the day ends. A glass screen keeps the wind off the bar, the loungers and the Jacuzzi, and after dark the crew turn the helicopter pad into a dance floor, with sound and lighting that can be set zone by zone.

Apart from the owner's suite, the guest cabins are two doubles and two twins that convert, a mix that works for families with children. Much of the crew has been aboard for years, and PADI has approved her as a dive centre, so guests can finish the week with a diving licence.

She is a strong choice for families and friends based outside the EU who want a Dutch yacht with a fine record on the Riviera and in Corsica. Anyone who needs to start in Greece or Croatia, or who cannot meet the residency rule, will have to look at other yachts.