Ouranos

Ouranos takes her name from the Greek god of the sky, and she is the third yacht her owner has given it. He has ordered from The Italian Sea Group before and puts his yachts to work mainly in charter, and he had her built as the first hull of Admiral's C Force series, launched in Marina di Carrara in the spring of 2016. Designing for paying guests from day one shows everywhere on board.

The clearest example is the stern. To keep the aft decks free of cranes and toys, the tenders were moved up to the foredeck. Freed of all that, the stern could become a proper beach club: a closed lounge behind glass doors with daylight from a skylight, and next to it an open-air terrace shaded at the sides by slatted panels. Once she is anchored, three sides of it open up, and a section of the bathing platform lifts to make a little balcony, a lovely spot to sit above the water. The gym is down here too.

The exterior was drawn by the Slovenian designer Jure Bukavec of Uniellé, who likes big central windows that pour light into the saloon. Inside, Gian Marco Campanino and Admiral's in-house studio chose a pared-back palette of dark wood and white, and the decks have 2.2 metres of headroom, generous for a yacht kept under 500 gross tons. A glass lift links the levels, which helps with grandparents and small children alike.

The detail that matters most at night is noise. RINA, the Italian classification society, ranks her as the quietest yacht in her category, so the machinery barely makes itself heard in the cabins. Among the thirteen crew are two chefs with a long shared history in the same galley. With a range of about 6,000 nautical miles at 11 knots she was designed to cross oceans, though her seasons are spent in Greece, Croatia, Montenegro and along the Turkish coast.

She suits families and groups who want modern comfort, a quiet night and a crew used to charter guests. Those who prefer a traditional teak-and-brass interior, or a yacht that stays in the western Mediterranean, will find other boats closer to their taste.