Seventh Sense

On this yacht, calm wins over speed. Custom Line delivered her in 2008 and the latest refit dates from 2024; her two MAN diesels push her along at roughly 13 knots, with about 19 in reserve, while drinking around 200 litres an hour. On the Dalmatian coast, where distances between islands are short, the slower pace costs little time and keeps the fuel bill, paid on top of the charter fee, under control.

She is based in Rogoznica or Split, and her agent highlights a crew that knows the area. Weeks usually stay among the Croatian islands, with Hvar and Dubrovnik in reach, and can carry on south to Kotor in Montenegro. Her powder-blue hull makes her easy to pick out in a busy harbour when you come back from dinner ashore.

For her size she has a surprising number of places to sit. Mornings begin at the breakfast table set outside the sky lounge, a room that also serves for reading in peace or for sitting down with the captain to choose the next stop. The main saloon, styled by Zuccon International Project and refreshed in 2016, has big windows and leads to a formal dining room. Higher still, the sun deck pairs a hot tub with a sunbed under cover; further forward, the bow has cushions of its own, and at the stern the bathing platform slides out over the sea. Under way or swinging on her anchor, the fins go on damping the motion.

The master suite spans the full beam and has a walk-in wardrobe; the other four cabins are two doubles and two twins, with no extra berths, so ten is the limit. Starlink keeps everyone online. She is not for a group set on crossing the whole Adriatic in a week, nor for a party crowd who want speed between beach bars. She suits families, or two couples with children, who want a relaxed rhythm and a crew that knows where to stop.