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Trending is a yacht for people who come home from a charter with a new qualification. Her crew run a PADI dive centre and an RYA training centre on board, so a week in the Windward Islands or along the coast of Costa Rica can end with a diving card or a temporary licence for the water toys. An instructor can also teach kitesurfing and wing foiling, although both depend on the crew rotation and have to be arranged before departure.

She left the Westport yard in 2006 as one of its W164 tri-decks, styled by Donald Starkey, and was previously called Vango. A refit of about four million dollars in 2016 gave her a new interior, up-to-date technology and an extended bridge deck, which now sits in the shade of the sundeck overhang and is set up for long lunches outdoors.

On the main deck, the owner's cabin adds a private study and gives each partner a bathroom. A lift runs between the decks, there is a gym and a Jacuzzi on deck, the skylounge bar handles the last drink of the night, and the galley is run by a chef with Michelin-kitchen training. Her draught of 2.23 metres is shallow for a 50-metre yacht, which lets the captain anchor closer to the beach in the Bahamas and the Leeward Islands. Eleven crew look after the guests.

Her calendar is unusual: winters in the Caribbean, summers in Central America rather than the Mediterranean, so she is not the yacht for a July week on the Riviera. Guests after a contemporary design with a large beach club will find her layout traditional, and the programme works best for a group that actually wants to spend the day in the water. For divers, kite beginners and families with teenagers, it is a strong proposition.