Twizzle

Twizzle came out of an unusually demanding brief. Her owners, who had been used to a motor yacht, asked Royal Huisman for a fast sailing yacht able to cross oceans and work in any climate, with the comfort they already knew and a hull that could still reach shallow water. Dubois Naval Architects drew the hull and rig, Redman Whiteley Dixon the styling, and Todhunter Earle worked with them on the interior. The flybridge ketch they launched in 2010 went on to collect design awards at the ShowBoats and ISS ceremonies.

The shallow-water part of that brief is what matters most where she sails now. A lifting keel lets her tuck into bays that a fixed-keel yacht of this length has to watch from outside, and her current grounds, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, are full of them: Indonesia from Komodo to Raja Ampat, the Philippines, Fiji.

Inside, the plan gives a small group more than one place to be. Behind the main salon a sunken cockpit has overhead heaters for cool evenings, and forward, a raised pilothouse holds a second lounge with a view ahead that works as a dining room or a cinema. The owner's suite, with its own study, opens onto a private cockpit of its own, so whoever takes it can step outside without crossing the guest areas. The interior and the main salon were redone in 2023, after a broad refit in 2021, and further work followed with her 15-year Lloyd's survey in 2025.

Ashore, two electric bikes come along, and a long-serving crew of eleven knows the boat well.

Choose her if you want to sail properly across remote water with a family or a small group of friends and still sleep in comfort; nine is the limit. Anyone planning a summer in the Mediterranean or a week of busy harbours and nightlife should look elsewhere: she spends her time far from both.