Valerie

Overmarine launched Valerie in 2016 as a Mangusta 165E, the largest open sports model of the Italian yard, and for her first years she cruised as Incognito. Stefano Righini drew the long, low profile, and four MTU engines on a planing hull are quoted at up to 37 knots. That makes her a different animal from displacement yachts of the same length: she covers ground in quick bursts rather than steady passages, and her range of around 700 nautical miles is meant for hopping between islands, not crossing oceans.

The Bahamas are where that pays off. With so little water under her, she can reach anchorages and sandbanks that deeper hulls look at from a distance, and her crew lives in these islands all year instead of arriving for a winter season. A refit in 2026 brought her up to date, and gyroscopic stabilisers calm the roll when she lies at anchor.

Most of the day is spent outside. The flybridge has a bar at the front, a barbecue, sunpads under awnings and a table that drops into a large daybed, with a screen for films after dark and misting jets for the hottest afternoons. On the foredeck a Jacuzzi sits among more pads and a lounge. Indoors, the saloon pairs a bar with a table for ten and a forward-facing lounge, while the lower-deck cinema can be turned into an extra cabin if a child needs a bed.

In the owner's cabin, which takes up the whole beam, each partner has a separate bathroom and dressing room, and there is a bathtub standing on its own. The other guests have a VIP at the bow, two doubles and one twin cabin. Her tender is a 10.5-metre Intrepid Nomad, big enough for a crossing to a beach or a reef with the whole group.

Think of two families or a group of friends who want a different beach every day and want to get there fast. Valerie is not the right choice for a slow Mediterranean summer, for long open-sea passages or for twelve people: she sleeps ten, and her calendar stays in the Bahamas.