SAPHIRE BLUE

SAPHIRE BLUE — 22.60m Azimut, based in the Turks and Caicos Some cruising grounds ask for a particular kind of yacht: shallow, luminous water, short hops between cays, anchorages you reach in the time it takes to finish a coffee. SAPHIRE BLUE has settled into exactly that role. Built by Azimut in 1999 and refitted in 2023, this 74-footer stays in the Turks and Caicos year-round — summer and winter alike — which means her crew knows the reefs, the sandbars and the quiet corners the way locals do. The Azimut signature is legible in the way she moves. A 21-knot cruise with 26 knots available on top is generous for a yacht of this size, and it changes how a charter day unfolds: Grace Bay in the morning, a lunch stop somewhere far quieter, back before the light goes. Distance stops being a constraint. Accommodation is arranged across four cabins for up to nine guests: an owner's cabin, a cabin with a double bed, and two cabins fitted with twin beds. It is a layout that reads well for a family group or two couples travelling together, with genuine flexibility in how the beds are allocated. Detailed bed configuration is available on request. A crew of three looks after the yacht and her guests — the right number at this length, close enough to anticipate what you need without ever crowding the deck. Service is attentive rather than formal, in keeping with a yacht built for barefoot days on the water. The 2023 refit matters here. On a hull with this much sea time behind her, recent work is what separates a yacht that simply exists from one that is genuinely enjoyable to charter — and SAPHIRE BLUE falls firmly into the second category.